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Notes on Islam By: Ahmed Hussain (1863-) |
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BY SIR AHMED HUSSAIN, K.C.I.E., C.S.I. (NAWAB AMIN JUNG BAHADUR) Collected and Edited by Khan Bahadur Hajee Khaja Muhammad Hussain " The fear of the Lord is the beginning
of knowledge. " Proverb HYDERABAD, DECCAN
GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS 1922 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE MEMORY OF K. AMJUD HUSSAIN. One of the four for whom these Notes
were first written,
in 1917.
Transcriber's note:
Bold characters are shown with "" signs.
Arabic names are kept as in the original
text. Arabic transliterations are according
to ISO 233 system in most cases and from the
version by the CANADIAN SOCIETY OF MUSLIMS
with their kind permission.
[Printer's mark] FOREWORD
The following Notes were enclosed by the author in his weekly letters to
his brother and sons who were students in the Universities of Cambridge,
Edinburgh and Birmingham. I persuaded him to allow me to have them
printed, as I thought they were suggestive and useful. He has however
desired me to say that they should not be regarded as anything but
concise memoranda jotted down (at short intervals between the busy hours
of his official life) as general answers to questions put to him. They
contain some passages which are too concise or abstract, if not vague or
enigmatic. But, the author says, he left them designedly so in order to
induce his readers to try to understand them or at least to seek
explanation and illustration. Numerous foot notes have been added for
the same purpose. He frankly admits that his view of Islam is neither quite orthodox nor
quite heterodox but something midway between the two. It was put forward
in order to make his boys think for themselves and argue with him. The
first three Notes may be 'skipped' at the first reading. Sincere acknowledgments are due to Nawab Imad ul Mulk Bahadur Bilgrami,
C.S.I., Mr. J.C. Molony, I.C.S., Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahim, B.A., B.L.,
Mr. Syed Ross Masood, M.A., and others who very kindly read the proofs
and favoured the author with valuable suggestions. Banganapalle, }
11th August 1922 . } K.M.H. Duty is Deity
Work is Worship. Sanskrit Proverb
CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD 7 MUSLIM PRAYER 9 NOTE 1. INTRODUCTION 11 " 2. THE FIRST CHAPTER OF THE QUR'AN 15 " 3. WHAT IS RELIGION? 20 " 4. WHAT IS TRUE ISLAM? 25 " 5. WHAT IS NOT ISLAM 29 " 6. "ISLAM" AND "NOT ISLAM" 35 " 7. WHY IS ISLAM THE BEST RELIGION? 43 " 8. UNITY & UNION 49 " 9. PERFECTION & SELF HELP 57 " 10. MODERATION & VIA MEDIA 63 " 11. EVOLUTION & SURVIVAL 73 " 12. "RELIGION BEGINS WITH THE FEAR OF THE LORD
AND ENDS IN THE LOVE OF MAN" 79 APPENDIX: MUSLIM REFORMATION 87 OUR PRAYER 97 Worship Truth
Love Humanity. Islamic Maxim
THE MUSLIM PRAYER.[1] Surai Fatiha
Praise be to Thee my God, Lord of the Worlds!
O Merciful, Compassionate art Thou!
The King of all on Day of Reckoning,
Thee only do we worship and adore,
To Thee, most merciful, we cry for help;
O guide us ever more on the straight path,
The path of those to whom Thou gracious art
On whom Thine anger falls not then nor now,
The path of them that from Thee go not stray. Amen.
Grant that the knowledge I get may be the
knowledge worth having. Thomas a Kempis.
NOTES ON ISLAM
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