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What is encouraged in Muslims according to the Quran?
What is encouraged in Muslims according to the Quran?
What is the concept of tazkiyat al-nafs in Islam?
What is the concept of tazkiyat al-nafs in Islam?
What is the main inspiration for Islamic mysticism according to Lessing?
What is the main inspiration for Islamic mysticism according to Lessing?
What is the role of moderation in Islamic teachings?
What is the role of moderation in Islamic teachings?
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What is the advice in Quran 28:77?
What is the advice in Quran 28:77?
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What does Islam promote according to the content?
What does Islam promote according to the content?
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Who is the author mentioned in the content?
Who is the author mentioned in the content?
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What is the focus of Islamic teachings according to the content?
What is the focus of Islamic teachings according to the content?
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What is the relationship between Sufism and Islam according to Lessing?
What is the relationship between Sufism and Islam according to Lessing?
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What is the focus of tazkiyat al-nafs in Islam?
What is the focus of tazkiyat al-nafs in Islam?
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Study Notes
Education: Good Literature and Bad Literature
- In Islam, a work of art should either benefit Muslims materially or spiritually; otherwise, it is considered a waste of God-given talents.
- Islam's great work in science, art, and literature is included under two heads: aid and refreshment.
Doris Lessing: Women's Rights
- Mary Wollstonecraft and George Sand wrote about feminism before the term was invented in the 1880s.
- Doris Lessing actively wrote during the height of feminist activism in the 1960s and 1970s but refused to be associated with the movement or term.
- Islam regards believing men and women as "friends and protectors of one another" (Quran 9:71) and characterizes the relationship between husband and wife as one based on "love and tenderness" (Qur'an 30:21).
- Lessing acknowledges essential differences between men and women and may prefer Islam's gender "equity" instead of the West's gender "equality."
The Islamic Lessing/Sufism
- Sufism is inspired by the Quran, the religious practice of the Prophet, and that of the early Muslim community.
- The Islamic concept of tazkiyat al-nafs (self-purification) is proactive and guided by wider, comprehensive Islamic teachings.
- Islam does not promote escapism from everyday life and its challenges.
- Muslims are encouraged to live a meaningful, fulfilling mundane life of productivity and vitality, but not to become engrossed in worldly pleasures that make them forget about God.
- The Quran advises Muslims to "seek instead, by means of what God has granted you, [the good of] the life to come, without forgetting, your own [rightful] share in this world; and do good [to others] as God has done good to you; and seek not to spread corruption on earth" (Quran 28:77).
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This quiz explores the role of literature in education, discussing the differences between good and bad literature and its impact on Muslims.
