The History of Islam

Penulis : Robert Payne
Penerbit: Barnes & Nobel Books
Jenis Cover : Hardcover
Tahun Terbit : 1992, Cet.-
Dimensi : 14.5 x 21 cm | xiv+335 halaman
Kondisi : Bekas
Berat : 0.5 kg
Stok : Tersedia
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Today with the Arab world awakening at last after centuries of sleep, it is more than ever necessary to come to grips with the Arab mind. There is a sense in which they are more dangerous than the Russians. To the uncommitted nations they speak with the authority which comes from naked conquest. Tbey speak as man to man, proudly, contemptuous of our mechanical marvel even when they enjoy them, for to them God is so much greater than all strivings that they regard the power of the bomb as insignificant in comparison with the power of God, and they have no illusions about material progress. Their strength lies in their humanness. They are ruthless and at ease in a world where we increasingly restless and incapable of decision. Hamlet still walks our fortress walls, but an Arab Hamlet is unthinkable.

We have good reason to study the Arabs and probe into their ways of thought, for they have conquered the world before, and may do it again. The fire lit by Muhammad still burns strongly, and there is eve that the Bame is unquenchable.

So I have written this book in the hope that men will look closer at Arab origins, and I have called after the strange two pointed sword which Muhammad won as a trophy at the battle of Badr, because the sword became the symbol of his imperial pretensions. As far as I know, it is the first attempt to write a reasonably complete cultural history of the Arab conquests from the beginnings to the present day. I have concluded the book with seven portraits of Arab leaders who lived through the last 150 years because this seemed the simpler way to preset the vast changes which have brought about the Arab awakeningg.

I hope something of the sweep and roar and fury of Arab histroy has come clear through thse pages. Out of Arabia there came a proud and august people who ini their time conquered most of the known world, and there is still too little about them in our history books. Sooner or later we shall have to learn to live with them.