"In January-March 1948 Maulana Abul Aʼla Maududi gave five radio talks on different aspects of the Islamic way of life. Islamic Research Academy is presenting in the form of the present book the English version of these talks. A new introductory chapter has been added on the Islamic concept of life ... compiled from different writings of the author ..."--Preface.

Author's collected articles published from 1995 to 1999.

Muhammad's was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In The First Muslim, Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders him as a man in full, in all his complexity and vitality. Hazleton's account follows the arc of Muhammad's rise from powerlessness to power, from anonymity to renown, from insignificance to lasting significance. How did a child shunted to the margins end up revolutionizing his world? How did a merchant come to challenge the established order with a new vision of social justice? How did the pariah hounded out of Mecca turn exile into a new and victorious beginning? How did the outsider become the ultimate insider?

This book is ideal for Muslims, non-Muslims, converts and anyone who wants to explore Islam. This book provides all the basic information but in detail about the faith of Islam, its various forms of worship, their significance in the practical life of man and the nature and scope of the systems which it wants to establish to bring virtue, goodness and peace in the lives of people. The book consists of two volumes. The first volume covers Tawhid (Belief in the oneness of God) and rights of Allah i.e., huquq Allah. It explains briefly the principles of Faith and various forms of ibadah (worship) and their effect on human behaviour. The second volume deals with man's rights in society vis-a-vis his fellow-beings i.e., huquq al-ibad. It describes human society as Islam wants to establish and its essential features. Islam, Ideology and the Way of Life was originally published in 1980 with a revised second edition published by the Seerah Foundation in 1988.