The Essentials of the Islamic Faith
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Author | Fethullah Gülen |
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Audio read by | Lee Crooks |
Original title | İnancın Gölgesinde |
Translator | Ali Ünal |
Subject | Islamic theology |
Publisher | Tughra Books |
Pages | 270 |
ISBN | 9781932099850 |
Website | Essentials of the Islamic Faith |
The Essentials of the Islamic Faith is a theological book written by M. Fethullah Gülen,[1] in which he explains the basic foundations of Islamic belief that are obligatory for Muslims to know.[2]
The work takes up matters related to creation and causality, eschatology, the resurrection of the body, the unseen world of angels, jinn and Satan, and it concludes with a study of prophethood (nubuwwat), the prophethood of Muhammad, and the question of science and religion in relation to the study of the Qur'an.[3]
Content
[edit]The work is divided into six thematic chapters, as follows:[4]
- The Existence and Unity of God.
- The Invisible Realm of Existence.
- Divine Decree and Destiny, and Human Free Will.
- The Resurrection and the Afterlife.
- Prophethood and Muhammad's Prophethood.
- The Holy Qur'an.
Editions and translations
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Originally published in Turkish as İnancın Gölgesinde (lit. 'In the Shadow of Faith')[5] by Nil Yayınları in 1991.[6]
English
[edit]First edition in English translated by Ali Ünal, and published in 2000.[7]
Russian
[edit]The work was translated into Russian by Farid Bagirov, and published in 2006 under the title Жизнь И Исламская Вера.[8][9][10]
Spanish
[edit]The work was translated into Spanish in 2007 by Esteban E. Loustaunou under the title Fundamentos de la fe Islámica.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ron Geaves; Theodore Gabriel, eds. (2013). Sufism in Britain. A&C Black. p. 241. ISBN 9781441114877.
- ^ Recep Dogan (2019). Political Islamists in Turkey and the Gülen Movement. Springer Nature. p. 162. ISBN 9783030297572.
- ^ M. Hakan Yavuz; John L. Esposito, eds. (2003). Turkish Islam and the Secular State: The Gülen Movement. Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Syracuse University Press. pp. 80–81. ISBN 9780815630401.
- ^ Fethullah Gülen (2006). The Essentials of the Islamic Faith. Translated by Ali Ünal. The Light, Inc. ISBN 9781932099850.
- ^ Nevval Sevindi (2008). Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi' (ed.). Contemporary Islamic Conversations: M. Fethullah Gülen on Turkey, Islam, and the West. SUNY Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780791473542.
- ^ "İnancın Gölgesinde". fgulen.com/tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Essentials of the Islamic Faith / M. Fethullah Gulen; [translated from Turkish by Ali Ünal]". The University of Lahore (UOL). Archived from the original on 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Жизнь и исламская вера / Zhiznʹ i islamskai︠a︡ vera". worldcat.org. WorldCat. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Жизнь И Исламская Вера, Фетхуллах Гюлен" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Jizn i Islamkaya Vera-Essentials of The Islamic Faith, the (Russian)". Archived from the original on 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Fundamentos de la fe Islámica". fgulen.com/es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 May 2024.