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Quran
THE MEANING OF THE HOLY QURAN:
Text, Translation and Commentary
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Of all the existing translation and commentaries
of the Quran in English, Abdullah Yusuf
Alis version is perhaps the most popular and
the widely read. Its chaste English prose and
scholarly notes and appendices, have made it a
major landmark in the Quranic interpretations. It
has enjoyed such authority that both scholars and
students have widely used this as their reference
ever since it was rst published in 1934.This
new edition in modern English, printed on
thin paper, comes in a new readable format,
beautifully typeset in large font sizes both Arabic
and English, with footnotes and commentaries.
Hardbound
1584 pages
ISBN 9789675062162
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This booklet contains 64,282 words
of the Holy Qur'an. They occur either
frequently or in combination with each
other. It seeks to guide readers and
students of the Qur'an to understand the
Qur'an by mastering these word lists.
Quran
THE MESSAGE OF THE QURAN
Muhammad Asad
The Message of the Quran is widely recognised as among the best English
translations and commentaries of the Quran and comparable to the famous
works of Pickthall, Yusuf Ali and Daryabadi. Asads rendering is simple and
straightforward. Although widely known as a proponent of conservative Islam,
his translation departs from the traditional exegetic approaches and reects
his deep knowledge of Jewish and Christian scriptures. This edition boasts
of a comperehensive index and uses the standard Uthmani Quranic script.
Hardbound, 1277 pages
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Quran
THE MEANING OF THE HOLY QURAN
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
This Pocket edition is the latest edition of the
Meaning of the Quran from us. Ideal as gift
or a travel companion for ease of reference
and mobility. Includes meaning of the Quran
without commentaries and Arabic text.
ISBN 9789839154962
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POCKET-SIZED
EDITION
THE HOLY QURAN:
Text and Translation
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
This shorter version of Abdullah Yusuf
Alis work includes his translation of
the Quran text side by side with the
Arabic text in a compact volume. The
exclusion of the commentaries found in
the original edition makes the volume
handy for the reader especially when
on a journey. This volume is also
suitable for students of Islamic studies.
ISBN 9789839154849
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Quran
COHERENCE IN THE QURAN
A Study of Islahis Concept of
Nazm in Tadabur-i Quran
Mustansir Mir
A widely held view about the Quran is that
in its received form, it lacks coherence. Most
approaches to the Quran have remained atomistic
in character. Some Western scholars even
tried to rearrange the Quran to make it more
comprehensible. Muslim scholar Amin Ahsan
Islahi however rejects this view that Quran is
disjoined, and argues that the Quran possesses
nazm or coherence, which is both aesthetically
pleasing and carried profound hermeneutical
signicance. This is the rst detailed study of
Islahis contribution to Quranic exegesis, and
tries to assess his theory of Quranic coherence
as reected in his tafsir Tadabbur-i Quran."
ISBN 9789675062858
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QURANIC EXEGESIS
IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE
With Particular Reference to
Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri
Rashid Ahmad Jullundhry
This book on the science of Quranic gives a
focus on Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri, a mufassir
of the Quran who wrote Lataif al-isharat bi
tafsir al-Quran, a complete commentary of the
Quran. In studying this historic tafsir, the author
rst discusses the science of Quranic exegesis
and its development from the earliest days. He
discusses briey the history of early tafsir works,
the various kinds of tafsirs and their historical
and political backgrounds. He also aims to show
how su scholars have given a new life to the
interpretation of the Quran
Quran
THE OPENING CHAPTER
OF THE QURAN
Abul Kalam Azad
Translated by Syed Abdul Latif
Azads explanation (tafsir) of Surah al-
Fatihah, the rst chapter of the Quran,
explains the Quranic conception of God
in the light of the pattern of organisation
found in phenomenal nature. Rightly
regarded as Azads major contribution
to Islamic learning, this is a profound
exposition of Quranic thought.
BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE QURAN
Abul Kalam Azad
Edited and translated by Syed Abdul
Latif
Of all the writings of Mawlana Azad,
his exegesis of Surah al-Fatihah (The
Opening Chapter) in his Tarjuman al-
Quran is a masterly introduction to
the study of the Quran. Students of
the Quran will nd therein a store of
Quranic knowledge such as is not found
in current commentaries. This work is an
analytical summary of it, reproduced in
the very manner of Azads exposition.
ISBN 9789839154283
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ISBN 9789839154498
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Quran
AL-FAWZ AL-KABIR FI USUL AL-TAFSIR
Treatise on Principles of Quranic Exegesis
Shah Waliyullah
This is among Shah Waliyullahs important
works and presumably the best compilation ever
prepared on the subject. The authors approach
to the study of the Quran is independent and
in conformity with the exigencies of logic. It
helps in clearing the cobwebs of misconception
which sometimes crop up in the minds of non-
Muslim readers; it also helps commentators in
tiding over difculties which they occasionally
come across in comprehending the Holy Book.
ISBN 9789670526010
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ABROGATION IN THE QURAN
AND ISLAMIC LAW
Louay Fatoohi
This book traces the development of the
concept of abrogation (naskh) from its most
basic form to the complex and multi-faceted
doctrine it has become. The book also critiques
the role of abrogation in rationalizing the
view that not all the Quranic revelation has
survived in the mushaf, i.e. the written record
of the Quran. This role makes understanding
abrogation an essential prerequisite for
studying the history of the Quranic text. This
book takes a practical approach by examining
specic popular abrogation claims, such
as the stoning penalty, the law on ghting
non-Muslims, and on inheritance. It is the
only modern study in English dedicated to
the subject, and is a suitable reference work
for both the expert and the general reader.
ISBN 9789670526027
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Quran
THE QURANIC PHENOMENON
An Essay of a Theory on the Quran
Malik Bennabi
Translated by Mohamed Tahir el-
Mesawi
Bennabis reformulation of the Qurans
miracle within the wider philosophical
and historical context of the religious
phenomenon and prophetic movement
is quite unique. It invites the mind to
a different reading of human religious
history and a different understanding
of the human condition that goes far
beyond the mere concerns of Muslims.
ISBN 9789839154252
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THE NAMES OF THE QURANIC CHAPTERS
Shetha Al-Dargazelli
The Quran has extensively been studied by Muslim
scholars. This interest developed the sciences of the
Quran into a discipline that comprehensively studies
every aspect of the Book of Allah. This work focuses
on one of those sciences, the study of the names of
the chapters (surahs) of the Quran. It explains the
origins of these names and tries to identify the pattern
of naming each surahs.
Paperback,107 pages
ISBN 9789675062933
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Quran
THE HISTORY OF THE QURANIC TEXT
From Revelation to Compilation
M.M. Al-Azami
This book provides unique insights into the
Quranic texts immaculate preservation as
well as exploring many of the accusations
leveled against it. The reception of divine
revelations, Prophet Muhammads role in
disseminating and compiling these verses, and
the setting of the texts nal external shape, are
scientically examined alongside such topics
as the origins of Arabic, the so-called Mushaf
of Ibn Masud, and the strict methodology
employed in assembling textual fragments.
With full colour illustrations throughout.
ISBN 9789675062636
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THE JEWELS OF THE QURAN
Al-Ghazalis Theory
Muhammad Abul Quasem
This is the rst English translation, with
introduction and annotation, of a very
useful and highly scholarly book of Imam
al-Ghazali, Kitab Jawahir al-Quran. It
shows al-Ghazalis understanding of the
Quran in two parts. The rst presents
his views on various Quranic issues: the
aims of the Quran, how the Quran is the
source of all the sciences, the methods
of its understanding, the excellence of
some parts of the Quran over others,
and so on. The second part consists of
translation of more than 1500 verses which
al-Ghazali calls the jewels and pearls of
the Quran. All these verses are translated
in free-owing, modern English.
Paperback, 1584
ISBN 9839154621
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ISBN 9789675062971
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Quran
ISBN 9789675062902
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VOLUME I: Surah's 1 and 2
THE QURAN AND ITS INTERPRETERS VOLUMES I & II
Mahmoud M. Ayoub
For almost fourteen centuries the Quran has been a source of inspiration and solace and, above all, a guide along the way
of life toward eternity. It is presented as such here. Using commentaries from the classical period through the medieval and
modern periods to the present, this book presents the Quran as Muslims have understood it and interiorized it throughout its
rich exegetical history. Sources have been carefully chosen to represent all of the major schools and trends in Islamic thought.
This explanation of the rst, second and third Surahs by the Lebanese scholar Mahmoud Mustafa Ayoub, has been written not
for scholars but for those interested students of Islam and non-Arabic speaking Muslims and non-Muslims.
ISBN 9789675062919
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VOLUME II: Surah 3
Quran
A DICTIONARY AND GLOSSARY
OF THE QURAN
With Copious Grammatical References
and Explanations of the Text
John Penrice, Edited by Duraid Fatouhi
This famous dictionary of the Quran has
gone through many reprints by various
Muslim and non-Muslim publishers
since it was rst published in 1873.
However, this is the rst time it has
been subjected to a complete revision.
ISBN 9789839541465
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ETHICO-RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS
IN THE QURAN
Toshihiko Izutsu
Professor Izutsu provides a masterful
and lucid exposition of the Quranic
teachings. First published in 1966, this
work was one of the rst studies of the
Quranic worldview to have appeared in a
Western language and its importance has
not changed with the passing of time.
ISBN 9789839154559
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Quran
GOD AND MAN IN THE QURAN
Toshihiko Izutsu
Coming from the pen of the rst serious
Japanese scholar on Islam, this book
discovers the substantive structure of
Quranic teaching in a four-fold relationship
between God and man. The main part of
the book is extensively concerned with the
problem of the personal relation between God
and man in the Quranic worldview. Izutsus
description of the historical evolution of these
concepts in pre-Islamic Arabia up to the
appearance of Islam is rich and valuable.
Paperback, 1584
ISBN 9839154621
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TOSHIHIKO IZUTSU (1914-1993)
Toshihiko Izutsu was born into a wealthy family in Japan. His father
was a calligrapher and a Zen Buddhist, and Izutsu became familiar
with meditation and koans (sayings and teachings followed by the Zens)
from an early age. Izutsu was a well known Japanese scholar on Islam,
having taught at Keio University, McGill University, Montreal and
the Iranian Imperial Academy of Philosophy, Tehran. Izutsus area of
study was wide, and more than thirty scholarly works in Japanese and
English are attributed to him, all of which demonstrate uniqueness of
his thought through the construction of complex theoretical arguments.
Complementing this brilliance was his mastery of over twenty languages,
including Hebrew, Persian, Chinese, Turkish, Sanskrit and Arabic,
in addition to many modern European languages. It was said that he
nished reading Quran in a month after beginning to learn Arabic.
In 1958, he completed translation of the Quran, for the rst time
directly from Arabic to Japanese. His translation is still renowned for its
linguistic accuracy and widely used for scholarly works.
WORKS INCLUDE:
GOD AND MAN IN THE QURAN; THE CONCEPT OF
BELIEF IN ISLAMIC THEOLOGY; ETHICO-RELIGIOUS
CONCEPTS IN THE QURAN; A COMPARATIVE
STUDY OF THE KEY PHILOSOPHICAL CONCEPTS IN
SUFISM AND TAOISM; THE CONCEPT AND REALITY
OF EXISTENCE; HISTORY OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT
(JAPANESE); MYSTICAL PHILOSOPHY (JAPANESE),
COSMOS AND ANTI-COSMOS (JAPANESE).
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
CONSERVATION OF HADITH
In the Light of the Sahifah of Hammam
ibn Munabbih
Dr Muhammad Hamidullah
Since the past century, orientalist works
had challenged the authenticity of Hadith
material (sayings of the Prophet), claiming
that these collections of hadiths were done
orally and therefore subject to misreporting
and alterations. Dr Hamidullah discovered
very early collections of hadiths preserved
in libraries in Turkey, France and Germany,
and on the basis of these, refuted the
misgivings spread by orientalists. This
work selects the collections of Hammam
ibn Munabbih, a disciple of a companion of
the Prophet to substantiate his arguments.
ISBN 9789839154948
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FORTY HADITH
Imam Nawawi
For more than 800 years, Imam Nawawis Matan
al-Arbain has lighted the path of believers
whose hope is in Allah and the last day. Each
of the hadith included in this collection sets
forth one of the fundamental points of Islam,
and is a genuine hadith taken mostly from
the Sahih works of Al-Bukhari and Muslim.
The Arabic text is provided side by side with
the translation and a short commentary.
Paperback, 78 pages
ISBN 9789839154030
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Hadith
Hadith
HADITH AND SUNNAH
Ideals and Realities
Edited by P K Koya
A compilation of essays on Hadith (sayings)
and Sunnah (exemplary conduct) of the
Prophet, written by various Muslim scholars.
It serves a long felt need for a comprehensive
collection of writings on various aspects of
the subject for the non-academic reader.
