TABLE OF CONTENTS | 2 |
FAITH AND REASON | 9 |
WHAT IS ISLAM? | 24 |
BEHAVIOUR OF A MUSLIM IN HIS ENVIRONMENT | 30 |
ISLAM IN THE MODERN WORLD | 41 |
THE SPIRIT OF ISLAM | 50 |
SPIRITUAL UNITY | 56 |
THE SPIRITUAL GOAL OF ISLAM | 63 |
PRAYER IN ISLAM | 73 |
SOCIAL ASPECT OF ISLAMIC MYSTICISM | 78 |
THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD AND ITS APPLICATION TO OUR LIVES | 85 |
BEGINNING WITH THE POSSIBLE | 85 |
EASE IN DIFFICULTY | 87 |
EMIGRATION: CHANGING THE PLACE OF ACTION | 89 |
HAVING TRUST IN HUMAN NATURE | 90 |
MAKING THE BEST OF ONE’S ENEMIES | 91 |
THE POWER OF PEACE | 92 |
THE THIRD OPTION | 93 |
A CHANGE IN THE FIELD OF ACTION | 95 |
THE PRINCIPLE OF GRADUALISM | 96 |
PRAGMATISM INSTEAD OF IDEALISM | 97 |
PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESS–IN THE LIGHT OF SEERAH | 100 |
1. FIRST PRINCIPLE: TO BEGIN FROM THE POSSIBLE | 100 |
2. SECOND PRINCIPLE: TO SEE ADVANTAGE IN DISADVANTAGE | 101 |
3. THIRD PRINCIPLE: TO CHANGE THE PLACE OF ACTION | 101 |
4. FOURTH PRINCIPLE: TO MAKE A FRIEND OUT OF AN ENEMY | 102 |
5. FIFTH PRINCIPLE: TO TURN MINUS INTO PLUS | 102 |
6. SIXTH PRINCIPLE: THE POWER OF PEACE IS STRONGER THAN THE POWER OF VIOLENCE | 103 |
7. SEVENTH PRINCIPLE: NOT TO BE A DICHOTOMOUS THINKER | 103 |
8. EIGHTH PRINCIPLE: TO BRING THE BATTLE IN ONE’S OWN FAVOURABLE FIELD | 104 |
9. NINTH PRINCIPLE: GRADUALISM INSTEAD OF RADICALISM | 105 |
10. TENTH PRINCIPLE: TO BE PRAGMATIC IN CONTROVERSIAL MATTERS | 105 |
THE POLICY OF PEACE IN ISLAM HOW TO ATTAIN NORMALCY IN JERUSALEM | 107 |
LIMITS OF TOLERANCE | 117 |
RELIGIOUS HARMONY | 129 |
TOWARDS A NON-VIOLENT WORLD | 139 |
CO-EXISTENCE OF RELIGIONS IN INDIA | 144 |
CREATING HARMONY AMIDST CULTURAL CONFLICT | 152 |
SOLIDARITY AND ISLAM | 155 |
PROGRESS IN INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE | 159 |
ISLAM: THE IDEOLOGICAL SUPERPOWER | 166 |
WESTERN CIVILIZATION AND ISLAM | 172 |
DA’WAH EXPLOSION | 181 |
ISLAM IN 21ST CENTURY | 185 |
AMBASSADORS OF ISLAM | 204 |
ASIAN MUSLIMS AND MODERN CHALLENGES | 207 |
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION | 214 |
RELIGION AND POLITICS | 218 |
ISLAM IN INDIA | 224 |
ISLAM: AN IDEOLOGICAL MOVEMENT FOR A PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE | 231 |
NON-VIOLENCE AND ISLAM | 239 |
PEACEFUL BEGINNING | 243 |
SUCCESS THROUGH THE NON-VIOLENT METHOD | 246 |
POLITICAL REVOLT UNLAWFUL | 251 |
THE COMMAND OF WAR IN ISLAM | 254 |
THE MODERN AGE AND NON-VIOLENCE | 259 |
THE MANIFESTATION OF RELIGION | 261 |
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY | 266 |
ISLAM IN THE PRESENT AGE | 268 |
DAWAH ACTIVISM | 273 |
MUSLIMS DISPLACED | 276 |
PEACE AND JUSTICE | 281 |
CONCLUSION | 282 |