Cultural atlas of Islam / Ismaʼīl R. al Fārūqī and Lois Lamyāʼ al Fārūqī.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Arabia : the crucible -- Language and history -- Religion and culture -- The essence of Islamic civilization -- The Qur'ān -- The Sunnah -- Institutions -- The arts -- The call of Islam -- Al Futūḥāt : the spreading of Islam -- The methodological sciences -- The sciences of the Qur'ān -- The sciences of the Ḥadīth -- The law -- Kalām (theology) -- Taṣawwuf (mysticism) -- Hellenistic philosophy -- The natural order -- The art of letters -- Calligraphy -- Ornamentation in the Islamic arts -- The spatial arts -- Handasah al Ṣawt or the The art of sound.

Gives an overview of Arabia as the crucible of Islam; its language and history, religion and culture, and the essence of Islamic civilization. Also discussed are The Qur'an, The Sunnah, institutions, the arts, the sciences, the law, and the spreading of Islam. Final chapters include theology and mysticism, Hellenistic philosophy, the Natural Order, the art of letters and calligraphy, ornamentation int he Islamic arts, the spacial arts, and the art of sound.