Sunday 29 June 2014

Zarb al-Khatim ala Hudus al-Alam(Final verdict on the creation of the Universe).

This book is a philosophical discussion on the existence of the God and the creation of the universe. Allama Kashmiri penned this work in 1926 while he was teaching in Dhabel. The aim for writing this work was to refute the theory of creation, which was having an adverse effect on the minds of Muslims youth, and also on students who were enrolled at the different educational institutions in India and the Arab world. This book was written in Arabic in poetry form and consists of 400 stanzas (Asha’rs). It was written in poetry form in order to facilitate the Islamic Studies students to easily grasp its message.
In its introduction, Allama Kashmiri mentioned that he would make use of modern scientific and old philosophical arguments in order to prove his case. He further stated that he had read innumerable books on the subject discussed in his work, especially the acclaimed Al-Zawrah of Jalal Dawwani, but found all such literature to be inconclusive. He felt that his input would be unique. Al-Zarb al-Khatim ala Hudus Al-Alam was published bu Majlis-e-Ilmi, Karachi in 1962 for the first time. Its second edition appeared in 1996 and was published by Majlis al-Ilmi in Karachi.

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