A.J. Wensinck's The Muslim Creed is a study of the origin and growth of Muslim articles of faith. As the Koran contains only the germs of a creed, tradition is the sole guide for such studies. The first five chapters discuss in detail how this tradition was forged by the interaction of divergent forces, themselves being the products of compelling and changing circumstances. The subsequent chapters are devoted to the translation, discussion and elucidation of Abn ...
