Title: The Wisdom of the Arabs: The Integration of Faith and Pragmatism

Author: Gao Huizhu

Publisher: Sino-Culture Press

Edition: 1st Edition, January 2017

Printing: 3rd Printing, August 2022

Format: 16 - mo Binding: Hardcover

Sheets: 14.75 Word Count: 150,000 characters

ISBN: 9787507546279

Price: 48.00 CNY

In this book, from a contemporary perspective and with Islamic civilization as the main thread, the author recognizes and deconstructs the wisdom of the Arabs in successfully addressing various fundamental issues inevitably faced in the survival of human society. This wisdom has significantly contributed to the Arabs' rise and their status as a powerful member among the nations of the world. The book consists of eight chapters, citing scriptures (the Quran) and allusions (Arabic allusions), and using the method of cultural comparison to vividly and in - detail describe the wisdom of the Arab world in various aspects, including ways of conducting oneself in society, advocating knowledge for strength, group survival, ingeniously creating civilization, being charitable, doing business for wealth, exercising political power, and handling marriage, funerals, and weddings. Through this book, readers will gain a new understanding of Islamic civilization, one of the three major civilizations in the world.

Gao Huizhu, female, is from Shanghai. She is a professor at the School of Philosophy, Law and Politics of Shanghai Normal University, the deputy director of the Institute of Knowledge and Value Science at Shanghai Normal University, and the deputy secretary - general of the Shanghai Philosophical Society. She has long been engaged in the teaching and research of philosophy and ethics. She has been the chief leader of projects such as the National Social Science Fund Project, the key social science research project of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, and the Sino - US cooperative research project on "Science and Religion". Many of her papers have been published or reprinted in Xinhua Digest, Chinese Social Sciences Digest, Digest of University Journals, Copies of Humanities Materials, etc. Her recent publications include Political Ethics: From the Perspective of Historical Materialism (Heilongjiang People's Publishing House), A Contemporary Interpretation of Marx and Engels' Social Construction Theory - Based on the Research of "The German Ideology" (People's Publishing House), and The Contemporary Form of Historical Materialism - In - Depth Research on the Scientific Outlook on Development (Shanghai People's Publishing House, which was one of the nine monographs on historical materialism recommended by the Qiushi Theory Network to the whole country in 2014).

Chapter 1: The Wisdom of Conducting Oneself in Society

Trust in Allah and tie your camel at the same time.

The flexible principle of Taqiyya.

Verily, We have created man in the best of stature.

Chapter 2: The Wisdom of Advocating Knowledge for Strength

Allah increases in guidance those who strive.

Among all things that I have created, I only love intelligence.

The ink of scholars is more precious than the blood of martyrs.

Chapter 3: The Wisdom of Group Survival

I am only a human being like you.

Friends and brothers are equally important.

It is kindness not to pry into others' privacy.

Chapter 4: The Wisdom of Ingeniously Creating Civilization

A mosque is a school.

Pay a reward of gold equal in weight to the book.

Seeking knowledge is a duty for both male and female Muslims.

Chapter 5: The Wisdom of Being Charitable

Whoever does a good deed will receive a reward ten times its like.

You will never attain righteousness until you give away what you love.

Performing two units of prayer after brushing teeth is better than performing seven units without brushing teeth.

Chapter 6: The Wisdom of Doing Business for Wealth

Use full measure and weigh with a true balance; that is better.

Allah has permitted trade and has forbidden usury.

The brave create opportunities.

Chapter 7: The Wisdom of Exercising Political Power

Keeping a distance is a good relationship.

Let "Ijma" and "Qiyas" play their roles.

Use legitimate stratagems.

Chapter 8: The Wisdom of Handling Marriage, Funerals, and Weddings

Take the "name of the Prophet" as the "religious name".

Marriage is wajib (obligatory), and marriage is sunnah (a practice of the Prophet).

The deceased rushes to the earth as if rushing to gold.

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