Towards Understanding Islam
Abul A'la Maududi
The Author Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi’s objective in writing this book has been to provide all those — Muslims and non-Muslims alike — who have no access to the original sources with a brief treatise giving a lucid, comprehensive and all-embracing view of Islam. This book avoids minute details and endeavored to portray Islam as a whole in a single perspective. Apart from staling what we Muslims believe in and stand for, author also tried to explain the rational bases of our beliefs.
Similarly, in presenting the Islamic modes of worship and the outlines of the Islamic way of life, this book tries to unveil the wisdom behind them. We hope this small treatise will go far towards satisfying the intellectual cravings of Muslim youth, and that it will help non-Muslims to understand our real position.
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Intro
Faith - What does it mean?
How to Acquire Knowledge of God?
Faith in the Unknown
Intro
Prophethood: Its Nature and Necessity
Brief History of Prophethood
The Prophethood of Muhammad
Muhammad'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
Intro
Tawh'id: Faith in the Unity of God
The Meaning of the Kalimah
Effects of Tawhid 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
Intro
The Spirit of lbadah or Worship
Salah
Fasting
Zakah
Hajj or Pilgrimage
Defence of Islam
Jihad
Intro
Distinction Between Din and Shari'ah
The Sources of Shari'ah
Fiqh
Tasawwuf
Intro
The Shari’ah — Its Nature and Purpose
The Shari'ah — Rights and Obligations
The Rights of God
The Rights of One's Own Self
The Rights of Other Men
The Rights of All Creatures
Shari’ah — The Universal and Eternal Law