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‘Our Publications’ collection is a bibliographic database of the Foundation's own publications. These works are the outcome of prominent research projects and events carried out by the three centres of the Foundation, i.e. the ‘Manuscripts Centre’, the ‘Mawsoa Centre’ and the ‘Maqasid Centre’.

This collection was added to the ‘Al-Furqan Digital Library’ to enrich the user research experience. The collection is continuously updated, and currently contains over 200 works in over 400 volumes. These cover both introductory and advanced topics discussed and presented by distinguished scholars in the field of Islamic written heritage.

It also includes many popular and heavily cited publications, as well as award winning works, such as the critical edition of al-Isfizāri’s book which deals with the field of mechanics, known as “the sciences of weights and mechanical devices” (‘Ilmay al-Athqāl wal-Ḥiyal). Other popular items include works by the late famous scholar Annemarie Schimmel, such as The Secrets of Creative Love (1998) and Islam and the Wonders of Creation(2003); and many other highly demanded references, including the unique Encyclopaedia of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Al-Madīnah Al-Munawwarah.

Arts in the Light of Maqāṣid Al-Sharīʿah (3)

BY VARIOUS CONTRIBUTORS EDITED BY IBRAHIM EL-BAYOMI GHANEM
2022
Arabic
Symposia
1
9781788145978
Book
Hardback
/
246
0.55 kg
(Other)

This book contains the proceedings of the third scientific symposium addressing “The arts in light of the objectives of Islamic law”, organised by the Centre for Study of the Philosophy of Islamic Law at Al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation. This book’s importance lies in the attempt to formulate an integrated, foundational, Islamic law objectives-based conception of the question of the arts and their function in Muslim society; given that the arts represent one of the most important, distinctive expressions of a civilisation’s achievement. Moreover, it emphasises that art is rooted in the human being’s innate nature (fiṭrah). Thus, any human striving to unleash creativity in the arts is driven by this innate nature, to soar to a higher plane of taste, emotion, and noble manners. This book aspires to induce a paradigm shift in contemporary Muslim awareness of the importance of the arts and the aesthetic values of creativity in life; furthermore, advancing Islam’s concept of art culture and aesthetic theory, seeking to understand the essence of existence, connected to fine principles, honourable values, and good. The esteemed reader will find serious attempts to examine the arts question from the applied perspective, and its relationship to Islamic law objectives, referencing the arts domains of calligraphy, architectural decoration, and cinema. Valuable academic papers addressed the topics: “Fine arts and their civilisational requisites: referral to the principal sources of Islam, motivation, and foresight”; “Beautiful blend: art philosophy and Islamic law objectives, theorising and application to the art of Arabic Islamic calligraphy”; “Purification of the human being as an objective of art”; “Arts patrons and the objectives of architectural decoration: a reading into the collection of Prince Yūsuf Kamāl”; and “Cinematic necessities from the perspective of Islamic law objectives: inventing persons and events as an example”. This book represents a novel contribution of value to the scientific and knowledge domain, and a new building block in the study of Islamic law objectives, and their relationship to the arts.