Mizan (treatise) explained

Mizan,or Meezan (en|balance, scale, ur|{{nq|ميزان) is a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam, written by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher. It is published in Urdu by Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences. The book is also available in the form of different booklets. The book has also been published in English language in Renaissance Islamic Journal.Javed Ahmed Ghamidi wrote a summary of this book in the form of a small book named "Al-Islam". Dr. Saleem Shehzad translated "Mizan" and "Al-Islam" into English as "Islam: A Comprehensive Introduction" and "Islam: A Concise Introduction" respectively.^[1]

Contents

Published by: Dar-ul-Ishraq

• Sources of Islam http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=76
  • Principles of understanding the Qur'anhttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=2
  • Principles of determining the Sunnahhttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=77
  • Principles of understanding the Hadithhttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=78

Wisdom

• Framework of Islam https://web.archive.org/web/20040709083733/http://www.al-mawrid.org/Content/ViewArticle.aspx?articleId=63
• Beliefs
  • The Basic Premise of Religion http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=10
    • The Essence of Faith http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=22
  • Belief in God: His Being http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=29
    • Attributes of God http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=39
    • The Dealings and Practices of God http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=42
  • Belief in the Angels http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=214
  • Belief in the Prophets http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=293
    • Some Traits of the Prophets http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=330
    • Some Issues pertaining to Prophethood http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=470
  • Belief in Divine Books http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=1009
  • Belief in the Hearafter http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=557
    • The Signs and Events of the Day of Judgement http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=712
    • The Phases and Abodes of the Day of Judgement http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=719
• Morals and morality http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=14

The Book

• The political law of Islam http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=465
• The economic law of Islam http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=308
• The Islamic Shariah of preaching http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=3
• The Islamic law of Jihadhttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=422
• The penal law of Islam http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=444
• The dietary laws http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=393
• Customs and behavioral laws http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=387
• Oath and their atonementhttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=551
• The Islamic law of worship rituals
  • The Prayer
    • Importance, history, objectives, pre-requisites, rituals, and utterances of prayer http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=4
    • Prayer timings, raka'ah, concession, congregation, mosques, rectifying mistakes, etiquette, and various types of prayer http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=5
  • The Islamic Shariah of Zakahhttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=196
  • The fasthttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=283
  • The rituals of Hajj and Umrahhttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=151
  • The ritual of animal sacrificehttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=152
• The social law of Islam
  • Basic principle http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=369
  • Matrimony, marriage rites and prerequisites https://web.archive.org/web/20070927233916/http://www.al-mawrid.org/Content/ViewArticle.aspx?articleId=129
  • Relations prohibited for marriage http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=383
  • Pre-requisites of Nikah (Marriage)http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=351
  • Rights and obligations of the spouses http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=324
  • Polygamy http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=336
  • Etiquette of sexual intimacy http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=344
  • Eila and Zihar(ايلا و ظهار)
  • Divorcehttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=222
  • Directives relating to widows http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=362
  • Norms of gender interaction http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=460
  • Rights of parents http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=301
  • Rights of orphans http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=306
  • Slavery http://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/content.aspx?id=315

See also

• List of Sunni books
• Tadabbur-i-Qur'an

References

• Robinson, Professor Paul H. . Final report of the Maldivian penal law & sentencing codification project (Official Commentary) . Volume 2 . . January 2006 . 2006-10-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080528162718/http://www.law.upenn.edu/fac/phrobins/draftislamicpenalcode/FinalReportMPLSCPvol2.pdf . 2008-05-28 . dead .
• Book: Iftikhar , Asif . Jihad and the Establishment of Islamic Global Order: A Comparative Study of the Interpretative Approaches and Worldviews of Abu al-A'la Mawdudi and Javed Ahmad Ghamidi . . 2005 . 61742999 .
• Robinson, Professor Paul H. and Adnan Zulfiqar . Of Neocolonialism, Common Law and Uncodifiable Shari'a: A Reply to Professor An-Na'im . April 2007 . . pdf . 2007-06-24.

External links

• Complete Mizan (in Urdu)https://web.archive.org/web/20130822155210/http://al-mawrid.org/pages/dl.php?book_id=68
• Complete Mizan (in English)https://web.archive.org/web/20121029070504/http://al-mawrid.org/pages/dl.php?book_id=82
• Complete Al-Islam (condensed version of Mizan): Urduhttps://web.archive.org/web/20121029070509/http://al-mawrid.org/pages/dl.php?book_id=83, Englishhttps://web.archive.org/web/20100613123939/http://al-mawrid.org/pages/dl.php?book_id=46
• Introduction to 'Meezan' at International Book Fair by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
• Articles available on the internet written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi.https://web.archive.org/web/20061106022619/http://www.renaissance.com.pk/aujaved.htmlhttp://www.monthly-renaissance.com/issue/writers.aspx?option=articles&id=2
• Books to download, written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi.https://web.archive.org/web/20091202070101/http://www.al-mawrid.org/pages/download_books.php
• Books available at WorldCat, written by Javed Ahmed Ghamidi.http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AG%CC%B2h%CC%B2a%CC%84miri%CC%84%2C+Ja%CC%84ved+Ah%CC%A3mad.&qt=hot_author
• The Law of Evidence by Javed Ghamidi

Notes and References

1. Web site: Books Al-Mawrid = http://www.al-mawrid.org/index.php/books.