Towards Understanding the Muslim Historiography and Muslim Historians
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Islam is a revealed religion and its principles are universal and permanent. These principles provide guidance and fashion life at all ages and all times. Islamic history and historiography is the science which informs us about our heritage, makes us conscious of links with the past, makes us aware of our origin, and provides us with a sense of
direction for the future. The present paper highlights the very concept of history in Islam. It also highlights the history-consciousness of the Muslims by highlighting their contributions to historiography.
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“History is the record of human events and actions which includes the culture in its
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13 Ibid.
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17 Ibid.
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21 Ibid.
22 Ibid.
23 Nisar Ahmad Faruqi, op. cit. 6.
24 For instance, When he (SAW) was distributing booty at Hunayn, one of the Ansars of
Madinah protested the system of distribution adopted by him, the Prophet (SAW)
expressed his annoyance in these words: ‘May Allah shower his mercy on Moses’ he
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28 Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi, op. cit. 261.
29 Nisar Ahmad Faruqi, op. cit. 134.
30 Abd al-Rahman al-Sakhawi, op. cit. 262.
31 Ibid.
32 Mohammad Tahir, Medieval Muslim Historiography (Delhi, 1998), 1.
33 Ibid.
34 Ibid.
35 Ibid.
36 Nisar Ahmad Faruqi, op. cit. 43.
37 D. S. Margoliouth, Lectures on Arabic Historians (Delhi, 1977), 82.
38 Ibid.
39 Dr. Ahsan al-Allah Fahad, Imam Ibn Jarir Tabari (Delhi, 2002),153.
40 Ibid.
41 Ibid.
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