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The Coming of the Archangel Gabriel by Leila Azzam and Aisha Gouverneur 

The central tenet of Islam is "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet." The Prophet Muhammad lived in Arabia from c.570 to 632 C.E. He is the revealer of the Holy Qur'an (or Koran), the sacred scripture of Islam, which, it is said, was transmitted to him by the Archangel Gabriel. Here is an account of the Prophet's first encounter with the Archangel.

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Islam by Huston Smith 

Of all the non-Western religions, Islam stands closest to the West. So why is it that Westerners understand it so poorly?

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The Realization of the Goal of Islam In Faithful and Observant Communal Life by Frederick M. Denny 

An account of the recitation of faith, worship, charity, fasting, and the pilgrimage to Mecca— the main spiritual practices of Islam.

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Rahima’s Dream by Lex Hixon Nur al-Jerrahi 

Here a teacher of the Sufis, the mystics of Islam, describes the levels of human consciousness as portrayed in the dream of a young girl.

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