Islam: The Covenants Fulfilled
04 Extempore Speech III
01 Inaugural Lecture
02 Extempore Speech
03 Extempore Speech II
INAUGURAL LECTURE
ISLAM: THE COVENANTS FULFILLED
(PART I)
The lecture is on Professor Al-Attas' culminatory exposition of the nature man with special emphasis on the nature of the soul in Islām. He then discussed the concept of millah throughout history based upon Qur'anic evidence. Followed by the discussion on dīn and it's differences to millah. Crucially, Professor Al-Attas also discusses the name of the religion of Islām.
EXTEMPORE SPEECH
ISLAM: THE COVENANTS FULFILLED
(PART II)
The focus of the extempore lecture was on the clarification on the name of the religion of Islām and the name of Allāh in opposing against the false claim that the name Islām and Allāh had existed before the coming of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. The lecture also discuss the concept of dīn (religion) and wahy (revelation).
EXTEMPORE SPEECH
ISLAM: THE COVENANTS FULFILLED
(PART III)
Summarising the discussion on the religion of Islām, Professor Al-Attas then focused on the story of Prophet Ibrahim (with regards to millah) and the nature of submission followed by the exposition regarding wahy (revelation) with the story of Prophet Musa on Mount Sinai and the event of Isra' and Mi'raj of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.