In the Name of Allaah, the Gracious, the Merciful
Translator's note:
All praise is due to Allaahl May peace and blessings be upon tne
Messenger, his household and companions.
This book is undoubtedly acommendable attempt at showing the
beauties of lslaam to mankind, drawing a comparison between this
great religion and other world religions in spiritual, moral, social
and intellectual aspects and acquainting mankind with rts principles
and fundamentals in a logical, unambiguous, convincing, frank but
gracious manner.
We would however like to call the attention of the reader to some
points as regards the translation of some of the quotes and foreign
names in this book. The author quoted some passages from the
Bible and other books, which are not originally Arabic. Though we
believe that the proper academic method in translating these
passages is to refer to their original sources since most of them are
in English, we could not however do so because of therr
unavailability to the translator. lt is therefore hoped that, translation
of the passages rendered here are as close as possible in
meaning, to the original texts.

 The author said in the introduction, “I write this book to invite people to the religion of
Allaah … I briefly explained herein the story of the creation of the Universe, the creation of man and how he was favoured by sending Messengers to him and situation of past religions. I afterwards made an introduction to Islaam as per its meaning and pillars. So, whoever is looking for guidance will find its evidences therein, whoever is looking for salvation may find that I have explained the way to it in this book, whoever desires to follow the track of the Prophets, Messengers and righteous people will find their path herein while those who turn away from their way only befools themselves and take to the straying path. It is a matter of fact that adherents of each religion call others to it and believe that truth only abide in their religion … Thousands of those who embraced Islaam have testified that they did not know real life until after they embraced Islaam and that they did never tasted happiness except under the shade of Islaam. Since it is a fact that every human being looks for happiness, peace of mind and truth, I prepare this work to help them achieve that. I pray that Allaah makes this work purely for His sake and let it be wellaccepted and make it one of those righteous deeds that will benefit its doer in this world and the next.”