Islam - Its Beauty & Wisdom
Publisher: amana publications
Published: January 29, 2010
Place of publication: Beltsville, Maryland, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 162
Copyright date: 2010
Table of contents: title: FOREWORD BY: JEFFREY BERNSTEIN	5; title: INTRODUCTION	9; title: WHAT DO MUSLIMS BELIEVE?	10; title: WHAT ARE THE PILLARS OF ISLAM?	11; title: CHAPTER 1	13; title: WIDSOM BEHIND OBLIGATORY PRAYERS (SALAH)	13; title: CURE FOR HEEDLESSNESS IN OFFERING SALAH FIVE TIMES A DAY	14; title: SALAH – A SUMMATION OF ALL FORMS OF PRAYERS BY DIFFERENT CREATURES	17; title: MEDICAL BENEFITS OF OFFERING SALAH	18; title: CONGREGATIONAL PRAYERS AND THE HUMAN HEART	26; title: DIVINE PROMISE OF PROVISION FOR THOSE WHO OFFER SALAH REGULARLY	30; title: EFFECTS OF SALAH ON THE SOCIETY	31; title: EXAMPLES OF THOSE WHO LOVED SALAH	33; title: CHAPTER 2	35; title: WISDOM AND SCIENTIFIC BENEFITS OF FASTING (SAW’M)	35; title: FASTING AS A TRAINING OF SELF-CONTROL	37; title: SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON FASTING	39; title: LEARNING MODERATION IN EATING HABITS THROUGH FASTING	45; title: RAMADAN AND THE ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY OF GOOD & EVIL	46; title: RELATIONSHIP OF RAMADAN AND QUR’AN	48; title: AVOIDING THE THINGS WHICH POLLUTE FASTING	50; title: CHAPTER 3	53; title: WISDOM & SCIENTIFIC BENEFITS OF CHARITY (ZAKAH & SADAQAH)	53; title: RELATIONSHIP OF SALAH & ZAKAH (PRAYERS AND CHARITY)	55; title: RELATIONSHIP OF SADAQAH & TAQWAH (CHARITY AND GOD-CONSIOUSNESS)	58; title: MEDICAL BENEFITS OF GIVING ZAKAH & SADAQAH	59; title: LEFT & RIGHT BRAIN AND GIVING ZAKAH & SADAQAH	64; title: EASE IN THE VIRTUOUS ACTS BY GIVING ZAKAH & SADAQAH	66; title: INCREASE IN WISDOM BY GIVING ZAKAH & SADAQAH	68; title: INCREASE IN WEALTH BY GIVING ZAKAH & SADAQAH	69; title: AVOIDING THE THINGS WHICH POLLUTE ZAKAH & SADAQAH	72; title: HUMAN BEINGS CREATED FOR SHARING & CARING	74; title: LEARNING LESSONS FROM OTHERS	77; title: IN A NUTSHELL	83; title: CHAPTER 4	85; title: THE PILGRIMMAGE (HAJJ) – LESSONS & WISDOM BEHIND ITS RITUALS	85; title: WEARING THE IHRAM	86; title: TAWAF (CIRCUMAMBULATION) AROUND THE KA’BAH	87; title: LESSONS FROM SA’EE	93; title: STAYING AT ARAFAT	94; title: CASTING PEBBLES AT SATAN	96; title: LIFE OF PROPHET IBRAHIM – FULL OF TESTS	97; title: LIFE OF HAJIRA – A GREAT EXAMPLE FOR MUSLIM WOMEN	100; title: PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF HAJJ ON THE PILGRIMS’ LIVES	104; title: HAJJ EXPERIENCES OF SOME OF THE CONVERTS TO ISLAM	105; title: CHAPTER 5	114; title: THE LINGUISTIC AND HISTORICAL MIRACLES OF THE QUR’AN	114; title: CHALLENGE TO MAKE ONE CHAPTER LIKE THE QUR’AN	115; title: HISTORICAL AUTHENTICITY OF THE QUR’AN	117; title: COHERENCE (NAZM) IN THE QUR'AN	120; title: QUR’AN – NOT A BOOK WRITTEN BY PROPHET MUHAMMAD (PEACE BE UPON HIM)	124; title: CONCLUDING REMARKS	128; title: CHAPTER 6	129; title: EARLY-HOUR PRAYERS (TAHAJJUD): A RELIGIOUS-SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE	129; title: HOURS OF EARLY DAWN – BEST TIME FOR REPENTANCE	132; title: MEDICAL BENEFITS OF WAKING UP FOR TAHAJJUD PRAYERS	135; title: IMPORTANCE OF TAHAJJUD FOR PEOPLE DOING DA’WAH WORK	142; title: MEASURES TO HELP GETTING UP FOR TAHAJJUD PRAYERS	147; title: SOME TESTIMONIES FROM ISLAMIC HISTORY	152; title: CHAPTER 7	157; title: THREE OPTIONAL FASTS EVERY MONTH AND THE LUNAR EFFECTS ON HUMAN BODY – A SCIENTIFIC STUDY	157; title: CHAPTER 8	163; title: CONTEMPLATING THE QUR’AN	163; title: FOUNDATION OF EVERY CIVILIZATION IS A BOOK	165; title: IMPORTANCE OF STORIES IN THE QUR’AN	170; title: THEME OF OPPOSITES IN THE QUR’AN	174; title: QUESTIONING-STYLE OF THE QUR’AN	176; title: QUR’AN – THE BOOK OF ADVICE AND GUIDANCE	178; title: COHERENCE (NAZM) IN THE QUR'AN	180; title: HOW TO PREPARE YOURSELF TO DO TADABBUR ON THE QUR'AN?	184; title: HOW DID THE PROPHETIC COMPANIONS DO TADABBUR ON THE QUR'AN?	186; title: CONCLUSION	189; title: CHAPTER 9	190; title: THE CONCEPT OF AFTERLIFE IN ISLAM	190; title: CHAPTER 10	199; title: THE SUN IS RISING IN THE WEST	199; title: Mohammad Asad (Leopold Weiss)	201; title: Maryam Jameelah (Margaret Marcos)	205; title: Yusuf Islam (former pop singer Cat Stevens)	206; title: Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabbaz)	209; title: Dr. Gary Miller (Abdul-Ahad Omar)	210; title: Sheikh Yusuf Estes	211; title: Hamza Yusuf Hanson	212; title: CHAPTER 11	216; title: PROPHET MUHAMMAD’S (PEACE BE UPON HIM) LAST SERMON	216; title: APPENDIX	219; title: GLOSSARY OF ISLAMIC TERMS	219