CONTENTS

* Editorial

* Lord of the Two Easts and Lord

of the Two Wests – A Mystico-

Scientific Study of Phenomenon

Stated in SËrah al-RaÍmÉn

— Dr. Manzoor Ahmad al-Azhari

and Mr. Muhammad Ashfaq

* An Analysis of the Expansion of

the Mosque of the Prophet (œ) by

Caliph ‘Umar B. al-KhaÏÏÉb (“)

(d. 24 A.H./744 C.E.)

— Dr. Spahic Omer

* The History of the Arabs’

Calendar Before Islam

— Mr. Shahabuddin Ansari

* A Realistic Approach to the

Concept of IjÉrah (Leasing) In

Sharʑah and its Possible Role in

the Development of Agricultural

Sector in Pakistan – (Development

of IjÉrah Based Model for

Financing Agriculture)

— Dr.. Lutfullah Saqib and

Dr. Mueen Aizaz Zafar

* Obituaries

* Index – Hamdard Islamicus,

Vol. XXXIX, 2016

— Kaleem Chaghtai

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Editor-in-Chief:
Mrs. Sadia Rashid

Editor:
Dr. Ansar Zahid Khan

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