The Story
The Creed Made Easy is a concise and accessible bilingual treatise in Islamic theology, introducing the reader to all fundamental aspects of the Islamic creed that are necessary for a Muslim to know and believe. Set in Arabic and English side by side, it facilitates the path for the student to seek knowledge in Islam. Written in a clear and precise fashion without compromising on its pleasant style, the author takes the reader on an enlightening journey towards a rational and resolute affirmation of faith and the vanishing of doubts. **Contents** - *Individual and Communal Obligations* - *Legal Rulings* - *Rational Judgements* - *The Extrinsically Rationally Necessary and Impossible* - *Knowledge and Faith* - *The Accountable Person [mukallaf] and the ruling regarding the Blind Follower [muqallid]* - *Beliefs regarding the Divine* - *Existence* - *The Negating Attributes* - *Pre-eternality* - *Eternality* - *Dissimilarity from Contingent Things* - *Self-sufficiency* - *Oneness* - *Ascribing Partners to Allah [shirk] and Disbelief [kafir]* - *Customary Causes* - *The meaning of “There is no god but Allah.”*
Description
The Creed Made Easy is a concise and accessible bilingual treatise in Islamic theology, introducing the reader to all fundamental aspects of the Islamic creed that are necessary for a Muslim to know and believe. Set in Arabic and English side by side, it facilitates the path for the student to seek knowledge in Islam. Written in a clear and precise fashion without compromising on its pleasant style, the author takes the reader on an enlightening journey towards a rational and resolute affirmation of faith and the vanishing of doubts. **Contents** - *Individual and Communal Obligations* - *Legal Rulings* - *Rational Judgements* - *The Extrinsically Rationally Necessary and Impossible* - *Knowledge and Faith* - *The Accountable Person [mukallaf] and the ruling regarding the Blind Follower [muqallid]* - *Beliefs regarding the Divine* - *Existence* - *The Negating Attributes* - *Pre-eternality* - *Eternality* - *Dissimilarity from Contingent Things* - *Self-sufficiency* - *Oneness* - *Ascribing Partners to Allah [shirk] and Disbelief [kafir]* - *Customary Causes* - *The meaning of “There is no god but Allah.”*
