Islam and the fate of others : the salvation question / Mohammad Hassan Khalil.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khalil, Mohammad Hassan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salvation--Islam.

Salvation.

Islam--Doctrines--History.

Islam.

Islam--Doctrines.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 256 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Can non-Muslims be saved? And can those who are damned to hell ever be redeemed? Mohammad Hassan Khalil examines the writings of influential medieval and modern Muslim scholars on the controversial question of non-Muslim salvation. Islam and the Fate of Others is an illuminating study of four of the most prominent figures in the history of Islam: al-Ghazali, Ibn 'Arabi, Ibn Taymiyya, and Rashid Rida, as well as a wide variety of other writers, including Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Mulla Sadra, Shah Wali Allah of Delhi, Muhammad'Ali of Lahore, Sayyid Qutb, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, and Farid Esack. Khalil demonstrates that though these theologians tended to shun a purely pluralistic concept of salvation, most envisioned a Paradise populated with Muslims and non-Muslims alike, and many believed in a just and merciful God. Khalilreveals that these writers' interpretations of the Qur'an and hadith corpus-from optimistic depictions of Judgment Day to notions of a temporal Hell and salvation for all-challenge widespread assumptions about Islamic scripture and thought.

Contents:

Introduction: rethinking our assumptions

Damnation as the exception: the case of Ghazali

All paths lead to God: the case of Ibn ʻArabi

The redemption of humanity: the case of Ibn Taymiyya

The modern scene: Rashid Riḍa and beyond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0199796661

9780199796663

0199796734

9780199796731

OCLC:

740281722