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- Islam and Other Religions: The Shi'ite View
- The Prime Importance of the Individual from the Point of View of Human Nature
- The Effect of the World View of the Individual upon his Activity
- The Islamic World View
- A Possible Criticism and its Answer
- The Difference in Means of Expression between Islamic and other Mysticisms
- Further Consideration of the Islamic Message
- A Brief Consideration of the Spiritual Path
- The Superiority of Islam in the Doctrine of Divine Unity
- Sanctity in God
- Conclusion
Muhammad in the Mirror of Islam
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Author(s): William C. Chittick Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher(s): Free Islamic Literatures Inc Houston
Category: General
Topic Tags: Islam Miscellaneous information: Translated from the Persian ( Muhammad dar Ayineh-e Islam )
by William Chittick and Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Published by: Free Islamic Literatures, Inc, Houston
Featured Category: Introducing Islam Muslim Practices Spirituality
Person Tags: Prophet Muhammad
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نویسنده:William C. Chittick Seyyed Hossein Nasr
ناشر:Free Islamic Literatures Inc Houston
دسته:General
موضوع:Islam Miscellaneous information: Translated from the Persian ( Muhammad dar Ayineh-e Islam )
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Islam and other religions, importance of the individual, Islamic world view, equality, realism, knowledge and wisdom, and the spiritual path.
Islam and Other Religions: The Shi'ite View
In the Name of God, Most Merciful and Compassionate
Islam is based on two realities: the blessed personality of the Prophet Muhammad, who was chosen exactly fourteen lunar centuries ago to deliver God's message and to be the leader of mankind; and the Qur’an, the Book from God which is the Prophet's enduring miracle and which contains God's words in the form of intellectual and practical teachings of a universal nature.
These two realities must be considered as one of the most important factors in the development and perfection of human life, or rather, they are the most important factor to have manifested itself over the course of fourteen centuries in the faith and practice of hundreds of millions of men, extending its influence deep into every aspect of their society.
It is true that of the world's religions Islam is the youngest and that its followers are fewer in number than the sum of the adherents other faiths, yet Islam is possessed of certain distinguishing characteristics which sets it apart from other religious
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