COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 MUHAMMAD: THE SEAL OF THE PROPHETS -- THE PROPHET'S STATURE IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY -- THE PROPHET'S LIFE -- CHAPTER 2 GOD'S WORD TO HUMANITY -- THE QUR'AN -- NO GOD BUT GOD: ALLAH -- GOD AND HUMANITY -- THE PROPHET'S DEEDS AND WORDS -- CHAPTER 3 PIETY AND RITUAL IN ISLAMIC LIFE -- THE FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM -- HOLY DAYS -- SACRED SPACE -- LIFE AND DEATH -- CHAPTER 4 COMMUNITY AND SOCIETY -- ISLAM AND COMMUNITY -- COMMUNITY FIGURES -- ISLAM AND SOCIETY -- LAW -- SYSTEMIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION -- MODERN REFORMS OF SHARI'AH -- CHAPTER 5 BRANCHES OF ISLAM -- FOUNDATIONS OF SECTARIANISM -- SUNNI ISLAM -- SHI'ITE ISLAM -- SUFISM -- WAHHABISM -- ISLAMIC BELIEFS AND PRACTICES TODAY -- GLOSSARY -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.