Islamic Perspective on Marlowes Doctor Faustus

Historically Doctor Faustus was a disreputable astrologer and necromancer known chiefly in German inns. Possibly he was the Johannes Faustus who was granted B.A degree in divinity at Heidelberg in 1509. But this is uncertain for in the Faust book there accumulated a host of legends concerning Faustus. Most of these legends are unified by the idea that pride will have a fall. (Marlowe: 1969: P, IV). This paper investigates Marlowe's play within an Islamic perspective. It tries to find the parallels that the play shows to the Quranic verse, Hadith and the Islamic teachings. The play starts with Faustus as a man of knowledge who has gained a great fame for curing thousands of people and saving many cities from plague.