Islam: Faith and Practice

Islam: Faith and Practice

by Afzalur Rahman
Islam: Faith and Practice

Islam: Faith and Practice

by Afzalur Rahman

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Overview

This book is written for the benefit of the younger generation and provides answers to the questions, "Why should I become a Muslim? Why should I come into the fold of Islam? What new things can Islam give me which other religions fail to give?"

The book is designed for the following purposes:
(a) to provide them with basic information about Islam and its various aspects;
(b) to introduce them to the world of Islam and help them to understand the real significance of its beliefs and practices and how these relate to its principles and concepts;
(c) to give them a glimpse of the richness and elegance of its ethics and morality, which is the direct reflection of God's Beautiful Names and Attributes;
(d) to explain the meaning of Tawhid and to enable them to understand its application to human affairs on a social level;
(e) to encourage them to reflect seriously on the All-Pervasive Power of God and its influence on men and women and their destiny;
(f) to enable them to understand their position in relation to their Creator and the environment.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940162216629
Publisher: Seerah Foundation
Publication date: 01/19/2021
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 768,774
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

Afzalur Rahman was born in 1915 in Malikpur Village in Gujranwala, Punjab.

An athlete and an all-India record-holder for cross country walk, he studied at Islamia College, Lahore (1934-1940) where he received his Bachelor and Master's degree. He was a lecturer in a college in Jullundar (now Indian Punjab), and then in Pakistan he taught and lectured briefly at Islamia College, Lahore (1948-1951) and Emerson College, Multan (1951-1955) where he also began his writing on the Economic aspects of Islam.

Afzalur Rahman traveled to London in 1955 to do doctoral research in Islamic economics and took admission at the London School of Economics. He gave up his research and took up teaching taking a position in Makkah al-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia for a year (1964-65) thereafter returning to London where he joined the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) as a teacher.

He was one of the founders of The Muslim Educational Trust (MET), formed in 1966. During this time he began writing the book series, Economic Doctrines of Islam. In 1976 he left the MET to form The Muslim Schools Trust where his focus began to shift towards full time writing and book publishing. This is when Afzalur Rahman, now a prolific author, had the idea of publishing an Encyclopaedia on the life of Muhammad (peace be upon him). 8 Volumes of Muhammad: Encyclopaedia of Seerah were published between 1981 and 1992, with the Seerah Foundation being created to manage this task.

Afzalur Rahman wrote dozens of books on Islam, the majority of which are now available here as ebooks. He passed away in London in 1998, aged 83. May Allah accept his deeds and bestow His mercy upon him.
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