Man cannot live peacefully in this world without knowing who he is. Who has created him and sent him to this life? What is his role in it? How can he fulfil that role to the best of his ability? And what is there for him after this life? These basic questions cannot be answered by the human in- tellect alone - man needs Divine guidance for findingthe right answers to such basic questions. Such Divine guidance has been implanted in the inner nature of man, has been taught to Adam and Eve (pbuD at the moment of their creation, has been revealed through a long chain of messengers from Allah, and, has been finally integrated in the message of Muhammad (pbuh), the seal of prophethood. This Divine guidance was invariably called "Islam" which is a word derived from two Arabic roots: "Salam" which means "peace" and "Tasleem" which means "submission." Conse- quently, Islam means peaceful submission to the will of Allah and His complete obedience . Hence, the long chain of mes- sengers from Adam to Muhammad (pbuh) were all Muslims and their message was invariably Islam. That list includes (among many others): Adam, Enoch, Noah, Hude, Saleh, Abraham,Ishmael, Isaac, Lute, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, u t PREFACE Man cannot live peacefully in this world without knowing who he is. Who has created him and sent him to this life? What is his role in it? How can he fulfil that role to the best of his ability? And what is there for him after this life? These basic questions cannot be answered by the human in- tellect alone - man needs Divine guidance for finding the right answers to such basic questions. Such Divine guidance has been implanted in the inner nature ofman, has been taught to Adam and Eve (pbut) at the moment of their creation, has been revealed through a long chain of messengers from Allah, and, has been finally integrated in the message of Muhammad (pbuh), the seal of prophethood. This Divine guidance was invariably called "Islam" which is a word derived from two Arabic roots: "Salam" which means "peace" and "Tasleem" which means "submission." Conse- quently, Islam means peaceful submission to the will ofAllah and His complete obedience. Hence, the long chain of mes- sengers from Adam to Muhammad (pbuh) were all Muslims and their message was invariably Islam. That list includes (among many others): Adam, Enoch, Noah, Hude, Saleh, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Lute, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, iii Book author :