Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad

Paperback

Third Edition (October 2023)

9781933764214

The Essence of Islam in 12 Verses from the Quran

Contents:

1. What is Religion?

– What does the word religion mean?

– Why is it important to know all this?

2. What is Islam?

– The meaning of the word Islam

– Islam as a civilisation

– Islam as a religion

– The inner meaning of the rites of Islam

– Why is it important to know all this?

3. Who is Your Lord?

– Mercy

– Love

– Why is it important to know all this?

4. Why Did God Create People?

– Kindness to others

– Why is it important to know all this?

5. What Are Heaven and Hell?

– Why is it important to know all this?

6. What is The Quran?

– The Quran as revelation

– The Arabic Language

– The Arabic Language of the Quran

– The obstacles in reading the Quran

– The subjects of the Quran

– The Quran as a mirror

– The importance of the Quran

– The influence of the Quran on Islamic thought

– The interpretation of the Quran

– The Preservation of the Quran

– Why is it important to know all this?

7. Who is The Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.?

– Who is the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. to Muslims?

– Human virtue

– Spiritual perfection

– The mission of the Prophet

– Love for the Prophet Muhammad

– The sayings of the Prophet Muhammad

– Imitation of the Prophet Muhammad

– Why is it important to know all this?

8. What is The Heart?

– What are human beings?

– What is the heart?

– Self-knowledge

– Rust on the heart

– Polishing the rust off the heart

– Why is important to know all this?

9. What is Worldly Life?

– Why is it important to know all this?

10. What is The Shariah?

– The meaning of the word shariah

– The schools of Islamic jurisprudence

– Ibn Taymiyyah and the beginning of the anti-usul Sunni movement

– Logic

– The anti-usul movement up to the present day

– Sunni schools of thought in 2016 and in 1900

– The Shii madhahib

– Other madhahib

– Capital and corporal punishment

– Taking it easy

– Why is it important to know all this?

11. What is Jihad?

– The meaning of the term jihad

– The two kinds of jihad: the greatest jihad and the lesser jihad

– The greatest jihad as such

– The lesser jihad as such

– The reasons behind – and conditions necessary for – the lesser jihad

– The goal of the lesser jihad

– Is the lesser jihad offensive or defensive?

– The intention behind the lesser jihad

– The rules of conduct during the lesser jihad

– Relations with non-Muslims outside of the lesser jihad

– Why is it important to know all this?

12. What is Government?

– The importance of justice

– The excellence of justice

– What is justice?

– The ecology of justice?

– What is government?

– Popular consensus and government legitimacy

– Temporal state

– Citizenship

– Why is it important to know all this?

Postscript: What is Happiness?

– Happiness or misery?

– Defining happiness

– Enjoyment

– Joy

– Contentment

– Happiness

– Why is it necessary to know all this?

Appendix 1: The Big Tent of Islam

– The different kinds of Muslims

– The Amman Message (2004-2006)

– The Benefit of the Three Articles of the Amman Message

Appendix 2: Three Questions For Every Muslim

Index of Ahadith Cited

Index of Quranic Verses Cited

Index of Poetry