The Masterpiece Library of Islam (8 Vols.)

by Irving, Hugbes, Lammens, Fazl, Arnold and Enan, Nicholson,

Islam has been a great force in world history. Within a few centuries after the death of Mohammed in A.D. 632 the Islamic creed had spread across half the world and obtained a powerful hold over millions of people. The present set published as a multivolume collection contains very rare and remarkable works on Islam. An attempt has been made to trace its origin and history. The endeavour is to elucidate the true place of Islam in the history of religions.

Contents:

1. Vol. I. Mohammed and Islam/Washington Irving:
1. Preface
2. Origin of the Arabs
3. Early life and times of Mohammed
4. Mohammed's annunciation as Prophet
5. His teaching and their opposition
6. Prophet's journey from Mecca to the Seventh Heaven
7. Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Madina and conversions
8. The battle of Beder and after
9. Death of the Prophet's daughter and after
10. Growing power of Mohammed
11. The battle of Ohod and treachery of certain Jewish tribes
12. The battle of the Moat and defeat of Koreishites
13. Mohammed's pilgrimage to Mecca
14. Battle of Muta and its results
15. The capture of Mecca
16. Subjugation of the neighbouring provinces
17. Prophet's Triumphal entry into Madina
18. His valedictory pilgrimage to Mecca
19. His last illness, Sermons in the mosque and his death
20. Person and character of Prophet Mohammed.
21. Appendix. The faith of Islam.
2. Vol. II. Outlines of Islam/T.P. Hughes: Preface. Introduction by Syed Ameer Ali
1. Muhammad
2. Islam
3. Rule of faith
4. The Quran
5. Inspiration
6. The traditions
7. Ijma
8. Qias
9. Faith
10. Allah, or God
11. Angels
12. Prophets
13. The day of resurrection and judgment
14. Heaven
15. Hell
16. The decrees of God
17. The five foundations of practical religion
18. The recital of the creed
19. Prayer
20. Ramazan, or the month of fasting
21. Zakat, or legal almsgiving
22. Hajj, or pilgrimage of Mecca
23. The law
24. Sin
25. Punishment
26. Lawful food
27. Farz-i-Kafai
28. Fitrat
29. Salutations
30. Caliph
31. Muhammadan clergy, scholars, and saints
32. Theological literature
33. Muharram and Ashuraa
34. Akhiri Chahar Shamba
35. Bara Wafat
36. Shab-i-Barat
37. 'Id-ul-Fitr
38. 'Id-ul-Azha
39. Nikah, or marriage
40. Talaq, or divorce
41. Janaza, or burial
42. The Khutbah, or the Friday's Sermon
43. Jihad, or religious war
44. Martyrs
45. The four Orthodox sects
46. The Shia'hs
47. The Wahhabis
48. Sufiism, or mysticism
49. Faqirs, or Darweshes
50. Zikr, or the religious services of the Darweshes
51. Index of technical terms.
3. Vol. III. Islam Beliefs and Institutions/H. Lammens, S.J.: Foreword
1. The cradle of Islam: pre-Islamite Arabia
2. Muhammad: the founder of Islam
3. The Qoran : the sacred book of Islam
4. The 'Sunna', or tradition of Islam
5. Jurisprudence and Islamic law
6. Asceticism and mysticism of Islam
7. The sects of Islam
8. Reformists and modernists
9. Bibliography. The Qoran, principal verses expounded or quoted
10. Index.
4. Vol. IV. Selections from the Quran/M. Abul Fazl: Preface
1. The opening chapter
2. The cow
3. The family of Imran
4. Women
5. The table
6. Cattle
7. Al Araf
8. The spoils
9. Immunity
10. Jonah
11. Hud
12. Joseph
13. Thunder
14. Abraham
15. Hijr
16. The Bee
17. The children of Israel
18. The cave
19. Mary
20. T.H
21. The Prophets
22. The pilgrimage
23. The believers
24. Light
25. The distinction
26. The poets
27. The ant
28. The story
29. The spider
30. The Greeks
31. Lokman
32. Adoration
33. The confederates
34. Saba
35. The creator
36. Y.S
37. The ranks
38. S
39. The troops
40. The faithful
41. Worship
42. Counsel
43. Gold ornaments
44. Smoke
45. The kneeling
46. The Ahkaf
47. Mohammed
48. The victory
49. The apartments
