Islam and the Destiny of Man

This book is for the (one who wants to be a) modern intellectual muslim. It captures the essence of belief in Allah and the universal nature of Islam and deliver this fundamental knowledge in terms of the world today. This book is free of the reductionist explanations of the local imams and mullahs in the mosques you find in Western countries and most certainly, those you find in muslim countries. It is free of apologetics and it is free of critical secularism. This book does not go systematically through what muslims believe in and provide fact abouts what Islam is. Gai Eaton communicates brilliantly how the simple belief in one God and His Messenger is not just a question of believing in the Unseen or not. It has - and have had - wide ranging implications for all those humans, who became and are muslims. This book is a ressource for those non-muslims, who do not settle with knowing what Islam is (although the book does tell you this), but also want to know what it is like to BE a muslim.

Amazing deep and very profound. A must have for seekers of knowledge.

Great insight into Guy Eaton's views on Islam. Certainly not a book to learn Islam from, but rather to inderstand an influential individual's perspective. Beautiful language and prose too.

This book is a classic - about Islam's role in the world and comments on ancient and current politics.

I love Gai Eatons writing and I read his other book Remembering God. I hope God will bless him for all his efforts. He was a wise man and I'm thankful for the knowledge he wrote down.

Great book and give you insight if Islam in different ways

Provides a deep and comprehensive insight into the Islamic tradition especially for the western mind.

This is such a great book it truly gives meaning to Islam and has amazing words to detail all the important but small things really great

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I honestly need to spend sometime after reading couple of pages to process the profound words. Gai Eaton has written something amazing and does give you an interesting western view towards Islam. I'd recommend it to both Muslims and Non-Muslims alike to give it a read. You'll definitely enjoy the journey!

This is the second time I'm reading this book and I'm not disappointed in the least. The only thing that pulls on my buttons is the fact that I have to continuously go onto my iPhone (product placement, isn't it great?) to check for words I'm not familiar with. That tells you this is a great book. Expanding minds everywhere. Enough about me, let's get onto this book (whose material I cannot remember for the life of me). It's a book written for a Western audience and bridges some of the questions that we may be asking ourselves regarding Islam. It goes into history. It goes into practices. It goes into the beliefs. It goes into 'the human paradox' (a chapter/section I love so much). It is very eloquently written and I recommend it to anyone who's interested in learning about Islam. So have at it. Give it a go. Enjoy. Cheers.

This book is a great read but it is a copy, not original. Highly disappointed Amazon is selling something like that without respect for author rights...

I like the perspective and writing style, but the font is pretty dense. Not much spacing between lines, which made it difficult to read on a plan.