C O N T E N T

THE CHALLENGE OF ISLAM

What is Islam?

The Challenge of Islam

The Ultimate Goal of Islam: to Bring All People Into Submission to Islam

Islam is on the Move to Expand its Influence

Who is to Blame?

What is Happening in the Islamic World?

Christians Need to Get to Terms with Islam

Responding to the Challenge of Islam

THE PROPHET OF ISLAM

Pre-Islamic Arabia

Muhammad - The Prophet of Islam

Muhammad in Mecca

Muhammad - The Warner to Arabia

Muhammad - The "Unlettered Prophet"

The Miraj or Night Journey to Heaven

The Hijrah

Muhammad in Medina

Muhammad and the Jews

Muhammad's Perception and Assessment of the Christians

Reasons For the Holy War

The Incentives for Holy War

The Opposing Concept of Jesus

His Attitude Towards His Enemies

The Slaughter of Ocba

The Murder of Marwan's Daughter

The Murder of Ka'b Ibn Ashraf

The Murder of Sallam

The Murder of Abu Rafe

The Wives and Concubines of Muhammad

Muhammad's Affair with Mary the Copt

Muhammad's Affair with Zainab

Muhammad's Marriage to Aisha

Conclusion

His Use Of Personal Advantages

Muhammad Indeed Expected People to Follow his Example

The Final Part Of Muhammad's Life

A Fair Evaluation?

Alleged "Proofs" of his Prophethood

Prophethood According to the Bible

The Biblical Mark of a Prophet

THE HISTORY OF ISLAM

The Khalifs (Khalifahs)

The Early Expansion of Islam

The Dynasties

The Ummayad Dynasty

The Abbaside Dynasty

The Ottoman Empire

The Crusades

Colonialism

Islam in the Modern Age

The Sects of Islam

The Sunnis

The Shias

The Mutazilites

The Wahhabi

The Ahmadiyyas

The Bahai

Sufism

Folk Islam

THE BOOKS OF ISLAM

The Qur'an

General Introduction

The Meaning of the Word "Qur'an"

Chapter Division of the Qur'an

Some Important Criteria Concerning the Qur'an

The Influence of Reciting or Chanting the Qur'an in the Arabic Language

Literary Quality

The Alleged Superiority of the Qur'an

No Critique of the Qur'an Accepted

Chronological List of Surahs as they were Likely to have been Given

Introduction to the Qur'an in the Mishkat

How the Qur'an was Revealed

The Satanic Verses

The Collection of the Qur' an

The Revision of the Qur'an Under Uthman

Claims for the Uniqueness of the Qur'an

Additions and Omissions in the Qur'an

Evaluation of the Qur'an

The Sources of the Qur'an

Qur'anic Concepts from the Pagan Arabian Past

Qur'anic Concepts from the Jewish Talmud

Qur'anic Concepts from the Apocrypha

Qur'anic Concepts from Eastern Sources

Qur'anic Concepts from the Hanifites

The Hadith

Introduction and Definition

The Contents of the Hadith

The Collection and Reliability of the Hadith

Teaching on Obedience to Traditions

Evaluation of the Hadith

THE GOD OF ISLAM

Introduction

The Knowledge of God was Kept Alive in Arabia since Hagar and Ishmael

The Qur'an is the Final Revelation and Abrogates all Former Ones

The Word "god" has Many Meanings

Recognizing the True God

Jahweh Elohim

Allah

Who was Hubal?

Who is the Allah of the Qur'an?

Allah is One

Allah is Highly Elevated

Allah is Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Nature and Essence of Jahweh and Allah

Jahweh's Love

Allah's Love

Jahweh's Power

Allah's Power

The 99 Most Excellent Names of Allah

Evaluation

THE TEACHING OF ISLAM

Deen: The Practice of Islam

Confession of Faith

Prayer

Obligatory Contribution

Fasting

Pilgrimage

General Evaluation

Iman: The Faith of Islam

Predestination

Predestination as Taught in the Qur'an

Predestination as Taught in the Hadith

Islamic Eschatology

Death and the Punishment in the Grave

The Time of the End

The Islamic Teaching on Salvation

Salvation by Right Action

Salvation through Mercy and Forgiveness

Salvation by Predetermination

The Law of Islam

THE FEASTS OF ISLAM

The Islamic Calendar

The Feasts of Islam

Ashura

Maulid

Lailatu'n-Nisf Min Sha'ban

Ramadaan

Lailatu'l-Qadr

Idu'l-Fitr

Idu'l-Adha

The Origin and Meaning of Sacrifices In Islam

THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN ORIGINAL ISLAM

Marriage

Divorce

The Role of Women

The Christian Position

CONCLUSION

There are Three Vital Misconceptions in Islam

1. The Misconception of the Nature of God

2. The Misconception of the Nature of Man

3. The Misconception of the Nature of Sin

Final Evaluation of the System of Islam

APPENDIX

The Kalima

The Salat

The Ka'ba

The Mosque

The importance of the mosque

Essential Features in a mosque

The 99 Most Excellent Names of Allah

The 114 Surahs of the Qur'an

A Brief Islamic Dictionary

Who's Who in Islam

The first four Khalifs

Named Wives of Muhammad

Named Concubines of Muhammad

The four great Teachers of the Law

Other Names

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