Vicegerency in Islamic Thought and Scripture Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book explores the reasons for the creation of humanity on Earth from the perspective of ancient and contemporary Muslim thinkers, aiming to lay the outlines of a Quranic theory of human existential function. Suitable for both scholars and laypersons, the book serves as a landmark textbook in the fields of Islamic Philosophy, Theological Anthropology and Qur’anic Studies....