Contents: Islam: Muhammed and his religion -- I. The prophet -- Muhammed in the Qur'an -- Early Meccan passages, later Meccan passages, Madinan passages -- Muhammed's call -- The beatitudes and maledictions of the prophet -- Muhammed's character -- Muhammed's ascension -- Muhammed's meeting with his Lord -- II. The Qur'an -- The Qur'an in itself -- On the eternal nature of the word of Allah -- On the miraculous nature of the Qur'an -- The Muslim and the Qur'an -- On reading or reciting the Qur'an -- Abrogation -- A prayer after completing a reading through the Qur'an -- III. Formulations of the faith -- The Qur'an on true Islam -- On faith and practice -- Jafar's statement to the Abyssinian king -- The prophet's statement to Salman -- Who is and who is not a true Muslim -- The essence of Islam -- IV. The doctrines of Islam -- Allah -- Allah in the Qur'an -- The doctrine of God -- A chaplet of Allah's most beautiful names -- The vision of Allah in the other world -- Allah's self glorification -- His angels -- Angels, Jinn and Satans in the Qur'an -- Belief in angels, jinn and Satans -- The angels and the prophets -- Angels and men -- The hindrance that Satan is -- The jinn -- His books -- The scriptures in the Qur'an -- What is of faith as to Allah's books -- The persevered tablet at judgment -- His prophets -- Prophets and prophecy in the Qur'an -- What is to be believed about the prophets -- The impeccability of the prophets -- Ibn Khladun on prophecy -- The prophet stories -- The last day -- The day of judgment in the Qur'an -- On judgment day -- The signs which precede the hour -- The Mahdi -- Predestination -- Predestination in the Qur'an -- On predestination and the decree -- That a man's reward is not a consequence of his works -- On refraining from discussing the matter of predestination -- V. The duties of Islam -- Confession -- On the virtue of reciting the Kalima -- On the merits of faith -- Prayer -- Prayer in the Qur'an -- The call to prayers -- The prayer leader -- Tawaddud the slave girl on prayer -- The Qibla -- On going out to the mosque -- Prayers must be performed correctly -- On the pause after the Takbir in daily prayer -- How the prophet used to pray during the night -- Tahajjud -- Prayer during an eclipse -- Prayer for rain -- Friday prayers -- Almsgiving -- Almsgiving in the Qur'an -- Abu Bakr's instructions about Zakat -- On the sinfulness of withholding Zakat -- On the merit of almsgiving -- Fasting -- Fasting in the Qur'an -- On the excellence of fasting -- The institution of the fast of Ramadan -- The fast of Ashura -- Fasts of expiation -- Pilgrimage -- Pilgrimage in the Qur'an -- On the duty of pilgrimage -- The legend of Zamzam -- The origins of the Ka'ba -- The black stone -- VI. Devotional life -- The Qur'anic description of a pious Muslim -- True piety -- Intercession as hope for salvation -- The story of Fatima's hand mill -- A supplicatory prayer to be used for Qur'anic recitations -- The feasts and festivals of Islam -- Hagiography -- A prayer for use when visiting the tombs in Al-Baqi -- The Mughni of the Sanusiyya -- Some famous invocations.