Mizan
Encyclopedia
Mizan is a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam
, written by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a Pakistani Islamic scholar. It is published in Urdu
by Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences
. The book is also available in the form of different booklets. The book has also been published in English language
in Renaissance Islamic Journal.
, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
Wisdom
The Book
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
, written by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a Pakistani Islamic scholar. It is published in Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
by Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences
Al-Mawrid
Al-Mawrid is an Islamic research institute in Lahore, Pakistan founded in 1983 and then re-established in 1991.-Introduction:The institute was established by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a well-known Pakistani Islamic scholar, who has been inspired by Amin Ahsan Islahi and Hamiduddin Farahi...
. The book is also available in the form of different booklets. The book has also been published in English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
in Renaissance Islamic Journal.
Contents
Published: Dar-ul-IshraqAl-Mawrid
Al-Mawrid is an Islamic research institute in Lahore, Pakistan founded in 1983 and then re-established in 1991.-Introduction:The institute was established by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a well-known Pakistani Islamic scholar, who has been inspired by Amin Ahsan Islahi and Hamiduddin Farahi...
, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Sources of Islam http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=76
- Principles of understanding the Qur'anQur'anThe Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=2 - Principles of determining the SunnahSunnahThe word literally means a clear, well trodden, busy and plain surfaced road. In the discussion of the sources of religion, Sunnah denotes the practice of Prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar...
http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=77 - Principles of understanding the HadithHadithThe term Hadīth is used to denote a saying or an act or tacit approval or criticism ascribed either validly or invalidly to the Islamic prophet Muhammad....
http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=78
- Principles of understanding the Qur'an
Wisdom
- Framework of Islam http://web.archive.org/web/20040709083733/http://www.al-mawrid.org/Content/ViewArticle.aspx?articleId=63
- Beliefs
- The Basic Premise of Religion http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=10
- The Essence of Faith http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=22
- Belief in God: His Being http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=29
- Attributes of God http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=39
- The Dealings and Practices of God http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=42
- Belief in the Angels http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=214
- Belief in the Prophets http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=293
- Some Traits of the Prophets http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=330
- Some Issues pertaining to Prophethood http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=470
- Belief in Divine Books http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1009
- Belief in the Hearafter http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=557
- The Signs and Events of the Day of Judgement http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=712
- The Phases and Abodes of the Day of Judgement http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=719
- The Basic Premise of Religion http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=10
- Morals and morality http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=14
The Book
- The political law of Islam http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=465
- The economic law of Islam http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=308
- The Islamic Shariah of preaching http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=3
- The Islamic law of JihadJihadJihad , an Islamic term, is a religious duty of Muslims. In Arabic, the word jihād translates as a noun meaning "struggle". Jihad appears 41 times in the Quran and frequently in the idiomatic expression "striving in the way of God ". A person engaged in jihad is called a mujahid; the plural is...
http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=422 - The penal lawPenal lawIn the most general sense, penal is the body of laws that are enforced by the State in its own name and impose penalties for their violation, as opposed to civil law that seeks to redress private wrongs...
of Islam http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=444 - The dietary laws http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=393
- Customs and behavioral laws http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=387
- Oath and their atonementAtonementAtonement is a doctrine that describes how human beings can be reconciled to God. In Christian theology the atonement refers to the forgiving or pardoning of sin through the death of Jesus Christ by crucifixion, which made possible the reconciliation between God and creation...
http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=551
- The Islamic law of worship rituals
- The PrayerSalatSalah is the practice of formal prayer in Islam. Its importance for Muslims is indicated by its status as one of the Five Pillars of Sunni Islam, of the Ten Practices of the Religion of Twelver Islam and of the 7 pillars of Musta'lī Ismailis...
- Importance, history, objectives, pre-requisites, rituals, and utterances of prayer http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=4
- Prayer timings, raka'ahRaka'ahRakaʿah are the prescribed movements and words followed by Muslims during salah .After turning to God in mind and ritual cleansing , the worshipper will stand quietly while reciting the first verses of the Qur'an. The second part of the rak'ah involves bowing low with hands on knees, as if...
, concession, congregation, mosqueMosqueA mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration...
s, rectifying mistakes, etiquettes, and various types of prayer http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=5
- The Islamic Shariah of Zakahhttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=196
- The fastSawmSawm is an Arabic word for fasting regulated by Islamic jurisprudence. In the terminology of Islamic law, Sawm means to abstain from eating, drinking , having sex and anything against Islamic law...
http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=283 - The rituals of HajjHajjThe Hajj is the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the largest pilgrimages in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so...
and UmrahUmrahThe Umrah or is a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, performed by Muslims that can be undertaken at any time of the year. In Arabic, Umrah means "to visit a populated place"...
http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=151 - The ritual of animal sacrificeAnimal sacrificeAnimal sacrifice is the ritual killing of an animal as part of a religion. It is practised by many religions as a means of appeasing a god or gods or changing the course of nature...
http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=152
- The Prayer
- The social law of Islam
- Basic principle http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=369
- Matrimony, marriage rites and prerequisites http://web.archive.org/web/20070927233916/http://www.al-mawrid.org/Content/ViewArticle.aspx?articleId=129
- Relations prohibited for marriage http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=383
- Pre-requisites of NikahNikahMarriage in Islam is an Islamic prenuptial contract between a man and woman to live as husband and wife. It is a formal, binding contract considered integral to a religiously valid Islamic marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom and bride involved in marriage proceedings...
(Marriage)http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=351 - Rights and obligations of the spouses http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=324
- Polygamy http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=336
- Etiquette of sexual intimacy http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=344
- Eila and Zihar(ايلا و ظهار)
- DivorceDivorceDivorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties...
http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=222 - Directives relating to widowWidowA widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood or occasionally viduity. The adjective form is widowed...
s http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=362 - Norms of gender interaction http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=460
- Rights of parents http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=301
- Rights of orphans http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=306
- Slavery http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=315
External links
- Complete Mizan (in UrduUrduUrdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
)http://www.ghamidi.org/Books/Ghamidi/New_Edition/Meezan.pdf - Complete Al-Islam (condensed version of Mizan): UrduUrduUrdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
http://ghamidi.org/Books/Ghamidi/Bk_Al_Islam.pdf, EnglishEnglish languageEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
http://www.saadsaleem.com/al-islam.pdf - Articles available on the internet written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi.http://web.archive.org/web/20070405173355/http://www.al-mawrid.org/Content/AuthorHistory.aspx?AuthorID=38http://www.renaissance.com.pk/aujaved.htmlhttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/writers.aspx?option=articles&id=2
- Books to download, written by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi.http://ghamidi.org/books.html (in UrduUrduUrdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
) - Books available at WorldcatWorldCatWorldCat is a union catalog which itemizes the collections of 72,000 libraries in 170 countries and territories which participate in the Online Computer Library Center global cooperative...
, written by Javed Ahmed GhamidiJaved Ahmed GhamidiJaved Ahmad Ghamidi is a well-known Pakistani Muslim theologian, Quran scholar and exegete, and educationist. A former member of the Jamaat-e-Islami, who extended the work of his tutor, Amin Ahsan Islahi. Ghamidi is the founder of Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences and its sister...
.http://worldcat.org/oclc/52901690http://worldcat.org/oclc/58648123http://worldcat.org/oclc/50518567http://worldcat.org/oclc/59164583http://worldcat.org/oclc/57762819http://worldcat.org/oclc/61742999http://worldcat.org/oclc/56405722 - Books to buy:http://dar-ut-tazkeer.com/
- The Law of Evidence by Javed Ghamidi