The book outlines the history of the emergence of one of the three greatest world religions - Islam, and shows the role of Islam in the development of the socio-economic and political structure of Eastern societies and culture. Characteristics are given of the pre-Islamic period of life, as well as the main stages of the emergence, formation and spread of Islam in the Middle Ages, at the end of the Middle Ages, and in modern times; tells about the founder of Islam - the great Prophet of the Mighty and Merciful Allah Muhammad, as well as the history of the creation of the Koran and Sunnah, selected surahs from the Koran and hadith are given. It also provides brief information about the main directions of Islam, representatives of the religious movement that spread in the ancient and modern world of Islam, and provides a dictionary of the basic concepts and terms of Islam. For a wide range of readers.