ISBN 9789839154023
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SAHIH AL-BUKHARI:
The Early Years of Islam
Translated by Muhammad Asad
This work comprises the historical chapters of
the most important compilations of Traditions,
Sahih of Imam al-Bukhari, and depicts the
beginning of the Prophets revelation, the
merits of his Companions and the early years
of Islam up to and including the decisive
turning point of Islamic history, the Battle of
Badr. The author had set out to translate the
whole of Sahih al-Bukhari but much of his
manuscripts were destroyed in the chaos that
followed the Second World War. It was not in
vain: in his own words, ten years spent on
analysing, translating and clarifying the Sahih
were a God-willed preparation for a work
which for a very long time had represented an
enticing dream to me: a new rendering into
English of the Message of the Quran...
ISBN 9789675062988
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Hadith
STUDIES IN EARLY HADITH LITERATURE
M.M. Al-Azami
The most important eld of research, relative to
the study of Hadith, is the discovery, verication,
and evaluation of the smaller collections of
hadiths antedating the six canonical collections
of Hadith. Dr Azami has done pioneer work of
the highest value, and he has done it according
to the exact standards of scholarship.
STUDIES IN HADITH METHODOLOGY
AND LITERATURE
M.M. Al-Azami
This is a topic-by-topic study about the
science of Hadith written to full the needs
of modern college students whose medium
of instruction is mainly in English.
ISBN 9789839154214
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Paperback, 1584
ISBN 9839154621
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ISBN 9789839154276
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Prophet & His Companions
THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD
Abdul Hameed Siddiqui
Here is an integrated view of the life,
personality and mission of the man
who changed the course of history and
inaugurated a new era in the life of
mankind. This book aims to present a
clear, precise and positive statement of
the life and message of the Prophet.
ISBN 9789839154115
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THE LIFE OF MUHAMMAD
Muhammad Husayn Haykal
Translated by Ismail Raji al-Faruqi
This biography of Prophet Muhammad is
the rst written by a contemporary Muslim
scholar. It includes complete coverage of
the Prophets life, a detailed analysis of
pre-Islamic Arabia, the situational context
of revelation and a comparative study of the
basics of Islamic and western civilizations.
ISBN 9789839154177
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ISBN 9789839154184
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THE PIOUS CALIPHS
Majid Ali Khan
The author describes the rst 40 years of
the Islamic State, dealing with various
events during the rules of the Four Caliphs
with impartiality and objectivity. He
carefully removes sectarian prejudices
from the pages of history. This book is
highly recommended as a text book on
Islamic history in higher institutions.
product code 028
ISBN 9789839154085
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MEN AROUND THE MESSENGER
Khalid Muhammad Khalid
A revised translation based on Khalid
Muhammad Khalids celebrated work in
Arabic, Rijal Hawla al-Rasul, the sixty-four
companions presented here are representative
of that unique early generation of Muslims.
They come from all walks of life and
character. These are stories of real people
which can be historically veried and that
will touch the souls of the believers, for
they will nd in them yet another proof
of that conviction that lls their hearts,
though it may be denied and its signs
effaced by wielders of power in the Muslim
lands through treachery and cowardice.
ISBN 9789839154733
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AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER
The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety
Annemarie Schimmel
In order to understand Muslim piety it is necessary
to take into account the long history of the veneration
of Muhammad. Schimmel discusses aspects of his
life, birth, marriage, miracles, and heavenly journey,
all of which became subjects for religious devotions.
By using poetic texts and artistic expressions and by
examining daily Muslim religious practices, Schimmel
shows us the gentler side of Islamic religious culture,
providing a much-needed understanding of religion as
it is experienced and practiced in the Islamic world.
This is the rst book in English to deal with all aspects
of the veneration of the Prophet Muhammad. It is an
expanded version of Schimmels Und Muhammad Ist
Sein Prophet, originally published in German in 1981.
ISBN 9789675062032
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ANNEMARIE SCHIMMEL (1922-2003)
Born in Erfurt, Saxony (Germany) on April 7, 1922, Dr Schimmel was a well-
known and inuential German scholar who wrote extensively on Islam, having
authored more than a hundred books on the subject. For her work on Islam, Susm
and Muhammad Iqbal, the government of Pakistan honored her with one of its
highest civil awards known as Hilal-e-Imtiaz or Crescent of Excellence. She was
showered with many other awards from many countries, but the 1995 prestigious
Peace Prize of the German Book Trade caused a controversy in Germany, as she
had defended the outrage of the Muslim world against Salman Rushdie and his
blasphemous work, The Satanic Verses.
The scholar started to learn Arabic at the age of 15, in an effort to better understand
Islamic teachings. Schimmel also spoke uent Farsi, Turkish, English, Urdu and
Dari. She studied at the University of Berlin and in Marburg, where she became
a professor for comparative religious studies. During her academic career, she
lectured in Ankara, Bonn, Harvard, New York, and London. She frequently
travelled to Pakistan, which, in due time, was to become her second home.
The professor saw it as her life-long mission to awake understanding for Islam,
arguing that Islam was among the most misunderstood religions. She died on
January 26, 2003.
WORKS INCLUDE:
AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER;
DECIPHERING THE SIGNS OF GOD: A
PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO ISLAM;
RUMIS WORLD: THE LIFE AND WORKS
OF THE GREATEST SUFI POET; ISLAM: AN
INTRODUCTION, ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY;
MAKE A SHIELD FROM WISDOM: SELECTED
VERSES FROM NASIR-I KHUSRAWS DIVAN;
GABRIELS WING: STUDY INTO THE
RELIGIOUS IDEAS OF SIR MUHAMMAD
IQBAL; MYSTICAL DIMENSIONS OF ISLAM.
Islamic Law & Jurisprudence
FIQH AL-ZAKAH
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
In Islam, Zakah is third only to the declaration
of faith in God and His Prophet, and the
ve daily prayers. Yet it has not attracted
the attention of modern Muslim scholars to
commensurate its importance and analyze its
laws taking into account the contemporary
issues and problems. This book by one of
the most authoritative contemporary Muslim
scholars is an extensive study of the Zakah, its
regulations and philosophy in the light of the
Quran and Sunnah, to show it is both a pillar
of religion as well as a practical application in
modern socio-economics.
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ISBN 9789675062766
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THE LAW AND INSTITUTION
OF ZAKAT
Farishta G de Zayas
In this work, the author carefully and
comprehensively examines the rules of Zakat
from the most authentic sources: the Quran,
the authentic hadiths and classical works
of the fuqaha (jurists). Since Zakat is a
religious obligation with a social and spiritual
function, it is incumbent on all individual
Muslims, especially Zakat administrators,
to acquire a thorough knowledge of its
fundamental principles and the law to its
implementation at state level. As such this
book should be an essential aid to Muslims
in general and Zakat ofcials in particular.
ISBN 9789839541601
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IMAM AL-SHATIBIS THEORY OF THE
HIGHER OBJECTIVES AND INTENTS
OF ISLAMIC LAW
Ahmad al-Raysuni
The most important means by which scholars
sought to restore the intimate contact between
Muslims and the Quran was to study the
objectives of Islam, the causes behind legal
rulings and the intentions and goals of the
Islamic Law. This book, translated from
the original Arabic, represents a pioneering
contribution presenting a comprehensive
theory of the objectives of Islamic Law in
its various aspects, as well as a painstaking
study of objectives-based thought as
pioneered by the father of objectives-based
jurisprudence, Imam al-Shatibi. The author
presents us with an important study of al-
Shatibi himself, which offers a wealth of
new, benecial information about the life,
thought and method of this venerable Imam.
ISBN 9789839154689
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SHATIBIS PHILOSOPHY OF
ISLAMIC LAW
Muhammad Khalid Masud
Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi (d.1888) had sought
an answer to the challenge posed by
modernisation and change to Islamic law,
by introducing maslahah, which forms the
basis of his philosophy of Islamic law. In a
fascinating way, the author leads us step by
step to what he considers the true import of
Shatibis views concerning Jurisprudence.
ISBN 9789839154139
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TOWARDS REALIZATION OF THE HIGHER
INTENTS OF ISLAMIC LAW
Maqasid al-Shariah: A Functional Approach
Gamal Eldin Attia
Translated by Nancy Roberts
This book takes an important step towards the
realization of the higher intents of the Islamic law.
First, it opens the door towards the integration
of contemporary values and worldview into the
maqasid terminology. Secondly, the book gives
answers to the complex theoretical questions on
the role of maqasid in ijtihad, juristic theorization
(usul), and the islamization of the human, social,
and physical sciences. Last, but not least, the book
highlights the role and the necessity of a maqasid-
informed mindset on the intellectual and communal
levels, and takes a pioneering futuristic look into
this very important branch of Islamic knowledge.
ISBN 9789675062575
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MAQASID AL-SHARIAH AS PHILOSOPHY
OF ISLAMIC LAW
A Systems Approach
Jasser Auda
For Islamic rulings to full their original purposes of
justice, freedom, rights, common good, and tolerance
in todays context, Auda presents maqasid as the
heart and the very philosophy of Islamic law. He also
introduces a novel method for analysis and critique,
one that utilises relevant features from systems
theory, such as, wholeness, multidimensionality,
openness, and especially, purposefulness of systems.
This book will benet all those interested in the
relationship between Islam and a wide variety
of subjects, such as philosophy of law, morality,
human rights, interfaith commonality, civil society,
integration, development, feminism, modernism,
postmodernism, systems theory, and culture.
ISBN 9789675062582
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ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE
(USUL AL-FIQH)
Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee
Usul al-Fiqh or Islamic jurisprudence is a
subject which is replete with subtleties that
challenge even the most intelligent minds.
The author has simplied the subject to serve
the needs of the non-specialists. This work
will be a signicant addition to the text books
available on Islamic jurisprudence in English.
ISBN 9789839541373
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ISTIHSAN
The Doctrine of Juristic Preference
in Islamic Law
Saim Kayadibi
This work constitutes a critical analysis of
classical and modern aspects of the concept
of Istihsan (juristic preference), an important
principle in Islamic legal legislation throughout
history. Although there has been many research
works on the subject, it still requires further
investigation on the role and nature of istihsan
with regard to a combination of classical
and modern approaches. Consisting of four
chapters, the author begins by introducing
some general principles of Islamic law, before
discussing the history of istihsan during the
time of the Prophet and his Companions. He
also analyses the validity of istihsan as a source
of law and discusses the differences among
scholars on its method of implementation.
ISBN 9789675062476
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THEORIES OF ISLAMIC LAW
The Methodology of Ijtihad
This book presents usul al-qh, or Islamic legal
theory, as comprising three major theories or
methodologies. Each had a distinct function to
perform in the development of Islamic law. The
rst theory is shown to be based on the operation
of general principles and the analytical method,
the methodology of the second incorporates
strict interpretation and analogy, while the third
theory is based on the purposes of the Islamic
shariah. The book presents the content of
Islamic legal theory in a manner that reects the
traditional approach, but takes into account the
needs of the modern lawyer, judge and scholar.
ISBN 9789839541311
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TREATISE ON MAQASID AL-SHARIAH
Muhammad al-Tahir ibn Ashur
This is the English translation of Shaykh
Muhammad al-Tahir Ibn Ashurs (1879-
1973) treatise on Maqasid al-Shariah. Ibn
Ashur proposed Maqasid as the methodology
for the renewal of the theory of the Islamic
law, which has not undergone any serious
development since the era of the great Imams.
The author, one of twentieth centurys great
Islamic scholars, also addressed the topic of
the intents of Prophet Muhammad behind his
decisions. He introduced criteria to differentiate
between the Prophetic traditions that were
meant to be part of the Islamic law and the
Prophetic actions/sayings that were meant
to be for the sake of specic purposes.
ISBN 9789839154856
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SALES AND CONTRACTS IN EARLY
ISLAMIC COMMERCIAL LAW
Abdullah Alwi Haji Hasan
This is a comprehensive study of the
economic practices of early Islam. The
author examines the business practices in
the early period of Islam and highlights the
legal principles which emerge therefrom. The
subject is approached from the perspective of
history, economics, law, market management,
religion and ethics. The book covers the law
of contractual obligations or commerce and
trade in early Islam, i.e. the period of the
Prophet and subsequently his Companions,
examining the chronological phases of
the development of business transactions
and legal opinions of earlier jurists.
ISBN 9789839541564
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ISLAMIC LAW OF BUSINESS
ORGANIZATION: PARTNERSHIPS
The author attempts to spell out the Islamic
principles on which business enterprise should
be based especially in the area of partnership.
In this exercise, he displays a strikingly acute
awareness of Islamic laws on the subject.
This, however, is matched by an equally
striking awareness of the forms of business
organization in vogue in the contemporary
world. The work represents a serious scholarly
effort to sort out complicated questions, and
to enunciate Islamic principles relative to
business enterprise, and to apply them in the
changed context of present-day business.
ISBN 9789839541304
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FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY IN
Kutaiba S. Chaleby
This is the rst book in Forensic
Psychiatry that focuses on the application
of psychiatry to legal issues connected
to Islamic jurisprudence. It gives
contemporary psychiatry in any Islamic
country a broad spectrum of tools to work
with, enabling the utilisation of options
specic to particular societal and cultural
norms. This book will appeal to both the
general as well as the academic reader.
