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القرآن الكريم

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The Quran (English pronunciation: /kɔrˈɑːn/; Arabic: القرآن‎ al-qurʾān, IPA: [qurˈʔaːn], literally meaning "the recitation"), also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Al-Coran, Coran, Kur'an, and Al-Qur'an, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be the verbatim word of God (Arabic: الله‎, Allah). The Quran is composed of verses (Ayat) that make up 114 chapters (suras) of unequal length which are classified either as Meccan (المكية) or Medinan (المدنية) depending upon the place and time of their claimed revelation. Muslims believe the Quran to be verbally revealed through the angel Jibrīl (Gabriel) from God to Muhammad gradually over a period of approximately 23 years beginning on 22 December 609 CE, when Muhammad was 40, and concluding in 632 CE, the year of his death.Muslims regard the Quran as the main miracle of Muhammad, the proof of his prophethood and the culmination of a series of divine messages that started with the messages revealed to Adam, regarded in Islam as the first prophet, and continued with Suhuf Ibrahim (Scrolls of Abraham), the Tawrat (Torah or Pentateuch) of Moses, the Zabur (Tehillim or Book of Psalms) of David, and the Injil (Gospel) of Jesus. The Quran assumes familiarity with major narratives recounted in Jewish and Christian scriptures, summarizing some, dwelling at length on others and in some cases presenting alternative accounts and interpretations of events. The Quran describes itself as a book of guidance, sometimes offering detailed accounts of specific historical events, and often emphasizing the moral significance of an event over its narrative sequence.

{'Religion', 'Reference', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Classics'}

604 pages, Hardcover

Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

Martin Lings

Martin Lings’ biography of Muhammad is an internationally acclaimed, comprehensive, and authoritative account of the life of the prophet. Based on the sira, the eighth- and ninth-century Arabic biographies that recount numerous events in the prophet’s life, it contains original English translations of many important passages that reveal the words of men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life.Scrupulous and exhaustive in its fidelity to its sources, Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources is presented in a narrative style that is easily comprehensible, yet authentic and inspiring in its use of language, reflecting both the simplicity and grandeur of the story it tells. This revised edition includes new sections detailing the prophet’s expanding influence and his spreading of the message of Islam into Syria and its neighboring states. It represents the final updates made to the text before the author’s death in 2005. The book has been published in 12 languages and has received numerous awards, including acknowledgment as best biography of the prophet in English at the National Seerate Conference in Islamabad.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Theology', 'Biography'}

384 pages, Paperback

الرحيق المختوم

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

الرحيق المختومبحث في السيرة النبوية.تأليف: الشيخ صفي الرحمن المباركفوري.قُدِّم في مسابقة رابطة العالم الإسلامي في السيرة النبوية الشريفة، وحاز البحث على المركز الأول."ومن منهجي في هذا الكتاب ـ عدا ما جاء في إعلان الرابطة ـ أني قررت سلوك سبيل الاعتدال، متجنبًا التطويل الممل والإيجاز المخل، وقد وجدت المصادر تختلف فيما بينها حول كثير مما يتعلق بالأحداث اختلافًا لا يحتمل الجمع والتوفيق، فاخترت سبيل الترجيح، وأثبت في الكتاب ما ترجح لدي بعد التدقيق في الدراسة والنقد، إلا أني طويت ذكر الدلائل والوجوه؛ لأن ذلك يفضي إلى طول غير مطلوب‏.أما بالنسبة لقبول الروايات وردها فقد استفدت في ذلك مما كتبه الأئمة المتقنون، واعتمدت عليهم فيما حكموا به من الصحة والحسن والضعف؛ إذ لم أجد وقتًا يكفي للخوض في هذا المجال‏.‏وقد أشرت في بعض المواضع إلى بعض الدلائل ووجوه الترجيح، وذلك حينما خِفْتُ الاستغراب ممن يقرأ الكتاب، أو رأيت شبه الاتفاق فيما بين الأولين والآخرين على خلاف ما هو الصواب‏.‏ والله ولي التوفيق‏.‏" الجمعة المباركة 24/7/1396هـ23/7/1976مصفي الرحمن المباركفوريالجامعة السلفيةبنارس - الهند

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Unfinished', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Biography'}

498 pages, Hardcover

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes

Tamim Ansary

We in the west share a common narrative of world history. But our story largely omits a whole civilization whose citizens shared an entirely different narrative for a thousand years.In Destiny Disrupted, Tamim Ansary tells the rich story of world history as the Islamic world saw it, from the time of Mohammed to the fall of the Ottoman Empire and beyond. He clarifies why our civilizations grew up oblivious to each other, what happened when they intersected, and how the Islamic world was affected by its slow recognition that Europe-a place it long perceived as primitive and disorganized-had somehow hijacked destiny.

