To be a Muslim
Sheikh Nazim
“The basic knowledge provided by this book will help Muslims to gradually become more intimately acquainted with their religion and to partake in a blessing that will spread into their lives through power, beauty and heavenly honour.”
There are many books that carry the name of Mawlana Sheikh Nazim (q). Most of them are transcripts of his teachings or edited versions thereof. Many of them he has read and approved. This book, however, is the only book that he actually wrote himself.
Mawlana wrote it in the nineteen-fifties, years after the establishment of the Turkish Republic. The alphabet had been changed from Arabic letters to Latin letters a generation before, making traditional Ottoman sources inaccessible to the average Turkish reader. It was written to remind both Turks and Cypriots of their religious duties and their Ottoman heritage. As a result some of the Ottoman references may not be familiar to the English reader.
The book contains basic information that every Muslim should know. It was intended for everybody, so he wrote it in clear and easy-to-understand language. In 2012 Mawlana gave it to us to republish and, following his advice, we gave it to Turkish-speaking people who came to learn more about their religion. Since then I have seen the need to also have something for people coming from the West, especially at this time when there is so much misinformation, and when so many sources purporting to be Islam are unreliable. It came to me to have this book translated into English in order to serve that purpose.
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