The Essentials of the Islamic Faith

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The Essentials of the Islamic Faith
AuthorFethullah Gülen
Audio read byLee Crooks
Original titleİnancın Gölgesinde
TranslatorAli Ünal
SubjectIslamic theology
PublisherTughra Books
Pages270
ISBN9781932099850
WebsiteEssentials 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]

  1. The Existence and Unity of God.
  2. The Invisible Realm of Existence.
  3. Divine Decree and Destiny, and Human Free Will.
  4. The Resurrection and the Afterlife.
  5. Prophethood and Muhammad's Prophethood.
  6. 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]

  1. ^ Ron Geaves; Theodore Gabriel, eds. (2013). Sufism in Britain. A&C Black. p. 241. ISBN 9781441114877.
  2. ^ Recep Dogan (2019). Political Islamists in Turkey and the Gülen Movement. Springer Nature. p. 162. ISBN 9783030297572.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Fethullah Gülen (2006). The Essentials of the Islamic Faith. Translated by Ali Ünal. The Light, Inc. ISBN 9781932099850.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "İnancın Gölgesinde". fgulen.com/tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 17 May 2024.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Жизнь и исламская вера / Zhiznʹ i islamskai︠a︡ vera". worldcat.org. WorldCat. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Жизнь И Исламская Вера, Фетхуллах Гюлен" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Jizn i Islamkaya Vera-Essentials of The Islamic Faith, the (Russian)". Archived from the original on 17 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Fundamentos de la fe Islámica". fgulen.com/es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 May 2024.

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