Summary of Firas Alkhateeb's Lost Islamic History

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The Hijaz is a dry, mountainous landscape in the western part of the Arabian Peninsula. It was here that a new movement emerged in the early 600s, one that would change the course of history in the Arabian Peninsula and beyond.
#2 The Arabian Peninsula is a landmass in southwestern Asia that has been largely ignored by outsiders. Its dry climate is barely hospitable, even for the nomads who live there. Parched riverbeds run throughout the land, but they are hardly recognizable as rivers.
#3 The Arab’s life was based around the harsh environment in which they lived. Due to the desert’s inability to support settled civilization, the Arabs were constantly on the move in search of fertile land for their flocks.
#4 The pre-Islamic Arabs were almost exclusively polytheistic. The Arabs believed in the God of Ibrahim and Isma‘il, but they believed he was one among many different gods. They carved idols to represent his attributes.

Sujets

• Islam
• Philosophie et théologie
• Religion
• History

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 14 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822509979
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Firas Alkhateeb's Lost Islamic History
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Hijaz is a dry, mountainous landscape in the western part of the Arabian Peninsula. It was here that a new movement emerged in the early 600s, one that would change the course of history in the Arabian Peninsula and beyond.

#2

The Arabian Peninsula is a landmass in southwestern Asia that has been largely ignored by outsiders. Its dry climate is barely hospitable, even for the nomads who live there. Parched riverbeds run throughout the land, but they are hardly recognizable as rivers.

#3

The Arab’s life was based around the harsh environment in which they lived. Due to the desert’s inability to support settled civilization, the Arabs were constantly on the move in search of fertile land for their flocks.

#4

The pre-Islamic Arabs were almost exclusively polytheistic. The Arabs believed in the God of Ibrahim and Isma‘il, but they believed he was one among many different gods. They carved idols to represent his attributes.

#5

The Arabs were not completely isolated from their neighbors. They were able to trade goods that came from places as far away as India and Italy. The Romans were content to remain in the more hospitable and familiar lands of the Fertile Crescent, and let the nomadic Arabs carry on the trade with more distant lands.

#6

The Arabs were safe in the depths of the desert, which allowed the rise of Islam, a movement that would have huge implications on the surrounding states and eventually the entire world.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Mecca was a center for the Arabian Peninsula, and it was the birthplace of Prophet Muhammad. It was internationally connected, but it was also isolated. While it was far away enough to avoid imperial control, it was central enough to have a major impact on the Arab people.

#2

Muhammad’s early life was marked by hardship and loss. His father, ‘Abdullah, died before his birth while on a trading mission in the town of Yathrib, north of Mecca. His mother, Aminah, died when he was six, leaving his respected grandfather, ‘Abd al-Muttalib, to care for him.

#3

The first verses of the Quran were revealed to Muhammad in 610 while he was meditating in the cave of Hira. They commanded him to read, and he responded that he was unable to. The angel then recited them to him, and he was able to respond.

#4

The first person to hear of Muhammad’s prophethood and accept it was Khadijah, who immediately began to invite those closest to her to this new religion.

#5

The core ideas of Islam began to take shape through continuing revelations, which were shared throughout the community. The early verses and chapters revealed in Mecca were short and to the point, which worked well for the fledgling Muslim community.

#6

The new religion was a threat to the economic and social position of the polytheists. Without idols, there would be no pilgrimage, and without a pilgrimage, there would be no business for the Quraysh.

#7

The size of the Muslim community grew too large for the rest of Quraysh to ignore. They began to persecute the Muslims, hoping to stop the spread of their religion.

#8

The Quraysh decided to implement an all-out boycott on the Banu Hashim, to which many Muslims belonged. This had disastrous humanitarian effects on the Muslim community.

#9

The boycott of Banu Hashim was not without effects, however. The persecution took a toll on the Muslims, and they began looking for a new city to live in that would grant them more freedom to practice their religion than Mecca did.

#10

After the persecution of the Quraysh, Muhammad fled to Yathrib, an oasis town 300 kilometers north of Mecca, in 620. There, he was able to spread Islam away from Quraysh’s opposition.

#11

The Prophet’s flight from Mecca was known as the hijra, meaning the emigration. It marked a turning point in early Islamic history and is used to this day as the beginning of the Islamic calendar.

#12

The Constitution of Medina, which was drafted after the Battle of the Trench, specified that under Muhammad’s authority, Medina would operate as a state based on Islamic law. It gave the oasis’s Jews freedom to practice their religion, but they had to recognize the political authority of Muhammad over the city and join the common defense in the case of an attack from Quraysh.

#13

The hijra to Medina did not mean the end of conflict with the Quraysh. The Muslims were still bitter at their treatment by their fellow clansmen in Mecca, and they wanted to punish them. But the Muslim community was reluctant to fight Mecca, despite the years of oppression they faced.

#14

The Battle of the Trench was a disaster for the Muslims, and the Quraysh were able to rout them from the battlefield up onto the slopes of Uhud. Hamza, the hero of Badr, was killed in the fighting, and his body was mutilated by the Quraysh.

#15

The Battle of Uhud did not manage to end Islam or the Prophet’s authority in Medina, but it did sow seeds of tension between Medina’s Muslims and the Jews, who had refused to honor the terms of the Constitution.