Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

Background of the Birth of Islam

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Preface
• Method Suitable for Theological Research
• A Methodology for Research in Theological Topics
• How to Come to Believe in Religion?
• A Supplementary to the Method
• In Answer to Another Question
• Question
• Answer
• Where to We Begin?
• 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
• Position of the Keeper and custodian of the Ka'aba was the top most in first-rate precedence
• Iran Before Islam
• A) Ancient Iran
• Geographical Situation
• Civilisation
• Class Structure and Social Divisions
• Progress in Learning
• Religion in the Achaemenid Period
• Iran in the Sassanid Period
• Supremacy of Religion and Political Power
• Zoroastrianism as the State Religion
• Administration of the State
• Social Class Structure
• 1) Foreign Policy
• The Appearance of Manichaeus
• The Rise of Mazdak
• Conditions Prevailing in Iran at the Time of the Rise of Islam
• Questions and Answers
• Question
• Answer
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• a. Civilisation
• b. Laws, Traditions and
• C) Government in Ancient Egypt
• Questions and Answers
• Question
• Answer
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• Abyssinia Before The Birth of Islam
• a) General Conditions
• b) Re-discovery of Abyssinia
• d) The Story of Abraha
• e) The Event of Aam-ul-Feel
• f) Migration to Abyssinia
• g) Questions and Answers
• Question
• Answer
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• 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