f r Islam An Introduction Annemarie Schimmel . BP Schimmel, Annemarie, 55 .S3413 Islam0 1992 or'oois $29.50 DATE inp/j * C to5*! * ' ly Ho* 1 iitC 1 5 1993 nrr ?.* t‘vr C, O' M •£ -vaf- ft# tfuf 2 4 jgg$ 1395 MV £ i y/ / _ JJtX* W o //: j' onnp y kv 1 7 OETY0 1 ?ffor LIBRARY CLINTON COMMUNITY OOUES PlATTSBURGHi NEW YORK 12901 BAKER & TAYLOR BOOKS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/islamintroductioOOOOschi ISLAM ISLAM An Introduction Annemarie Schimmel State New York Press First published in U.S.A. by State University of New York Press, Albany © 1992 State University of New York Annemarie Schimmel: Der Islam. Eine Einfiihrung © 1990 Philipp Reclam jun. GmbH & Co., Stuttgart All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without permission. Printed in the United States of America For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, NY 12246 Production by Marilyn P. Semerad Marketing by Theresa A. Swierzowski Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schimmel, Annemarie. [Islam. English] Islam : an introduction / Annemarie Schimmel. p. cm. Translation of: Der Islam. Includes index. ISBN 0-7914-1327-6 (hardcover). — ISBN 0-7914-1328-4 (paper) 1. Islam—History. I. Title, i BP55.S3413 1992 297—dc20 92-2558 CIP 10 987654321 How strange that in every special case one praises one’s own way! If Islam means “surrender into Gods will” it’s in Islam that we all live and die. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (cid:9632) (cid:9632)