Mizan (treatise)

Mizan,or Meezan (balance, scale, ) is a comprehensive treatise on the contents of Islam, written by Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, a Pakistani Islamic scholar and philosopher. It is published in Urdu by Al-Mawrid Institute of Islamic Sciences. The book is also available in the form of different booklets. The book has also been published in English language in Renaissance Islamic Journal. Javed Ahmed Ghamidi wrote a summary of this book in the form of a small book named "Al-Islam". Dr. Saleem Shehzad translated "Mizan" and "Al-Islam" into English as "Islam: A Comprehensive Introduction" and "Islam: A Concise Introduction" respectively.

Contents
Published by: Dar-ul-Ishraq
 * Sources of Islam
 * Principles of understanding the Qur'an
 * Principles of determining the Sunnah
 * Principles of understanding the Hadith

Wisdom
 * Framework of Islam
 * Beliefs
 * The Basic Premise of Religion
 * The Essence of Faith
 * Belief in God: His Being
 * Attributes of God
 * The Dealings and Practices of God
 * Belief in the Angels
 * Belief in the Prophets
 * Some Traits of the Prophets
 * Some Issues pertaining to Prophethood
 * Belief in Divine Books
 * Belief in the Hearafter
 * The Signs and Events of the Day of Judgement
 * The Phases and Abodes of the Day of Judgement
 * Morals and morality

The Book
 * The political law of Islam
 * The economic law of Islam
 * The Islamic Shariah of preaching
 * The Islamic law of Jihad
 * The penal law of Islam
 * The dietary laws
 * Customs and behavioral laws
 * Oath and their atonement
 * The Islamic law of worship rituals
 * The Prayer
 * Importance, history, objectives, pre-requisites, rituals, and utterances of prayer
 * Prayer timings, raka'ah, concession, congregation, mosques, rectifying mistakes, etiquette, and various types of prayer
 * The Islamic Shariah of Zakah
 * The fast
 * The rituals of Hajj and Umrah
 * The ritual of animal sacrifice
 * The social law of Islam
 * Basic principle
 * Matrimony, marriage rites and prerequisites
 * Relations prohibited for marriage
 * Pre-requisites of Nikah (Marriage)
 * Rights and obligations of the spouses
 * Polygamy
 * Etiquette of sexual intimacy
 * Eila and Zihar(ايلا و ظهار)
 * Divorce
 * Directives relating to widows
 * Norms of gender interaction
 * Rights of parents
 * Rights of orphans
 * Slavery