Revelation And Revolution In Islam

This book discusses the lives, mis¬sions, characters, roles, struggles and achievements of the prophet revolutionaries of Islam. These men appeared in pre-capitalist times to liberate humanity from the yoke of oppression and slavery. The author focuses on the nature of prophecy, revelation and revolution. He answers the following questions : What is truth? What is the social significance of the religious conception of revelatory truth? What is the difference between revelatory truth, revolutionary principle and ritual? The prophet revolutionaries discus¬sed in this book are : Nuh, Hud, Salih, Ibrahim, Shuayb. Musa, Isa and Muhammad. These men fought against the community of oppressors, the Qura Zalima, and guided, mobilized and organised the rebels, the poor and the weak and led the struggle to establish a just and egalitarian social order in society.