The Essence of Islam – Volume II — Page viii
viii Table of Contents ISTIGHFAR IS A SPIRITUAL EXERCISE 245 GATES OF GOD'S GRACE ARE NEVER CLOSED 246 SALVATION COMES FROM GOD'S GRACE. . SALVATION. 248 249 THE TRUE MEANING OF SALVATION. 249 THE CAUSE OF SPIRITUAL DECLINE 251 FAITH WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING IS NOT ENOUGH FOR SALVATION 254 WHY SINS ARE COMMITTED AND HOW THEY CAN BE AVOIDED. 256 TRUE SALVATION IS BESTOWED IN THIS VERY WORLD 259 LOVE OF GOD LEADS TO SALVATION 260 HOW TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. 264 FACULTIES FOR SEEING GOD CAN BE DEVELOPED IN THIS VERY WORLD 269 WHO DESERVES SALVATION? 271 PROPHETS ARE MIRRORS OF GOD'S COUNTENANCE 272 THE VEDAS REPRESENT GOD AS VENGEFUL 272 CHRISTIAN CONCEPT OF SALVATION IS CONTRARY TO JUSTICE AND MERCY 275 SALVATION IS ONLY POSSIBLE THROUGH GRACE. . . 277 REPENTANCE, ISTIGHFAR, AND INTERCESSION AS MEANS OF SALVATION 279 THE CURSE OF SIN CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED. . NO CONTRADICTION BETWEEN DIVINE JUSTICE AND MERCY. . . . 282 281 DEATH IS NOT THE FRUIT OF SIN 283 WAS JESUS FREE FROM INHERITED SIN? 284 DID CRUCIFIXION SAVE CHRISTIANS FROM SIN? 286 BELIEF IN KALIMAH 289 THE PILLARS OF ISLAM 293 ŞALĀT LEADS TO GOD 295 WHAT IS ŞALĀT?. 297 ŞALĀT STRENGTHS A BELIEVER'S SPIRITUAL FACULTIES. . . . . . . . . . . 300 ŞALĀT SHOULD BE OFFERED IN THE MOST BEFITTING MANNER 303 SUPPLICATION DURING ŞALĀT 303 RECITATION OF AL-FATIHAH IN ŞALĀT 304 ŞALĀT TO BE OFFERED IN ARABIC 304 SUPPLICATIONS MAY BE OFFERED IN ONE'S OWN VERNACULAR 305 THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE FIVE DAILY PRAYERS 306