50. K
51. The scattering
52. The mountain
53. The star
54. The moon
55. The merciful
56. The inevitable
57. Iron
58. She who pleaded
59. The emigration
60. She who is tried
61. Battle array
62. The assembly
63. The hypocrites
64. Mutual deceit
65. Divorce
66. Prohibition
67. The kingdom
68. The pen
69. The inevitable
70. The steps
71. Noah
72. The Jinn
73. The wrapped up
74. The enwrapped
75. The judgment day
76. Man
77. The sent
78. The news
79. Who tear forth
80. He frowned
81. The folding up
82. The rending asunder
83. Those who stint
84. The splitting asunder
85. The celestial signs
86. The night-comer
87. The most high
88. The overwhelming
89. The daybreak
90. The soil
91. The sun
92. The night
93. The brightness
94. The opening
95. The fig
96. Thick blood
97. Power
98. Clear evidence
99. The earthquake
100. The chargers
101. The striking
102. Desire
103. The afternoon
104. The slanderers
105. The elephant
106. The Koreish
107. Religion
108. The abundance
109. The unbelievers
110. Help
111. Abu Lahab
112. The unity
113. The daybreak
114. Men. Addenda.
5. Vol. V. The Preaching of Islam (A History of the Propagation of the Muslim Faith)/T.W. Arnold:
1. Introduction
2. Study of the life of Muhammad considered as a preacher of Islam
3. The spread of Islam among the Christian nations of Western Asia
4. The spread of Islam among the Christian nations of Africa
5. The spread of Islam among the Christians of Spain
6. The spread of Islam among the Christian nations in Europe under the Turks
7. The spread of Islam in Persia and Central Asia
8. The spread of Islam among the Mongols and Tatars
9. The spread of Islam in India
10. The spread of Islam in China
11. The spread of Islam in Africa
12. The spread of Islam in the Malay Archipelago
13. Conclusion. Appendices. Titles of works cited by abbreviated references. Index.
6. Vol. VI. The History of Islam--Decisive Moments/M.A. Enan: Preface. Preliminary:
1. The Arab outburst
2. Religious policy of the Arabs. Decisive moments--I:
3. Arab siege of constantinople
4. The pavement of the martyrs
5. The Muslims--masters of the sea
6. The Muslim invasion of Rome
7. The battle of Manzikert
8. The idea of the Crusades
9. The Greek fire : its origin and development
10. The battle of Mansura
11. De Joinville's memoirs of the Seventh Crusade
12. The battle of Ain Jalut. Miscellaneous studies--I:
13. Diplomacy in Islam; Charlemagne and Al-Rashid
14. Slavery in the middle ages : its rules and development in Muslim countries
15. Chivalry : its history, principles and conventions. Decisive moments--II:
16. The Cid El Campeador and the history of the kingdom of Valencia
17. The fall of Toledo
18. The battle of Al-Zallaka
19. The fall of Granada
20. Fall of the Moorish civilization and the tragedy of the Moriscos
21. Intellectual legacy of Muslim Spain in the Escurial. Miscellaneous studies--II:
22. Marco Polo
23. Ibn Batuta
24. Some religious legends which directed the course of history. Bibliography. Index.
7. Vol. VII. Sufism : The Mystical Doctrines and the Idea of Personality/William Stoddart and R.A. Nicholson: I. The mystical doctrines and methods of Islam:
1. Introduction
2. The religion of Islam
3. Islamic esoterism
4. The mystical path. II. The idea of personality in Sufism:
5. Personality in Sufism. Lecture I-III. Appendix. Bibliography. Index.
8. Vol. VIII. Islamic Mysticism/R.A. Nicholson:
1. I. Abu Sa'id Ibn Abi 'L-Khayr.
2. II. The perfect man:
1. Essence, attribute, and name
2. The descent of the absolute
3. The essence as God
4. The heavenly man
5. The macrocosm
6. The return to the essence
7. Religion, revelation, and prophecy.
8. Appendices.
3. III. The odes of Ibnu 'L-Farid.
4. Index of names and titles
5. Index of subjects
6. Index of technical terms, etc.