PREFACE
 

CHAPTER I : THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH
Importance of these words - Gibbon's verdict - Value of this creed to the Moslem - Sources for the idea of Deity - The ethical value of such Monotheism - Various views.

CHAPTER II : ALLAH, THE DIVINE ESSENCE
Significance of the word Allah - Allah among the pagan Arabs - The Beit Allah - The Hanifs - Testimony of the monuments - Monotheism in the Koran - The idea of God's essence - Silence of tradition - Ghazzali's definition - Mohammed's idea of the Unbegotten - The Commentaries.

CHAPTER III : THE NINETY-NINE BEAUTIFUL NAMES OF ALLAH
These really attributes - The Moslem's rosary - List of these names - The Holy - The All-Compelling - Moslem idea of Divine Justice - Of Truth - "The mothers of the attributes" - The word Rabb - The two hundred and one names of Mohammed.

CHAPTER IV : ALLAH'S ATTRIBUTES ANALYZED AND EXAMINED
Their effect on the Moslem mind - Division and classification - Those that describe His Unity - Mercy - Power - The Avenger - The moral attributes - Holiness of God ignored - The Koran doctrine of Sin - Kinds of sins - Terms used - No distinction between the ceremonial and the moral law - Proof from tradition - Sin not a serious matter - The punishment of sin - Allah not bound by a standard of justice - Is Allah unchangeable? - Justice of Allah - The chief attribute - God's omniscience purely physical - His power - He does not sleep - Real Unity of God absent - The Koran idea of holiness - The Pantheism of force - The idea of the mystics - Views of other sects - Allah the light of the world.

CHAPTER V : THE RELATION OF ALLAH TO HIS WORLD
The fundamental idea in Moslem theology - Palgrave as a critic of Islam - His famous characterization of Allah - The Absolute and Omnipotent Monad - He is jealous of His creatures - Wahabi teaching orthodox - Moslem idea of Creation - Koran texts - Contradictions - the days of creation - God the author of evil - The universe not infinite - Creation of the pen - The throne of God - How God sits - Speculation and orthodoxy - Renan's opinion - Allah leads men astray - No hope in Islam - One-sided idea of God - God above us, with us, in us.

CHAPTER VI : MOHAMMEDAN IDEAS OF THE TRINITY
The negative side of the Moslem idea of God - Clark's remark on this aspect of false religions - The two foci of Moslem controversy - The idea of the Trinity fundamental and essential - Koran references to the doctrine - Misapprehension of true Trinity - The testimony of the commentaries - How they differ and why - Indirect references in the Koran - Shirk - Are Christians polytheists? - The Christology of the Koran - The person of Christ - His birth - The denial of Christ's divinity - And the Atonement - Hatred of the Cross - Christ's place in heaven - The Holy Spirit is the Angel Gabriel - Was Mohammed ignorant of true Christian teaching concerning the Trinity? - The Collyridians - Intercourse with Christians - Yemen Christianity - Abyssinian - Koelle's conclusion - Could Mohammed read and write?

CHAPTER VII : PREDESTINATION vs. FATALISM
The importance of this doctrine in Islam's idea of God - Distinguished from Christian teaching - Terms used - Koran passages - El Berkevi's summary - Tradition on this topic - Pre-existence of souls - Adam and Moses - The salvation of infants - Fatalism of the Greeks - Of Islam - "Allah katib" - "Inshallah" - "El-hamdu-lillah" - Moslem idea of prayer - The fundamental difference between Calvinistic and Moslem doctrine of the decress - Allah not love - No Fatherhood - The Moslem hell - Source of these ideas - The Talmud - Story of the angel of death - Other views of Predestination - The orthodox view widespread - Barren of ideas.

CHAPTER VIII : THE COMPLETED IDEA AND ITS INSUFFICIENCY
The Moslem idea of God compared with that of Christianity - The true standard - Mohammed's ascent to heaven - Four elements wanting - No Fatherhood - The lack of love in the Moslem religion - Mysticism a revolt - The distorted idea of justice - The law in Islam - Lack of harmony in Allah's attributes - The results of such Monotheism - Islam's ideal of ethics - The Moslem idea of God is sterile - The Christian Trinity - No compromise is possible - The only True God and Jesus Christ.