ABSTRACT
Islam displays a cult and a set of highly elaborated cultural ceremonies. The Sufi or the dervish seeks personal perfection. Faith is simple from the outset, as it contains few dogmatic requirements, but only practical commands guiding the conduct of life, at least up until religion was intellectualised by certain doctrines, especially the so-called mutazilism. Islam resembles the moira of the Greek. Concerning eternal life, it is positively acquired through the declaration of faith in God and his prophet, the adherence to the moral commands in the conduct of behaviour and the observation of the rituals of cult. Islam thus lacks also a dramaturgy, as the uncertainty about salvation is calmed down through the knowledge that God forgives the distractions of men and women.
