Islam and Its Richness

Let us take a look at simple story which is written by Khaled M. Abou El Fadl (KMAF). He is recognized as a academics and one of the most important and influential Islamic thinkers in the modern age. One of his books is "Conference of the Books the Search for Beauty in Islam". The contents of the book are about sort essays which was dictated by the types of issues raised by the the people and also the author's spiritual and moral development. Each essay was written in the context of an imagined conference of the books that occurs every night.

As author said in his preface of that book that the book represented in this conference are mostly classical texts and these engage their readers in reflection about the contemporary Muslim reality. What is the meaning of classical texts? Frankly, It is repository of the intellects of the past. The Author confidently attach the verses of Qur'an and Hadist as well as mention many Muslims Scholars in the past that could be take as an examples for us.

The impression of this book is the ability of the author to transform its intellects into flowing sort stories that eventually could be addressing the intellects of the present. Furthermore, this book seeks to create a nexus and bond between the Islamic intellectual heritage of the past and contemporary Muslim thoughts. As Muslims today are uprooted from their intellectual tradition, and the result has been that Muslims have lost the ethos of knowledge, as well as their moral and intellectual grounding.

Undoubtedly, a Muslim may read these essays as the testament of a Muslim jurist on the problem that confront us today. What about a non-Muslim? of course as The Islamic message was addressed to human beings at large, therefore, a non-Muslim may read these essays for their sociological significance and their relevance to comparative insight on law and theology.

For bookish people, just enjoy yourself with such a profound knowledge with flowing stories happening and grounded with appropriate Islamic intellectual heritage and His Divine Knowledge attaching through His verses and Prophetic tradition (Hadist).