Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Background of The Birth of Islam

Author: Martyr Ayatullah Beheshti
Translator: Dr. Alaedin Pazargadi
Publisher: International Publishing Co
Category:

• Preface
• Method Suitable for Theological Research
• A Methodology for Research in Theological Topics
• A Supplementary to the Method
• In Answer to Another Question
• Birthplace of Islam
• A brief description of Arabia
• Origin of Arab Tribes
• Mareb Dam
• Cultural Situation
• Economic Situation
• Form of Government in Pagan Times
• Role of Judaism and Christianity
• Judaism in Arabia
• Christianity in Arabia
• Situation of the Heading Tribes of the Quraish
• Iran Before Islam
• A) Ancient Iran
• B) Geographical Situation
• C) Civilisation
• D) Class Structure and Social Divisions
• E) Progress in Learning
• F) Religion in the Achaemenid Period
• G) Iran in the Sassanid Period
• H) Supremacy of Religion and Political Power
• I) Zoroastrianism as the State Religion
• J) Administration of the State
• M) Social Class Structure
• 1) Foreign Policy
• N) The Appearance of Manichaeus
• O) The Rise of Mazdak
• P) Conditions Prevailing in Iran at the Time of the Rise of Islam
• 2) Questions and Answers
• Ancient Egypt
• A) Civilisation
• B) Laws, Traditions and
• C) Government in Ancient Egypt
• D) Questions and Answers
• Abyssinia Before The Birth of Islam
• A) General Conditions
• B) Re-discovery of Abyssinia
• C) The Story of Abraha
• D) The Event of Aam-ul-Feel
• E) Migration to Abyssinia
• F) Questions and Answers
• Factors Of Success
• Conclusion
• Principal Factors for the Movement's Success
• A) Unshakable Faith
• B) Competence and Efficiency
• C) Decisiveness
• D) Peculiarities of Prevailing Political Environment
• E) Decisive Response
• F) As a Herald of Freedom
• G) Filling the Existing Socio-political Vacuum
• Bibliography
• Notes