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Towards the Construction of a Contemporary Islamic Educational Theory
Fathi Malkawi
Islamization of Knowledge: Conceptual Background, Vision and Tasks
Salisu Shehu
Economic Guidelines in the Qur'an
S.M. Hasanuz Zaman
Contribution of Islamic Thought to Modern Economics
Misbah Oreibi
An Introduction to Islamic Economics
Muhammad Akram Khan
Islamic Thought and Culture
Isma'il R. al Faruqi
Islamization of Knowledge: Background, Models and the Way Forward
Malam Sa'idu Sulaiman
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1 Basic Concepts 3 Economic Parameters (part A - E)
In its bid to provide a sound, healthy and balanced orientation to human life, Islam accords rightful importance to all aspects of human activity including the economic. Significantly enough, Islam exhibits no trace of that unwarranted spiritual exuberance that would prompt it to look upon wealth contemptuously as too profane to deserve its due attention. On the contrary, the attitude of Islam is well illustrated by the Qur'anic directive to people not to entrust their wealth - "which God has made a support for you - to the feeble minded" (al-Nisa' 4:5). This clearly reflects Islam's realism, its recognition of the importance of economic resources for man's well being. The above-quoted verse, however, is not the only example of Islam's concern with economic matters. That concern is also reflected in a very large number of other verses of the Qur'an. The present work will hopefully enable the reader to recognise that. The International Institute of Islamic Thought has, from its very inception, been duly cognisant of economics in its scheme of Islamization of knowledge; in fact economics has been one of its priority areas. The Institute feels honoured that it has a solid record of seminars and publications in this field. For instance, our colleague Mohyi al-Din 'Atiyyah rendered a great service by his painstaking compilation of economic indices of the Qur'an and the Hadith. There is also a very impressive array of other highly informative and thought-provoking publications on the subject, including two major works by M. Umer Chapra. What, however, deserves special mention in this connection is the planned work of a team of scholars who, under the auspices of IIIT in Egypt, have produced about three dozen research works in the field of Islamic Economics. S.M. Hasanuz Zaman, who has already enriched Islamic Economics by two books and a substantial number of research articles, is now making- another mentionable contribution to Islamic Economics through his present work, Economic Guidelines in the Qur'an. He has assiduously brought together the verses of the Qur'an that are of significance for those interested in Economics from an Islamic frame of reference. In bringing together and classifying them, he has shown great sensitivity to the professional concerns, both theoretical and practical, of the economists. 1 Basic Concepts 2 Social Behaviour 3 Economic Parameters (part A - E) 5 Pre-Islamic Institutions |
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