PREFACE
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CHAPTER I : THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH
Importance of these words - Gibbon's verdict - Value of this creed to the Moslem - Sources for the idea of Deity - The ethical value of such Monotheism - Various views.
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CHAPTER II : ALLAH, THE DIVINE ESSENCE
Significance of the word Allah - Allah among the pagan Arabs - The Beit Allah - The Hanifs - Testimony of the monuments - Monotheism in the Koran - The idea of God's essence - Silence of tradition - Ghazzali's definition - Mohammed's idea of the Unbegotten - The Commentaries.
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CHAPTER III : THE NINETY-NINE BEAUTIFUL NAMES OF ALLAH
These really attributes - The Moslem's rosary - List of these names - The Holy - The All-Compelling - Moslem idea of Divine Justice – Of Truth - "The mothers of the attributes" – The word Rabb - The two hundred and one names of Mohammed.
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CHAPTER IV : ALLAH'S ATTRIBUTES ANALYZED AND EXAMINED
Their effect on the Moslem mind - Division and classification - Those that describe His Unity – Mercy – Power – The Avenger – The moral attributes – Holiness of God ignored – The Koran doctrine of Sin – Kinds of sins – Terms used – No distinction between the ceremonial and the moral law – Proof from tradition – Sin not a serious matter – The punishment of sin – Allah not bound by a standard of justice – Is Allah unchangeable? – Justice of Allah – The chief attribute – God's omniscience purely physical – His power – He does not sleep – Real Unity of God absent – The Koran idea of holiness – The Pantheism of force – The idea of the mystics – Views of other sects – Allah the light of the world.
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CHAPTER V : THE RELATION OF ALLAH TO HIS WORLD
The fundamental idea in Moslem theology – Palgrave as a critic of Islam – His famous characterization of Allah – The Absolute and Omnipotent Monad – He is jealous of His creatures – Wahabi teaching orthodox – Moslem idea of Creation – Koran texts – Contradictions – the days of creation – God the author of evil – The universe not infinite – Creation of the pen – The throne of God – How God sits – Speculation and orthodoxy – Renan's opinion – Allah leads men astray – No hope in Islam – One-sided idea of God – God above us, with us, in us.
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CHAPTER VI : MOHAMMEDAN IDEAS OF THE TRINITY
The negative side of the Moslem idea of God – Clark's remark on this aspect of false religions – The two foci of Moslem controversy – The idea of the Trinity fundamental and essential – Koran references to the doctrine – Misapprehension of true Trinity – The testimony of the commentaries – How they differ and why – Indirect references in the Koran – Shirk – Are Christians polytheists? – The Christology of the Koran – The person of Christ – His birth – The denial of Christ's divinity – And the Atonement – Hatred of the Cross – Christ's place in heaven – The Holy Spirit is the Angel Gabriel – Was Mohammed ignorant of true Christian teaching concerning the Trinity? – The Collyridians – Intercourse with Christians – Yemen Christianity – Abyssinian - Koelle's conclusion – Could Mohammed read and write?
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CHAPTER VII : PREDESTINATION vs. FATALISM
The importance of this doctrine in Islam's idea of God – Distinguished from Christian teaching – Terms used – Koran passages – El Berkevi's summary – Tradition on this topic – Pre-existence of souls – Adam and Moses – The salvation of infants – Fatalism of the Greeks – Of Islam - "Allah katib" – "Inshallah" – "El-hamdu-lillah" – Moslem idea of prayer – The fundamental difference between Calvinistic and Moslem doctrine of the decress – Allah not love – No Fatherhood – The Moslem hell – Source of these ideas – The Talmud – Story of the angel of death – Other views of Predestination – The orthodox view widespread – Barren of ideas.
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CHAPTER VIII : THE COMPLETED IDEA AND ITS INSUFFICIENCY
The Moslem idea of God compared with that of Christianity – The true standard – Mohammed's ascent to heaven – Four elements wanting – No Fatherhood – The lack of love in the Moslem religion – Mysticism a revolt – The distorted idea of justice – The law in Islam – Lack of harmony in Allah's attributes – The results of such Monotheism – Islam's ideal of ethics – The Moslem idea of God is sterile – The Christian Trinity – No compromise is possible – The only True God and Jesus Christ. |
