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History of nations is witness to the fact that people’s march on the path of progress, development, and prosperity has not always been smooth. Rise and fall of nations has always been a cherished field of study, not only for historians but also for sociologists, psychologists, and anthropologists together. The theory of ‘rise and fall of nations’ was, as is well known, propounded by the famous Muslim historiansociologist Ibn Khaldūn. In the early modern period, Shah Walī ullah Dehlawī, in his illustrious Ḥujjat ullah Al-Bālighah, attempted to discover the principles about the emergence, growth and glory of human societies. Edward Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire provides detailed accounts vis-à-vis the decline and fall of this empire. The glory of Muslim civilization has also been of tremendous interest to many reputed scholars. Its emergence from the ‘Desert’, its multi-continental expansion, consolidation and (then) becoming the hub of arts, crafts, philosophy, scientific inquiry and, above all, the confluence of cultures has also been accorded great value by the scholars. Obviously, its decline and fall also didn’t go unnoticed to the keen eye of observers. So, volumes have been written on this special theme. To this treasure-house of scholarship a new book was added in March 2018, when Muslim Intellectual Deficit: Reasons and Remedies was published by Idārah Matbū‘āt-eṬalabā’, J&K. Written by Dr. Tauseef Ahamd Parray, a budding Kashmiri scholar of international acclaim, the book basically documents the reasons behind the intellectual stagnation of the Muslims in the contemporary era in spite of their glorious past vis-à-vis intellectualism and rationality. The book is preceded by a ‘Foreword’ (pp. 7-9) by Dr. Muhammad Razī Ul Islām Nadwī (Secretary, Taṣnēfī Academy, Jamā’at-i-Islamī Hind, New Delhi, and Assistant
Dr. Altaf Hussain Yatoo. (2018) Muslim Intellectual Deficit: Reasons and Remedies, AFKĀR (Journal of Islamic & Religious Studies) , Volume 2, Issue 2.
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