Proving prophecy, Dala'il al-nubuwa" literature as part of the scholarly discourse on prophecy in Islam / / by Mareike Koertner.

• Superior document: Islamic literatures ; Volume 5
• VerfasserIn: Koertner, Mareike,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill Academic Publishers,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic literatures ; Volume 5.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 248 pages).

"Dala'il al-Nubuwwa literature that is centered on narratives from the Prophet Muhammad's life has most commonly been viewed, or even dismissed, as the product of popular veneration. Building extensive research on biographical and bibliographical sources, this book demonstrates that D...

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1. The Scholar and the Storyteller? Quṣṣāṣ in Early Islam
• 2. Biographies of the Earliest Dalāʼil al-Nubūwa Authors
• 3. Methodological and Structural Approaches in dalāʼil al-nubūwa Literature
• 4. Content Analysis of Early Extant Dalāʼil al-Nubūwa Works
• 5. Ibn Saʻd's "Proofs of Prophecy" and Its Intellectual Landscape
• 6. Recurring Themes in Later Dalāʼil al-Nubūwa Literature
• Epilogue: Dalāʼil al-nubūwa and the Promise of Comparative Hagiology
• Appendix: A Detailed Comparison between ʻUrwa b. al-Zubayr and Wahb b. Munabbih
• Bibliography
• Index.