Why Did They Become Muslims

PART THREE
ISLAM and OTHER RELIGIONS
In this chapter of our book, we shall tell you about Islam, as we
have done so far, evoke your memories of the old pages of history,
and provide valuable pieces of information concerning the
essentials of all religions. We hope that you read this chapter with
the same enjoyment as you have felt throughout the earlier
chapters. As we have frequently repeated; today, on the threshold
of the twenty-first century, people have little time, much work to
do, and a variety of problems to cudgel their brains with. Moreover,
today’s people are equipped with quite new pieces of knowledge.
They assess every book they read with these new pieces of
knowledge. Therefore, the ideas that we are to communicate to
them have to be scientific, logical, documentary, and in
concordance with today’s level of knowledge and living conditions.
Any degree of thanksgiving would prove short of expressing our
gratitude to Allâhu ta’âlâ for enabling us to write and (translate into
English and) publish this book, which we have perfected by adding
new parts yearly. The blessings of Allâhu ta’âlâ are boundless.
Seeing the letters of appreciation that we receive, we realize
that our book is being read and those who read it reap benefits,
and we pay our hamd (thanks and praise) to our Rabb (Allâhu
ta’âlâ). The blessings that our readers invoke on us and the thanks
they give us are our greatest gains. These letters and calls of
appreciation encourage us to work even harder.
So sad to say, recently there has been a decrease in the number
of people capable of understanding the books written by Islamic
scholars and simplifying them to a level comprehensible to
average people. In fact, there are almost no experts of religion
left. Since Islam is the latest, the most perfect and the most logical
religion, writing an Islamic book requires having a high level of
education, knowing Arabic and Persian in addition to (at least)
one European language, and being fully equipped with the
Islamic branches of knowledge in addition to the most up-to-date
natural and scientific information. Our books are simplifications
and explanations from books written by authorities of religion
and expert scientists, and we have paid meticulous attention to
this delicate job. We have always avoided bigotry. We examine
the letters we receive carefully and give them scientific and logical
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