Simplicity, Rationality and Practicality.

Islam is a religion without any mythology. Its teachings are simple and intelligible. It is free fromsuperstitions and irrational beliefs. The oneness of God, the prophet hood
of Muhammad, and the concept of life after death are the basic articles of
its faith. They are based on reason and sound logic. All of the teachings of
Islam flow from those basic beliefs and are simple and straightforward.
There is no hierarchy of priests, no farfetched abstractions, no complicated
rites and rituals. Everybody may approach the Qur'an directly and
translate its dictates into practice.
Islam awakens in man the faculty of reason and exhorts him to use his
intellect. It enjoins him to see things in the light of reality. The Qur'an
advises him to pray:
O, my Lord! Advance me in knowledge (20:1 14).
It asserts that those who have no knowledge are not equal to those who
have (39:9),
that those who do not observe and understand are worse than cattle (7:179),
that the meanings of revelation become manifest to those who have
knowledge (6:97)
and who have understanding (6:98),
that whosoever has been given knowledge indeed has been given an
abundant good (2:269),
that the basic qualifications for leadership are, among other things,
knowledge and physical strength (2:247),
and that of all things it is by virtue of knowledge that man is superior to
angels and has been made vicegerent of God on earth (2:30).
The Prophet of Islam said: "He who leaves his home in search of
knowledge walks in the path of God" (Tirmidhi and Darimi)8 and "To seek
8 According to Tirmidhi, this hadith is weak. See Da'eef Sunanal
Tirmi~lhi, no. 494 in AlAlbani.