Tareekh e Islam Written by Muhammad Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui:
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Author's opinion about book:
Thousands of books have been written on Islamic history and Islamic civilization. The writers are of two sides: Muslim historians and authors who consider Islamic history and civilization in general to be a collection of events and incidents and, as such, abdicate their duty by presenting them in chronological order. They do not analyze and dissect the events and incidents, nor do they try to reconstruct the era under their pen. Their greatest tragedy is that they are unfamiliar with the principles of modern historiography and are generally not historians at all. The second type is that of non-Muslim historians, which include both modern Eastern scholars and Orientalists. Most of them are not aware of the original source of Islamic civilization and civilization and are also ignorant of many of the principles of historiography. However, their real tragedy is that they view Islamic history and civilization through their own biased lenses and religious eyes, in which their cultural consciousness and perspective also play a significant role. Therefore, even if they do not deliberately distort Islamic civilization and history, their eyes are fixed on its dark side. They distort history.
Through the teaching, education and study of these books, Islamic history is presented to readers, especially students, and a very limited and distorted concept of Islamic civilization is created. From Muslim writings, they become aware of events and news, but they are deprived of historical awareness and cultural understanding. Despite obtaining information from non-Muslim writings, the perspective is distorted and instead of pride and confidence in their history and cultural capital, a sense of shame and hatred is created, which gives rise to a sense of inferiority and makes them inactive in the field of life.
During the forty years of study of Islamic history and Civilization and twenty-five years of teaching and education experiences, this fact has always been clear and disturbing that no book can be given to students and readers with full confidence that some have a deficit of religion and some have a deficit of knowledge. For a long time, this feeling has also been disturbing that a comprehensive textbook on Islamic history and civilization should be written in the light of my understanding, consciousness and experiences so that the need of the time, the demand of knowledge and the demand of religion can be met. For many years, I even wrote a book of such a series, but it turned out to be very poor. Numerous elders, well-wishers, friends, comrades, and disciples continuously insisted that a short, comprehensive series of Islamic history be prepared and presented as soon as possible.
This book attempts to study history and civilization from an Islamic and universal perspective and to show its evolutionary process in different periods. History and civilization have been divided into different periods merely for the sake of convenience and identification, otherwise the historical process and civilizational evolution do not accept any limitation. Its continuity continues whether it is seen or not. In explaining the Islamic and universal perspective, I would like to quickly state that this refers to the Prophetic Hadith which means that wisdom is the lost capital of a believing man, wherever it is found, the believing man is the most deserving of it.
In compiling these books, the educational and scientific needs of students of schools, colleges and universities, as well as general readers and general Muslim and non-Muslim readers have also been kept in mind. Every effort has been made in this book to inform all of them with correct information and the right perspective. The extent to which this effort has been successful or unsuccessful will be known to the readers, dear students, teachers.
The great scholars and historians will be more knowledgeable. I request all of them to inform the editor about the errors of information and the shortcomings of interpretation so that I can correct them in my heart and eyes and also in the lost path of the pages and pages of future editions.
It is my duty and also my privilege to thank all the people and institutions who helped in the preparation of this series of lessons. The kindness of my late parents... Alhaj Inam Ali Siddiqui and Bibi Taslim Sahiba will remain permanent even after their death, for they. did not mix the milk and gratitude of their boundless love and affection in their blood and liver and educated and trained this humble author. If it were not for their kindness, the inscription would have remained unhewn. The present effort should also be counted among their good deeds and I pray to Allah, the Almighty, to make it a source of forgiveness for them.
The list of friends, colleagues and other benefactors is quite long. I express my general gratitude to all but I express my special gratitude to my respected brother Muhammad Azam Qasmi and dear brother Dr. Zafarul Islam Islahi, Idara Uloma Islamia Muslim University Aligarh, Dr. Manzoor Alam, Chairman I, O, S, whose sincere comments and loving advice have greatly contributed to making this series of lectures more useful. I would like to acknowledge the kindness of my life partner Shams-ul-Nisa Yasmin and my blessed children... Zeenat, Rukhsana Ahmed Mubeen, Ahmed Moin, Ahmed Amin and Khalid Ismail, which they continue to do for me in the form of their unwavering service, immense love and selfless devotion. May Allah Almighty bless them all with the happiness of both worlds.
And lastly and first of all, I offer my gratitude to my merciful and true Benefactor Allah Almighty, who has blessed me with the blessings of this borrowed life and I hope and pray that He will also bless me with the happiness of the hereafter.
Muhammad Yasin Mazhar Siddiqui
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