These aspects are approached from a variety of perspectives by exploring the significance of faith, worship, devotion, ethics, religious practices, prayer, and spaces of worship and gathering in Muslim communities. The reader is guided to reflect on these themes in the context of the Shia Ismaili Tariqah, and with reference to other Islamic traditions. The module seeks, as a whole, to develop insights into the role of faith and religious practice in a faith community, and in relation to the individual believer’s search for ultimate meaning.
Volume One of Faith and Practice in Islamic Traditions examines concepts of faith as expressed in a range of sources, from the Qur’an to the religious literature of Islamic traditions. A central part of this volume is devoted to understandings of tawhid and nubuwwa in Islam, and the significance of the principle of imama for Shia Muslims. The first volume also includes a study of selected facets of faith, including ibadat, divine love, and the concepts of zahir and batin in esoteric traditions of Islam.
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