Research Catalog

Title

The Moslem doctrine of God; an essay on the character and attributes of Allah according to the Koran and orthodox tradition, by Samuel M. Zwemer.

Author

Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 1867-1952.

Publication

Boston, New York American Tract Society [©1905]

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Details

Description

120 pages frontispiece; 19 cm

Subject

• God (Islam)
• 11.80 Islam: general
• God
• Islam
• Koran
• Hadith

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• I. There is no God but Allah -- Importance of these words -- Gibbon's verdict -- Value of this creed to the Moslem -- Sources for the idea of deity -- The ethical value of such monotheism -- Various views -- II. Allah, the divine essence -- Significance of the word Allah -- Allah among the pagan Arabs -- The beit Allah -- The hanifs -- Testimony of the monuments -- Monotheism in the Koran -- The idea of God's essence -- Silence of tradition -- Ghazzali's definition -- Mohammed's idea of the unbegotten -- The commentaries -- III. The ninety-nine beautiful names of Allah -- These really attributes -- The Moslem's rosary -- List of these names -- The holy -- The all-compelling -- Moslem idea of divine justice -- Of truth -- "The mothers of the attributes" -- The word rabb -- The two hundred and one names of Mohammed -- IV. Allah's attributes analyzed and examined -- Their effect on the Moslem mind -- Division and classification -- Those that describe his unity -- Mercy -- Power -- The avenger -- The moral attributes -- Holiness of God ignored -- The Koran doctrine of sin -- Kinds of sins -- Terms used -- No distinction between the ceremonial and the moral law -- Proof from tradition -- Sin not a serious matter -- The punishment of sin -- Allah not bound by a standard of justice -- Is Allah unchangeable? -- Justice of Allah -- The chief attribute -- God's omniscience purely physical -- His power -- He does not sleep -- Real unity of God absent -- The Koran idea of holiness -- The pantheism of force -- The idea of the mystics -- Views of other sects -- Allah the light of the world -- V. The relation of Allah to his world -- The fundamental idea in Moslem theology -- Palgrave as a critic of Islam -- His famous characterization of Allah -- The absolute and omnipotent monad -- He is jealous of his creatures -- Wahabi teaching orthodox -- Moslem idea of idea of creation -- Koran texts -- Contradictions -- The days of creation -- God the author of evil -- The universe not infinite -- Creation of the pen -- The throne of God -- How God sits -- Speculation and orthodoxy -- Renan's opinion -- Allah leads men astray -- No hope in Islam -- One-sided idea of God -- God above us, with us, in us -- VI. Mohammedan ideas of the trinity -- The negative side of the Moslem idea of God -- Clark's remark on this aspect of false religions -- The two foci of Moslem controversy -- The idea of the trinity fundamental and essential -- Koran references to the doctrine -- Misapprehension of true trinity -- The testimony of the commentaries.
• How they differ and why -- Indirect references in the Koran -- Shirk -- Are Christians polytheists? -- The Christology of the Koran -- The person of Christ -- His birth -- The denial of Christ's divinity -- And the atonement -- Hatred of the cross -- Christ's place in heaven -- The Holy Spirit is the angel Gabriel -- Was Mohammed ignorant of true Christian teaching concerning the trinity? -- The Collyridians -- Intercourse with Christians -- Yemen Christianity -- Abyssinian -- Koelle's conclusion -- Could Mohammed read and write? -- VII. Predestination vs. fatalism -- The importance of this doctrine in Islam's idea of God -- Distinguished from Christian teaching -- Terms used -- Koran passages -- El Berkevi's summary -- Tradition on this topic -- Pre-existence of souls -- Adam and Moses -- The salvation of infants -- Fatalism of the Greeks -- Of Islam -- "Allah katib" -- "Inshallah" -- "el-hamdu-lillah" -- Moslem idea of prayer -- The fundamental difference between Calvinistic and Moslem doctrine of the decress -- Allah not love -- No fatherhood -- The Moslem hell -- Source of these ideas -- The Talmud -- Story of the angel of death -- Other views of predestination -- The orthodox view widespread -- Barren of ideas -- VIII. The completed idea and its insufficiency -- The Moslem idea of God compared with that of Christianity -- The true standard -- Mohammed's ascent to heaven -- Four elements wanting -- No fatherhood -- The lack of love in the Moslem religion -- Mysticism a revolt -- The distorted idea of justice -- The law in Islam -- Lack of harmony in Allah's attributes -- The results of such monotheism -- Islam's ideal of ethics -- The Moslem idea of God is sterile -- The Christian trinity -- No compromise is possible -- The only true God and Jesus Christ.

LCCN

05027430

OCLC

• ocm01106726
• 1106726
• SCSB-147756

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library