The basic questions lifted in collection light up the theme of understanding of music in the culture of islam on the example of Iranian traditions. Authors from Iran, Germany, France, Uzbekistan and Russia expose the phenomenon of "islam music" in socially-legal, theology, aesthetic, historical, theoretical, ethnographic, carrying out, esoteric aspects. A reader gets possibility to become familiar with translations first works of the modern Iranian and well known западноевропейских scientists, to estimate the results of new scientific researches.The structure of collection and comments to the articles create his unity, underlining originality of the musical classics of Iran, expose community of the examined problems and variety of methodological approaches.A book is counted on specialists professionally engaging in the musical culture of East, and also on the wide circle of the interested readers.