Winning the Modern World for Islam is envisaged to be "a gesture of love: a hand of friendship for all humankind, bearing the message of sense and justice for humankind.” (Foreword)
Yassine’s primary concern is "to make known the message of the Qur’an: a message of peace for a violent world, a message of sanity for a directionless world, a spiritual message for an ailing modern humanity.” (Foreword)
He seeks to "clarify the ideas and the ideals that Muslims can share among themselves and with people of good will and sketch the framework within which harmony can be attained, and the causes of discord between Islam and modernity can be undone.” (Introduction)