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The Religion of Islam

by Maulana Muhammad Ali

(Note: For the new, abridged edition of The Religion of Islam, published under the title A Handbook of Islam, see this link.)

We present here the 1936/1950 edition of The Religion of Islam by Maulana Muhammad Ali in scanned image form in pdf files. You can read the book in one file or with its parts divided into separate files.

Whole book in one file:

The Religion of Islam (~37MB)

The pdf file above should open with bookmarks. If the bookmark panel does not appear, you can switch it on manually in your PDF reader.

In separate files:

• Title page, Preface, List of Contents, Transliteration, List of Authorities
• Introduction
• Part I: The Sources of Islam (~4MB)
• Part II: The Principles of Islam (~11MB)
• Part III: Laws and Regulations of Islam (~19MB)

Third revised edition of 1973 and its reprints:

The currently available edition in printed form is based on the 1973 revised edition. It can be purchased from Amazon at this link.

From the review of Marmaduke Pickthall:

“Probably no man living has done longer or more valuable service for the cause of Islamic revival than Maulana Muhammad Ali of Lahore. His literary works, with those of the late Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, have given fame and distinction to the Ahmadiyya Movement. In our opinion the present volume is his finest work…” — Marmaduke Pickthall

Read at this link further reviews of The Religion of Islam when it was first published.