The Faith of Islam

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It is necessary to enter into some explanation as regards the contents of this work. It does not fall in with its plan to enter into an account either of the life of Muḥammad or of the wide and rapid spread of the system founded by him.' The most important study is that of the religious system which has grown out of the Prophet's teaching, and of its effect upon the individual and the community. What the Church in her missionary enterprise has to deal with, what European Governments in the political world have to do with, is Islám as it is, and as it now influences those who rule and those who are ruled under it. I have tried, therefore, to show, from authentic sources and from a practical knowledge of it. what the Faith of Islám really is, and how it influences men and nations in the present day.

Much that is written on Islám is written either in ignorant prejudice or from an ideal standpoint. To understand it aright one should know its literature and live amongst its people. I have tried faithfully to prove every statement I have made; and when I have quoted European authors it is only by way of illustration. I rest my case entirely upon Musalmán authorities them- selves. Still more, I have ascertained from living witnesses that the principles I have tried to show as existing in Islám are really at work now, and are as potent as at any previous period.

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