ISBN 9789839541403
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CAPITAL AND PROFIT SHARING IN
ISLAMIC EQUITY FINANCING
Issues and Prospects
Muhammad Abdurrahman Sadique
Due to signicant changes that have taken
place in the nature and essence of money
and monetary value, and the dominance of
interest-based debt nancing, the nature of
capital and sharing of prot and loss have
become complex issues. The book analyses in
detail the practical relevance of these in the
operation of Islamic nancial institutions, and
attempts to provide some new insight on the
relevant shariah regulations. It studies capital
in joint ventures nanced by Islamic banks,
and scrutinises the method currently used
by Islamic banks for determining the prot
sharing ratio between the bank and the client.
ISBN 9789839541786
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THIS LAW OF OURS AND
OTHER ESSAYS
Muhammad Asad
The essays in this book are based on
several essays by Asad written as far back
as in the 1940s. They aim to clarify the
confusion prevailing in the Muslim Ummah
as to the scope and practical implications
of Islamic law. This compilation also
constitutes something like a prole of
the intellectual face of Muhammad Asad.
ISBN 9789670526065
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CONFLICTS AND TENSIONS IN
Noel J Coulson
Professor Coulsons method is to examine
the principal currents of Islamic legal
thought through a series of conicting
concepts. The six polarizations he has
devised are revelation and reason, unity and
diversity, authority and liberty, idealism
and realism, law and morality, and stability
and change. Although clearly relevant to
general Islamic studies, this book is intended
primarily as a study in comparative law.
ISBN 9789839541502
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History & Biographical
ISLAM AND MODERNISM
A Study of the Modern Reform Movement
Inaugurated by Muhammad Abduh
Charles C. Adams
These essays by Charles Adams, a sympathetic
American academic, examine Islamic reformism
in Egypt through the work of Abduh (1849-
1905), revealing the inuences that moulded
his thought and tracing his transformation
from someone who was buried in mystic
visions to a leading champion of Islamic
reform. This work serves as an intellectual
biography of a man whose thought and legacy
had a profound impact on subsequent Islamic
thought and political movements, even those who
ostensibly reject much of what he stood for.
product code HB14-002
ISBN 9789675062452
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SEARCHING FOR SOLACE
A Biography of Abdullah Yusuf Ali,
Interpreter of the Quran
M.A. Sherif
This is the rst detailed account of the
life and ideas of A Yusuf Ali, whose
The Holy Quran: Text, Translation and
Commentary is the most widely used
English translation of the Quran. This
is a candid and sympathetic study that
draw on Yusuf Alis writings and private
papers, as well as unpublished sources.
(include photographs)
ISBN 9789839154009
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SALADIN AND THE FALL OF
THE KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM
Stanley Lane-Poole
This work, rst published in 1898, has become
almost an authoritative account of the era of
the Crusades and the life of one of Muslim
worlds best known leaders, Salahuddin al-
Ayyubi, or Saladin. The authors objective
and unbiassed research on Saladin, as well
as extensive consultation of books by Muslim
and European historians on the subjects,
makes the book one of the best sources on the
Crusades even more than a hundred years after
its rst edition. This edition is the rst time
it has been subject to typographical revision
and updates so that contemporary readers
may be able to identify the names of persons
and places as they are currently known.
(Include photographs / illustrations)
ISBN 9789839541557
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TUHFAT AL-MUJAHIDIN
A Historical Epic of the Sixteenth Century
Shaykh Zainuddin Makhdum
Translated by S. Muhd. Husayn Nainar
First written in Arabic in the late sixteenth
century, Tuhfat al-Mujahidin is a pioneering
historical work dealing with the struggles of the
Malabar Muslims in southern India against the
Portuguese. Based on the authors own rst hand
information of events and what he could gather
from reliable sources, it was written to motivate
Muslims for the struggle against the invading
Portuguese. This translation includes more
than 200 notes explaining local backgrounds
and clearly identifying the names mentioned
in the original Arabic work. The Tuhfat is
compulsory reading for anybody interested in
post-Cordova episodes of Muslim history.
(Include photographs)
ISBN 9789839154801
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A GEOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
OF THE QURAN
Syed Muzaffaruddin Nadwi
The Quran is not only a book of law, but also
contains historical facts and is replete with
names of certain nations, places and persons.
Can these names be placed in the context of the
present natural geography? Have they undergone
any changes? Natural calamities and the human
factor mean that historical changes do not
keep anything constant, especially when one is
referring to a subject which existed thousands of
years ago. This work, rst published 1936 and
based on an earlier work by Sayyid Sulaiman
Nadwi, aims to give a basic understanding of the
places and peoples mentioned in the Quran.
AVICENNA: HIS LIFE AND WORKS
Soheil M Afnan
Avicenna, or Ibn Sina, the tenth-century
Persian scientist-philosopher, is beyond doubt
the most provocative gure in the history of
thought. With a wideness of range, a vigour of
thought, and a unity of conception unequalled
among the phiosophists, his thoughts extended
far beyond the Eastern lands, giving rise to
the most complete philosophical system that
the Islamic world was to have. Avicennas
works can be of guidance to those in the East
who are meeting the challenge of Western
civilization; and to those in the West who
have yet to nd a basis on which to harmonize
scientic with spiritual values. This book
attempts to present them to the general reader.
ISBN 9789839541670
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ISBN 9789675062186
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INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF
A SLAVE GIRL
Harriet Jacobs
Narrated by Linda Brent
Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) was an
American abolitionist and writer. This is a
real life account of enslavement, degradation
and sexual exploitation; it is just as relevant
today as it was rst published in 1861, for
slavery and racism still exist today under
various guises, names, shapes and shades.
ISBN 9789839541472
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AL-GHAZALI: THE ISLAMIC REFORMER
An Evaluative Study of the Attempts of
Imam al-Ghazali at Islamic Reform (Il)
Mohamed Abu Bakar A. Al-Musleh
Various aspects of the life and thought of
Imam al-Ghazali have yet to be adequately
studied particularly his role in Islamic reform.
Available literature on the subject is limited
within the views and the achievements of a
number of distinguished scholars in the modern
times. This work attempts to discover part
of the rich legacy of the Islamic reformers
and to shed some fresh light on the topic
of islah, or Islamic reform, as a distinctive
Islamic duty. It critically looks at al-Ghazalis
reformist teachings namely those formulated
in his magnum opus, Ihya Ulum al-Din, and
discusses some of the criticism directed at him.
ISBN 9789675062827
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THE UNROMANTIC ORIENT
Muhammad Asad, translated from the
German by Elma Ruth Harder
In the spring of 1922, twenty-one year old
Leopold Weiss received a letter from his uncle
Dorian to come and live in his delightful
old Arab stone house in Jerusalem on the
fringe of the Old City near the Jaffa Gate.
On a foggy morning in the summer of 1922,
he stood on the planks of a ship on his way
to the East where he would experience his
rst Arab encounters. After several months,
Leopold Weiss returned to Germany and
published his journal entries as Unromantisches
Morgenland, aus dem Tagebuch einer Reise.
This rst English translation of a long forgotten
work recaptures his initial experiences in an
unknown and intriguing land where he found
a new home and a new sense of belonging.
ISBN 9789839154610
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FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM
Dr Ang Swee Chai
This is the story of Dr Ang Swee Chai, a
Malaysian-born orthopaedic surgeon, and
her ight to war-torn Lebanon in 1982 to
treat the wounded and dying. This new
edition, twenty years after the Zionist
terrorism in Shabra and Shatila which
killed thousands of Palestinian civilians,
is a tribute to the ongoing struggle against
Zionist occupation in the Holy Lands.
ISBN 9789839541328
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THE ROAD TO MECCA
Muhammad Asad
Muhammad Asad, born Leopold Weiss,
is arguably the most prominent Jewish
convert to Islam. This book, a combination
of memoir and travelogue, tells the story of
his conversion to Islam. As a European Jew,
he crossed the spiritual deserts of Europe
and the sand deserts of Arabia, on a trek
that brought him ultimately to the oasis of
Islamic belief. Asad, who died in February
1992, is best known as a modern Muslim
scholar who tried to affect the course of
contemporary Islam, as an author, activist,
diplomat, and translator of the Quran.
DAWN IN MADINAH
A Pilgrims Passage
Muzaffar Iqbal
This is a vivid account of a month-long
retreat in the Prophets Mosque in Madinah.
The luminous details of this sojourn in
Islams second-most sacred mosque are
superimposed on the historical events that
shaped the Muslim community during
its initial formative period. Numerous
episodes from the life of the Prophet form
the backdrop for the slow unfolding of a
narrative lled with intense reections on
contemporary Muslim life. Woven into the
tapestry of this unique book are the desires,
hopes, fears, and spiritual struggles of
many pilgrims who were present during
the month of Ramadan in the Mosque.
ISBN 9789839154122
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ISBN 9789839154924
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A LIFE THAT MATTERS
A Spiritual Experience
Norani Nordin and Nordin Yusof
This book tells the story of a Malaysian
ladys maiden pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
In Makkah, she was struck by the grandeur
of the Al-Haram mosque, Islams holiest
mosque. The rst sight of the majestic
Kaabah located in the centre of the mosque
involuntarily moved her to tears. It was also
in this mosque while performing her tawaf
that she had a dj vu experience. This and
many other experiences and encounters
during her journey are vividly recalled,
accompanied by photographs throughout
the book. More like a journal, the book
also serves as a valuable guide to those
who are planning to visit the Holy Land.
(fully illustrated)
ISBN 9789675062025
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BEDIUZZAMAN SAID NURSI
Skran Vahide
This rst full-length English biography
of the great Turkish Muslim thinker and
reformer Bediuzzaman Said Nursi is
based on his own works and on accounts
of those who have known or met him. It
describes his life, works, and struggle, and
places Bediuzzamans ideas and activities
in a historical context. It describes his
scholarly endeavours in the cause of the
Ottoman Empire, particularly in the areas
of education, constitutionalism and Islamic
unity. It also traces Bediuzzamans silent
struggle through his commentary of the
Quran collectively known as Risale-i
Nur and his opposition of the irreligion
of the Turkish republics early years.
ISBN 9789675062865
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ABRAHAMS CHILDREN
Heather Stroud
This is not only a novel about tragedy,
discovery and love; it is also a story
that delves into the Palestinian/Israeli
conict. Moving between England,
the West Bank and Gaza the unfolding
events, while ctional, reveal an authentic
reality that is based on actual events.
ISBN 9789839541823
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Singapore / Brunei S/B$ 25.00
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AHMED DEEDAT:
THE MAN AND HIS MISSION
Goolam Vahed
This book chronicles the fascinating story of
South African Muslim preacher Ahmad Deedat,
from his days working in a remote rural grocery
shop to become a gure of great renown in
many parts of the Muslim world. By the 1980s,
crowds in their thousands were cramming into
lecture halls to hear him speak. Always eager to
challenge and debate, Deedat confronted leading
evangelical Christians on their interpretations
of biblical teachings, often on their own turf.
Hundreds of thousands of his pamphlets, books,
videos and audio recordings have circulated
globally. This book provides a wealth of
information for anyone interested in the message
of Islam, in interfaith dialogue, in religious
polemics, or in the less documented aspects
of South African and anti-colonial history.
ISBN 9780620538978
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ISBN 9780620539098
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Susm
THE BOOK OF APHORISMS
Being a Translation of Kitab al-Hikam
Ibn Ataillah al-Iskandari
Translated by Muhammad Nah Wafy
A compendium of sayings by Ibn Ataillah
al-Iskandari, the 13th century Hadith
scholar and Su master who was widely
respected and commanded inuence
among the Mamluk Sultans. Even his
contemporaries, such as Ibn Taymiyyah who
cast aspersion on some of the Sus at that
time, described him as a man of scrupulous
piety, abundant learning and integrity.
ISBN 9789675062612
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product code SU14-002
MUSIC AND SINGING
Imam Al-Ghazali
Translated by Duncan Black MacDonald
Are music and singing allowed in Islam? If
the answer is a denite yes or no, then why
has the question of its lawfulness become the
subject of debate among Muslim scholars for
centuries? In this treatise translated from the
eighteenth book of Imam Ghazalis Ihya Ulum
al-Din, readers get an insight into the pros
and cons of the controversy and be guided by
the greatest authority of traditional Islam none
other than Imam al-Ghazali. For al-Ghazali, it
is important to have true knowledge to reap the
benet of music. Those who have no sufcient
knowledge of God and His attributes, he writes,
are liable to apply what they hear both to
what is allowable and what is not allowable.
ISBN 9789675062230
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Susm
MUSLIM SAINTS AND MYSTICS
Episodes from the Tadhkirah al-Awliya
of Farid al-Din Attar
Translated by A J Arberry
The ascetic outlook and practice
characterised the life not only of Prophet
Muhammad himself, but many of his
earliest followers. Even at the height of the
spread of Islam and its astonishing military
conquests, many leading men withstood all
temptation to abandon the austere life of
the desert, and their example was admired
and emulated by multitudes of humbler
rank. This book, abridged from the famous
Tadhkirah al-Awliya by Farid al-Din Attar,
one of Persias greatest poets, devotes a
short chapter to each of the early Sus.
