13 results for “classic”
Clear filter...the Quran. He lived in the generations after Adam and Nuh — classical scholars identify him with the figure known as Enoch in t...
...ere illness that affected his body for an extended period — classical scholars mention eighteen years, though this is from tafs...
... people to whom he was sent is not specified in the Quran. Classical scholars have offered various identifications, with some ...
...ter the era of Dawud and Sulayman. He is identified by most classical scholars as corresponding to the prophet Elijah in the bi...
...hets mentioned in the Quran with high praise, identified by classical scholars as corresponding to the prophet Elisha. He is me...
...d his abstinence from the worldly distractions of his time. Classical scholars highlight his extreme asceticism: he wore rough ...
...righteous" (Surah Aal Imran 3:113–114). Ibn Abbas and other classical commentators noted that these verses were revealed in par...
...que but a shrine housing the sacred rock. Politically, some classical historians noted that Abd al-Malik may have intended the ...
...e died in 95 AH, having governed Iraq for over two decades. Classical Islamic sources overwhelmingly condemn his methods even w...
...Leo III, and the rulers of neighboring kingdoms survives in classical sources and reveals a sophisticated theological and polit...
...spite conversion. His administrative letters — preserved in classical sources — reveal a caliph deeply conscious of his account...
...n's force of approximately 40,000 Turkoman cavalry employed classic steppe tactics: feigned retreat and encirclement. As the By...
...ian, and Indian works into Arabic, preserving and advancing classical knowledge. Muslim scholars made original contributions to...