This work has been published many times over in several languages. It has served as an introduction to Islam for seekers of religious knowledge & truth in different parts of the world. This essay is an epitome of the entire teaching & spirit of Islam. Partial Contents: Physical, moral & spiritual states of man; Soul is an emanation from the body; second birth of the soul; threefold reformation of man; Holy Quran; What is a moral quality? physical conditions of man; Why is swine flesh prohibited; moral conditions of man; attributes of God; Heaven upon earth; The state of man in the afterlife; The object of man's life & the means of its attainment; The operation of practical ordinances of law in this life & the next.