Islamic Culture and History

Our present world is dominated by European culture because of the great advancement made by Western civilization in most fields. This book highlights a great difference between European culture and its Islamic counterpart. European culture is the outcome of European history, whose values and guiding principles are the result of how European societies developed and interacted with the world at large. By contrast, Islamic culture has shaped the history of the Muslim world and fashioned Islamic society. The Qur'an and the Sunnah, which are the two parts of divine revelations, have set out the values and essential principles which govern the life of Islamic society and its individual members. As such, it is Islamic culture that shapes Islamic history. This means that there is a great gulf between the two cultures with one made by history while the other sets the way history should follow. Adnan Zarzour has served as a Professor of Quranic Studies at several universities. He has written many books on a wide variety of subjects. He also published scores of papers in many specialized periodicals. His works, which combine lucid style with in-depth investigation, are published in a series of more than twenty-five volumes.