{'Religion', 'Audiobook', 'World History', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Politics'}

416 pages, Kindle Edition

Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles

Yasmin Mogahed

Many of us live our lives entrapped by the same repeated patterns of heartbreak and disappointment. Often, we have no idea why this happens. Reclam Your Heart is about freeing the heart from this slavery. It is about the journey in and out of life's most deceptive traps.

{'Psychology', 'Religion', 'Self Help', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Faith'}

142 pages, Paperback

Islam: A Short History

Karen Armstrong

No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. Karen Armstrong's short history offers a vital corrective to this narrow view. The distillation of years of thinking and writing about Islam, it demonstrates that the world's fastest-growing faith is a much richer and more complex phenomenon than its modern fundamentalist strain might suggest.Islam: A Short History begins with the flight of Muhammad and his family from Medina in the seventh century and the subsequent founding of the first mosques. It recounts the origins of the split between Shii and Sunni Muslims, and the emergence of Sufi mysticism; the spread of Islam throughout North Africa, the Levant, and Asia; the shattering effect on the Muslim world of the Crusades; the flowering of imperial Islam in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries into the world's greatest and most sophisticated power; and the origins and impact of revolutionary Islam. It concludes with an assessment of Islam today and its challenges.With this brilliant book, Karen Armstrong issues a forceful challenge to those who hold the view that the West and Islam are civilizations set on a collision course. It is also a model of authority, elegance, and economy.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Theology'}

230 pages, Paperback

Infidel

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

One of today’s most admired and controversial political figures, Ayaan Hirsi Ali burst into international headlines following the murder of Theo van Gogh by an Islamist who threatened that she would be next. She made headlines again when she was stripped of her citizenship and resigned from the Dutch Parliament.Infidel shows the coming of age of this distinguished political superstar and champion of free speech as well as the development of her beliefs, iron will, and extraordinary determination to fight injustice. Raised in a strict Muslim family, Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female mutilation, brutal beatings, adolescence as a devout believer during the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and life in four troubled, unstable countries ruled largely by despots. She escaped from a forced marriage and sought asylum in the Netherlands, where she earned a college degree in political science, tried to help her tragically depressed sister adjust to the West, and fought for the rights of Muslim women and the reform of Islam as a member of Parliament. Under constant threat, demonized by reactionary Islamists and politicians, disowned by her father, and expelled from family and clan, she refuses to be silenced.Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali’s story tells how a bright little girl evolves out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to balance democratic ideals with religious pressures, no other book could be more timely or more significant.

{'Religion', 'Africa', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Memoir', 'Politics', 'Biography'}

353 pages, Hardcover

In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad

Tariq Ramadan

Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most important innovators of the century, Tariq Ramadan is a leading Muslim scholar, with a large following especially among young European and American Muslims. Now, in his first book written for a wide audience, he offers a marvelous biography of the Prophet Muhammad, one that highlights the spiritual and ethical teachings of one of the most influential figures in human history.In the Footsteps of the Prophet is a fresh and perceptive look at Muhammad, capturing a life that was often eventful, gripping, and highly charged. Ramadan provides both an intimate portrait of a man who was shy, kind, but determined, as well as a dramatic chronicle of a leader who launched a great religion and inspired a vast empire. More important, Ramadan presents the main events of the Prophet's life in a way that highlights his spiritual and ethical teachings. The book underscores the significance of the Prophet's example for some of today's most controversial issues, such as the treatment of the poor, the role of women, Islamic criminal punishments, war, racism, and relations with other religions. Selecting those facts and stories from which we can draw a profound and vivid spiritual picture, the author asks how can the Prophet's life remain -- or become again -- an example, a model, and an inspiration? And how can Muslims move from formalism -- a fixation on ritual -- toward acommitted spiritual and social presence?In this thoughtful and engaging biography, Ramadan offers Muslims a new understanding of Muhammad's life and he introduces non-Muslims not just to the story of the Prophet, but to the spiritual and ethical riches of Islam.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Theology', 'Biography'}

242 pages, Hardcover

Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam

A. Helwa

Are you longing to experience a more intimate and loving relationship with the Divine? Secrets of Divine Love draws upon spiritual secrets of the Qur'an, ancient mystical poetry, and stories from the world's greatest prophets and spiritual masters to help you reignite your faith, overcome your doubts, and deepen your connection with God.Through the use of scientific evidence, practical exercises, and guided meditations, you will develop the tools and awareness needed to discern and overcome your negative inner critic that prevents you from experiencing God's all-encompassing love.The passages in this book serve as a compass and guiding light that returns you to the source of divine peace and surrender. Through the principles and practices of Islam, you will learn how to unlock your spiritual potential and unveil your divine purpose. Secrets of Divine Love uses a rational, yet heart-based approach towards the Qur'an that not only enlightens the mind, but inspires the soul towards deeper intimacy with God.

