Les écrits de Muhammad Hamidullah en français : tendances et nouveautés

Abstract EN

Despite their undeniable importance, the writings of Muḥammad Hamidullah in French remain beyond the reach of the vast majority of non-Francophones except for translations carried out in isolation from time to time.

Hence the need to shed light on the major features that characterize this literature in view of writings of the author who had remained unknown until then.

To avoid any overlap with papers presented at the symposium, the present study focuses on the following question: What are the trends and novelties of Hamidullah's writings in French.

The study addresses the major trends of his writings in French through their respective distributions according to the year, the publication medium, the nature of the writing, as well as the major themes discussed: the Qur'an, the life of the Prophet, Law in Islam, the economic system in Islam and the Muslim question in the Indian peninsula which remains current in many respects