Islam, the religion of nature, is an eternal guidance for mankind. Through the present book, The Principles of Islam, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan presents the principles of Islam so that the reader is able to form an accurate and comprehensive picture of Islam, the true religion of submission to God.
In this book, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan has presented the fundamental teachings of Islam in a simple and lucid style. The book provides the general reader with an accurate and comprehensive picture of Islam—the religion of submission to God. The book consists of the following five sections: The Way to Find God, The Teachings of Islam, The Good Life, The Garden of Paradise and The Fire of Hell. In the first section, it is shown that the true path is the path that God has revealed to mankind through His prophets.
The theme of this book is evident from its title: Islam Rediscovered: Discovering Islam from its Original Sources. Its purpose, according to the author Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, is to present Islam as it is, drawing on its original sources rather than judging it by the later day interpretations and commentaries or the practices of present day Muslims in different parts of the world.
In the book Islam: The Voice of Human Nature, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan explains that only God-centered religion is real and in harmony with human nature. But this truth does not occur to him until the hour of crisis and peril is upon him. A man may have any religion, or any material props he chooses, but, in moments of real crisis, it is to God that he calls out for help. Such an experience, which we all go through at one time or another in our lives, is a clear indication that the God-centered religion is the only true one. As such, it should pervade man's entire existence.
