Making History,
[A5] Paperback - 32 pages.
by Ahmad Thomson,
Printed by DeLuxe Printers, UK.
Back in Stock October 2022
Description :
This brief booklet considers the two main perspectives from which history may be viewed. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so is history. The author urges us to bear in mind when reading any historical account, who wrote it, from what perspective and for what purpose. This is a must-read for history enthusiasts.
History, like beauty, is to a great extent in the eye of the beholder. Descriptions of the same event or series of events inevitably differ, depending on who is giving the description, and from which perspective; and interpretations of events are even more diverse, especially when they come from people who did not actually witness what happened. There are, however, two basic perspectives from which history can be (and in fact always has been) viewed - whether it is ancient or modern, long past or still in the process of taking place, in the library or in the daily media - and these can be identified as the prophetic perspective and the kafir perspective. This book explores and analyses these two perspectives and in so doing draws attention to what happens in life.
Includes a detailed Glossary.
Hajji Ahmad Thomson was born in Chipata, Zambia, and was educated principally in Zimbabwe and in England, obtaining a Bachelor of Law Degree with Honours at the University of Exeter, and a Diploma in Law at the City University of London. He was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, in 1979. As well as being the author or co-author of several books, and practising as a barrister, the author has also worked as a bus conductor, accountant, potter, publisher, oriental carpet warehouseman, delivery van driver, hospital porter and editor.
The author embraced Islam on the 13th August 1973, at the hand of the Raja of Mahmudabad, alayhi rahman, and has travelled widely in the Muslim world in search of knowledge, including England, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore. Since knowledge is infinite, the search continues, and if you want what Allah wants, then there is no confusion, as what Allah wants, happens.
Dimensions : 21.2 x 14.8cm.