{'Religion', 'Self Help', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Faith'}

387 pages, Paperback

After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam

Lesley Hazleton

In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates the news now more than ever. Even as Muhammad lay dying, the battle over who would take control of the new Islamic nation had begun, beginning a succession crisis marked by power grabs, assassination, political intrigue, and passionate faith. Soon Islam was embroiled in civil war, pitting its founder's controversial wife Aisha against his son-in-law Ali, and shattering Muhammad’s ideal of unity.    Combining meticulous research with compelling storytelling, After the Prophet explores the volatile intersection of religion and politics, psychology and culture, and history and current events. It is an indispensable guide to the depth and power of the Shia–Sunni split.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Politics'}

256 pages, Hardcover

Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart

Hamza Yusuf

Translation and Commentary of Imam al-Mawlud's Matharat al-Qulub by Hamza YusufThis exploration of Islamic spirituality delves into the psychological diseases and cures of the heart. Diseases examined include miserliness, envy, hatred, treachery, rancour, malice, ostentation, arrogance, covetousness, lust, and other afflictions that assail people and often control them. The causes and practical cures of these diseases are discussed, offering a penetrating glimpse into how Islam deals with spiritual and psychological problems and demonstrating how all people can benefit from these teachings.

{'Psychology', 'Religion', 'Self Help', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Faith'}

220 pages, Paperback

لا تحزن

عائض القرني

"خطّ المؤلف في هذه الصفحات علاجاً لمن عاش ضائقة أو ألمّ به حزن أو هم، أو طاف به طائف من مصيبة، أو أقضي مضجعه أرق، وشرد نومه قلق. وأينا يخلو من ذلك. هنا في طيات هذا الكتاب آيات وأبيات، صور وعبر، وفوائد وشوارد، وأمثال وقصص، وسكبت فيها عصارة ما وصل إليه اللامعون، من وراء القلب المفجوع، والروح المنهكة، والنفس الحزينة البائسة، وهذه التجارب تقول للإنسان: أبشر واسعد، وتفاءل واهدأ، وعش الحياة كما هي، طيبة رضية بهيجة."رابط التحميل:http://www.waqfeya.com/book.php?bid=3436

{'Psychology', 'Religion', 'Self Help', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction'}

584 pages, Paperback

Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet

Karen Armstrong

Discusses the life of the founder of Islam, the emergence of Islam in the midst of the turbulence of seventh-century Arabia, and Western views of the prophet and his religion from a historical perspective. Reissue.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Biography'}

290 pages, Paperback

A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Karen Armstrong

Over 700,000 copies of the original hardcover and paperback editions of this stunningly popular book have been sold. Karen Armstrong's superbly readable exploration of how the three dominant monotheistic religions of the world—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—have shaped and altered the conception of God is a tour de force. One of Britain's foremost commentators on religious affairs, Armstrong traces the history of how men and women have perceived and experienced God, from the time of Abraham to the present. From classical philosophy and medieval mysticism to the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the modern age of skepticism, Armstrong performs the near miracle of distilling the intellectual history of monotheism into one compelling volume.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Theology'}

496 pages, Hardcover

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X

Alternate cover for ISBN 9780345350688Through a life of passion and struggle, Malcolm X became one of the most influential figures of the 20th Century. In this riveting account, he tells of his journey from a prison cell to Mecca, describing his transition from hoodlum to Muslim minister. Here, the man who called himself "the angriest Black man in America" relates how his conversion to true Islam helped him confront his rage and recognize the brotherhood of all mankind. An established classic of modern America, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was hailed by the New York Times as "Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book." Still extraordinary, still important, this electrifying story has transformed Malcolm X's life into his legacy. The strength of his words, and the power of his ideas continue to resonate more than a generation after they first appeared.

