In the heritage of Arabs and Muslims

Muhammad Kurd Ali delved into the rich Arab heritage from the pre-Islamic era through the bright and dark ages of the Arabs and Muslims until modern history, exploring, researching, explaining and expounding on all the intertwined elements of this heritage, from language, politics, religion, literature and culture. Despite his clear bias towards the Arab nation, raising its banner and defending its issues, the “Sham scholar” in his studies and research on heritage was not narrow-minded regional, but rather a scholar open to the products of other nations, and fair to the reader by opening the horizon for his mind and taste to compare between the ancient heritage of his nation and what was produced by the genius of the Arab scholars, the flags of other nations and countries near and far.

Muhammad Kurd Ali was passionate about his nation that gave birth to him, and the Arab homelands that raised him. He devoted his love in all his works to shake the ashes off its noble jewels, and the essence of its thought and heritage. Dar Al-Rafidain had to remember his white hands and his dedication to the cause of reviving his nation. We saw it necessary for us to be keen to immortalize what he wrote and achieved in the “Recollections” series, with “In the Heritage of Arabs and Muslims” representing its first part.