The concept of Al-I‘Tibar and the fall of the Umayyads: an explicatory appraisal and its contemporaneity in understanding the present travails of Muslims

This article uses the Quranic philosophy of history, al-I‘tibar, in understanding what’s, why’s and how’s, which brought about the fall of the Umayyads. Based on this and the fact that history may, as Jeffrey Bartholet observes, “feed on itself,” the factors that caused the downfall of the Umayyad...

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Main Authors: Adegboyega, Adebiyi Jelili, Ahmed Ibrahim, Hassan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IDOSI 2011
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/24132/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/24132/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/24132/1/The_Concept_of_Al-I%E2%80%98Tibar_and_the_Fall.pdf