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None of the scientists in Islamics in the modern age has been as fortunate as the French orientalist Massignon has in terms of prestige in the eyes of the Arab researchers and authors. In their eyes, he is a fair and just Orientalist, he is the sufist and spiritual, the unique researcher in his subject, for which he is devoted. The subject to which he was dedicated was Islam and its various manifestations up to the actual Islamic livelihood, for the Islamic Abrahamian religion was the subject he lived in and for it investigative researcher and scholar; he also believed in the mission of Prophet Muhammad, and he expressed this and proved it several times in his books; also, he believes in the revelation and in the Quran that his some of his friends declared that he embraced Islam, but the truth is that he did not do it publicly. Yet his conversations indicate his hectic emphasis on the slightest Islamic issues. In order to define the features of Massignon's image, this study came to discuss in its first part the previous Arabic studies about Massignon and the contemporary Arab thinkers' attitudes toward his scientific writings and his practical stances. The second part of this study introduces a contemporary reading of some Massignon's works and endeavors to investigate his attitude toward some issues that preoccupies the French Orientalist in order to reveal his stances toward the Arabic Islamic reality.
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