Frases de W. Montgomery Watt

William Montgomery Watt fue un historiador escocés, un profesor emérito de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos de la Universidad de Edimburgo. Watt fue uno de los más importantes no musulmanes intérpretes del Islam en Occidente, era un erudito muy influyente en el campo de estudios islámicos y un nombre muy respetado por muchos musulmanes en todo el mundo.[1]​ Wikipedia  

✵ 14. marzo 1909 – 24. octubre 2006
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“I am not a Muslim in the usual sense, though I hope I am a “Muslim” as “one surrendered to God”; but I believe that embedded in the Qur’an and other expressions of the Islamic vision are vast stores of divine truth from which I and other occidentals have still much to learn.”

Islam and Christianity Today: A Contribution to Dialogue https://books.google.com/books?id=4YlTAQAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Routledge Library Editions, 1983, p. IX.

“Islam is now Wrestling with Western thought as it once wrestled with Greek philosophy, and is as much in need as it was then of a 'revival of the religious sciences.'”

Deep study of al-Ghazali may suggest to Muslims steps to be taken if they are to deal successfully with the contemporary situation. Christians, too, now that the world is in a cultural melting-pot, must be prepared to learn from Islam, and are unlikely to find a more sympathetic guide than al-Ghazali.

The Deliverance from Error https://www.amazon.com/Al-Ghazalis-Path-Sufism-Deliverance-al-Munqidh/dp/1887752307, Introduction