Islam

The Five Pillars of Islam

Those thing that one must do to be a good Muslim are usually refered to as

"The Five Pillars of Islam."

These five pillars, or obligations, are:

Repatition of the creed, Daily prayer, Alms giving, The fast duties of the month of Ramadom, and The pilgrimage to Mecca.

(Arab.; lit. "surrender")

Means peace.

 Muslim: Literally "submitter." One who submits to the will of God.

 The History of Islam

by Robert Payne, 1959

The Sufis

by Idries Shan

Introduction by Robert Graves, 1964

The Way Of The Sufi

by Idries Shah, 1968

The Sense of Unity:

The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture

 by Nader Ardalan and Laleh Bakhtiar, 1973

Islam:

The Straight Path

by John L. Esposito, 1988

Islam

by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair, 2002

Companion to the PBS documentary

Islam:

Empire of Faith

by Dr. Suhail Saheed, 2005

Muhammad:

A Biography of the Prophet

by Karen Armstrong, 1992/2006