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Contents Volume I. CONTENTS VOLUME I. PUBLISHERS' NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION . . . XI. PUBLISHERS' NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XIX. INTRODUCTION. . ISLAM. . . . . . . . . . . . XXI . . . . 3. THE PURPOSE OF RELIGION. . . . . . 3. RECOGNIZING A TRUE FAITH . . 5. ISLĀM - THE TRUE RELIGION . 7. PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT BY FOLLOWING ISLAM . 12. THE NEED FOR ISLĀM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12. PERFECT REALITY OF ISLAM . 18. BLESSINGS OF ISLĀM. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23. CONTINUED BENEFICENCE OF ISLAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27. ENDURING SIGNS OF THE TRUTH OF ISLAM. . . . . . . . . . . 29. ALLAH THE EXALTED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH GOD. . . . . . . . 37. THE GRACE OF GOD COVERS EVERYTHING. . . . . . . 38. GOD OF ISLĀM VISIBLE IN NATURE AND PERCEIVED BY HUMAN. HEARTS. . . . . . . . . . . . _ . 39. BELIEF IN THE UNITY OF GOD ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE. HOLY PROPHETSA . . 41. GOD'S BEAUTY, BENEFICENCE AND UNITY TAUGHT BY THE. HOLY QUR'AN. . . . . . . . . . . 43. Two Kinds of Divine Mercy. . . . . . 44. Allah is Free from All Defects. . . 44. All Praise belongs to Allāh. . 49. DEFECTIVE CONCEPTS OF GOD IN OTHER RELIGIONS . 50. Concepts of Hindūs and Āryā Samājists . 50. The Concept of Christians. . . . . . . . 51. ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. . . . . . . . . . 53. Thank for Allah's Beneficence (Urdu Poem) . 54. Two Types of Divine Attributes - Immanent and. Transcendental. . . . . . . . . . . 55