The Spiritual Background of Early Islam

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CONTENTS......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 7
CHAPTER ONE - THE SPIRITUAL BACKGROUND OF EARLY ISLAM AND THE HISTORY OF ITS PRINCIPAL CONCEPTS......Page 9
CHAPTER TWO - HEROIC MOTIVES IN EARLY ARABIC LITERATURE......Page 47
CHAPTER THREE - SUNNAH AND RELATED CONCEPTS......Page 131
CHAPTER FOUR - THE ANCIENT ARAB BACKGROUND OF THE QUR\'ANIC CONCEPT AL-JIZYATU \'AN YADIN......Page 207
CHAPTER FIVE - BAY\'AH \"HOMAGE\": A PROTO-ARAB (SOUTH-SEMITIC) CONCEPT......Page 221
CHAPTER SIX - THE ORIGINAL MEANING OF ARABIC WAZIR......Page 228
CHAPTER SEVEN - ALLAH\'S LIBERTY TO PUNISH OR TO FORGIVE......Page 235
CHAPTER EIGHT - \"THE SURPLUS OF PROPERTY\": AN EARLY ARAB SOCIAL CONCEPT......Page 237
CHAPTER NINE - THE RETuRN OF THE HERO: AN EARLY ARAB MOTIF......Page 262
CHAPTER TEN - \"LIFE AFTER DEATH\" IN EARLY ARAB CONCEPTION......Page 296
CHAPTER ELEVEN - THE HUNGER OF THE BEDOUIN......Page 304
CHAPTER TWELVE - EQUALITY OF BIRTH OF HUSBAND AND WIFE (KAFA\'AH), AN EARLY ARAB PRINCIPLE......Page 309
CHAPTER THIRTEEN - THE STATE ARCHIVES IN THE EARLY ISLAMIC ERA......Page 319
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - THE COMMUNITY\'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PUNISHMENT OF CRIME IN EARLY ARAB SOCIETY......Page 323
INDEX OF ARABIC TERMS......Page 343