Islam: Beliefs and Teachings | ii1767

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ISLĀM: BELIEFS AND TEACHINGS, now in its eleventh edition, presents Islām as a complete way of life, expressing clearly and concisely the basic beliefs, duties, and teachings of Islām. It presents the key aspects of the life of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and short sketches about some of the prophets. It gives an overview of the rightly-guided Caliphs and brief details of the lives of some prominent Muslim women. It gives an outline of Islāmīc Sharī’ah, Islāmīc guidelines on dress, food and drink, family life, marriage, the status of women, and the political and economic system of Islām.

It includes a selection of verses from the Qur’ān and Ahādīth. It is, perhaps, the first attempt to incorporate the essential aspects of Islām in one book. It is increasingly used as a textbook in secondary schools. It is read in almost all parts of the English-speaking world. So far, 2,60,000 copies have been printed in English; Alhamdulillah (all praise is for Allah).

GHULAM SARWAR is the Director of the Muslim Educational Trust. He obtained his first degree in commerce and a master’s in Business Management from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. For three years, he taught Business Management to first-degree students in City College, Chittagong, Bangladesh. Since the early sixties, he has devoted himself to Islāmīc da’wah and revival work. His written works include: Islām for Younger People, The Beginner’s Book of Salah, Syllabus & Guidelines for Islāmīc Teaching, Sex Education: The Muslim Perspective, British Muslims and Schools, and Islāmīc Education: its meaning, problems & prospects.

The ISLĀMIC FOUNDATION TRUST, Chennai, is an organisation devoted to make Islāmīc a living reality in our age. For this purpose, it aims at improving human communication and developing a better understanding of Islām among all people of this world so as to galvanise man to the message and ideal of One God and the unity of mankind, as brought by all the prophets of God throughout the ages, last of whom was the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). An important aspect of the Foundation’s multifarious activities is the publication of literature on Islām.