The Universal Religion
Publisher: National Book Foundation, Government of Pakistan, Islamabad
Published: 2002
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 194
Description: Yes, it is a very different book, a       classical on study of comparative religions
Table of contents: title: This brochure is a modest effort to present Islam in a new light to the Christian West and to the non-Muslim communities of India. AS a study in comparative religion between Islam, Christianity and Hinduism, the Islamic belief in the “ONENESS’ of God is brought into full focus in all its vivid simplicity in sharp contrast to the confusing concept of ‘Trinity’ preached by Christianity and the mumble-jumble half monotheistic half-pantheistic doctrines known as Vedic Monism preached by the Hindu scriptures. Islam, on the other hand, is based on a well defined rationalistic belief in the absolute ONENESS of God, calling incessantly to look for His signs in the mysteries of this wonderful creation, its beauty, symmetry and the all – pervading purpose.; title: The creation of God is wonderful and infallible. Above all, it has a purpose and destiny and man, as His vicegerent on earth, has been endowed with intellect and has been taught the nature of things and inspired with a conscience to discern what is right and what is wrong. The Holy Quran says, “Read: in the name of thy Lord who createth. Createth man from; title: A clot.; title: Read: and thy Lord is the most bounteous.; title: Who teacheth by the pen.; title: Teacheth man which he knew not.; title: Surely.  We created man of the best stature; title: Christianity teaches that man is born in sin while Islam teaches that man is the Most Exalted creature in the Universe, exalted over the Angels, Christianity holds that Jesus was the only begotten son of God and his mission was to redeem man of his sins and he gave his blood for washing off the sins of mankind while Islam teaches that Jesus was a Prophet of God who was sent to teach the way of leading upright life. Islam has accorded dignity to man:; title: Islam does not impose blind belief. The Holy Quran cites everyday occurrences of physical phenomenon and says:; title: “In the creation of the Heavens and the Earth, in the disparity of night and day, in the ship which runs upon the sea for profit of mankind in the water which God sent down from the sky, thereby reviving the earth, after its death, in the beasts of all kinds he scattered therein, in the change of the wind and the subject clouds between the sky and the earth, there are signs for people who reason”