by  G. A. Parwez

 

Chapter 1:    WHAT IS RELIGION ?

   The So-Called Urge for Religion

   The Definition of Religion

   The Idea of God

    What is Religion?

 

 

Chapter 2:     THE FUNCTION OF DIN

                      Deen and Man

                      The Self

                      The Quranic Concept of the Self

                      God and Man

                       Religion or "Deen"

                       Islam

 

 

Chapter 3:    THE SELF OF MAN AND ITS DESTINY

                     Self and Physical Body

                     Self and Memory

                     Survival of the Self

                     Man

                     Hereafter

                     Immorality

                     The God of Life

 

 

Chapter 4:    DIVINE GUIDANCE

                      Evidence of Guidance

                      Wahi and the World of Creation

                     Man and Wahi

                      Nubuwwah

                      Conclusion 

                     Belief in God without Belief in Revelation

 

 

Chapter 5:    REASON AND IMAN

                      Reason and Its Limitations

                      The Function of Reason

                      Reason and Faith (Iman) - The Quranic View

                      Miracles

                      Approach to the Quran

 

 

Chapter 6:    THE ROLE OF REASON IN DIN

                      Reason and Passion

                      Reason and Revelation 

                      Revelation and Values

                      Iman is Indispensable

 

 

Chapter 7:   THE WORKING OF THE DIVINE LAW

                     God as a Dictator

                     Divine Will According to the Quran

                     The Quranic View of God

 

 

Chapter 8:    THE LAW OF REQUITAL

                     What is It?

                     Man and the Law of Requital

                     Its Working

 

 

Chapter 9:    SALVATION

                      Religion and Salvation

                      The Quranic Concept of Salvation

                      Life: A Struggle

                      Conclusion

 

 

Chapter 10:   SURVIVAL: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE

                       Man's Passion for Life

                       Life and Death

                       Will and Action

                        Immorality and Eternity

 

 

Chapter 11:   THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN PERSONALITY

                       The Law of Rabubiyyat

                       Course of Self-development

 

Chapter 12:   THE RABUBIY'AH ORDER (Quranic ECONOMICS)

                       The Order of Rabubiyyat: Its Nature and Purpose

                       Jannah

                       Allah

                       The Problem of Subsistence

                       The Mystical Way

 

 

Chapter 13:   THE RABUBIY'AH ORDER: ITS AIM AND SCOPE

                       The Rabubiyyat Order of Society

                       Capitalism and the Rabubiyah Order

                       Means of Production

                       Period of Transition

 

 

Chapter 14:  a: POLITICAL SYSTEM: PART I

                          Man-Made Systems

                          Primitive Age

                          Struggle Between the Rulers and the Subjects

                          Might is Right

                          Theory of Contract

                          Democracy

                          Democracy's Failure

                         UNO's Questionnaire

                        Patriotism

                        Western Thinkers

                        Moral Standard

                        Locke's Mistake

                       Higher Law

                       Modern Man in Search of Light

                      Declaration of Human Rights

                      Search of Permanent Values

 

 

Chapter 15:  b:    POLITICAL SYSTEM: PART II

                            Islamic View of Humanity

                            Universal Humanity

                            International Humanity

                            Freedom, Justice and Beauty

                           Adl and Ihsan

                           War and Ideological Differences

                           Sectarianism

 

 

Chapter 16:      MAN AND WAR

                         The Distant Past

                         Christianity and War

                         Quran and War

                         Law and the Use of Force

                        Rules of Conduct

                        Prisoners of War

                        Is the Abolition of War Impossible?

 

 

Chapter 17:    RISE AND FALL OF NATIONS

                        Quran and History

                       The Law at Work

                       The Quranic View of History

                      Doom of the Nations

                      Cosmic Process

 

 

Chapter 18:    MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT

                       Man and the Universe

                       The Quran on Man and Nature

                       Knowledge

                       Men of Knowledge

 

 

Chapter 19:   WOMAN

                      Man and Woman: A Comparative Study

                      Woman (Mother)

                      Slave Girls

                      Sex and Society

                      Chastity

 

 

Conclusion 

                    Religion and Deen

                   Concept of God

                   Permanence and Change

                   Human Personality

                   Permanent Values

                   Comparison

 

 

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