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CONTENTS

DEDICATION TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY

PRELUDE: Of the Bond between Individual and Community

That the Community is made up of the Mingling of Individuals, and owes the Perfecting of its Education to Prophethood

THE PILLARS OF ISLAM
Fist Pillar: the Unity of God

That Despair, Grief and Fear are the Mother of Abominations, destroying Life; and that Belief in the Unity of God puts an end to those Foul Diseases.

Conversation of the Arrow and the Sword

Emperor Alamgir and the Tiger

Second Pillar : Apostleship

That the Purpose of Muhammad’s Mission was to found Freedom, Equality and Brotherhood among all mankind.

The story of Bu Ubaid and Jaban, in Illustration of Muslim Brotherhood

The Story of Sultan Murad and the Architect, in Illustration of Muslim Equality

Concerning Muslim Freedom and the Secret of the Tragedy of Kerbela

That since the Muhammadan Community is Founded upon Belief in One God and Apostleship, therefore it is not Bounded by Space

That the Country is not the Foundation of the Community

The season of the rose endures beyond

That the Organization of the Community is only Possible through Law, and that the Law of the Muhammadan Community is the Koran

That in Times of Decadence Strict Conformity is Better than Free Speculation

That the Maturity of Communal Life Derives from Following the Divine Law

That a Good Communal Character Derives from Discipline According to the Manners of the Prophet

That the Life of the Community Requires a Visible Focus, and that the Focus of the Islamic Community is Mecca’s Sacred House

That True Solidarity Consists in Adopting a Fixed Communal Objective, and that the Objective of the Muhammadan Community is the Preservation and Propagation of Unitarianism

That the Expansion of Communal Life Depends upon Controlling the Forces of World Order

That the Perfection of communal Life is Attained when the Community, like the Individual, Discovers the Sensation of Self; and that the Propagation and Perfecting of this Sensation can be Realized through Guarding the Communal Traditions

That the Continuance of the Species Derives from Motherhood; and that the Preservation and Honouring of Motherhood is the Foundation of Islam

That the Lady Fatima is the Perfect Pattern of Muslim Womanhood

Address to the Veiled Ladies of Islam.

SUMMARY OF THE PURPORT OF THE POEM

In Exegesis of the Sura of Pure Faith: “Say: He is God, One”

“God, the Self-Subsistent”

“He Begat Not, Neither Was He Begotten”

“And There is Not Any Equal Unto Him”

THE AUTHOR’S MEMORIAL TO HIM WHO IS A MERCY TO ALL LIVING BEINGS

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