Islam in General

Publisher:  The Islamic Foundation/Kube Publishing

Author:  Prof. Khurshid Ahmad

Dimensions:  5.2 x 8.5

Pages:   286

Understand Islam, its ideology, beliefs, values, and principles. This book provides a window into the world of Islam. It covers the whole spectrum of its beliefs, values, social principles, cultural institutions, and contemporary problems. Edited by Khurshid Ahmad, this book brings together leading Muslim scholarship and covers ideology, culture, the concept of worship, social justice, women in Islam, political theory in Islam, and the objectives of the Islamic economic order. It also discusses what Islam gave to humanity, the Western world and its challenges to Islam, and Islam and the crisis of the modern world.

Volume 3

The third volume, Islam in Practice, explores how Islam’s revealed principles translate into a comprehensive way of life. It examines the sources and aims of Shari’ah, the ethical system rooted in the Qur’an and sunnah, and the balance between personal virtue and social justice. The book also discusses Islam’s integrated vision of education, economy, and politics – each aligned with moral purpose, collective harmony, and the pursuit of a just social order.

Volume 2

The second volume, Islamic Philosophy of Life, offers a clear and inspiring presentation of Islam’s holistic worldview. Centered on tauheed, it shows how faith shapes human psychology, ethics, and purpose. Through the Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ exemplary life and the Qur’anic vision of accountability and the afterlife, the book presents a coherent moral framework. It invites readers to embrace a balanced, meaningful, and spiritually fulfilling philosophy of life.

Volume 1

The first volume, Religion in Modern Age, examines Islam as a holistic worldview that reconciles faith and reason while restoring unity to fragmented modern life. It critiques secularism, materialism, and individualism for engendering moral and existential crises, and contrasts them with Islam’s integrated spiritual, ethical, and social order. Drawing on revelation and history, it presents Islam as a timeless yet dynamic paradigm for moral renewal and civilizational harmony.

Humanity stands today at a civilizational crossroads to rediscover their identity, character, and future in line with their religion and the contemporary needs of humanity. In the increasing interaction of different faiths and ideologies in the post-modernist environment, Islam is not often represented and understood in its comprehensiveness. “Islamic Paradigm of Life” by Professor Khurshid Ahmad helps understand the distinction of Islam as a paradigm of life (deen). Written in the context of modern and traditional streams of knowledge, the book touches upon diverse realms of theology, philosophy, and policy with a rational approach.