ISBN 9789675062094
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THE LIFE AND WORK OF
JALAL-UD-DIN RUMI
Afzal Iqbal
Rumi is perhaps the only example in world literature
of a devoted prose writer who suddenly burst forth
into poetry during middle age to become a truly great
mystical poet for all time. This book, a long-overdue
reckoning of his life and work, begins with a description
and examination of the living conditions in 13th-century
Persia. Building on this context, the author proceeds to
fully analyze the formative period of Rumis life leading
up to 1261 when he began the monumental work of
writing the Mathnawi. Toward the end of the book,
the author investigates Rumis thought and includes
translations of those portions of the Mathnawi that have
been hitherto unavailable in English. Combining an
unparalleled familiarity with the source material, a total
and critical understanding of the subject, and a powerful
and readable prose style, this is an extraordinary
study of a truly remarkable poet and mystic.
Paperback
ISBN 9789839541854
Susm
MYSTICAL DIMENSIONS OF ISLAM
Annemarie Schimmel
This book presents, for the rst time, a balanced
historical treatment of the transnational
phenomenon of Susm-Islamic mysticism from
its beginnings through the nineteenth century.
Through her sensitivity and deep understanding
of the subject, Annemarie Schimmel, an eminent
scholar of Islam, draws the reader into the mood,
the vision, the way of the Su in a manner that
adds an essential ingredient to her analysis
of the history of Susm. Professor Schimmel
examines the various aspects of mystical poetry
in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Sindhi, Punjabi,
and Pashto. She skillfully demonstrates how Su
ideals permeated the whole fabric of Muslim
life, providing the average Muslim villager or
intellectual with the virtues of perfect trust in
God and the loving surrender to Gods will.
ISBN 9789675062049
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ISBN 9789675062940
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THE LIFE, PERSONALITY AND
WRITINGS OF AL-JUNAYD
Dr. Ali Hassan Abdel-Kader
Al-Junayd (d. circa 910) was one of the most
signicant gures of the formative period
of Islamic mysticism in the third to ninth
centuries, when Sus were condemned as
heretics. This rare study of the Su master
is divided into three parts, the rst containing
an account of his life and works. In the second
part, his doctrines on Tawhid (Unity of God),
Mithaq (Divine Covenant), Fana (Dissolution
in the Divine Presence), and Sahw (Mystical
Sobriety) are discussed. The third part has
a translation of his Letters, or Rasail.
Susm
GHAZALI AND PRAYER
Kojiro Nakamura
Imam Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d.1111) ranks
among the greatest of Muslim thinkers.
This is the rst extensive study of Imam
Ghazalis theory of prayer (dhikr and dua)
and demonstrates its signicance and
application in the daily programme of divine
ofces. The author is Professor of Islamic
Studies at Obirin University and Professor
Emeritus at the University of Tokyo.
ISBN 9789839154368
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WONDERS OF THE HEART
Imam al-Ghazali
Translated by Walter James Skellie
The term heart has a primal position
in the vocabulary of Muslim religious
teachers and in that of the philosophers.
The term is used in Islam for the seat of
intellectual and emotional life. In this
treatise, al-Ghazali unravels its wonders
and secrets, achieving its desired end - to
lead man to the good life. This is the
twenty-rst book of the third quarter of
Imam al-Ghazalis Ihya Ulum al-Din.
ISBN 9789675062001
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Comparative Religion
IN QUEST OF TRUTH
From Deception to Deliverance
Shifa L. Mustapha
At a time when sections of Christianity are
making every effort to convert peoples of
the Islamic faith; when in the media every
Muslim misdeed is highlighted and every
Muslim virtue is hidden, how is it possible
that so many Western Christians are turning
to Islam, recognising that it is Gods True
Path? Within these pages we see the authors
theological journey which gives insight into
a struggle which has taken place through the
ages. The author, Shifa Lynette Vivienne
Mustapha, is an Australian Muslim convert,
whose work earned her recognition for
bringing greater understanding between
Muslim and other Australian communities.
product code CR14-002
ISBN 9789839541441
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Malaysia RM33.00
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FOLKLORE OF THE HOLY LAND
Muslim, Christian and Jewish
J.E. Hanauer
Edited by Marmaduke Pickthall
A compilation of Muslim, Christian and
Jewish stories appealing to all ages, and
contains legends and anecdotes describing
the Creation, the lives of saints and sinners,
earthquakes and eclipses, men of God such
as Aaron and Moses, David, Solomon and
Simon the Just. These tales, rst published
in 1935, are abound with wit, wisdom and
humour and proof of the ties that bind the
adherents of these three great religions.
ISBN 9789675062568
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THE PROPHET JOSEPH IN THE QURAN,
THE BIBLE AND HISTORY
Louay Fatoohi
Surah Yusuf (Joseph) of the Qur'an deals almost
entirely with the story of this noble Prophet, his
brothers, and their father Prophet Jacob. Since
the revelation of the Quran fourteen centuries
ago, there have been numerous attempts to
interpret this surah. The present study is not
a review of previous exegetical attempts, but
a genuinely new look at the surah including
careful examination of the historical background
of its story and detailed comparison with the
corresponding Biblical narrative. While referring
to interpretations from classical exegetical
works, this book offers new insights into the
meanings and magnicence of this Quranic text.
MOSES AND PHARAOH IN THE BIBLE,
QURAN AND HISTORY
Maurice Bucaille
The holy scriptures of the three Abrahamic
religions share some of the main aspects of
historical events which happened after prophet
Abraham. One topic which reveals many such
shared aspects is the story of Moses who rose
up against the despotic Pharaoh. The events
during this period are important to the Muslims,
Jews and Christians, and in many cases form
the basis of the history and rituals of the three
religions. This work is a comparative study
of the Biblical and Quranic narrations of the
story of Moses and Pharaoh. In doing so, Dr
Bucaille, author of the best-seller The Bible,
the Quran and Science and other award-
winning works on scripture and hieroglyphics,
carefully avoids theoretical and speculative
views in an attempt to cope only with facts.
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MUHAMMAD IN WORLD SCRIPTURES
(TWO VOLUMES)
Abdul Haq Vidyarthi and
Rev David Benjamin Keldani
This two-volume work explores the Zoroastrian,
Hindu, Buddhist and Christian holy scriptures
with regards to Prophet Muhammad.
The Parsi, Hindu and Buddhist Scriptures
Volume I explores the Parsi (Zoroastrian), Hindu and
Buddhist scriptures. The author, Abdul Haq Vidyarthi,
a scholar of the Vedas and comparative religion,
attempts to illuminate prophecies of the Prophet of
Islam found in the holy texts of the these religions
and explains the rationale of his conclusions.
The Bible
Volume II explores what the Bible says about the Holy
Prophet. Written some hundred years ago by Rev David
Benjamin Keldani, a Christian priest who converted to
Islam, this book helps readers understand the absolute unity
of God and the ultimate source of all revealed Scriptures.
Individual volume at
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ISLAM AND THE WISDOMS OF
ASIAN RELIGIONS
Yamin Cheng
This book is a result of the authors many
years of personal reections on the relationship
between Islam and the wisdoms of China.
These wisdoms are the wisdoms of Buddhism,
Confucianism, and Taoism, and together, they
form the San Chiao, or Three Teachings, of
the Chinese worldview. Through his Chinese
legacy, the author tries to make connections
with the Islamic worldview, and nds they
are inter-related in many ways. The author
discovers that Chinese wisdoms and practices
are, to a large extent, Islamic. A Chinese who
enters Islam, therefore, need not abandon
his Chinese roots as he takes on the Islamic
identity. He is already, in many ways, a
Muslim, even before entering Islam.
IN THE SPIRIT OF ST. FRANCIS &
THE SULTAN
Catholics and Muslims Working Together
for the Common Good
George Dardess & Marvin L. Krier Mich
A timely guide for Catholics and Muslims on
how to reach greater understanding of the
others tradition in order to work together to end
social injustice. A practical, knowledgeable,
clearly written guide that is ideal for all who
yearn for better relations between Christians
and Muslims. Finding their inspiration in
St. Franciss peaceful encounter with the
sultan of Egypt during the Fifth Crusade, the
authors sow clarity, understanding, and justice
in place of the suspicion, resentment, and
prejudice often found in the public debate.
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Fundamentals
WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES
OF ISLAM
A Study on Bidah
Muhammad al-Ghazali
Translated by Aslam Farouk-Alli
This book is not intended as an exposition of
the principles of Shariah, rather, the author
draws attention to the strange additions that
have been attached to Shariah. In explaining
these innovations (bidah), Muhammad al-
Ghazali gives a general map of the essence of
Islam and the facets of belief such as aqaid,
ibadat and adat. At the same time, he also
explains the misconceptions of the word
bidah by current Muslims and takes a middle
position avoiding the extreme views which
have patterned the subject over the years.
ISBN 9789675062650
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THE FOUR PILLARS OF ISLAM
Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
Translated by Muhammad Asif Qidwai
This is a revised English translation of the
famous work Arkaan-e-Arbaa. The author
discusses the signicance, aims and virtues of
the four fundamental duties in Islam, the salah
(Regular Worship), zakah (Poor-due), sawm
(Fasting) and hajj (Pilgrimage). He explains
at length their correct place in the Islamic
Shariah, their proper legal position, their
precise worth and importance in the religious
structure, and in the individual and collective
spheres of existence.
ISBN 9789675062773
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Fundamentals
THE MIND AL-QURAN BUILDS
Syed Abdul Latif
The task of rooting out evil is a spiritual
function which is to be undertaken by
religion. Of late, it has been relegated
into the background and replaced with
the idol of secularism. In this book, the
writer seeks to lift the veils that have
been allowed to rest on the Quran, and
to let it speak for itself unhindered by its
medieval associations. Two chapters from
the authors Islamic Cultural Studies have
been incorporated in this revised edition.
ISBN 9789839154351
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THE LAWFUL AND THE
PROHIBITED
IN ISLAM
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Al-Halal wal Haram l-Islam is
widely considered an authority
and has enjoyed huge readership
in the Muslim world in countless
editions and translations. It answers
questions facing Muslims today
based on authentic references in
Islamic jurisprudence and qh.
The elds covered include rituals,
business dealings, marriage and
divorce, food and drink, dress,
individual and group relations.
ISBN 9789670526003
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Fundamentals
THE SALAH
In the Light of the Prophets Tradition
Shaykh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani,
Translated by Usama ibn Suhaib Hasan
Many books have been published on the salah
(Prayer) of the Prophet but most are by later
scholars that cater for a particular madhhab (school
of thought). This famous work translated from
the original Arabic Sifah Salah al-Nabi, brings
together as many features of the Prophets Prayer
from the beginning to the end, so that Muslims can
full the Prophets command to pray as you see
me pray. This work is the result of an extensive
research by the author on various traditions
(hadiths) and their relevance, judged according
to the strict rules of the science of Hadith.
ISBN 9789839154580
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FIRST THINGS FIRST
For Inquiring Minds and
Yearning Hearts
Khalid Baig
This is a compilation of the authors articles
which appeared in his column First Things
First in Muslim current affairs magazine
Impact International. Covering a wide
spectrum of Islamic topics of contemporary
relevance, they aim at providing reection,
exposition, inspiration and intellectual
stimulation. The author makes the Quran and
Sunnah of the Prophet as a guide to observe
contemporary issues facing Muslims, both
individually and collectively as an Ummah.
ISBN 9789839154894
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Fundamentals
THE HAJJ
Ali Shariati
This twentieth century masterpiece by one
of the Muslim worlds best known scholars
is a wonderful spiritual preparation for
those intending to perform the Pilgrimage.
It differs from other books about the hajj in
that it does not simply describe the rituals in
detail, but rather it deals with the underlying
philosophy behind them. It is important
for those going for hajj to understand the
concepts discussed in this book so it can be a
much more meaningful experience. History
will judge Shariatis Hajj as one of the most
important documents of Islamic renaissance.
ISBN 9789839154481
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ALI SHARIATI
A teacher, scholar and writer, Shariati, the son of Muhammad Taqi
Shariatithe famous Iranian scholarhad a dynamic inuence on the
young people of Iran with his free lectures and writings during the
1960s and 1970s. A sociologist, he was educated in Mashhad (Iran)
and Paris, as well as a student of history and philosophy. He subjected
contemporary society to careful examination, using the terms,
experiences and concepts found in Islamic philosophy and culture for his
analysis. He formulated a coherent Islamic worldview and an ideology
of social, political and economical change. Imprisoned by Irans Shah
regime in the 1970s, his views have contributed much to the Islamic
Revolution in Iran in 1979. On June 19, 1977, Shariati mysteriously died
at the age of forty-four. His works are constantly reprinted and eagerly
studied throughout Iran and the rest of the Muslim world.
