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Towards Understanding Islam Summary:Sayyid Abdul A'La Mawdudi 1st Edition 1996 Number of Pages 143 CONTENTS FOREWORD ..................................... (v) EDITOR'S PREFACE ............................ (vi) CHAPTER ONE THE MEANING OF ISLAM ...................... 1 The Nature of 'KuEr'. ............................ 4 The Blessings of Islam ............................8 CHAPTER TWO FAITH AND OBEDIENCE ...................... 15 Faith: what does it mean? ....................... 17 How to acquire the knowledge of God? ............. 19 Faith in the Unknown ......................... 21 CHA4PTER THREE THE PROPHETHOOD ........................ 23 I. Prophethood: Its Nature and Necessity ....... 23 I1. Brief History of Prophethood ............... 90 The Prophethood of Muhammad .................. 36 I11 . Muhammad's Prophethood: A Rational Vindication .....................3 8 Arabia-the Abyss of Darkness .................... 40 The Saviour is Born .......................... 41 Diamond in a Heap of Stones .................... 42 A Revolution Comes .......................... 43 Why all that Enmity? .......................... 45 A Changed Man at Forty-Why? .................. 47 His All-embracing Message ......................4.8 His Contribution to Human Thought ...............5 1 The Greatast Revolutionary ...................... 55 The Final Testimony .......................... 57 IV . The Finality of Prophethood ............... 59 CHAPTER FOUR THE ARTICLES OF FAITH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 I . Tawheed: Faith in the Unity of God . . . . . . . . . . 65 The Meaning of the 'Kalima' ..................... 66 The Effects of Tawheed on Human Life ............. 74 I1. Belief in God's Angels ..................... 78 I11 . Faith in the Books of God .................. 80 V . Faith in God's Prophets. .................... 85 VI. Belief in Life After Death ................... 87 The Need of this Belief ..........................8 8 Life After Death: A Rational Vindication ............ 92 CHAPTER FIVE PRAYER AND WORSHIP ...................... 98 Spin[ of 'Ibadat' or Worship ..................... 99 Salat ...................................... 100 Fasting ....................................- 103 Zakat ..................................... 104 Hajj or Pilgrimage ............................1 05 Defence of Islam ..............................1 06 CHAPTER SIX DIN AND SHARI'AH .......................... 108 Distincti an Between Din and Shari'ah ................ 108 The Sources of the Shari'ah ........................ 109 Fiqh ......................................... 109 Tasawwuf ..................................... 111 CHAPTER SEVEN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SHARI'AH ........ 112 The Shan'ah: Its Nature and Purport ................ 112 The Shari'ah: Rights and Obligations ............... 116 I . The Rights of God ....................... 117 II. The Rights of the Self .................... 120 I11 . The Rights of Other Men ................. 122 IV . The Rights of All Creatures ............... 132 Shari'ahr The Universe1 and Eternal Law ..............1 33 Please select one mirror to download
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