Introduction
Law and Society
1 Religion and Secularism, their Meaning and Manifestation in Islamic History
2 The Concept and Reality of Freedom in Islam and Islamic Civilisation
3 The Shari'ah and Changing Historical Conditions
4 The Immutable Principles of Islam and Westernised Education in the Islamic World
Cultural and Intellectual Life
5 A Typological Study of Islamic Culture
6 A Panorama of Classical Islamic Intellectual Life
The Sciences
7 The Cosmologies of Aristotle and Ibn Sina: a Comparative Study in the Light of Islamic Doctrines
8 The Meaning of Nature in Various Perspectives in Islam
9 Hermes and Hermetic Writings in the Islamic World
10 From the Alchemy of Jabir to the Chemistry of Razi
11 The Study of Natural History in the Islamic World
Philosophy
12 The Pertinence of Studying Islamic Philosophy Today
13 Islamic Philosophy -Reorientation or Re-understanding
14 The Life, Doctrines and Significance of Sadr al-Din Shirazi (Mulla Sadra)
15 Mulla Sadra as a Source for the History of Islamic Philosophy
16 Mulla Sadra and the Doctrine of the Unity of Being
17 The Polarisation of Being
Sufism
18 The Interior Life in Islam
19 Contemplation and Nature in the Perspective of Sufism
Postscript: The Islamic Response to Certain Contemporary Questions
Jesus Through the Eyes of Islam
The Role of Women - The Islamic View
Why do Muslims Fast?
Why We Should Keep the Hijrah Calendar
Index
