عن كتاب Islam: The Religion You can no Longer Ignore:
Man cannot live peacefully in this world without knowing who
he is. Who has created him and sent him to this life? What is
his role in it? How can he fulfil that role to the best of his
ability? And what is there for him after this life?

These basic questions cannot be answered by the human in-
tellect alone - man needs Divine guidance for findingthe right

answers to such basic questions.
Such Divine guidance has been implanted in the inner nature
of man, has been taught to Adam and Eve (pbuD at the moment
of their creation, has been revealed through a long chain of
messengers from Allah, and, has been finally integrated in the
message of Muhammad (pbuh), the seal of prophethood.
This Divine guidance was invariably called "Islam" which is
a word derived from two Arabic roots: "Salam" which means

"peace" and "Tasleem" which means "submission." Conse-
quently, Islam means peaceful submission to the will of Allah

and His complete obedience . Hence, the long chain of mes-
sengers from Adam to Muhammad (pbuh) were all Muslims

and their message was invariably Islam. That list includes
(among many others): Adam, Enoch, Noah, Hude, Saleh,
Abraham,Ishmael, Isaac, Lute, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron,
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PREFACE

Man cannot live peacefully in this world without knowing who
he is. Who has created him and sent him to this life? What is
his role in it? How can he fulfil that role to the best of his
ability? And what is there for him after this life?

These basic questions cannot be answered by the human in-
tellect alone - man needs Divine guidance for finding the right

answers to such basic questions.
Such Divine guidance has been implanted in the inner nature
ofman, has been taught to Adam and Eve (pbut) at the moment
of their creation, has been revealed through a long chain of
messengers from Allah, and, has been finally integrated in the
message of Muhammad (pbuh), the seal of prophethood.
This Divine guidance was invariably called "Islam" which is
a word derived from two Arabic roots: "Salam" which means

"peace" and "Tasleem" which means "submission." Conse-
quently, Islam means peaceful submission to the will ofAllah

and His complete obedience. Hence, the long chain of mes-
sengers from Adam to Muhammad (pbuh) were all Muslims

and their message was invariably Islam. That list includes
(among many others): Adam, Enoch, Noah, Hude, Saleh,
Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Lute, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron,
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