WORKS INCLUDE:
ON THE SOCIOLOGY OF ISLAM;
MARXISM AND OTHER WESTERN FALLACIES;
THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS;
MARTYRDOM; EXISTENTIALISM.
Philosophy & Concepts
KITAB AL-IMAN: BOOK OF FAITH
Ibn Taymiyyah
Translated by Salman Hassan al-Ani
and Shadia Ahmad Tel
This work is the rst complete translation of
the well known Kitab al-Imam, written by
thirteenth-century scholar Ibn Taymiyyah.
The concept of Iman (faith) is fundamental
to Islam. It denes the nature of Muslim
life and the essence of the religion as a
whole. Ibn Taymiyyahs own deep conviction
and understanding of Iman is based on
interpretation of the Quran, Hadith, sayings
and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad,
and the conduct of the pious ancestors
of the rst three centuries of Islam.
SHIITE ISLAM
Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai
Translated by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
This work, by one of the most respected
Shiah-Islamic scholars of recent years, helps
both Muslims and non-Muslims understand
the history and philosophy of the Shiah
school of thought from someone who is an
authority on the subject. Tabatabai tries
to present the traditional Shiite point of
view as it is and as believed and practised
by generations of Shiah Muslims, touching
on the history and origins, and major
differences within Shiism as well as outside
of it. This book will be indispensable for
anyone interested in understanding the
Muslim society, its history and theological
development in the early stage till the present.
ISBN 9789675062438
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ISBN 9789675062292
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ISLAM AND THE DESTINY OF MAN
Gai Eaton
This book explores what it means to be a
Muslim, a member of a community which
embraces a quarter of the worlds population
and to describe the forces which have
shaped the hearts and minds of Islamic
peoples. The author also tells the story of
Prophet Muhammad and the early caliphs,
and delves into the Muslim view of mans
destiny, the social structure of Islam and
inner meaning of Islamic teachings.
ISBN 9789839154221
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THE THEOLOGY OF UNITY
Muhammad Abduh
Translated by Ishaq Musaad and
Kenneth Cragg
The rst of his works to be translated into
English, Risalat al-Tauhid, represents
the most popular and systematic of
Muhammad Abduhs work, and one of
the most inuential Muslim theological
writings of the contemporary period.
The essentials of Abduhs modernist
thought are contained in this treatise.
ISBN 9789839154566
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ISLAM BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
Alija Izetbegovic
This work by Alija Izetbegovic, the late
rst president of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
following its tragic birth from the ashes
of Yugoslavia, was rst published in
1984 when he was imprisoned by the
Communists. It analyses the Wests denial
of Islam and the contributions made by
Muslims in comparing the offerings of
secular and Islamic civilization. It shows
where the two meet and part, investigating
along the way art, morality, culture and
law. Banned in France, this book was a
bestseller throughout the rest of Europe in
the 1980s, and is now for the rst time being
re-issued in a new and improved format.
ISBN 9789675062414
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OUR PHILOSOPHY
Muhammad Baqir as-Sadr
Translated by Shams C Inati
The author makes the claim that neither
capitalism nor communism is capable
of offering real comfort and happiness.
He details the aws and disadvantages
of capitalism and materialism, and
discusses the disagreements among certain
philosophical notions and the dialectical
method upon which modern materialism
rests. This famous work by the late Iraqi
scholar Allama Baqir as-Sadr, who was
executed by the Iraqi regime in 1980,
addresses issues related to the universe and
to life from the point of view of Islam.
ISBN 9789675062155
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THE FAMILY STRUCTURE IN ISLAM
Hammudah Abd al-Ati
The author deals with a wide array of topics
touching on religion, set roles and the family,
law, and social change, all of which are basic
issues in the structure of social life and arouse
the strongest feelings among people. The author
approaches these disputed questions with very high
qualications: a deep, personal familiarity with
Islam and a scholars knowledge of it as well as of
modern social science. He considers how religious
inspiration, law and social conditions during the
rst four centuries of Islam together shaped ideas
about what the family system of Muslims should
become. He squarely confronts the most difcult
issues of scholarship and morals concerning Islam,
such as plural marriage, modes of divorce, social
equality in mating, and sensuousness. He not
only sheds light on these old questions but asks
us to contemplate why they continually arise.
ISBN 9789839541632
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ISLAM: FAITH AND PRACTICE
Mahmoud M. Ayoub
What is Islam? Is it just a set of rituals
or does it have a philosophy all its own?
Islam and Muslims are often in the news
but do the non-Muslims, or for that
matter, Muslims, really understand what
Islam stands for? The author, who has
taught and lectured widely on Islam in
America, Europe and Asia, presents the
Islamic faith as Muslims understand it.
ISBN 9789839154375
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THE MAKING OF ISLAMIC SCIENCE
Muzaffar Iqbal
This book provides the necessary background
for understanding the contemporary relationship
between Islam and modern science. Presenting an
authentic discourse on the Islamic understanding
of the physical cosmos, Dr Muzaffar explores
Gods relationship to the created world and the
historical and cultural forces that have shaped
and dened Muslim attitudes towards science.
What was Islamic in the Islamic scientic
tradition? How was it rooted in the Quranic
worldview and whatever happened to it? This
ground-breaking exploration of some of the
most fundamental questions in the Islam and
science discourse, explores the process of
appropriation and transformation of the Islamic
scientic tradition in Europe during the three
centuries leading up to the Scientic Revolution.
ISBN 9789675062315
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A YOUNG MUSLIMS GUIDE TO
THE MODERN WORLD
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
The philosophical, cultural, political,
economic and social impact of the domination
of the modern West continues in one way
or another through the width and breadth of
the Muslim world, threatening not only the
traditional institutions of Islamic society, but
Islamic religion itself. This book, written by
one of contemporary Islamic scholarships
best minds, addresses primarily the Muslim
youths in a language which is fairly simple
rather than being excessively scholarly, to be
able to respond to the challenges posed by
the modern world and its current ideologies.
ISBN 9789839154900
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ISLAM, SCIENCE, MUSLIMS
AND TECHNOLOGY
Seyyed Hossein Nasr in conversation
with Muzaffar Iqbal
This book brings into sharp relief important
dilemmas faced by the Muslim world
today, especially in reference to modern
science and technology. In three full-length
articles and four focused conversations,
Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Muzaffar Iqbal
explore Islamic views on the origin of the
cosmos and life, various dimensions of the
relationship between Islam and science,
Muslim attitudes toward modern science and
technology, and the environmental crisis.
ISBN 9789839154993
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SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
Seyyed Hossein Nasr was born in 1933 in Tehran, Iran. His early education
included the usual Persian curriculum at school with an extra concentration in
Islamic and Persian subjects at home, as well as tutorial in French. His arrival
in America at the young age of twelve marked the beginning of a new period
in his life. He was the rst Iranian student to be admitted as an undergraduate
at M.I.T. to study Physics. He obtained a Masters degree in geology and
geophysics in 1956, and went on to pursue his Ph.D. degree in the history
of science and learning at Harvard University, where he began his illustrious
teaching careerwhen he was still a young doctoral student. Upon his return
to Iran, he became the youngest person to become a full professor at Tehran
University.
Currently University Professor of Islamic Studies at the George Washington
University, Washington D.C., Nasr is one of the most important and foremost
scholars of Islamic, Religious and Comparative Studies in the world today.
He has authored over fty books and ve hundred articles which have been
translated into more than ten languages.
WORKS INCLUDE:
MAN AND NATURE: THE SPIRITUAL
CRISIS OF MODERN MAN; RELIGION AND
THE ORDER OF NATURE; KNOWLEDGE
AND THE SACRED; A YOUNG MUSLIMS
GUIDE TO THE MODERN WORLD; ISLAM
AND THE PLIGHT OF MODERN MAN.
THE ETERNAL MESSAGE OF
MUHAMMAD
Abd al-Rahman Azzam
Drawing upon years of unparalleled
experience in diplomacy and government,
Azzam, the rst secretary-general of the
Arab League in 1945-1952, examines
the social and economic ramications of
the Muslim state. He demonstrates how
Quranic laws provide the foundation for
a just society in the present century. This
Islamic classic is one of the late African-
American activist Malcolm Xs readings
when he turned towards mainstream Islam.
ISBN 9789675062339
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ISLAMIC LIFE AND THOUGHT
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
This book which deals with the nature of
Islamic law and its role in traditional Islamic
societies. Professor Nasr also explains the
concepts of traditional Islamic sciences
and cosmology in which he incorporates
philosophy and Susm. The post-script is also
of great interest, dealing with four crucial
questions that face Muslims in the West: the
role of Jesus in Islam, the role of women in
Islam, why Muslims fast, and why one must
keep the Hijri calendar.
ISBN 9789675062490
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ISLAM: AN INTRODUCTION
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
This work by one of the most inuential
Muslim scholars of this century comes at a
time when a host of Islamic terminology has
been thrust into the current media coverage
about Islam and Muslims. In his inimitable
style, Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawis Madkhal
li-Marifah al-Islam attempts to explain
Islamic concepts and decipher their meaning
in the context of contemporary debates.
Divided into ve chapters, his explanation
of Islamic concepts is compared with
current issues and perspectives on Islam.
ISBN 9789675062353
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LANGUAGE AND MAGIC
Studies in the Magical Function of
Speech
Toshihiko Izutsu
The power of language has come to hold
the central position in our conception of
human mentality. Today, the man in the
street has realised with astonishment how
easy it is to be deceived and misled by
words. The magical power of the word has
caught the attention of those who explore the
nature of the human mind and the structure
of human knowledge. This work by the late
Japanese scholar, rst published in 1956,
tackles this complex and difcult subject.
He studies the worldwide belief in the
magical power of language, and examines
its inuence on mans thought and action.
ISBN 9789839541762
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TULIP IN THE DESERT
A Selection of the Poetry of
Muhammad Iqbal
Mustansir Mir
Iqbals poetry has such great variety that
several anthologies of it could be compiled,
each quite different from the others. The
poems in this volume, while being a personal
selection, are representative of Iqbals poetry.
The thematic arrangement reects the diversity
of subjects dealt by Iqbal. The volume aims
at introducing Iqbals poetry to the English-
speaking world. While scholars and students
will especially benet from the detailed
commentaries and notes, it is hoped that
general readers, both Muslim and non-Muslim,
will nd the work useful and interesting.
ISBN 9789675062681
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THE CONCEPT AND REALITY
OF EXISTENCE
Toshihiko Izutsu
The actual presence of things, writes Izutsu,
is their existence. They are there. They do
exist, as we ourselves exist. On the other
hand, they are not there in the form of
pure existences. They exist as various
and variegated things: man, horse, stone,
tree, etc. This collection of four papers by
the late Japanese scholar remains the best
comparative study of the notion of existence
(wujud) in Eastern and European philosophy.
First written during 1968-1970, they centre
around the topic of reality and concept of
existence as it has been elaborated in the
post-Mongol period of Islamic philosophy.
ISBN 9789839154818
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SOCIAL JUSTICE IN ISLAM
Sayyid Qutb
Perhaps the best known work of Sayyid Qutb,
who was executed by the Egyptian regime
in 1966. Despite the years that have passed
since his death, the imprint of Qutbs thought
on contemporary Islamic movements remains
profound. This book retains its relevance
in many respects: the socio-economic
inequality in Muslim societies, the need for
viewing Islam as a totality, and the depiction
of the West as a neo-Crusading force.
ISBN 9789839154160
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SAYYID QUTB
His early life was spent in the village. He moved to Cairo where he was educated,
and where he started his career as a teacher in the Ministry of Public Instruction.
During his early career, Qutb devoted himself to literature as an author and
critic. From 1948 to 1950, he went to the United States on a scholarship to study
the educational system, receiving a masters degree from the Colorado State
College of Education (now the University of Northern Colorado). It was during
this period that Qutb wrote his now-famous book, Social Justice in Islam.
He later became active in Egypts Ikhwanul Muslimin organisation. In 1954, he
was arrested by the Egyptian secret service and was tortured for hours. It was
during his long connements in prison that he completed his magnum opus,
In the Shade of the Quran, the tafsir of the Quran. On August 29, 1966, he
was sent to the gallows by Egypts Nasser regime after being found guilty of
a ludicrous charge of plotting a Marxist coup. The specic charge against him
was based on his now-celebrated book, Milestones (or Signposts).
Sayyid Qutb lives in the hearts of millions of Muslims worldwide, his books
translated into virtually every language that Muslims read. He raised his voice
indeed his penagainst un-Islamic ideologies, which he termed as jahiliyyah
(ignorance), gripping the Muslim world.
WORKS INCLUDE:
IN THE SHADE OF THE QURAN (MULTI-
VOLUME TAFSIR); MILESTONES; ASHWAK
(THORNS), MIHIMMAT AL-SHAIR FIL-
HAYAH (THE TASK OF THE POET IN
LIFE); THE SOCIALISM OF ISLAM.
