''The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam'' is a compilation of lectures delivered by

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and published in 1930. These lectures were delivered by Iqbal in Madras,

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, and

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. The last chapter, "Is Religion Possible", was added to the book from the 1934 Oxford Edition onwards. In ''Reconstruction'', Iqbal called for a re-examination of the intellectual foundations of Islamic philosophy. The book is a major work of modern Islamic thought. It was a major influence on Iranian sociologist

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and other contemporary Muslim reformers, including

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Chapters

* Knowledge and Religious Experience * The Philosophical Test of the Revelations of Religious Experience * The Conception of God and the Meaning of Prayer * The Human Ego – His Freedom and Immortality * The Spirit of Muslim Culture * The Principle of Movement in the Structure of Islam * Is Religion Possible? Translation: This book was translated into

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by ''Mohamad Masud Noruzi'' in 2011.

Reviews and Criticism

D.S. Margoliouth, an orientalist and a professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford, wrote "From the Qur'anic law of inheritance which makes the share of the male equal to that of two females the superiority of the male over the female has been inferred; such an assumption would, Sir M.Iqbal observes, be controversial to the spirit of Islam."The Qur'an says: ''And for women are rights over men similar to those for men over women''.
William Owen Carver
(1898-1943) observed "His qbal'saim was ''"to reconstruct Muslim religious philosophy with due regard to the philosophical traditions of Islam and the more recent developments of human knowledge."'' Edward Hulmes noted "One of the author’s qbal'smotives was to encourage his fellow countrymen to explore their own cultural roots after years of British colonial rule. But his aim was also to transcend the limited boundaries of national identity in order to ‘build bridges’ between peoples of different cultures and religious traditions."in: ''The Heythrop Journal'', Volume 55, Issue 3, (May 2014), p. 516. Syed Abul Hasan Ali al Hasani al Nadwi has written in his book Glory of Iqbal that there are certain ideas of Iqbal that he does not agree with. He is especially critical of these lectures. In the same book, Syed Abul Hasan a footnote also mentions that his mentor,

Syed Sulaiman Nadwi Syed Sulaiman Nadvi (—; 22 November 1884 – 22 November 1953) was a Pakistani historian, writer and scholar of Islam. He co-authored ''Sirat-un-Nabi'' and wrote ''Khutbat-e-Madras''.Index of Muhammad Iqbal–related articles This page list topics related to Muhammad Iqbal. * Muhammad Iqbal’s concept of Khudi * Muhammad Iqbal’s educational philosophy * Madani–Iqbal debate * Muhammad Iqbal bibliography * Allahabad Address * Works of Muhammad Iqbal * Iqbal Aca ...

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