Contents:

Foreword Salem Azzam
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the third Edition
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Part 1 The Islamic Outlook on life
Islam: The Essentials
Islam: Basic principles and characteristics Khurshid Ahmad
The Spirit of Islam
Part II: The Prophet and the Quran
The life of the prophet Muhammad
The Quran and its impact on Human History
Part III The Islamic System
Islam and Social Responsibility
The Islamic Concept of Worship
Islamic Approach to Social Justice
Woman in Islam
Political theory of Islam
Objectives of the Islamic Economic Order
Part IV Islam and the World
What Islam gave to Humanity
The Western World and its Challanges to Islam
Islam and the Crisis of the Modern World
A Short Bibliography on Islam
Index