F:\E\ISLAMICUS\2020\NO. 4\final\content.pmd CONTENTS * Editorial * Sloth, Wrath, Envy and Pride as Moral Disorders – Remedies by the Qur’ān and William Shakespeare - (A Comparative Study) — Lutfullah Saqib — Muhammad Amjad * Islam: A Religion of Peace or Force? An Analysis based on the Qur’an, Sunnah and Islam’s Heritage — Thameem Ushama * The Dialectic of Orthodoxy and Heresy in Early Islam — Atta Muhammad * Mu‘tazilah, the first Rationalist School of Thought in Islamic History: Critical Study of its Ideology and Approach — P.S. Syed Masood Jamali — Khalid Waheed * The Romantic Interpretation of Religion — Afag Sultan Gyzy Mammadova 5 7 35 55 71 97 Editor-in-Chief: Mrs. Sadia Rashid Editor: Prof. Dr. Muhammad Saad Siddiqui Associate Editor: Prof. Dr. Nigar Sajjad Zaheer Published by Hamdard Foundation Pakistan, Bahria Town Tower, Tariq Road, Karachi, Pakistan. Telephone: (+92-21) 38244000 (Ext: 1612) Telefax: (+92-21) 38241555 e-Mails: editorial@hamdardislamicus.com.pk hfp@hamdardfoundation.org Websi tes: www.hamdardislamicus.com.pk [Hamdard Islamicus] www.hamdardfoundation.org [Hamdard Foundation Pakistan] www.hamdardlabswaqf.org [Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf)] www.hakimsaid.info [Idara-e-Said] Hamdard Islamicus is indexed in Scopus. Articles from this Journal are indexed in the Religion Index One: Acquisitions Specialist, American Theological Library Association, 200 S. Wacker Dr. Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60606, USA. The Hamdard Islamicus is also indexed by the Index to the Study of Religion Online: A cross-searchable database and bibliography of journal articles (ISSN: 1876-6641) http://media.brill.nl/c/isr/ which is the online version of the Brill Journal Science of Religion, published by the Brill Publishers (Netherlands/USA), P.O.Box 9000 2300 PA Leiden, The Netherlands. Articles and photographs in this issue may not be reproduced unless previous permission has been obtained from the Editor. Price Inland Foreign Pak. Rs. US $ Annual 650/- 120/- Single Copy 165/- 035/- Foreign airmail registered Postage: US$20/- Payment should be in the name of the Hamdard Foundation Pakistan Printed by MAS Printers, Nazimabad, Karachi-74600, Pakistan HAMDARD ISLAMICUS Quarterly Journal of Studies and Research in Islam Recognized by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Vol. XLIII October-December 2020 No. 4 *