01159nam a22001697a 4500 9780195473483 297.0954 Qasmi, Ali Usman Questioning the Authority of the Past : The Ahl al-Qur'an Movements in the Punjab 1st Karachi Oxford University Press 2011 xii,348 Pages 23x14 cm HB Include Bibliography and Index Unlike other studies on South Asian Islam, which either ignore the Ahl al-Quran or misread their dogmatic approach, and also the extent of its impact, the present study researches the Ahl al-Quran as disparate set of movements originating during the late nineteenth century, mainly in Punjab. To varying degrees, these movements and their ideologues-most notably Maulvi Abdullah Chakralavi, Khwaja Ahmad-ud-Din Amritsari and Ghulam Ahmad Parvez-espoused the centrality of Quran as the only divine text required for the inference of religious doctrines. Islam -- Pakistan -- Punjab -- History Islamic renewal -- Pakistan -- Punjab -- History Religious awakening -- Pakistan -- Punjab -- History BK 1149 1149 0 0 0 297_095400000000000_Q11Q_2011 0 1218 GPL GPL GEN 2016-11-23 MSL 825.00 297.0954 Q11Q 2011 17598 2016-11-23 2016-11-23 BK