What is Islam? It is essential. It is a universal wisdom that was not born with the last prophet Muhammad, but with the first human beings: Adam and Eve. It is not even born with human beings: it is innate, natural to the entire universe which acts perfectly according to the will of God inscribed in it, in the form of universal laws.

Prophets are not “great men” who invent new ideas: they are men sent by God, whose mission is to teach human beings the essentials of what they need to know in order to know well. guide one's personal and collective life: knowledge of reality and wisdom. Their teaching was more or less brief and limited, depending on the constraints of the context. Islam, with the last prophet and the last revelation, offers an overview, a global synthesis of the essential.

This book introduces this revolutionary wisdom which is the essence of Islam. This revolutionary wisdom can be explored through the pillars, great moments and festivals of Islam; through what Islam involves in religion, family life, work, the economy, the art of governing, the art of peace, culture and history…

About the author: Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi

Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi is one of the greatest intellectuals who still inspires the current era, the Western and Muslim world, especially Asian, Arab and Anglo-Saxon. All his work revolves around a great Idea: the sublime love of God must be realized through the love of the True, the Good, the Just and the Beautiful, in all human activities. Islam is then a concrete path which leads to the formation of a good person and a just human civilization.