{'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Autobiography', 'Memoir', 'Politics', 'Race', 'Biography'}

466 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective

Amina Wadud

A pro-faith attempt by a Muslim woman to present a comprehensive, female-inclusive reading of the Qur'an, the sacred Islamic text.

{'Gender', 'Religion', 'Feminism', 'Academic', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Womens'}

118 pages, Paperback

Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenge and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet's Legacy

Jonathan A.C. Brown

Few things provoke controversy in the modern world like the religion brought by Muhammad. Modern media are replete with alarm over jihad, underage marriage and the threat of amputation or stoning under Shariah law. Sometimes rumor, sometimes based in fact and often misunderstood, the tenets of Islamic law and dogma were not set in the religion’s founding moments. They were developed over centuries by the clerical class of Muslim scholars.Misquoting Muhammad takes the reader back in time through Islamic civilization and traces how and why such controversies developed, offering an inside view into how key and controversial aspects of Islam took shape. From the protests of the Arab Spring to Istanbul at the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and from the ochre red walls of Delhi’s great mosques to the trade routes of Islam’s Indian Ocean world, Misquoting Muhammad lays out how Muslim intellectuals have sought to balance reason and revelation, weigh science and religion, and negotiate the eternal truths of scripture amid shifting values.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Theology'}

384 pages, Hardcover

Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past

Firas Alkhateeb

Islam has been one of the most powerful religious, social and political forces in history. Over the last 1400 years, from origins in Arabia, a succession of Muslim polities and later empires expanded to control territories and peoples that ultimately stretched from southern France to EastAfrica and South East Asia.Yet many of the contributions of Muslim thinkers, scientists and theologians, not to mention rulers, statesmen and soldiers, have been occluded. This book rescues from oblivion and neglect some of these personalities and institutions while offering the reader a new narrative of this lost Islamichistory. The Umayyads, Abbasids, and Ottomans feature in the story, as do Muslim Spain, the savannah kingdoms of West Africa and the Mughal Empire, along with the later European colonization of Muslim lands and the development of modern nation-states in the Muslim world. Throughout, the impact ofIslamic belief on scientific advancement, social structures, and cultural development is given due prominence, and the text is complemented by portraits of key personalities, inventions and little known historical nuggets. The history of Islam and of the world's Muslims brings together diversepeoples, geographies and states, all interwoven into one narrative that begins with Muhammad and continues to this day.

{'Religion', 'Historical', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Muslims', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction'}

217 pages, Paperback

The Road to Mecca

Muhammad Asad

In this extraordinary and beautifully-written autobiography, Asad tells of his initial rejection of all institutional religions, his entree into Taoism, his fascinating travels as a diplomat, and finally his embrace of Islam.

{'Religion', 'Travel', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Memoir', 'Biography'}

375 pages, Paperback

Nine Parts of Desire: The Hidden World of Islamic Women

Geraldine Brooks

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - Pulitzer Prize winning author presents the stories of a wide range of Muslim women in the Middle East. As an Australian American and an experienced foreign correspondent, Brooks' thoughtful analysis attempts to understand the precarious status of women in the wake of Islamic fundamentalism."Frank, enraging, and captivating." - The New York TimesNine Parts of Desire is the story of Brooks' intrepid journey toward an understanding of the women behind the veils, and of the often contradictory political, religious, and cultural forces that shape their lives. Defying our stereotypes about the Muslim world, Brooks' acute analysis of the world's fastest growing religion deftly illustrates how Islam's holiest texts have been misused to justify repression of women, and how male pride and power have warped the original message of a once liberating faith. As a prizewinning foreign correspondent for  The Wall Street Journal , Geraldine Brooks spent six years covering the Middle East through wars, insurrections, and the volcanic upheaval of resurgent fundamentalism. Yet for her, headline events were only the backdrop to a less obvious but more enduring drama: the daily life of Muslim women.

{'Religion', 'Feminism', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Womens', 'Politics'}

255 pages, Paperback

"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an

Asma Barlas

Does Islam call for the oppression of women? Non-Muslims point to the subjugation of women that occurs in many Muslim countries, especially those that claim to be "Islamic," while many Muslims read the Qur'an in ways that seem to justify sexual oppression, inequality, and patriarchy. Taking a wholly different view, Asma Barlas develops a believer's reading of the Qur'an that demonstrates the radically egalitarian and antipatriarchal nature of its teachings.Beginning with a historical analysis of religious authority and knowledge, Barlas shows how Muslims came to read inequality and patriarchy into the Qur'an to justify existing religious and social structures and demonstrates that the patriarchal meanings ascribed to the Qur'an are a function of who has read it, how, and in what contexts. She goes on to reread the Qur'an's position on a variety of issues in order to argue that its teachings do not support patriarchy. To the contrary, Barlas convincingly asserts that the Qur'an affirms the complete equality of the sexes, thereby offering an opportunity to theorize radical sexual equality from within the framework of its teachings. This new view takes readers into the heart of Islamic teachings on women, gender, and patriarchy, allowing them to understand Islam through its most sacred scripture, rather than through Muslim cultural practices or Western media stereotypes.

