Recommended books on Quran/Islam & related topics

Soraya

Defenders of The Reasons in Islam is a really good book..
About Mutazilism
However that was how traditionalists chose to go seperate ways..The distortion was due to the following questions that arose

questions such as whether Al Quran was created or is it eternal?
Whether people have free will or predestination(the concept of Qadr)
Qadariya was a word that the traditionalists used..

Also Kitab-al-usul al khamsa which is very interesting..Mashah Allah

Infact I believe that the Mutazilites were on a right track..But unfortunately they focused too much on their research and neglected the ordinary people..this was how the traditionalists used the ordinary people to gain power..

Correct me if am mistaken

Fee Amanillah

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Exploring Islam in a New Light An Understanding from the Quranic Perspective
By Abdur Rab

http//www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=0-595-47940-5

Emphasizing the Quran?s messages of peace, tolerance, and compassion, this book intentionally avoids Hadith-based ideas to significantly contribute to the ?Quran only? movement in Islam.

Book Description
This Islam is spiritual, humane, and scientific, far from its fanatic and militant image it carries in the West. It shows how man can evolve spiritually to lead an enriched, progressive, and blissful life. It advocates tolerance and peaceful co-existence and disapproves of gender or human discrimination and harsh punishments. Abdur Rab argues that, regrettably, the Hadith undermines and misrepresents Islam. Numerous Hadith texts contradict the Quran, reason, and science and send conflicting, confusing messages. The criteria used to authenticate the Hadith are flawed and simply inadequate.

This book is an impassioned call to understand Islam solely in Quranic terms and to reform practiced Islam, distorted by Hadith-based ideas.

I just received the book and skipped through it. The first thing I noticed was the foreword by Prof. Riffat Hassan, the well known feminist Muslim scholar and student of GA.Parwez. Next to this the very good reviews by convert Prof. Jeffrey Lang (author of "Loosing my Religion" & "When angels ask", prof. in Islam) and prof. Reza Aslan (author " No God but God&quot and others.

All of them praised its' Qur'anic approach and also agreed on the need to return to the Qur'an. This coming from 2 well-known Islamic professors shows that the Qur'anic stance is gaining ground everywhere.

The topics are laid out very good and his approach is very professional. Next to laying out some well-known issues, he also brings in some fresh ideas. Good use of footnotes and quoting of Qur'anic verses makes this a very good work and important for us to have.

A must have for progressive Muslims!

peace brother

can i go work with you so i can have access to all these books?

God bless. ramon

arnoldyasin

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Fakhr al-Dn al Rz?s methodology in interpreting the Qurn by Shalahudin Kafrawi.

Many studies have been done of Fakhr al-Dinal-Razi and his system of thought, taking into account his contributions from theology, philosophy, and exegesis. However, works specifically devoted to his exegetical thought have been few. In fact, none of these has dealt with al-Razi?s exegetical methodology in the light of his basic assumptions regarding the Qur?an. In view of this fact, the present thesis aims at elucidating Fakhr al-Din al-Razi?s methodology in interpreting the Qur?an in his magnum opus, known by the title al-Tafsir al-Kabir or Mafatih&dotbelow; al-Ghayb. In order to achieve this purpose, we will focus on his interpretation of the third chapter of the Qur?an, printed in volumes 7, 8, and 9 of the standard edition of his work.
In overall terms, al-Razi contributed greatly to the dissemination of a rational approach to the study of the Qur?an. Yet, he could not avoid the debate over theological issues, which were common in his time. In many parts of his al-Tafsir al-Kabir, therefore, he defends Ash?arite thought against the views of Mu?tazilites, Zahirites, and the Hashwiyyah, among others.

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An excellent essay on one of the major rational Qur'an exegesists of the Middle Ages. A very interesting read.

Bahr53

Salaam
Here you can download these books, http//www.box.net/shared/5tgzvctcf5

Arab Conspiracies against Islam
Argument against ritual prayer
Construction of Mecca
Hadith a re-evaluation
Hadith research, the myth of hadith
Hadith Debate, and what is Salaat
Mental Bondage (in the name of God)
MY JOURNEY FROM THE CHRISTIANITY OF AHLUL SUNNAH WAL JAMAAH TO THE ISLAM OF THE PROPHET
Natural Republic
No fasting
No hate of Jews in the Quran
Quran, Hadith and Islam
The history of Hadith
The MessengerInfo from the Quran
Turkey reform of Islam
Where did Muhammed live

Free English book refuting Hadith for download in PDF format
http//www.box.net/shared/5tgzvctcf5

Fem gode linker/Five good links

http//aididsafar.com/

http//merahza.wordpress.com/

http//www.free-minds.org/

http//iyb.blogspot.com/

http//aboutquran.com/

tawhid

" the qoran , morality and critical reason" by Mohammad Shahrour

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