Understanding Islam by Frithjof Schuon

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This paperback book is in good condition. Some scratches on the back cover mainly. Inside slight yellowing and on pages 16 and 106 there are notes in pen.

Islam has been more misunderstood than any other religion. In this book, long regarded as a classic, Frithjof Schuon explains the basis of Islamic belief 'from within'. He takes as his point of departure the theme that Islam is 'the meeting between God and Man' and expounds the Islamic view of life, the role of the Prophet and the Quran and the nature of Sufism and the path of spiritual ascent. The author, described by T.S. Elliot as the most impressive writer in the field of comparative religion that he had encountered, studied Arabic and Arabic calligraphy and then explored for himself Islam and Buddhism in North Africa, India and Turkey.

A masterpiece of comparative religion ... Such objectivity as Frithjof Schuon's ... is exceedingly rare. -- Islamic Quarterly

Any serious person will feel grateful to be confronted by such a generously discerning intellect ... in this darkening time. -- Jacob Needleman, San Francisco State University

Schuon's book shows the essence of Islam ... one often finds passages which touch the heart. -- Annemarie Schimmel, Professor Harvard University (from the Foreword)

The best work in English on the meaning of Islam and why Muslims believe in it. -- Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University

[Schuon is] the most important religious thinker of our century. -- Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions, and Why Religion Matters