The Spirit of Islam

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