The Rise of Islam - 2 Volumes

Author: Ahmed Amin

This is the third stage after "Fajr al-Islam" (The Dawn of Islam) and "Duha al-Islam" (The Forenoon of Islam). It is a study of social life and scientific, religious, and literary movements, from the second Abbasid era until later periods. It begins by describing the most important social and political aspects of the inhabitants of the Islamic kingdom, including Persians, Blacks, Romans, and Christians, and the division of the state and its impact on politics, science, and literature. It mentions famous scholars and historians and centers of learning from Persia, Khorasan, Sindh, Afghanistan, all the way to the Maghreb, covering the development of sciences in detail, and the evolution of Hadith studies, exegesis, theology, and rhetoric. "Indeed, the series Fajr al-Islam, Duha al-Islam, and Dhahr al-Islam are among the soundest and most wonderful works ever written about the intellectual life of Islam." - Abd al-Razzaq al-Sanhouri "Ahmed Amin has gifted the world, through the authorship of Fajr al-Islam, Duha al-Islam, and Dhahr al-Islam, a treasure of the most valuable and richest treasures, and the most capable of enduring and outlasting time and palaces." - Taha Hussein