What is Islamic literature?

1.      Islamic literature is the objective artistic expression of man, life and universe from an Islamic perspective.

2.      Islamic literature is a pioneer activity and a responsibility of the Muslim Nation before Allah, the Almighty.

3.      Islamic literature is a spontaneously committed endeavor emanating from full abidance by the Islamic faith and partakes with the message of great Islam.

4.      Literature is a tool of building good citizens and societies and a means of call to the way of Allah and defense of the Muslim identity.

5.      Islamic literature holds a great responsibility for saving the Muslim Nation from the current ordeal and Muslim men of letters are leaders in this domain.

6.      Islamic literature is an established fact since the rise of the dawn of Islam; derives its themes from Divine revelation and Prophetic guidance and extends through ages to the present age to share in calling to the way of Allah and fighting enemies of Islam and deviants.

7.      Islamic literature is the literature of all Muslim peoples and reflects common characteristics regardless of different races and languages.

8.      Islamic literature presents an integrated Islamic concept of man, life and the universe, as a concrete basis for a complete literary and criticism theory vividly seen in the Islamic literary products through successive centuries.

9.      Islamic literature rejects any attempts to sever relations between old and new literature on the pretext of development, modernization. It believes that the modern literature is deeply rooted in the old one.

10. Islamic literature rejects all deviant literary theories, doctrines. false Arabic literature and literary criticism based on dubious flattering or personal grudge. It also rejects ambiguous criticism language, suspicious ??

11. Islamic literature is integral; an aspect that cannot be realized unless form goes hand in hand with the content.

12. Islamic literature is open to modern literary arts and is keen to present them to people purified from all contradictions with religion of Allah and enriched with the sublime values and sage directions of Islam.

13. Standard Arabic is the foremost language of Islamic literature, which rejects and fights dialects.

14. Muslim men of letters are entrusted with the nation’s thought and feelings. They cannot not shoulder this trust unless their faith is true and Islamic knowledge is adequate.

15. Muslim men of letters are committed to Islam and its values and reflect Islamic principles and values in their literary works.

16. Faith is the essential link among all members of the league fostered by literary relationships which is considered a special link that keep Muslim men of letters connected to each other in addition to unity of principles and objectives they are committed to.

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