Sociology
IBN KHALDUNS PHILOSOPHY
OF HISTORY
A Study in the Philosophic Foundation
of the Science of Culture
Muhsin Mahdi
14th-century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun
founded a special science to deal with
the problem of history and culture based
on the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle
and their Muslim followers. This work
examines the philosophic foundation and
principles of Ibn Khalduns new science
of culture, to show that an adequate
understanding of his contribution to the
study of the various aspects of human
society requires an understanding of his
all-comprehensive approach to sociology.
ISBN 9789839541526
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IBN KHALDUN
His Life and Works
Mohammad Abdullah Enan
Ibn Khaldun is viewed as a founder of
modern historiography, sociology and
economics. He lived during a turbulent
part of history, and out of his experiences,
he conceived and created a philosophy
of history that was undoubtedly the
greatest work ever created by a man of
intelligence.... This book commemorates
the sixth centennial of his death.
product code SO14-001
ISBN 9789839541533
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Politics & Contemporary
US VERSUS THEM, AND BEYOND
Maryam Sakeenah
Trying to make sense of the whole debate
surrounding Samuel Huntingtons controversial
thesis, Maryam Sakeenah gives a background
to the theory and the historical forces behind its
development, discussing the various critique and
responses to Huntingtons theory. She writes that
while it has become a convenient discourse on
both the Western and non-Western worlds, the
Clash theory serves to encourage the us versus
them rhetoric to increase hostilities and militant
tendencies. In the end, the elites of the two
powerful opposing structures todaythe Wests
military-industrial complex and Al Qaedas
militancy, are the ones who stand to gain by
presenting real-world socio-political dynamics
as a simplied clash between opposing cultures.
ISBN 9789839541717
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SECULARISM REVISED
Arab Islam, Religious Freedom,
and Equidistance
Scott Morrison
The separation of religion and the state is called
secularism, yet even in the most avowedly secular
western democracies, the reality is more complex. The
author examines the rich spectrum of congurations
of religion and state in the former Christendom, and
juxtaposes secular ideals and practices governing
church and state with contemporary debates among
Arab Muslims concerning mosque and state. It
contends that no single model, including secularism,
is universally appropriate or consistent with religious
freedom. Instead, it moots equidistance the
principle of state impartiality towards religion.
ISBN 9789839541830
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ISLAMIC AWAKENING BETWEEN
REJECTION AND EXTREMISM
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
In this thoughtful and important book, Shaykh
Yusuf al-Qaradawi examines the worldwide
revival of interest in Islam and attempts to
explain why this interest has led so many among
the younger generation of Muslims to tread the
path of intolerance and rigid interpretation. An
older and more experienced voice, he articulates
the wisdom brought on by maturity, sound
scholarship, and a deep understanding of both the
letter and the spirit of the Quran and Sunnah.
Given our troubled climate, this work is perhaps
more relevant today than at any time in the past.
ISBN 9789675062537
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE
REVIVALIST MOVEMENT IN ISLAM
Sayyid Abul Ala Mawdudi
This great work was originally published in
1940 and has since run through countless
editions in various languages. This work
aims at reviving a new feeling among the
Muslims for religious contruction. In a
brief but telling way, Mawdudi presents
the history of the revivalist movement
in Islam from a critical angle.
ISBN 9789839541038
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STAGES OF ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
Kalim Siddiqui
This book is the last work by the author
before his death in 1996. He studies the
phenomenon called the Islamic Revolution
and insists that, like a scientic process, the
Islamic Revolution must be repeatable. Rising
above the events in Iran, he considers much
of the Shii and Sunni theology to be divisive,
and identies ideas that are already part of an
intellectual revolution in the Muslim world.
An indispensable reading for those who
want to understand the Islamic movement
and the events in the Muslim world.
ISBN 9789839541458
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THE PRINCIPLES OF STATE AND
GOVERNMENT IN ISLAM
Muhammad Asad
Although the Muslims are for the most part
imbued with enthusiasm for the idea of a truly
Islamic state that is, a state based not on the
concepts of nationality and race but solely on
the ideology of the Quran and Sunnah, they
had as yet no concrete vision of the methods of
government and of the institutions which would
give the state a distinctly Islamic character
and would, at the same time, fully correspond
to the exigencies of the present age. The very
fact that the Muslim countries have so far not
achieved a form of government that could be
termed genuinely Islamic, makes a discussion
of the principles which ought to underlie the
constitution of Islamic state imperative. This
book is an attempt to keep that discussion alive.
ISBN 9789670526058
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iMUSLIMS
Rewiring the House of Islam
Gary R Bunt
The Internet has profoundly shaped how both
Muslims and non-Muslims perceive Islam and how
Islamic societies and networks are evolving and
shifting in the twenty-rst century. The Internet has
transformed how many Muslims practise their duties
and rituals of Islam. It has dramatically inuenced
forms of Islamic activism and radicalisation.
Drawing on more than a decade of online research,
Gary Bunt shows how social-networking sites,
blogs and other cyber-Islamic environments
have exposed Muslims to new inuences outside
the traditional spheres of Islamic knowledge and
authority. and explores the increasing impact of
the Internet on the Muslims around the world.
ISBN 9789839541694
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DEFINITIVE ENCOUNTERS
Islam, Muslims, and the West
Muzaffar Iqbal
The author explores various dimensions of Islam
and studies some of the more hidden aspects of the
encounter between Islam, Muslims and modern
Western civilization. These encounters are viewed
from the perspective of sacred history, vieweing
events as a continuum of Adamic story. Seen through
this prism, the contemporary global conicts gain
a degree of depth that is often lacking in secular
approaches. The prism through which contemporary
events are seen is constructed by tapping into the
primary sources of Islam the Quran and Sunnah
- as well as the early history of Muslims and the
traditional Islamic view of the cosmos and the
human condition. This book builds a compelling
case for seeing the contemporary situation as a
continuity of an old conict between those who
believe in the Creator and those who do not.
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OUR DECLINE
Its Causes and Remedies
Amir Shakib Arslan
Seventy years after the author wrote it, this
book is still relevant. The Islamic character
as it exists today has changed relatively
little since Shakibs time. Unjust and selsh
Muslim leadership, degenerated ulama with
selsh aims of protecting their own lives
instead of correcting the errors of their
kings and heads, the ultra moderns and
the ultra-conservatives. The Muslim world
still awaits redemption at all levels, ruler
and ruled, young and old, rich and poor.
ISBN 9789839154542
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ISLAM AT THE CROSSROADS
Muhammad Asad
This book was written as a plea to the
Muslims to avoid a blind imitation of
Western social forms and values, and to try
to preserve instead their Islamic heritage
which once upon a time had been responsible
for the many-sided historical phenomenon
comprised in the term Muslim civilisation.
It claries something of the tragic confusion
nowadays prevailing in the Muslim world.
ISBN 9789839541045
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REVOLUTION TO REVOLUTION
Jamaat-e-Islami in the Politics of
Pakistan
Abdul Rashid Moten
Studies dealing with Islam and politics
focus largely upon the impact of Islam on
political institutions in the Muslim world.
This study reverses the sequence and
evaluates the consequences of politicising
an Islamic movement. It pinpoints various
milestones in the transformation of the
Jamaat-e-Islami of Pakistan from a quietist,
revivalist organization to an active political
party and a mass revolutionary movement.
It analyzes the relationship between the
elite structure and the transformation of the
Jamaat and assesses its impact upon the
organization and upon the society as a whole.
ISBN 9789839154429
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THE MUSLIM CONDUCT OF STATE
Muhammad Hamidullah
Drawing material from an array of sources
found in libraries in India, France,
Germany, Britain, North Africa, Syria,
Egypt, Turkey, and Hijaz, Dr Hamidullah
provides readers a rich Islamic content. As
an authority both on Islam and the eld of
international law, this classic, rst published
in 1942, is a rich reservoir of information
providing refreshing interpretations,
complementing theories with historical facts.
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MODERN ISLAMIC POLITICAL
THOUGHT
Hamid Enayat
Foreword by Hamid Algar
In the aftermath of the triumph of the
Islamic Revolution in Iran, a glutinous ood
of publications on Islam and politics began
to submerge the academic and pseudo-
academic book market in the West. In the
midst of such staggering amount of writings,
whether of a serious or pamphleteering
type, this book offers a lucid and well-
argued interpretations of modern Islamic
political thought that is indispensable for
the understanding of much of the current
political developments in the Muslim world.
ISBN 9789839154153
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HAMAS
A Beginners Guide
Khaled Hroub
The United States calls Hamas a terrorist
organisation. Yet Hamas swept to victory
in the 2006 Palestinian elections. Why did
Hamas win? This one-stop guide to Hamas
tells you everything you need to know. The
author, a leading Al-Jazeera journalist and
Cambridge-based scholar, analyses Hamass
history and its agenda. This book covers all
the key issues, including Hamass attitudes to
Israel and the PLO, religious beliefs, suicide
bombings and its programme of grassroots
social work within Palestine. The reality of
Hamass victory means that the West will
now have to engage with it more seriously
if there is to be peace in the Middle East.
ISBN 9789839541649
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IMAM KHOMEINI
Life, Thought and Legacy
Edited by Abdar Rahman Koya
with an introduction by Iqbal Siddiqui
His homecoming from exile in 1979, and his
funeral in Tehran a decade later, inspired two
of the largest gatherings of people that modern
history has ever seen. But behind the popular
media images, who was Ayatullah Khomeini,
the leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran and
architect of the rst Islamic State of the modern
era? This compilation of eleven essays in two
parts, by academics, journalists, commentators
and seasoned observers of political Islam,
seeks to reassess Imam Khomeinis life and
achievement by placing it in the context of the
broader Islamic movement that remains the
driving force in contemporary Muslim history.
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HIZBULLAH: PARTY OF GOD
An Islamic Movement Perspective
The Hizbullah are far more than simply
a military force. They are also a popular
political movement in Lebanon, capable
of transcending the countrys fractured
communal politics, and the main providers
of education and welfare services to
Lebanons poorest people. It is not only
for their military strength that they are
massively popular with Arab and Muslim
peoples everywhere and regarded
with fear by Israel, the West and Arab
governments alike. This volume brings
together essays and features on the
Hizbullah spanning a period of ten years,
rst published in Crescent International.
ISBN 9789839541489
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Book 1: FROM HERE WE START
Khalid Muhammad Khalid
Book 2: FROM HERE WE KNOW
Muhammad al-Ghazali
Recent events in Tunisia, Egypt and other Arab countries have provoked a tsunami of analysis from political commentators
and scholars. A minority of commentators, with longer historical memories, have however sought to locate these events
in the context of the long history of popular reactions against the political, cultural, social and economic consequences of
western political hegemony in Muslim societies.
These two classic titles by socialist Khalid Muhammad Khalid and Islamic scholar Muhammad al-Ghazali, represent very
different ways of understanding the deep tensions that have long characterised Muslim societies. At the same time, they
have an eerie relevance to the problems still plaguing Muslims everywhere, more than sixty years after publication.
Paperback, 2-volume set,
232 & 208 pages
ISBN 9789675062704 &
9789675062728
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Malaysian Interest
A CHINESE LIFE OF ISLAM
The Search for Identity
Yamin Cheng
Most Malaysian Muslims of Chinese
descent today are converts to Islam.
They are a legacy of their own, having
no ancestral links to any Islamic roots in
China. Malaysian Chinese who come to
Islam are from all kinds of backgrounds.
Some received their education in Chinese,
some in Malay, and some in English. Some
have lifestyles inuenced by their Chinese
heritage, while some lean more towards
the Malay culture, and some towards the
Western way of life. This small work tries
to address questions of identity faced by
Malaysias Chinese Muslim community.
ISBN 9789839541793
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product code MI14-001
OTTOMAN CONNECTIONS TO
THE MALAY WORLD
Islam, Law and Society
Saim Kayadibi
This book constitutes a study of Southeast Asia,
discussing the Malay worlds long historical
connection with the Muslim people including
the Rumi-Turks, Hadramis and the Ottomans.
These connections reect religious, political
and legal cooperations. It also discusses the
Ottomans? policy of pan-Islamism and the role
of Sultan Abdulhamid II in improving ties with
the Malay world and their scholars, rulers and
heritage, in the ght against Western colonial
powers. In seven essays, the contributors to
this book discuss the early religious-intellectual
network in the region as well as the evolution
of the judicial and political systems.
ISBN 9789839541779
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Malaysian Interest
THE MALAYS
Their Problems and Future
Syed Husin Ali
The Malays as an ethnic group has been dened
on the basis of both legal-constitutional and
historical-cultural factors. While it is difcult
to speculate or visualise correctly the future of
any country or people, it is possible to provide
a general outline of the trends of the past and
present, and probably attempt to at least indicate
what should be avoided and promoted to ensure
a better future. This is what Dr Syed Husin
Ali attempts in this book. In nine chapters, he
discusses the Malays and their origin, history,
religion, economy, politics and development up
to the present day. He connects all of these to the
various changes in the forms of modernisation
and development programmes which affected,
and continue to impact upon, the Malays.
