Islam

By Ron Duncan Hart

Islam is a volume in the Gaon Guides to Religion and Culture series. It covers the history and religious practice of Islam with the purpose of providing an introduction to Islam for the English reading public. A Muslim is one who submits to Allah in all things. Muslims believe that Islam started in the mind of Allah, and it was then that He created Adam and Eve. Ishmael was the first born son of Abraham and the father of the Arabs. Ishmael and his mother Hagar left Abraham's camp because of jealousy with the principal wife, and they traveled to Mecca. Over time Arabs forgot their religious origins, and a time of ignorance settled over the land until the life of Muhammad, the prophet, who once again brought the word of God to Arabs. Islam is an Arabic word that means "submission to God," and a Muslim is "a person who submits" to God, no matter what his or her ethnic, racial, or national origin. The universalism of Islam has made it a major world religion. It has generated a distinctive social system, art and architecture, and literature, and it is one of the dominant economic, political, and intellectual forces in the world. The word Islam comes from the Arabic root SLM, which is the same root for salaam, or peace.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935604783
• ISBN13: 9781935604785
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Gaon Books
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7