An Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions: Introducing Alfarabi

Index of Passages from Alfawarabi’sAttainment of Happiness

169 Part i 53, 104-105 1 49 44 2 49-50 53, 93, 105, 106 3 50 93, 146n43 4 51 53, 93 5 51-52 (4) 94 6 52 (5) 94 7 52-53 (6) 94 8 53-54 94 9 54-55 (8) 94 10 55-56 (9) 94, 105, 148-9n6 11 56-57 94, 148-9n6 12 57-58 (11) 94 13 58 94, 105 14 58 94 15 59 (13) 94 16 59-60 94, 105, 149n10 17 60-61 (15) 94, 105 18 61-62 52, 94, 105, 153n53 19 62-63 (17) 94, 149nn9-10, 153n57, 153n59 20 63-64 (19) 94, 131n6 21 64 94, 131n6, 144-5n26 Part ii 6, 93-94, 106, 144-5n26, 148n1 22 64-65 (21) 44, 144-5n26, 148n1, 148n4 23 65 85, 100, 132n9 24 65-67 43-45, 77, 85-87, 90-92, 100, 106, 132n9, 145n35, 146n48 25 67-68 (26) 43, 44, 91, 106, 145n35 26 68 43, 45, 145n27 Pages in Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions where this section is discussed Yasin (Arabic) page and section numbers where beginning of Yasin section coincides with that of Mahdi section Mahdi (English) section numbers Index of Passages from Alfawarabi’s Attainment of Happiness 170 Index of Passages from Attainment of Happiness 27 68-69 (27) 43 28 69-70 43, 91-92, 144-5n26, 145n35 29 71 (33) 42, 43 30 71-72 (34) 43 31 72-73 (37) 43-45, 106, 134n39, 146n48 32 73-74 44, 106 33 74 (40) 45, 46, 77, 95-96, 97, 132n8, 146-7n50 34 74-75 (41) 45, 46, 94, 135n39 35 75-76 46, 49, 145n33 36 76-77 (42) 46 37 77 46, 51 Part iii 50, 93, 94, 97, 106-7, 148n1 38 77-78 50, 148n1 39 78 33, 41, 72-73 40 78-79 (45) 95, 106, 131n5, 146-7n50, 147n52 41 79-80 (47) 33, 35, 41, 73 42 80-81 (48) 33, 42, 73 43 81 23, 41, 72, 73, 134n29 44 81-83 29, 33, 46, 73, 78, 95, 132n8, 145n35 45 83-84 (51) 29, 46, 77-79, 95-96, 131n5, 145n35 46 84 (52) 29, 45, 46, 77, 96 47 84-85 29, 42, 46, 50, 77 48 85-86 33, 42, 46, 48, 50, 106-107, 145n35 49 86 Part iv 51, 97 50 86-87 (53) 51, 136n53, 146-7n50 51 87-88 48, 50, 51, 94-95, 136n53 52 88 (54) 51, 136n53 53 88-89 51, 136n53, 142n1 54 89-90 (55) 31, 107 55 90-91 (56) 78, 97, 100-1, 142n1, 147n51, 147n53 56 91-92 (57) 34 57 92-93 (58) 35, 107 58 93-94 (61) 35, 44 59 94 32, 35 60 94-95 (62) 31-33, 38, 126n4, 144n20 61 95-96 (63) 31, 131n5 62 96-97 (64) 33, 34, 131n5 63 97 (65) 64 97-98 Pages in Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions where this section is discussed Yasin (Arabic) page and section numbers where beginning of Yasin section coincides with that of Mahdi section Mahdi (English) section numbers Joshua Parens provides an introduction to the thought of Alfarabi, a tenth-century Muslim political philosopher whose writings are particularly relevant today. Parens focuses on Alfarabi’s Attainment of Happiness, in which he envisions the kind of government and religion needed to fulfill Islam’s ambition of universal acceptance. Parens argues that Alfarabi seeks to temper the hopes of Muslims and other believers that one homogeneous religion might befit the entire world and counsels acceptance of the possibility of a multiplicity of virtuous religions. Much of Alfarabi’s approach is built upon Plato’s Republic, which Parens also examines in order to provide the necessary background for a proper understanding of Alfarabi’s thought. “Timely and essential to the understanding of Islam, this book explores a classical Islamic writer’s reflections on the leading topic in Islamic and Western politics today: In what way should Muslims think about, and to what extent should they promote, the expansion of Islamic religion throughout the world? The book is practical in nature and addresses specific topics in Middle Eastern politics with resources from Alfarabi that have been available for one thousand years, yet have been ignored all too often. What is so important is that Alfarabi shows, from within Islam, what Muslims need to...