Islamic history

Pick one of the three following primary sources below.Analyze and contextualize it, both as historical and theological source, including what is its place in Islamic history.

Primary Sources Pick one of the three following primary sources: Exchange of letters between the Umayyad Caliph Abdulmalik Ibn Marwan and al-Hasan al-Basrî, on God enabling man to disobey him. Abd al-Jabbar on Gods will and Human freedom, from his commentary on the five principals. Abū al-Hasan al-Ash’arî, on God’s creation of Man’s disobedience, from […]

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