HE QUR'AN approaches the issue of "political thought" as part of a comprehensive discourse which establishes their general goals and frames of reference. It is then left to the human mind to complete these with what it has learned from experiences in history and what the scholars understood from the Text about how to deal with reality. This work is about the origins of political thought and a study of the philosophy of politics. It examines the actions of the state as the main power concerned with public affairs in society, and enquires into which public action is considered good or bad in relation to other value systems endorsed by Islam. The work uses a unique methodology to argue that the major elements of the Qur'anic political thought are securely anchored in the Makkan verses of the Qur'an. Studying these verses it searches for the rules and principles that help identify the directions and major objectives towards which both human society and political action are guided prior to the rise of institutions and the regulation of relations.
Professor and Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Ibn Khaldoun Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Qatar University. Eltigani Abdelgadir Hamid is currently a Professor and Head of the Department of Social Sciences, Ibn Khaldoun Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Qatar University. He was a Professor of Politics and Islamic Studies at the Institute for Islamic World Studies, Zayed University, UAE. He holds a BA degree in Philosophy, a Master degree in Political Philosophy, with special reference to Islamic Political Thought and a Ph.D. in Politics (University of London). The academic positions he held includes: Professor of Politics and Islamic Studies (Zayed university), Language and Culture Instructor (Arabic Dept. Foreign Service Institute-US Department of State), Associate Professor (the Graduate School of Islamic & Social Sciences-Leesburg-Virginia, USA), Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies (Shenandoah University, Winchester-USA), Associate Professor of Politics (Dept. of Political Science, International Islamic University, Malaysia), Assistant Professor (Dept. of Political Science, University of Khartoum, Sudan), Assistant Professor(Dept. of Islamic Studies, University of Khartoum, Sudan). His research interests expand over two areas: Western Political Thought and Islam (with especial reference to Political Thought, Movements and Qur’anic Studies). He publishes in both Arabic and English. One of his books (Qur’an and Politics) has been translated into English and Modern Turkish.
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