ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how dialectical critical realism (DCR), at the levels of Second Edge (2E) absence, Third Level (3L) totality and Fourth Dimension (4D) transformative praxis, provides the means to continuing this process of rational re-enchantment and personal and social transformation through an understanding of the second source, after the Qur'an, of Islamic praxis: the life and person of the Prophet Muhammad. In order to do this, people will first need to absorb a philosophical understanding of the dialectical moment of 2E (Second Edge) and what critical realism means by 'absence' and its role in generating change. Moreover, the emergent Madinan totality nurtured multiple dimensions of human being; it was not merely a legal expression. The Prophet Muhammad recognised that if faith was to be spiritually nourishing of the whole human being, it required creative, culturally appropriate expressions and needed to be grounded in the cultural life of the community.
