Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Introduction
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branches. Rivers flow on in their pulsating motion.
All these things and many others have something to
say, but men pass them by without ever realizing
what that something is. All celestial heights and
terrestrial panoramas seem to join in a massive yet
silent congregation, which addresses itself to man
visually, though never audibly.
But is the universe really no more than a vast
museum of inarticulate masterpieces? Not at all.
Everything in it bears a divine message,
communicated in the language of eternity. So
immersed is man in other worldly affairs, however,
that he fails to hear this silent message.
The Prophet’s role is to put this divine message into
words that we can understand. He demonstrates
the kind of life that God expects man and the whole
of creation to lead.
The Qur’an—the word of God in Arabic—is the
foundation of this inspired path. The
sunnah—the
life and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, (on
whom be peace and God’s blessings), collected in
several volumes—provides clarification of the Holy
Book. Whoever seriously wishes to understand
