In this book the author discusses the five fundamental principles of Islam. These principles are Tawheed or the Indivisible Oneness of God, Adl or Divine Justice, Prophethood, Imamah or the Leadership of mankind after the prophet, and Resurrection. What distinguish this book are the author's subtle approach in addressing the issues concerned and the simple examples given to illustrate the discussion. This authoritative work is not only important to Muslims, but it would also be of interest to those non-Muslims who seek to explore Islam and its doctrine. This easy to read book would be a valuable reference for Religious Education.

Table of CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S FOREWORD V

PART I 1

TAWHEED 1

THE INDIVISIBLE ONENESS OF GOD 1

GOD OF THE UNIVERSE 3

WE DO NOT KNOW... 6

HE IS ONE 8

HE IS ALL KNOWING 13

HE IS OMNISCIENT AND DISCERNING 16

HE IS OMNIPOTENT 19

HE IS WISE 22

HE IS WILFUL 25

HE IS THE CREATOR 28

NATURE AND THE INVENTORS 31

HE IS ETERNAL 33

GOD IS ETERNAL AND ALIVE 33

HE IS THE FIRST AND THE LAST 36

HE IS A COMMUNICATOR 39

HE IS TRUTHFUL 41

HE IS SELF-SUFFICIENT 43

HIS GRACEFUL ATTRIBUTES 47

HE IS BASEET 51

HE CANNOT BE SEEN 53

NO TIME, NO PLACE 57

HE IS NOT SUBJECT TO CHANGE 59

PART II 61

JUSTICE 61

GOD IS JUST 63

QADHAA AND QADAR 67

COERCION AND CHOICE 70

PART III 75

PROPHETHOOD 75

THE HOLY PROPHET 77

RELIGION AND MAN-MADE LAWS 82

THE PROPHETS AND THE PROPHET OF ISLAM 85

WHAT IS RELIGION? 87

THE LAST PROPHET 102

PROOF OF PROPHETHOOD 106

MOHAMMAD AND THE QUR’AN 110

QUR’AN AND THE DIVINE SCRIPTURE 112

PART IV 116

IMAMAH 116

THE IMAM 118

WHO ARE THE IMAMS? 119

THE HISTORY OF AHL-UL-BAYT 120

IMAM’S QUALITIES 121

THE ‘ESMAH OF AN IMAM 123

WHY IS ESMAH NECESSARY? 123

WHO APPOINTS THE IMAM 125

THE IMAM IN OCCULTATION 131

PART V 134

RESURRECTION 134

BODY AND SOUL 136

THE WORLD OF BARZAKH 138

THE ETERNAL LIFE 141

HEAVEN AND HELL 144

ABOUT THE AUTHOR 148