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Believing in one God, known as monotheism or tawheed in Islam, forms the basis for all Islamic actions. This belief acknowledges that all power belongs to God alone. He is the only one deserving of worship. He controls the entire universe, provides for all of creation, including humans, and holds ultimate authority. Recognizing God as the Creator and Master of the universe brings about a spiritual and intellectual revolution in man. When many people share this transformative belief, they come together to form an Islamic society
According to the Quran, there are two major parts of Islam—religion (din) and the law (Shariah). Din or al-din is basic and absolute, always remaining the same, without the slightest change. It is obligatory for all believers, whatever the circumstances, and entails belief in the One God, and the worship of Him alone. The Shariah, on the other hand, may differ, depending upon times and places. The task in reality is not synonymous with bringing about a change in the shariah but it is only a reapplication of the shariah in terms of altered circumstances. The task of effecting such reapplication, which was undertaken in the past, will, in like manner, continue to be carried out in the future. It is this process of continual adjustment which helps to keep Islam permanently updated. In the present book Maulana Wahiduddin Khan explains how to apply the shariah of dawah in present times.
God, who brought humanity into existence and placed them on this earth, has gifted each person with inherent knowledge and values. These innate qualities shape a natural sense of morality, enabling individuals to discern what is right and beautiful. The Virtues of Islam booklet serves as a guide, offering a clear path to achieving ethical success.
The Vision of Islam offers an explanation of the teachings of Islam in a contemporary style and aims at providing such an interpretation of Islam as will address the modern mind. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan wrote the Urdu edition of this book, Al-Islam in September 1975. At that time he felt that with this book his mission had come to an end. Subsequently, there was a change of circumstances and by special divine succour a full-fledged mission came to be launched on the basis of the ideology he had presented in his book Al-Islam. Today, in June 2013, by God’s grace, the English version of his book Al-Islam, entitled The Vision of Islam has been published. In 1975 there was just this one book. But today, by God’s grace, a universal mission has been established with more than 27 translations of the Quran and its commentary in the modern idiom, more than 200 books, and thousands of audio and video lectures. The mission has, further, been institutionalized with the establishment of Islamic Centre in 1976 and Centre for Peace and Spirituality (CPS International) in 2001 through the efforts of thousands of volunteers who are disseminating this literature globally. One who reads this book will obtain an insight into the ideology of the Islamic mission.