이슬람교와 이슬람세계의 사전.A Dictionary of Islam, by Thomas Patrick Hughes

이슬람교와 이슬람세계의 사전.A Dictionary of Islam, by Thomas Patrick Hughes
PREFACE.
The increased interest manifested in relation to all matters affecting the East, and the great
attention now given to the study of comparative religion, seem to indicate that the time has
come when an attempt should be made to place before the English-speaking people of the
world a systematic exposition of the doctrines of the Muslim Faith. The present work is
intended to supply this want, by giving, in a tabulated form, a concise account of the
doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs, together with the technical and theological terms,
of the Muhammadan religion.
Although compiled by a clergyman who has had the privilege of being engaged in missionary
work at Peshawar for a period of twenty years, this “DICTIONARY OF ISLAM” is not intended
to be a controversial attack on the religious system of Muhammad, but rather an exposition of
its principles and teachings.
Divided, as the Muslim world is, into numerous sects, it has been found impossible to take
into consideration all the minor differences which exist amongst them. The Dictionary is, for
the most part, an exposition of the opinions of the Sunni sect, with explanations of the chief
points on which the Shiah and Wahhabi schools of thought differ from it. Very special
attention has been given to the views of the Wahhabis, as it is the Author’s conviction that
they represent the earliest teachings of the Muslim Faith as they came from Muhammad and
his immediate successors. When it is remembered that, according to Mr. Wilfrid Blunt’s
estimate, the Shiah sect only numbers some ten millions out of the one hundred and seventy？five millions of Muhammadans in the world, it will be seen that, in compiling a Dictionary of
Muhammadanism, the Shiah tenets must of necessity occupy a secondary place in the study
of the religion. Still, upon all important questions of theology and jurisprudence, these
differences have been noticed.
The present book does not profess to be a Biographical Dictionary. The great work of Ibn
Khallikan, translated into English by [vi]Slane, supplies this. But short biographical notices of
persons connected with the early history of Islam have been given, inasmuch as many of
these persons are connected with religious dogmas and ceremonies; the martyrdom of
Husain, for instance, as being the foundation of the Muharram ceremonies; Abu Hanifah, as
connected with a school of jurisprudence; and the Khalifah ？Umar as the real founder of the
religious and political power of Islam. In the biographical notice of Muhammad, the Author
has expressed his deep obligations to SIR WILLIAM MUIR’S great work, the Life of Mahomet.