ISBN 9789839541618
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MALAYSIA: FIFTY YEARS OF
DIPLOMACY 1957-2007
Chandran Jeshurun
Malaysias entry into international affairs
as the independent Federation of Malaya in
1957 marked the emergence of a uniquely
new factor in Southeast Asian regional
politics. However, by dint of an amazingly
intuitive and constructive leadership from
the very beginning, it became an attention-
grabbing and daring player in the world
at large within the following two decades.
This book captures Malaysias rst 50 years
in international diplomacy and is intended
as a handy guide for the interested reader
rather than a substansive reference source.
ISBN 9789839541588
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Malaysian Interest
RECLAIMING THE CONVERSATION
Islamic Intellectual Tradition in
the Malay Archipelago
Edited by Rosnani Hashim
The area once known as the Malay archipelago, which
is now Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore,
southern Thailand, parts of Cambodia and parts of
Southern Philippines, once boasted of a glorious
intellectual tradition which was central to Islamic
discourses in the early twentieth century. While
most works on the history of Islam in this region
tend to focus on differences and debates between
traditionalists and modernists, few have addressed the
topic of educational reform in the Malay world, which
underlined the role of the ulama in facing the challenges
of colonialisation and the social changes it heralded.
This book brings together writings by academics from
around the region highlighting the efforts of eleven
Malay-Muslim educational reformers, and examines
the debates that took place on this crucial topic.
ISBN 9789839541748
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EDUCATIONAL DUALISM IN MALAYSIA
Implications for Theory and Practice
Rosnani Hashim
In Muslim countries, two educational systems
are the traditional, religious system and the
pragmatic, secular system. This leads to
conict between the two systems and to bring
together the two with one supplementary to
the other generates confusion. Faced with this
dilemma, post-independent Muslim countries
have attempted to reformulate their educational
policy and curriculum so as to be contemporary
and integrated while remaining faith-based.
This book investigates the differences between
the two systems within the Malaysian context
and highlights attempts made in reformulating
the educational policy and curriculum.
ISBN 9789839541416
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Mini Series
DELIVERANCE FROM ERROR AND
THE BEGINNING OF GUIDANCE
Imam al-Ghazali
Translated by W. Montgomery Watt
Deliverance from Error is the spiritual
autobiography of Imam al-Ghazali, and
The Beginning of Guidance, his other work
included in this volume, complements his
spiritual autobiography and sets out his
ideal of how the religious man should order
his life from hour to hour and day to day.
ISBN 9789839154641
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THE MESSAGE FROM ON HIGH
Imam al-Ghazali
Translated by Margaret Smith
This short treatise by Imam al-Ghazali gives
an account of his religious philosophy in
a compact form. It includes his theory on
knowledge and its different types, discussed
comprehensively in regard to its nature.
Paperback, 98 pages
ISBN 9789675062605
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Mini Series
THE GREATEST JIHAD
Imam Khomeini
Translated by Muhammad Legenhausen
& Azim Sarvdalir
In this short work, Imam Khomeini invites
all to renement of the soul, asceticism and
piety. Addressing students in seminaries,
he reminds them to take heed of fact that
the major purpose of the prophets has been
spiritual progress and moral improvement,
and that they must not content themselves with
learning a few terms of Islamic jurisprudence.
ISBN 9789675062322
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WHAT IS SUFISM?
Martin Lings
The title of this book has been given some
dubious and suspect answers in recent years
as far as the Western world is concerned.
The rapidly expanding interest in Susm
brings the need for a reliable introductory
book: introductory in the sense it requires
no special knowledge on the part of the
reader, and reliable in that it is not written
any more simply than the truth will allow.
ISBN 9789675062087
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THE ALCHEMY OF HAPPINESS
Imam al-Ghazali
Translated by Claude Field
Man was not created in jest; He is not immortal,
yet he lives for ever. His body is mean and earthly,
yet his spirit is divine. When he is purged from
carnal passions, he attains to the highest, and in
place of being a slave to lust and anger, becomes
endued with angelic qualities. The spiritual alchemy
which operates this change in man, like that which
transmutes base metals into gold, is not easily
discovered. This alchemy may be turning away
from the world to God, and its constituents are four
types of knowledge: the knowledge of God, Self,
This World and the Next World. Rebuking those
whose piety was only lukewarm or who uttered
empty phrases, Imam al-Ghazali explains in these
pages how to achieve contentment of the heart, the
window into the spiritual world. Originally written in
Persian as his own abridgement of his 12th century
magnum opus, Ihya Ulum al-Din, this little book is its
English version, revised based on an old translation.
AL-MUNABBIHAT (THE COUNSEL)
Translated by Habib Siddiqui
Originally written in Arabic this little work
has remained unknown to the English
readers. A collection of sayings and
admonitions by Prophet Muhammad, other
prophets of Islam, companions and great
scholars of Islam, this book serves as an
added reminder to the reader of his/her
responsibilities as a Muslim. Each chapter is
arranged in such a way that the number of
the chapter determines how many sentences
are given in the paragraphs. Its rightful
author remains unknown, or disputed, but
its usefulness as a practical guidance in
day-to-day life has stood the test of time.
ISBN 9789839154955
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FAITH VERSUS MATERIALISM
The Message of Surat al-Kahf
Sayed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
Translated by Mohiuddin Ahmad
This exegesis of Surah al-Kahf explains, in
the light of the Quran, the challenging issues
of the modern times and what guidance we
can get from this surah to nd a solution.
SURAH YA SIN
Text, Translation and Commentary
Compiled From Various Sources
Surah Ya Sin is frequently recited from
memory by Muslims on solemn occasions.
It is therefore incumbent upon us to
know the meaning of the verses and their
signicance to derive maximum benets
from its recitation. Based on three tafsirs
of Ibn Kathir, al-Qurtubi and Sayyid
Qutb, this book is a simplied exegesis
of the Surah and serves as a good
introduction to the heart of the Quran.
ISBN 9789839154788
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ISBN 9789839154672
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KNOWLEDGE OF THE HEREAFTER
Imam al-Ghazali
Translated by Jane Idleman Smith
All major religions have dealt with questions of life
after death, although many do not treat it in detail
as have Muslim theologians and traditionists. The
present text attributed to Imam al-Ghazl was based
on a French translation of his Durrah al-Fkhirah
(The Precious Pearl), a treatise believed to be written
after the completion of his magnum opus Ihya Ulum
al-Din. In explaining the Hereafter, al-Ghazl
gives a much less theoretical description than in his
other works, and makes much use of stories and
traditions. Many of these traditions are common in
Islamic sources, particularly those giving details of
the period immediately after death and the events
of the eschaton. Throughout this book, al-Ghazl
stresses on the freeing of the soul from the body,
the comparison of death with the sleep of this world,
and the eternal abiding in the presence of God.
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MARRIAGE AND SEXUALITY IN ISLAM
Imam al-Ghazali
Translated by Madelain Farah
This is a translation of the twelfth book
in Imam al-Ghazalis magnum opus Ihya
Ulum al-Din, on the Etiquette of Marriage.
In his inimitable style, he delineates the
delicate subject of the Islamic perceptions on
sexuality and marriage which is still valid in
contemporary Muslim discourse. He addresses
in depth issues which modern authors have
generally attempted with little success to
explain owing to their cultural limitations,
their lack of knowledge in the issue, or both.
Mini Series
THE SECRETS OF PILGRIMAGE
Imam al-Ghazali
Translated by Ibrahim Umar
Hajj is one of the pillars and foundations of Islam,
the act of worship of a lifetime, the seal of all that
is commanded, the perfection of Islam and the
completion of religion. Such a worship deserves
that much attention be devoted to explaining it and
to detailing its essential elements, its proprieties,
its merits, and its mysteries. This little book is
translated from Kitab Asrar al-Hajj, the seventh
chapter of the celebrated 12th-century work, Ihya
Ulum al-Din. In his inimitable style of explaining
the rituals of Islam to the common man, Al-Ghazali
invites readers to dwell on the subject of the hajj
beyond its mechanics and rituals, and to pay attention
to its true substance, purpose and philosopy.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE
HISTORY OF SUFISM
Arthur J. Arberry
This work is made up of lectures in memory
of the Indian Muslim scholar Abdullah
Suhrawardy (d. 1935), delivered by the author
at the University of Calcutta in 1942. In three
lectures, Arberry provides an introduction to
the history of mysticism in Islam. He begins
by reviewing the work of past scholars and
researches conducted by his contemporaries.
He traces the early interest of Susm in Europe
as well as the Orientalist approach to the
subject, and suggests a skeletal outline of any
future work in studying the history of Susm.
Mini Series
THE BOOK OF TRUTHFULNESS
Abu Said al-Kharraz
Translated by Arthur John Arberry
The importance of this treatise lies in the fact that it
is the earliest systematic presentation of the theory
of Su experience, written by a practicing Su.
Beginning with the idea of Sidq or truthfulness, the
author develops his theme to include stations of
fear, hope, trust, love, shame, longing, intimacy, all
of which the mystic must pass on his path to God.
Throughout the discourse the author constantly
refers, typically as a mystic, to higher degrees of
the various stations which cannot be described in
written language. In a style which foreshadows
the practice of later writers, the author begins
with Quranic sanctions, and follows these by
references to the Sunnah and the lives of the saints.
Paperback
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THE NICHE FOR LIGHTS:
MISHKAH AL-ANWAR
Imam al-Ghazali
Translated by W.H.T. Gairdner
This treatise gives us a intimate glimpse
of the inner life and esoteric thought of
Imam al-Ghazali. It begins where his
autobiographical Al-Munqidh min al-
Dalal leaves off. It basically expounds
the celebrated Light verse (24:35) from
the Quran and the subject of Veils from
the hadith. These are further elaborated
in three sections; one studying the
various meanings of Light, the other
on symbolic language in the Quran and
Hadith and, the nal section concludes
by applying the results of this symbology
to the verse and hadith in question.
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THE QURAN,
ORIENTALISM AND
THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF
THE QURAN
Muzaffar Iqbal
This essay brings into sharp relief
established attitudes of Western academia
toward the Quran, especially as evidenced
in the only extant multi-volume reference
work on the Quran in EnglishBrills
Encyclopaedia of the Quran. The author
exposes layers of centuries-old polemical
literature against the Qurn entrenched
in putatively rigorous and academic
scholarship, and underscores the need for
Muslims to produce an alternate reference
work on the Qurn.
WHY AN ISLAMIC STATE
THE LIFE PROJECTS OF
TWO GREAT EUROPEAN MUSLIMS
M.A Sherif
Muhammad Asad (1900-1992), the Jewish
convert to Islam who rose to fame with his
autobiographical work, The Road to Mecca,
and Alija Izetbegovic (1925-2003), the Bosnian
leader during the Balkan wars of the 1990s,
were men imbued in Islams spiritualising and
moralising force that translated into political
activism. Their intellectual journeys will
inspire a younger generation of concerned
Muslims, who look to religion not just as a
private affair or cultural phenomenon, but as
a paradigm with its own norms and notions,
including the project of an Islamic state.
BRAVE HEARTS:
PICKTHALL AND PHILBY
Two English Muslims in a
Changing World
M.A. Sherif
Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall and
Abdullah Philby were Englishmen of
courage and adventure who travelled
widely in the Muslim world and came
to love and admire what they found.
By accompanying them on their
life journeys, it is possible to view
some of the great dramas of the time
through their eyes. This biographical
essay interleaves two lives spanning a
period from the 1890s to the 1940s.
Paperback, 64 pages
ISBN 9789675062346
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Paperback, 56 pages
ISBN 9789675062391
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Paperback, 70 pages
ISBN 9789675062742
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Lecture
product code L14-001
Paperback, 24 pages
ISBN 9789675062193
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THE ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI MEMORIAL LECTURE
- 2008
The rst Abdullah Yusuf Ali Memorial Lecture was convened
by Islamic Book Trust in Kuala Lumpur on 14 December,
2008. This 24-page special edition contains the full text of
the lecture delivered by M A Sherif, author of Yusuf Alis
biography Searching for Solace, as well as articles and sketches
on various Quran translations into English as displayed at the
exhibition in conjunction with the Lecture.
Paperback, 40 pages
ISBN 9789675062711
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- 2011
This lecture was delivered by Dr Muzaffar Iqbal on the
topic Between Belivers and Disbelievers: The Quran in the
Contemporary World, on January 8, 2011, Kuala Lumpur.
He outlines the current status of scholarly approaches to the
Quran, explore ways in which Muslim scholars can help
open paths to the Book of Guidance for both believers and
disbelievers, and suggest practical steps which must be taken
by Muslims in fulllment of their duty toward the Book.
Paperback, 16 pages
ISBN 9789670526034
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- 2013
The full text of the third Abdullah Yusuf Ali Memorial
Lecture, delivered by Dr Louay Fatoohi of United Kingdom,
on the topic Is the Mushaf a complete record of the Quran?
The controversy of abrogation.
