A Brief Look Upon Islam

INTRODUCTION

This message is for any freethinking and broad- minded human being. It is for any seeker of the truth who might once have wondered what the religion of Islam is all about, who God (Allah) is, what the ultimate goal of man’s existence is. These questions and many others come up on different occasions but are brushed aside for various reasons.
Islam is, indeed, a misunderstood and misrepresented religion in the West. “This is hardly surprising,” the Frenchman, Dr. Maurice Bucaille, objectively remarks in the introduction of his book, “The Bible, the Qur’an and the Science”
When we consider the way so many generations in the West were instructed in the religious problems facing humanity and admit the ignorance in which they were kept about anything related to Islam.
Hence, Islamic ideals remain obscure from the vast majority of non-Muslims.
This booklet does not claim to answer all the questions you may wish to have answered. However, it will open before you a new dimension of thinking and enable you to realize the importance of your role as a human being in this universe and the relationship between you and your Creator, God, the All-Mighty Allah . It presents Islam to you in a nutshell and provides straightforward answers to many questions about Islam and about its credibility.

By reading this booklet, you can learn about Allah, the last of His Scriptures, the last of His Prophets and Messengers, Islam, the role of man in this life, and other related topics.
Lest one may think that there is an English version of the Qur’an, I would like to draw the reader’s attention to the fact that the only language of the Qur’an is Arabic. While the Qur’anic quotations and Prophetic traditions cited in this booklet are presented with “Allah says” or “the Prophet says,” the English rendering of their words gives only the general meaning of their words.
Abdul Malik Mujahid General Manager Darussalam

(General Manager, Darussalam)