Journey within Islam

Contents: Preface. 1. Therefore flee unto God. 2. God calls to abode of peace. 3. The great sacrifice. 4. The first house. 5. Expand for me my breast. 6. Be unto yourself your own light. 7. The trusty. 8. Arise and warn. 9. The loud believer. 10. Peace be upon me. 11. City of the prophet. 12. A word common between us. 13. Falsehood has perished. 14. Year of deputations. 15. The pilgrimage of completion. 16. The passing away. 17. I smashed all my teeth. 18. Woe to those who gather wealth. 19. God’s word. 20. The text-book of Islam. 21. Look at God’s signs. 22. Travel through the earth. 23. Be true to your pattern. 24. The resurrection. 25. Obligatory practices. 26. Spend beyond your needs. 27. The one and only. 28. Light upon light. 29. Casket of prayers. 30. The family laws.31. Afterword. Notes and references. Index of names. Index of subjects.

"In this book the author tries to portray Islam as a religion of all the Prophets and a personal religion true to the nature of the mankind. The author also defines Islamic Society dispelling the notion that it was a closed society. His principal source is the Qur-an which to him is the textbook of Islam. His only other source of reference are the examples from the life led by the Prophet of Islam as depicted in different literature on Islam.

The author asserts that Islam awakens in men and women the faculty of reason and exhorts them to use their intellect. He presents the facts and events in Islamic history by illustrating and creating images for the reader as if in a journey through history. Perhaps a similar journey evoked the following comment by the German playwright Goethe "If this be Islam, do we not all live in Islam." (jacket)