Understanding Islam — Page 48
WHO ARE THE TRUE MUSLIMS? 48 most vibrant living force within contemporary Islam. The number of its adherents and its significance in the world of religion are on the increase daily, almost hourly. No genuine student of religion can afford to neglect or ignore it. This Movement is established at the very centre of Islam and represents the essence of Islam, shorn of all the veils that have, through the centuries, gradually been patched upon the body of Islam and have thus defaced and disfigured it. The Movement does not depart, even in the very least, from the original text of the Holy Quran, nor does it add one iota to the original doctrines and teachings of Islam. It is rather a revival of the real teachings of Islam, and more particularly of the wisdom and the philosophy that underlies its doctrines and teachings, based upon and derived entirely from the Holy Quran and the pronouncements and practice of Prophet Muhammad sa. It is not a new religion nor is it an innovation in religion. It sets forth only that which has been inherent in Islam from the beginning.