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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This book offers a unique and insightful analysis of Western and Middle Eastern concepts of dignity and illustrates them with examples of everyday life.Dignity in the 21st Century - Middle East and West is unique and insightful for a range of reasons...

Though there have been many studies on "political Islam", only a few approaches to broaden our understanding of Muslim NGOs have appeared. Based on empirical studies in Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and Jordan, this book explores...

A condensation and updating of his African Muslims in Antebellum America: A Sourcebook (1984), noted scholar of antebellum black writing and history Dr. Allan D. Austin explores, via portraits, documents, maps, and texts, the lives of 50 sub-Saharan...

This book presents an in-depth cultural and political analysis of the issue of political Islam as a potential source of tensions and conflict, and how this might be peacefully resolved. Looking at modernity from an Islamic point of view, the author...

This book is the first comprehensive attempt to explain Ibn 'Arabî's distinctive view of time and its role in the process of creating the cosmos and its relation with the Creator. By comparing this original view with modern theories of physics and...

This book provides a new key to both the Qur'an and Islamic intellectual history.

This study presents the first comprehensive survey of the abundant early Islamic sources that recognize the historical Jewish bond to the Temple Mount (Masjid al-Aqsa) and Jerusalem. Analyzing these sources in light of the views of contemporary Muslim...

Through analysis of the Covenants of the Prophet Muḥammad, which pledge protection to diverse faith communities, this book makes a profoundly important contribution to research on early Islam by determining the Covenants' historicity and textual accuracy...

<b>‘An honest and scholarly analysis of the Muslim Jesus, the Christian Jesus, and the diverging paths Muslims and Christians chose to follow.’ </b><i>Anwar Mehammed, head of Islamic Studies, Ethiopian Theological College,...

یو کتاب چې پښتو ته ژباړل شوی چې شیخ عبدالرحمن بن نصیر السعدي ټینګار کړی چې د مادي تمدن ځلانده باید موږ د بدبختۍ له واقعیت څخه سترګې پټې نه کړي چې انسانیت ورسره مخ دی. د پایلې په توګه، هغه هڅه وکړه چې دیني، حقیقي دلایل او وسیلې په ګوته کړي ترڅو د خوشحاله...

A book in English language where in Sheikh Abdurrahman ibn Nasir as-Sadi emphasized that the brilliance of material civilization should not blind us from the reality of misery that humanity endures. As a result, he tried to uncover religious, realistic...

نبذة مختصرةرسالة مختصرة للشيخ السعدي - رحمه الله - أكد فيها أن بريق الحضارة المادية لا ينبغي أن يغشي أبصارَنا عن حقيقة الشقاء الذي باتت تعانيه البشرية في ظل هذه الحضارة، لذا رصد الأسباب والوسائل الدينية والطبيعية والعملية لتحقيق الوسائل المفيدة للحياة...

When unfounded dogmas get formulated as religious doctrines, they acquire the status of creed and become part of the official interpretation of faith. Minds become closed when dogma, tradition, rituals, superstitions and speculations assume the...

Iss kitaab mey Maine Shia-Sunni ke beech ke ikhtilaaf dur karne ki koshish ki hai. Mera ye maan'na hai ki Shia-Sunni ke beech ikhtilaaf kam aur ghalat fehmiyaa'n zyada hai'n. Baaki kuch maulviyo'n ki saazish hai.Shia-Sunni ke beech ki duriyo'n ko mitaya...

This book is about the teachings of Prophet Muhammad on himself and our Creator and was published by me here for you to know this form of communication does exist where he can write verbatim for me and so can Allah and others and I don't profess to be...

Embark on a Journey of Divine DistinctionsHave you ever wondered about the profound differences and striking similaritiesbetween Judeo-Christianity and Islam? Literary and Divine Divergence: Judeo-Christianity and Islam in Contradistinction provides a...

Get ready to discover the legacy of early Islamic businessmen and their stories of faith, resilience and success. Dive into the fascinating world of Sahabah companions in business who broke barriers and set unprecedented examples of leadership and...

This book reminds us all how life in this world is temporary. In fact, this transience determines the eternity of the next stage of our journey. Therefore, this book demands that you put aside worldly matters before you read it. This is because only you...

Hamd ancak Allah'a mahsustur. O'na hamdeder, O'ndan yardım ve mağfiret dileriz. Nefsimizin şerrinden ve kötü amellerimizin şerrinden O'na sığınırız. Allah kime hidayet ederse onu saptıracak yoktur, kimi de saptırırsa ona hidayet edecek yoktur. Allah'tan...

All praise is due to Allāh alone.May the peace and blessings of Allāh be upon our NobleProphet, after whom, there is no other prophet/ the lastMessenger of Allāh.Unfortunately, the Muslim Ummah of today is facing destruction,tribulation and division, due...

This booklet includes two papers on the same topic. The first one was published in the monthly 'MEESAQ' Lahore in 1966. The second is a speech which was delivered before a gathering of the staff and senior students of Aitchison College, Lahore (Pakistan)...

The Book Al-Ahkam as-Sultaniyyah is both the single most comprehensive account of the workings of Islamic governance and equally a highly influential theoretical outline of the nature of that governance. It is also as if it were a snapshot of the inner...