A
Abduh, Muhammad28, 49
Attar, Farid al-Din37
Abd al-Rahman Azzam54
Abdul Haq Vidyarthi42
Abdul Hameed Siddiqui17
Abdul Latif, Syed7, 45
Abdul Rashid Moten64
Abdullah Alwi Haji Hasan25
Abdullah Enan, Mohammad58
Abdullah Yusuf Ali Memorial
Lecture79
Abdurrahman Sadique,
Muhammad 26
Abrahams Children35
Abrogation in the Quran and
Islamic Law8
Abu Bakar A. Al-Musleh,
Mohamed31
Abul Quasem, Muhammad10
Adams, Charles C28
Afnan, Soheil M30
Ahmed Deedat, The Man and His
Mission35
Albani, Shaykh Muhammad Nasir
al-Din al-46
Alchemy of Happiness73
Al-Fawz Al-Kabir Fi Usul Al-
Tafsir8
Al-Ghazali: The Islamic Reformer
31
Ali Hassan Abdel-Kader, Dr.
38
Al-Junayd, The Life, Personality
and Writings of38
And Muhammad is His
Messenger19
Ani, Salman Hassan al-48
Arberry, A.J37, 76, 77
Asad, Muhammad4, 15, 27,
32, 33, 61, 63, 78
Asif Qidwai, Muhammad44
Aslam Farouk-Alli44
Avicenna30
Ayoub, Mahmoud M. 11, 51
Azad, Abul Kalam7
Azami, M.M. Al-10, 16
B
Baqir as-Sadr, Muhammad50
Basic Concepts of the Quran7
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi34
Bennabi, Malik9
Book of Aphorisms, The36
Book of Truthfulness, The77
Brave Hearts...78
Brent, Linda31
Bucaille, Maurice41
Bunt, Gary R62
C
Capital and Prot Sharing in
Islamic Equity Financing26
Chaleby, Kutaiba S26
Chinese Life of Islam, A 68
Coherence in the Quran6
Concept and Reality of Existence,
The 56
Conicts and Tensions in Islamic
Jurisprudence27
Coulson, Noel J27
Cragg, Kenneth49
D
Dardess, George43
Dargazelli, Shetha Al-9
Dawn in Madinah33
Denitive Encounters62
Deliverance from Error and the
Beginning of Guidance71
Dictionary and Glossary of the
Quran, A 12
E
Eaton, Gai49
Educational Dualism in
Malaysia70
Enayat, Hamid65
Eternal Message of Muhammad,
The54
Ethico-religious Concepts in the
Quran12
F
Faith versus Materialism74
Family Structure in Islam,
The51
Faruqi, Ismail Raji al17, 67
Fatoohi, Louay8, 41
Fatouhi, Duraid12
Field, Claude73
Fiqh al-Zakah20
First Things First46
Folklore of the Holy Land40
Forensic Psychiatry in Islamic
Jurisprudence26
Forty Hadith14
Four Pillars of Islam, The44
From Beirut to Jerusalem32
From Here We Know67
From Here We Start67
G
Gairdner, W.H.T.77
Gamal Eldin Attia22
Geographical History of the
Quran, A30
Ghazali and Prayer39
Ghazali, Imam al-10, 31, 36,
39, 71, 73, 75, 76, 77, 82
Ghazali, Shaykh Muhammad
al-44, 67
God and Man in the Quran13
Greatest Jihad, The72
H
Habib Siddiqui73
Hadith and Sunnah15
Hajj, The47
Hamas: A Beginners Guide65
Hameed Siddiqui, Abdul17
Hamid Algar65
Hamidullah, Muhammad14, 64
Hammudah Abd al-Ati51
Hanauer, J.E40
Harder, Elma Ruth32
Haykal, Muhammad Husayn17
History of the Quranic Text,
The10
Hizbullah: Party of God66
Husayn Nainar, S.
Muhammad29
Husin Ali, Syed69
I
Ibn Ashur, Muhammad al-
Tahir24
Ibn Atillah al-Iskandar36
Ibn Khaldun: His Life and
Works58
Ibn Khalduns Philosophy of
History58
Ibn Munabbih, Hammam14
Ibn Taymiyyah48
Ibrahim Umar76
Imam al-Shatibis Theory of the
Higher Objectives and Intents of
Islamic Law21
Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought
and Legacy66
iMuslims62
In Quest of Truth40
In the Spirit of St. Francis & the
Sultan43
Inati, Shams C50
Incidents in the Life of a Slave
Girl31
Introduction to the Conservation
of Hadith, An14
Introduction to the History of
Susm, An76
Iqbal, Afzal37
Iqbal Siddiqui66
Iqbal, Muhammad56
Ishaq Musaad49
Islahi, Amin Ahsan82
Islam and Modernism28
Islam and the Destiny of Man49
Islam and the Wisdoms of Asian
Religions43
Islam at the Crossroads63
Islam between East and West50
Islam, Science, Muslims and
Technology53
Islam: An Introduction55
Islam: Faith and Practice51
Islamic Awakening between
Rejection and Extremism60
Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul al-
Fiqh)23
Islamic Law of Business
Organization: Partnerships25
Islamic Life and Thought54
Istihsan23
Izetbegovic, Alija50
Izutsu, Toshihiko12, 13, 55, 56
J
Jacobs, Harriet31
Jasser Auda22
Jeshurun, Chandran69
Jewels of the Quran, The10
Jullundhry, Rashid Ahmad6
Junayd, Al-38
K
Kayadibi, Saim23, 68
Kayani, Mohammad Saleem82
Keldani, Rev. David
Benjamin42
Khaled Hroub65
Khalid Baig46
Khalid Masud, Muhammad21
Khalid Muhammad Khalid18,
67
Kharraz, Abu Said al-77
Khomeini, Imam66, 72
Kitab al-Iman48
Knowledge of the Hereafter75
Koya, Abdar Rahman66
Index
Koya, P.K15
Krier Mich, Marvin L43
L
Lane-Poole, Stanley29
Language and Magic55
Law and Institution of Zakat,
The20
Law of Ours and other Essays,
This27
Lawful and the Prohibited,
The45
Legenhausen, Muhammad72
Life, Personality and Writings of
Al-Junayd, The38
Life and Work of Jalal-ud-din
Rumi, The37
Life of Muhammad, The17
Life that Matters, A 34
Lings, Martin72
M
MacDonald, Duncan Black36
Madelain Farah75
Majid Ali Khan18
Makhdum, Shaykh Zainuddin29
Making of Islamic Science,
The52
Malays, The69
Malaysia: Fifty Years of
Diplomacy69
Maqasid al-Shariah as Philosophy
of Islamic Law22
Marriage and Sexuality in
Islam75
Maryam Sakeenah59
Mawdudi, Sayyid Abul Ala60
McKane, William82
Men Around the Messenger18
Message From On High, The71
Mind al-Quran Builds, The45
Modern Islamic Political
Thought65
Mohiuddin Ahmad74
Morrison, Scott59
Moses and Pharaoh in the Bible,
Quran and History41
Muhammad in World
Scriptures42
Muhsin Mahdi58
Munabbihat (The Counsel),
Al-73
Music and Singing36
Muslim Conduct of State,
The64
Muslim Saints and Mystics37
Mustansir Mir6, 56
Muzaffar Iqbal33, 52, 53, 62,
78
Mystical Dimensions of Islam38
N
Nadwi, Sayed Abul Hasan
Ali44, 74
Nadwi, Syed Muzaffaruddin30
Nah Wafy, Muhammad36
Nakamura, Kojiro39
Names of the Quranic Chapters,
The9
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein48, 52,
53, 54
Nawawi, Imam14
Niche For Lights:Mishkah Al-
Anwar, The77
Norani Nordin34
Nordin Yusof34
Nyazee, Imran Ahsan Khan23,
24, 25
O
Opening Chapter of the Quran,
The7
Ottoman Connections to the
Malay World68
Our Decline63
Our Philosophy50
P
Penrice, John12
Philby, Abdullah78
Pickthall, Marmaduke40, 78
Pious Caliphs, The18
Pondering over the Quran82
Principles of State and
Government in Islam, The61
Prophet Joseph in the Quran, the
Bible and History41
Q
Qaradawi, Yusuf al-20, 45,
55, 60
Quran (low-cost edition)4
Quran and Its Interpreters, The
11
Quran, Orientalism and the
Encyclopaedia of the Quran,
The78
Quran: The Holy Quran: Text
and Translations 5
Quran: The Meaning of the Holy
Quran3, 4, 5
Quran: The Message of the
Quran4
Quranic Exegesis in Classical
Literature6
Quranic Phenomenon, The9
Qushayri, Abu al-Qasim Al-6
Qutb, Sayyid57
R
Raysuni, Ahmad al-21
Reclaiming the Conversation70
Revolution to Revolution64
Road to Mecca, The33
Roberts, Nancy22
Rosnani Hashim70
Rumi, Jalal-ud-din, 37
S
Sahih al-Bukhari15
Saladin and the Fall of the
Kingdom of Jerusalem29
Salah, The46
Sales and Contracts in Early
Islamic Commercial Law25
Sarvdalir, Azim72
Schimmel, Annemarie19, 38
Searching for Solace28
Secrets of Pilgrimage, The76
Secularism Revised59
Shadia Ahmad Tel48
Shah Waliyullah8
Shakib Arslan, Amir63
Shariati, Ali47
Shatibi, Imam Al-,21
Shatibis Philosophy of Islamic
law21
Sherif, M.A28, 78
Shiite Islam48
Shifa L. Mustapha40
Short History of the Revivalist
Movement in Islam, A60
Siddiqui, Kalim61
Skellie, Walter James39
Smith, Jane Idleman75
Smith, Margaret71
Social Justice in Islam57
Stade, Robert Charles82
Stages of Islamic Revolution61
Stroud, Heather35
Studies in Early Hadith
Literature16
Studies in Hadith Methodology
and Literature16
Surah Ya Sin74
Swee Chai, Dr. Ang32
T
Tabatabai, Sayyid Muhammad
Husayn48
Tadabbur-e-Quran82
Tahir el-Mesawi, Mohamed9
Theology of Unity, The49
Theories of Islamic Law24
Towards Realization of the Higher
Intents of Islamic Law22
Treatise on Maqasid al-
Shariah24
Tuhfat al-Mujahidin29
Tulip in the Desert56
U
Unromantic Orient, The32
Us Versus Them and Beyond59
Usama ibn Suhaib Hasan46
V
Vahed, Goolam35
Vahide, Skran34
W
Watt, W. Montgomery71
What is Susm?...72
Why An Islamic State78
Within the Boundaries of
Islam44
Wonders of the Heart39
Y
Yamin Cheng43, 68
Young Muslims Guide to the
Modern World, A52
Yusuf Ali, Abdullah 3, 4, 5,
28, 79
Z
Zayas, Farishta G de20
Index
THE ESSENTIAL IHYA
4 VOLUMES
New revised edition
Translated by Fazalul Karim
This four-volume set captures the essence of Imam al-
Ghazalis magnum opus, Ihya Ulum al-Din (The Revival of
the Religious Sciences). When completed, this new edition
will be the rst time the work is thoroughly revised and re-
typeset in a format betting modern publication standards.
The Ihya is divided into four parts, each part containing ten
chapters (or books as they are named in the original work).
TADABBUR-E-QURAN
(PONDERING OVER THE QURAN)
VOLUME TWO: SURAH ALI IMRAN
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Translated by Mohammad Saleem Kayani
This English translation of the tafsir of Surah Ali Imran is
part of the eight-volume Urdu tafsir, Tadabbur-e-Quran
(Pondering over the Quran). This tafsir is based on the
principle of coherence, and is perhaps the rst sustained and
successful attempt to demonstrate such coherence and to refute
the oft-repeated allegation of the lack of order or integrity in the
Quran. Without recognising and appreciating the coherence of
the Quran, one may gain knowledge of certain commandments
and teachings but will remain ignorant of the Quranic wisdom
(hikmah) contained in its beautifully integrated and holistic
message. The Urdu original was rst published in 1967, the
result of the life-long work of Amin Ahsan Islahi (1904-1997),
a pre-eminent scholar of the Quran.
FEAR AND HOPE
Imam al-Ghazali
Translated and annotated by William McKane
This is a translation of the third book from the fourth volume
of Imam al-Ghazalis magnum opus Ihya Ulum al-Din,
concerning the means of salvation, that is, the techniques
or therapies by which the cure of the soul is achieved. This
book might well be described as an essay in the tactics of
propagating the Faith to the community at large. The principle
objective is to outline the salutary employment of fear and
hope in the cure of the soul. The book deals with a topic of
pastoral psychology and is a good sample of the work of Imam
al-Ghazali in so far as it illustrates some of the reasons why
he has attained so commanding a position within Islam and
exercised so great an inuence on the course of theological
thought.
99 NAMES OF GOD IN ISLAM
Imam al-Ghazali
Translated by Robert Charles Stade
This is a translation of the major portion of Imam al-
Ghazalis al-Maqsad al-Asna, which is devoted to giving an
understanding and application of the meanings of the names
of God in Islam. The reader will notice that the denition
of the individual name almost invariably is followed by an
admonition addressed to the reader. By these admonitions
Imam al-Ghazali endeavoured to show how the individual
Muslim can emulate the given name of God and thereby draw
closer to Him and win His favour.
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