History of the arabs, the name seems quite unique, as there can be history of a race or a history of a time or history of third reich or saracens etc etc
once a history book is written i wonder what is in there to be edited 10 times? what prompted so many changes?? reprinting is ok
As the author points out that the book has been written in response to 'a short history of saracens' by Ammer Ali which as per him stands 'obsolete'it is not known why.
references to the holy quran mentioned in the book are not correct
pp 99---------2;100 is there instead on 106
---------------14:40---------------------14:36
pp 99------------2:100 ................2:105
the verse is regarding the abrogation of a verse and revealing a better or a similar one which the author has mis interpreted and gave an oblique view of it
pp103--------47:16,17 is there instead of 47:15
knowledge and interpretation of the quran of the author are excellent but oftenly distorted as ..comparing paradise to a place in arabia (taif)
pp174
"in art and architecture, in philosophy, in medicene, in science and literature, in governement, the 'original arabians' had nothing to teach and everything to learn"
further he states
"In ctesiphon, edessa,nisibis, damascus, jerusalem,etc etc they (arabs) viewed and copied the work of architect, the artisan, the jeweller and the manufacturer"
not a single non moslem architect, jeweller etc has been named
chapter 21
the invaders from the desert brought with them no tradition of learning, no heritage of culture?? to the lands they conquered
(this is incorrect)
the comparison of the quranic verses to the 'old testament' is excellent
the author has laid immense stress in depicting the words in the quran are 'borrowed' from old testament and formerly holy books
hittians are a very old tribe in the arab land and to this day regret their ancestors converting to Islam excepting a very few who are now the druzes and maronites in the lebanon
the author being orthodox christian has attributed the fall of syria iraq eygpt etc to the internal squabbles in the countries and their religion (christianity) rather than the sacrificing spirits of the saracens at that time
the author no doubt has done ample research to write the book, but a history of a race cannot be written in a few hundred pages,
the author could have done a better job had he been non parochial and not confined his clientele to a selected few as the the comments have been indicated by New York times, as if for a novel or a fiction by some sundry author
Ample research
ReplyDeleteHistory of the arabs, the name seems quite unique, as there can be history of a race or a history of a time or history of third reich or saracens etc etc
once a history book is written i wonder what is in there to be edited 10 times? what prompted so many changes?? reprinting is ok
As the author points out that the book has been written in response to 'a short history of saracens' by Ammer Ali which as per him stands 'obsolete'it is not known why.
references to the holy quran mentioned in the book are not correct
pp 99---------2;100 is there instead on 106
---------------14:40---------------------14:36
pp 99------------2:100 ................2:105
the verse is regarding the abrogation of a verse and revealing a better or a similar one which the author has mis interpreted and gave an oblique view of it
pp103--------47:16,17 is there instead of 47:15
knowledge and interpretation of the quran of the author are excellent but oftenly distorted as ..comparing paradise to a place in arabia (taif)
pp174
"in art and architecture, in philosophy, in medicene, in science and literature, in governement, the 'original arabians' had nothing to teach and everything to learn"
further he states
"In ctesiphon, edessa,nisibis, damascus, jerusalem,etc etc they (arabs) viewed and copied the work of architect, the artisan, the jeweller and the manufacturer"
not a single non moslem architect, jeweller etc has been named
chapter 21
the invaders from the desert brought with them no tradition of learning, no heritage of culture?? to the lands they conquered
(this is incorrect)
the comparison of the quranic verses to the 'old testament' is excellent
the author has laid immense stress in depicting the words in the quran are 'borrowed' from old testament and formerly holy books
hittians are a very old tribe in the arab land and to this day regret their ancestors converting to Islam excepting a very few who are now the druzes and maronites in the lebanon
the author being orthodox christian has attributed the fall of syria iraq eygpt etc to the internal squabbles in the countries and their religion (christianity) rather than the sacrificing spirits of the saracens at that time
the author no doubt has done ample research to write the book, but a history of a race cannot be written in a few hundred pages,
the author could have done a better job had he been non parochial and not confined his clientele to a selected few as the the comments have been indicated by New York times, as if for a novel or a fiction by some sundry author
Chamus