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Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam

Fred M. Donner

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Author
Fred M. Donner
Reading time
6 hours

Contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Preface
  3. A Note on Conventions
  4. 1. The Near East on the Eve of Islam
  5. The Empires of the Late Antique Near East
  6. Arabia between the Great Powers
  7. Mecca and Yathrib (Medina)
  8. 2. Muhammad and the Believers' Movement
  9. The Traditional Biography of Muhammad the Prophet
  10. The Problem of Sources
  11. The Character of the Early Believers' Movement
  12. 3. The Expansion of the Community of Believers
  13. The Community in the Last Years of Muhammad's Life
  14. Succession to Muhammad and the Ridda Wars
  15. The Character of the Believers' Early Expansion
  16. The Course and Scope of the Early Expansion
  17. Consolidation and Institutions of the Early Expansion Era
  18. 4. The Struggle for Leadership of the Community, 34-73/655-692
  19. Background of the First Civil War
  20. The Course of the First Civil War (35-40/656-661)
  21. Between Civil Wars (40-60/661-680)
  22. The Second Civil War (60-73/680-692)
  23. Reflections on the Civil Wars
  24. 5. The Emergence of Islam
  25. The Umayyad Restoration and Return to the Imperial Agenda
  26. The Redefinition of Key Terms
  27. Emphasis on Muhammad and the Qur'an
  28. The Problem of the Trinity
  29. Elaboration of Islamic Cultic Practices
  30. Elaboration of the Islamic Origins Story
  31. The Coalescence of an ''Arab" Political Identity
  32. Official vs. Popular Change
  33. Appendix A: The umma Document
  34. The Text
  35. Appendix B: Inscriptions in the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
  36. The Inscriptions
  37. Notes and Guide to Further Reading
  38. Preface
  39. 1. The Near East on the Eve of Islam
  40. 2. Muhammad and the Believers' Movement
  41. 3. The Expansion of the Community of Believers
  42. 4. The Struggle for Leadership of the Community, 37-73/655-692
  43. 5. The Emergence of lslam

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