Mustafa Mahmud

Mustafa Mahmud (Arabic: مصطفى محمود, * 1921, † 2009) was an Egyptian thinker and philosopher.

Study

Mustafa Mahmud was considered a gifted student. He showed a preference for the natural sciences, so his father let him set up a small laboratory where he conducted experiments. He set forth therein carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and soaps, dissected frogs and developed means of controlling insects. He broke off his studies after he had beaten a teacher. After three years, but he took it back, graduated from the University of Medicine and graduated in 1953 from.

Professional career

Mustafa Mahmud worked after graduating as a brain surgeon. In 1960 he quit this job and devoted himself to literary writing. He worked for a time for the Egyptian magazine Rose al - Yūsuf, where he also published his short stories. In the eighties and nineties, he had a show called science and faith on Egyptian television.

Thinker and philosopher

When he was 13 or 14 years old, Mahmoud began after the " mystery of life and death," according to the author to ask for the primal cause. The experiments in his small laboratory, dissection of frogs, the study of medicine and the bodies in the morgue, he faced for hours thoughtful affected his confidence and always confronted him with the question of the " mystery of life and death." Looking for this "mystery" presented Mahmud everything into question. He believed only to material. In the sixties and after a series of newspaper articles in which he let his mind wander, and after the publication of his book Allah wal- Insan (God and man ) was accused of heresy Mahmud. It prompted President Gamal Abdel Nasser of court proceedings against him. The book was confiscated and Mahmud was acquitted by the court. After 30 years of Mahmud returned to faith and wrote several books in which he justified this turn. In his published in 2000 book Al-Safa ʿ ā ( The intercession of the Prophet on the Day of Judgement ), he gave a new interpretation of this Islamic concept, which triggered a fierce debate about the book.

Publications (selection)

  • Understanding The Qur'an: A Contemporary Approach ISBN 159008022X
  • Kalimat as- Sirr. al - Qāhira: Dār al - Yaum Ahbar. 1998 ISBN. 9,770,806,943th
  • Al -Islam Al- Siyasi Wa -Al - Al- Marakah Qadimah ISBN 9770804037
  • Qiraah Lil- Mustaqbal (Reading for the Future ) ISBN 9770800376
  • Al- Sual Al -hair ISBN 9770226114
  • Haqiqat Al- Bahaiyah (1985 ) ISBN 9770215023
  • Marxism and Islam ( 1984) ISBN 9770209694
  • Ayyuha Al- Sadah - Ikhlau Al- Aqniah (1984 ) ISBN 9770209015
  • Al -Islam - Ma Huwa (What is Islam? ) ( 1984) ISBN 9770211109
  • Hal Huwa asr Al- Junun (1983 ) ISBN 9770204994
  • Min Amrika Ila Al- Shati Al- akhar (1982 ) ISBN 977020255X
  • Antara Muslim dialogue Dan Atheis (1981 ) ISBN 9971770210
  • Ukdhubat Al- Yasar al- Islami (1978 ) ISBN 9772474042
  • A conversation with my friend, the atheists and Islam ... what's this? Munich SKD Bavaria Publishing and Trade, 1997, ISBN 3-926575-42-5
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