Honorific phrases in this book .................................................. 5
About the word ‘Lord’................................................................ 8
About the word ‘Allah’............................................................... 9
Preface .............................................................................. 11
Introduction .............................................................................. 12
1. Proof of Allah’s Existence................................................... 15
2. The Purpose of Creation ...................................................... 18
3. Monotheism: the Message of all the Prophets..................... 21
4. The Basic Message of Islam................................................ 24
5. Proofs that Only Allah Deserves to be Worshipped............ 26
6. The Message of False Religions.......................................... 35
7. Allah and His Creation ........................................................ 40
8. The Meaning of the Religion’s Name: ‘Islam’.................... 45

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9. The Six Articles of Islamic Faith......................................... 49
1. Belief in Allah..................................................................
2. Belief in the Angels .........................................................
3. Belief in the Scriptures.....................................................
4. Belief in the Messengers of Allah....................................
5. Belief in the Last Day ......................................................
6. Belief in Predestination....................................................
10. The Five Pillars of Islam................................................... 78
1. The Declaration of the two Testimonies of Faith ............
2. Prayers .............................................................................
3. Zakâh [Obligatory Charity] .............................................
4. Fasting in the month of Ramadan
5. Hajj [Pilgrimage to Makkah]

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11. The Meaning of Worship in Islam............................83
12. The Moral System in Islam....................................84
1. Relations with the Lord
2. Relations with people - general
3. Relations with parents
4. Relations with relatives
5. Relations with neighbours
6. Food - Moral conduct
7. Hygiene - Islamic moral conduct
8. Spiritual - Islamic moral conduct
9. Family structure and rights
10. Decency and veiling
11. The rights of the wife
12. Polygyny
13. Divorce rules
14. Protection of life
15. Protection of property
16. Maintaining health
17. Animal rights
18. Rights of the deceased

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13. Islam and other Religions ............................................... 100
14. Features of Islamic Teachings......................................... 101
1. Rationality
2. Perfection
3. Clarity
4. Scientific validity and accuracy
5. Prophetic fulfilment
6. Moderation
7. Comprehensiveness
8. Uniqueness
9. Justice

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15. Islam, the Universal Religion ........................................... 106
16. Why Islam? ..................................................................... 107
17. A Final Call to Reason.................................................... 112
18. This Is It .... .....................................................114
19. A Whisper......................................................116
20. How to become a Muslim. .............................................. 120
21. To Sum it Up................................................................... 127
22. Conclusion. ..................................................................... 128
Bibliography ........................................................................... 134
Appendix ............................................................................ 135
Glossary...... ........................................................................... 138

Every individual is born into a religious environment that
is not necessarily in accordance with his or her choice; children
are raised to follow the religion or ideology of their family,
society or culture. Even as new-borns, they are assigned either
the religion of their family or the ideology of the state; in some
countries, the child’s assigned religion is even recorded on the
birth certificate. By the time individuals reach their teens, they
have usually accepted the beliefs of their parents or their
particular society, feeling that they have little choice in the
matter.
However, individuals often encounter, or are exposed, to
various beliefs and ideologies throughout the course of their
lives, leading many to question long-held beliefs, traditions or
philosophical ideas. They begin to question the validity of their
own beliefs. Seekers of truth often reach a point of confusion,
especially upon realizing that the believers of every religion,
sect, ideology and philosophy claim to profess the one and only
truth.
There are only three possibilities: either everyone is correct
or everyone is incorrect; or, only one is correct and the rest are
incorrect. It is impossible for all of them to be upon the true
religion as the fundamentals of all religions are different. On the

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other hand, to claim that they are all incorrect is to deny that
Allah (Subhânahu wa Ta‘âlâ - Glorified and Exalted is He)
revealed His will to humankind. This proposition will seem
absurd to those who believe in a Wise Creator. After all, why
would Allah create human beings and not reveal a way to the
truth? So, which religion is the right one and how can the
seeker of truth come to know it? This is the main subject of
this work.

 This little book has shed some light on the following:
 Why were human beings created.
 What is their final destination.
 How can they reach that destination safely.
 With this short preface, I leave you to peruse the book.