ISLAM AND THE DESTINY OF MAN-GAI EATON



Islam and the Destiny of Man-Gai Eaton



Islam and the Destiny of Man-Gai Eaton

Introduction

Islam and the Destiny of Man by Charles Le Gai Eaton is a wide-ranging study of the Muslim belief from a exclusive issue of view. The scribe, a previous constituent of the British Diplomatic Service, was conveyed up as an agnostic and adopted Islam at an early age after composing a publication (commissioned by T.S. Eliot) on Eastern beliefs and their leverage upon Western thinkers. As a Muslim he has kept his adherence to the perennial beliefs which, he sustains, underlies the teachings of all the large religions.

Analysis

The objective of this publication is to discover what it entails to be a Muslim, a constituent of a community which adopts a quarter of the world's community and to recount the forces which have formed the hearts and the minds of Islamic people. After contemplating the historic battle between Islam and Christendom and investigating the distinction between the three monotheistic beliefs (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), the scribe recounts the two beams of Muslim conviction in periods of 'Truth' and 'Mercy'--the unitarian reality which is the cornerstone of the Muslim's belief and the clemency inherent in this truth. In the second part of the publication he interprets the implication of the Qur'an and notifies the spectacular article of Muhammad's life and of the early Caliphate. Lastly, the scribe considers the Muslim outlook of man's destiny, the communal structure of Islam, the function of art and mysticism and the inward significance of Islamic educating in relative to the hereafter (books.google.ca).

Throughout this publication the scribe is worried not with the belief of Islam in isolation, but with the very environment of devout belief, its religious and thoughtful bases, and the lightweight it casts upon the secrets and paradoxes of the human condition. I discovered this to be a very well-written and engrossing introduction to Islam. Aimed at the Westerner, the publication was in writing by Charles Le Gai Eaton, an English convert. Eaton is exceedingly well versed in Islamic annals and theology, yet as a Westerner he has the benefit of analyzing the belief with new eyes, ie without the heritage bias that the mean Muslim would carry. His understanding of the belief is equitably firm, yet he furthermore captures the profoundly religious essence of the belief that most in the West go incorrect to realise or care about. Eaton was a Sufi and while this may put some of his investigation at odds with more Orthodox Muslims, he appears to have been broadly highly regarded by the Islamic community (books.google.ca).

Interestingly, Eaton (who passed away recently) in numerous modes stayed a British cautious and this mind-set can be noticed in his composing and analysis. He rarely arrives over as snide, particularly when conversing about up to designated day "Occidental man." As one of the up to date Westerners that he mentions to, I decisively discovered my entire way of life being disputed and discovered ...