Muḥammad and the Course of Islám
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FOREWORD
A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
The Founder of Islám
- Prologue
- 1. The Homeland of Muhammad and His Early Years
- 2. ‘Read in the Name of Thy Lord’
- 3. Public Declaration
- 4. Migration to Ethiopia
- 5. Boycott of the House of Háshim
- 6. Darkest Days
- 7. Converts in Yathrib
- 8. The Idolaters’ Plot
- 9. Medina—the City of the Prophet
- 10. Badr and Uḥud
- 11. The Investment of Medina
- 12. The Truce of al-Ḥudaybíyyah
- 13. The Call to the Kings
- 14. Jews and Christians of the North
- 15. Mecca and aṭ-Ṭá’if Fall
- 16. The Farewell
- 17. The Passing of the Prophet
- 18. What Muḥammad Taught
- Postscript
The Course of Islám
- 19. The Succession
- 20. The Yoke of the House of Umayyah
- 21. Revolt and its Roots
- 22. Ferment of Thought and Belief
- 23. The New Society
- 24. Divisions of Thought and Belief
- 25. The Bright Star of the Fáṭimids
- 26. Ṣúfís and Ṣúfíism
- 27. The Civilization of Islám
- 28. The Crusades
- 29. Islám at Bay
- 30. Islám Ascendant
- 31. The Changing Face of Islamic Society
- 32. Final Divisions