Brief Introduction to the Contents

In this Issue …

Jhangeer Hanif

Just as Islam gives legal injunctions to govern our daily lives, it also outlines articles of faith and delineates ethical guidelines. The first part, Javed Ahmad Ghāmidī maintains, is what is termed al-kitāb (lit. law) in the Holy Qur’ān, and the second, he asserts, is what is named al-hikmah(lit. wisdom) by the Holy Book. Both of them put together constitute the corpus of Islam – as preached by the last Prophet, Muhammad (sws). In the special issue last month, Renaissance published Ghāmidī’sexposition of the legal code of Islam or, in other words, al-kitāb or al-sharī‘ah. The present issue, in addition to presenting an overall framework of Islam – as understood by Ghāmidī – sets forth his explanation and discussion of the ethical and belief part of Islam.