Abstract:
In the following pages I have attempted to give the history
of the evolution of Islam as a world-religion ; of its rapid
spread and the remarkable hold it obtained over the conscience
and minds of millions of people within a short space of
time. The impulse it gave lo the intellectual development of
the human race is generally recognised. But its great work in
the uplifting of humanity is eitner ignored or not appreciated ;
nor are its rationale, its ideals and its aspirations properly
understood. It has been my endeavour in the survey of
Islam to elucidate its true place in the history of religions.
The review of its rationale and ideals, however feeble, may be
of help to wanderers in quest of a constructive faith to steady
the .human mind after the· strain of the recent cataclysm; it
is also hoped that to those who follow the Faith of Islam it
may be of assistance in the understanding and exposition of
the foundations of their convictions
