Towards Understanding Islam by Mawdudi, Sayyid Abul A'la -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Page Title Page Copyright Contents Transliteration Table Foreword Preface Editor’s Introduction 1. The Meaning of Islam

– Islam: What does it Mean? – The Nature of Disbelief – The Blessings of Islam

2. Faith And Obedience

– Faith: What does it Mean? – How to Acquire the Knowledge of God? – Faith in the Unknown

3. The Prophethood

– Prophethood: Its Nature and Necessity – Brief History of Prophethood – The Prophethood of Muḥammad – Muḥammad’s Prophethood: A Rational Vindication – Arabia—The Abyss of Darkness – The Saviour is Born – Diamond in a Heap of Stones – A Revolution Comes – Why all that Enmity? – A Changed Man at Forty—Why? – His All-embracing Message – His Contribution to Human Thought – The Greatest Revolutionary – The Final Testimony – The Finality of Prophethood

4. The Articles of Faith

– Tawḥīd: Faith in the Unity of God – The Meaning of the Kalimah – Effects of Tawḥīd on Human life – Belief in God’s Angels – Faith in the Books of God – Faith in God’s Prophets – Belief in Life After Death – The Need of this Belief – Life After Death: A Rational Vindication

5. Prayer and Worship

– The Spirit of ʿIbādah or Worship – Ṣalāh – Fasting – Zakāh – Ḥajj or Pilgrimage – Defence of Islam – Jihād

6. Dīn and Sharīʿah

– Distinction between Dīn and Sharīʿah – The Sources of Sharīʿah – Fiqh – Taṣawwuf

7. The Principles of the Sharīʿah

– The Sharīʿah: Its Nature and Purport – The Sharīʿah: Rights and Obligations

1. The Rights of God 2. The Rights of One’s Own Self 3. The Rights of Other Men 4. The Rights of All Creatures

– Sharīʿah: The Universal and Eternal Law