Islam is the creed of Peace -- Peace through surrender to the Creator or Allah. According to Islam, Allah sent many of His messengers or prophets to mankind in order to bring it out of the darkness or error and ignorance into the light of rectitude and knowledge. The first of these prophets was Adam and the last of them all was Muhammad Mustafa. Between them were many other prophets: Noah, Abraham, Ismael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon, John the Baptist, and Jesus. This book contains information on the fundamentals of Islam, the Holy Quran, the Quranic Commandments, prayers and verses from the Quran, the Islamic calendar and important dates, and a glossary of important terms.
I have read this book perhaps over 50 times and have enjoyed it everytime! This book is intended for those who practice Shiaism and is a great insight to those of other sects and denominations to get a glimps at the core values that surround Shiaism. This book is not making any attempts to focus on Sunni practices, it is clearly a Shia book containg prescribed methodologies for Shias. I cannot read Arabic fluently so the translations and Roman-English make this book very useful. This book is simple to read and well-rounded without getting too focused on theory and history. It sticks to the basics like how to pray, fast, pay alms, ect. I have had previous editions of this book. The reading is simple enough for a second/third grader to understand.
gives a very general knowledge of islam
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
this a good book for those who want a very general scope of islam and shiism
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