The Essence of Islam – Volume IV — Page iii
CONTENTS VOLUME IV PUBLISHERS' NOTE FAMILY AND PERSONAL BACKGROUND VII 1 GENEALOGY 1 FAMILY HISTORY 1 EARLY LIFE 8 EARLY SERVICES TO FATHER AND FAMILY 10 LAST DAYS OF HIS FATHER. . 13 EARLY REVELATIONS 15 STATUS OF THE PROMISED MESSIAHAS 19 ALL BOUNTIES EARNED THROUGH THE HOLY PROPHETSA AND THE HOLY QUR'AN 20 DIVINE SOURCE OF THE REVELATIONS 20 WONDERS EXPERIENCED THROUGH FASTING. . 24 PHYSICAL DISCIPLINE AND HARDSHIP. 25 SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE. . 27 BOUNTIES AND TITLES. . . . 29 Reformer of the Fourteenth Century 30 Messiah and Mahdī 32 To Chiefs, Leaders, Wealthy individuals and Officers of the Government 33 Resemblance to Jesus son of Maryas 33 Fulfilment of the Need of the Time. 35 MISSION OF THE PROMISED MESSIAHAS 36 Reform, not Innovation 38 Fighting the Satanic Forces of the Age Denial amounts to disobedience of the Holy Prophetsa 43 45 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE 'MAHDI' 52 COMPARISON WITH THE MIRACLES OF JESUSAS 52 PROOF OF TRUTHFULNESS 60 TITLES OF 'PROPHET' AND 'MESSENGER' 67 TRIUMPH OF ISLAM. . 73 A FOLLOWER AS WELL AS A PROPHET 75 NAMES OF OTHER PROPHETS. 79 THE HOLY PROPHET'SSA TESTIMONY THROUGH VISIONS 86 KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY QUR'AN 87