Muqaddama tul Quran / مقدمۃ القرآن

by Ahmad Rafique Akhtar

Muqadamat-Ul-Quran Prof. Ahmad Rafique Akhtar Islam

Genres: Islam, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Search · Rating 5 out of 5]

Prof. Ahmed Rafique Akhter has written in an eloquent manner in beautiful poetic prose. This is a book where the Professor's command of urdu language really comes to the forefront.
This is basically a book for modern muslims who are taken in with the advancements of the west and confuse its progress in the domain of the natural sciences with its views on religion. The Professor clarifies that the west's progress in no way also automatically makes its view on religion (i.e. Atheism) correct.
He goes on to give examples of the great western philosophers or scientists who may indeed be great in their respective fields but are not experts on religion or God as he terms it, since they have not made as much as effort to come to a conclusive opinion on God as they have made on their respective domains of natural science or philosophy. He explains how their decision to not deem God worthy of the utmost priority is a failure on their part of realizing what is of utmost importance. He says if there is the possibility of there being an Omnipotent presence, who is watchful of our actions and will judge us accordingly; what could be more important than reaching the truth of the matter.
He links this argument to the Quran and its claim that it is God's (Allah's) word, His message to mankind. The Prof. says that we have a book that claims to be from God and to confirm for sure that it is from God is also easy, because if there is a single mistake in the content it cannot be an omnipotent, omniscient God's message. He asks how many of the great minds of the world even tried to read it with an open mind, without preconceived notions the same way philosophers and scientists would approach any other worldly problem. These so called great minds decided that it could not possibly be God's word without reading the content.
He also makes many other great points and arguments and overall the book would be very useful to young modern muslims who are perhaps having some sort of identity crisis in this day and age of material excess.

[Naved · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you read this book with an open mind and sincere approach, it will hit you hard, shake you from within and will force your brain to rethink, re evaluate our mental models and approaches in almost all walks of life.
A must read for truth seeker, it’s written in Beautiful Urdu style.

[Salman Hamid · Rating 5 out of 5]

اللہ کے وجود پر 200 صفحات کی ایک چھوٹی سی دلیل “مقدمتہ القرآن” ایک بہترین کتاب جو میں نے اب تک تین دفعہ پڑھی ہے۔ ایک ایک حرف موتیوں کی طرح پرویا ہوا ہے۔
پروفیسر صاحب اپنی کتاب میں لکھتے ہیں:
“مذہب کے معاملے میں شاید سائنسدان سے بڑھ کر کوئی کم ظرف نہیں۔ وہ ایک بنیادی تضاد کا شکار ہے۔ ذرا ایمان کی کہیے کہ ایک سائنسدان ایک دریافت یا جزوِ دریافت کے لیے زندگی گزار دیتا ہے۔ وہ ایک Equation کے حصول کے لیے 20 تا 50 سال غرق کر دیتا ہے۔ فلیمنگ ایک کلچر پلیٹ پر آٹھ سال مصروف رہا۔ نیوٹن برس ہا برس کی ریاضتِ ذہن کی بنا پر ایک اصول دریافت کرنے کے قابل ہوا۔ کسی نے افلاک کے تجسس میں اور کسی نے ایک وائرس کی تلاش حقیقت میں زندگی صرف کی۔ مگر کارل سیگاں اور رسل جیسے دانشور جب مذہب کی جانب آتے ہیں تو عجیب احمقانہ، فوری اور مشتعل رائے سے نوازنے کی کوشش کرتے ہیں۔ ان کی سائنسی دیانت مصدقہ اور ان کی مذہبی بددیانتی اظہر من الشمس ہے۔ یہ ان سے پوچھئے کہ ایک معمولی سے مظہر فطرت کے مطالعہ کے لیے اگر آپ کو پوری عمر کے تحصیل علم کی ضرورت ہے تو کیا کائنات کے علیم و حکیم رب کے مطالعہ کے لیے کھلنڈرے اور کم عقل بچوں کی اپروچ چاہیے۔”

[Amjad Hussain]

Great Introduction to Holy Quran.

[Abdul Lateef · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to get this book.
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[Muhammad Atif · Rating 5 out of 5]

I want to read this book.