The Holy Quran literally meaning "the recitation"; also romanized as Qur'an or Koran is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from Allah (swt) (God). The Quran is divided into chapters (surah in Arabic), which are...

Al-Mustasfa min 'ilm al-usul. (On Legal theory of Muslim Jurisprudence) is Imam Ghazali's work on the subject of Usul Al Fiqh. It is considered as one of the four great works in the subject. The other three being,1. The mu`tazalite `Abd al-Jabar (d. 415)...

First published in 1884 in Tunis, The Reconciliation of the Fundamentals of Islamic Law (or al-Muwafaqat fi Usul Al-Sharai'a), written by Ibrahim ibn Musa Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi, was an innovation in Islamic jurisprudence. It was the first book to address...

खलील जिब्रान को पढ़ना खुद की आत्मा से बातें करने जैसा है। आप अपनी हर उलझन का हल उनकी सूक्तियों में ढूंढ़ सकते हैं। इस लिहाज से खलील जिब्रान को पढ़ना किसी उम्दा चिकित्सक से मिलने जैसा भी है। वे कौतूहल भी पैदा करते हैं, और उसे शांत भी। वे जीवन को समझाने की...

"The Quranic Law of Rise and Fall" is a thematic collection of Maulana Azad's articles which were published from time to time in his periodical "Al-Hilal". The overall outline that is compiled from these articles is that being a Muslim, the...

This book (Islam and Modern System) is a meager attempt to introduce the Islamic system and all other systems. Although all the non-Islamic systems converge on one point i.e. system capitalism. If a person is guided to follow the Islamic system, it will...

Numerous women are mentioned by name in the Qur'an. They comprise Muslim women as well as unbeliever women. The stories of women that are recounted in the Holy Qur'an have been told in a variety of ways. In addition to the preaching and wisdom styles,...

For the Muslim Ummah, the entire month of Ramadan is one of benefits. Muslims are expected to carry out these deeds, which hold significant value in Islam, during this month. The fasts for the whole month of Ramadan have been prescribed, and they have...

The characteristics and behaviors that humans develop on a daily and ongoing basis, traits and habits that eventually become ingrained in human nature, are referred to as morals. In Islam, morality is defined as the "good morals" that humankind has been...

Abdul Kader Choughley, an independent South African Muslim scholar, has contributed enormously to the revival of South Asian Muslim scholarship, during the past decade or so, with several valuable studies on Islam in South Asia, focusing on Islamic...

La traduction du Coran de Muhammad Hamidullah demeure une référence. Son style littéral proche du texte source permet au lecteur de s'approprier le langage et le vocabulaire coranique.A propos de l'auteurMuhammad Hamidullah, né le 19 février 1908 à...

Traduccion-Comentario Del Noble Coran Traducido a partir de comentarios tradicionales como al-Yalalayn, Ibn Kathir, at-Tabaria, con especial atencion a los comentarios andalusies de al-Qurtubi e Ibn Yuzay al-Kilbi, al-Garnati, pro Abdel Ghani Melara Navio

Compiled in the 14th century AD by a prominent Syrian scholar, the As-Seerah An-Nabawiyya of Imam Ibn Kathir is a full examination in chronological order, of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.Drawn from the earliest and most reliable Arabic...

Compiled in the 14th century AD by a prominent Syrian scholar, the As-Seerah An-Nabawiyya of Imam Ibn Kathir is a full examination in chronological order, of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.Drawn from the earliest and most reliable Arabic...

Compiled in the 14th century AD by a prominent Syrian scholar, the As-Seerah An-Nabawiyya of Imam Ibn Kathir is a full examination in chronological order, of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.Drawn from the earliest and most reliable Arabic...

Compiled in the 14th century AD by a prominent Syrian scholar, the As-Seerah An-Nabawiyya of Imam Ibn Kathir is a full examination in chronological order, of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.Drawn from the earliest and most reliable Arabic...

The Happiness of Servants is in theGuidance of the Best of ServantsThanks to Al-lah for sending his messenger with guidance and the religionof the truth, that he may make it topmost above all religion, despite thehatred of associators (those who...

Please note this is Urdu BookVIRTUES OF UMRAHUmrah is a cleanser for the sins committed between it and another Umrah.  - al-Bukhari MuslimTo perform one Umrah in Ramadan is equal to a Hajj in reward. In another narration, it is equal to a Hajj...

This book examines and contextualizes Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ghazzālī's (d. 505/1111) fierce response to antinomian and freethinking currents in twelfth-century Persia. Seyed-Gohrab offers a translation of Ghazzālī's treatise on antinomians, and one of his...

Since the Mediterranean connects cultures, Mediterranean studies have by definition an intercultural focus. Throughout the modern era, the Ottoman Empire has had a lasting impact on the cultures and societies of the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean...

"Our Lord is Light; our holy Prophet is Light; our unswerving Islamic faith is Light; our Holy Qurʾān is Light; and our prayer is Light. Why then do you wish to live in darkness? Why do you aloofly imagine, with your delimited and narrow mind, that the...

The history of Arabic writing spans a period of eight hundred years in sub-Saharan Africa. Hundreds of thousands of manuscripts in Arabic or Ajami (African languages written with the Arabic script) are preserved in public libraries and private...