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  Towards Understanding  ISLAM
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  
 
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