The Elements of Islam
(Excerpts Only)
Acknowledgements
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Encouragement and help also came from many friends and well-wishers.
I offer my thanks to them all.
Foreword
Human beings are the veil of God, and Muslims are the
veil of Islam. This book tries to lift the veil without prejudice,
condemnation or bitterness.
Islam – submission – is easy. Witnessing and affirming that there is
only One God is a reality accessible to everyone. This truth is
encapsulated in the first phrase of the Muslim creed: 'I witness
that there is no god but God.' The translation of the complementary
second half of this testimony of belief, that 'Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah', is harder to decode. This is because through
time its misapplication has clouded over its transformational
dynamism.
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