Table of Contents

Introduction
Preface

PART I: IMAN
1. Knowledge, the First Step
2. Between Islam and Disbelief
3. How Muslims Treat the Qur’an
4. True Meaning of Iman
5. Why is the Kalimah Unique?
6. Why Believe in the Kalimah?
PART II: ISLAM
7. The False Gods
8. Can We Call Ourselves Muslims?
9. Are We True Muslims?
10. Why Obey God?
11. Difference Between Din and Shari‘ah
12. True Meaning of ‘Ibadah
PART III: SALAH
13. Meaning and Blessings of the Prayer
14. What We Say in the Prayer
15. Blessings of the Congregational Prayer
16. Has the Prayer Lost its Power?
PART IV: SAWM
17. Meaning and Blessings of the Fasting
18. True Spirit of the Fasting
PART V: ZAKAH
19. Fundamental Importance of Zakah
20. Meaning of Zakah
21. Zakah, a Social Institution
22. General Principles of Spending
23. Specific Injunctions of Zakah
PART VI: HAJJ
24. Origin and Significance of Hajj
25. Restoration of True Hajj
26. Renewal of Self
27. Renewal of Society
PART VII: JIHAD
28. Meaning of Jihad
29. Central Importance of Struggle

Preface to the Eighth Reprint
Index of Quranic Verses

Promotional Information

Kube Publishing Ltd.

About the Author

Mawlana Sayyid Abdul A'la Mawdudi (1903-1979), one of the chief architects and leaders of the contemporary Islamic resurgence, was an outstanding Islamic thinker and writer of his time. He devoted his entire life to expounding the meaning and message of Islam, inviting individuals to renew their commitment to their Creator, and to organizing a movement for people to establish Islam in their lives fully.

Khurram Murad (1932 - 1996) was the director general of The Islamic Foundation, UK, and a renowned teacher who spent forty years in the spiritual teaching and training of thousands of young Muslim people around the globe.