{'Religion', 'Feminism', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Womens'}

272 pages, Paperback

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

1970s Afghanistan: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what would happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to an Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

{'Contemporary', 'Literature', 'Fiction', 'Historical', 'Historical Fiction', 'Classics', 'Novels'}

371 pages, Paperback

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

Nabeel Qureshi

An Unexpected Journey from Islam to Christianity In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi describes his dramatic journey from Islam to Christianity, complete with friendships, investigations, and supernatural dreams along the way. Providing an intimate window into a loving Muslim home, Qureshi shares how he developed a passion for Islam before discovering, almost against his will, evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and claimed to be God. Unable to deny the arguments but not wanting to deny his family, Qureshi's inner turmoil will challenge Christians and Muslims alike. Engaging and thought-provoking, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus tells a powerful story of the clash between Islam and Christianity in one man's heart---and of the peace he eventually found in Jesus.

{'Christian', 'Christianity', 'Religion', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Faith', 'Biography'}

304 pages, Paperback

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other, their friendship to grow as deep as the bond between sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction."A Thousand Splendid Suns" is a portrait of a wounded country and a story of family and friendship, of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond, and an indestructible love.

{'Contemporary', 'Fiction', 'Historical', 'Historical Fiction', 'War', 'Classics', 'Novels'}

372 pages, Hardcover

Women and Gender in Islam

Leila Ahmed

Are Islamic societies inherently oppressive to women? Is the trend among Islamic women to appear once again in veils and other traditional clothing a symbol of regression or an effort to return to a “pure” Islam that was just and fair to both sexes? In this book Leila Ahmed adds a new perspective to the current debate about women and Islam by exploring its historical roots, tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender from the ancient world to the present.In order to distinguish what was distinctive about the earliest Islamic doctrine on women, Ahmed first describes the gender systems in place in the Middle East before the rise of Islam. She then focuses on those Arab societies that played a key role in elaborating the dominant Islamic discourses about women and gender: Arabia during the period in which Islam was founded; Iraq during the classical age, when the prescriptive core of legal and religious discourse on women was formulated; and Egypt during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when exposure to Western societies led to dramatic social change and to the emergence of new discourses on women. Throughout, Ahmed not only considers the Islamic texts in which central ideologies about women and gender developed or were debated but also places this discourse in its social and historical context. Her book is thus a fascinating survey of Islamic debates and ideologies about women and the historical circumstances of their position in society, the first such discussion using the analytic tools of contemporary gender studies.

{'Gender', 'Religion', 'Feminism', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Womens'}

296 pages, Paperback

Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time

Karen Armstrong

Muhammad was born in 570 CE, and over the following sixty years built a thriving spiritual community, laying the foundations of a religion that changed the course of world history. There is more historical data on his life than on that of the founder of any other major faith, and yet his story is little known. Karen Armstrong's immaculately researched new biography of Muhammad will enable readers to understand the true origins and spirituality of a faith that is all too often misrepresented as cruel, intolerant, and inherently violent. An acclaimed authority on religious and spiritual issues, Armstrong offers a balanced, in-depth portrait, revealing the man at the heart of Islam by dismantling centuries of misconceptions. Armstrong demonstrates that Muhammad's life--a pivot point in history--has genuine relevance to the global crises we face today.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Theology', 'Biography'}

256 pages, Hardcover

قصص الأنبياء

ابن كثير

قصص الأنبياء في القرآن الكريم هي قصص لصفوة الخلق وخيرتهم على الإطلاق، فهم هداة العالمين ورحمة الله للناس أجمعين، وما كان الله قص ما قص من قصص في قرآن الكريم للتسلية والتلهي، وإنما جاء عظة وعبرة لأولي الألباب، وجاء يثير في النفس التأمل والتفكر في سنن الحياة وقواعد الاجتماع البشري وسيرة الناس عبر الزمان والمكان. وإن كان ربنا، تبارك وتعالى، أنعم علينا بنعمة قصص طائفة من حكايات الأنبياء وأقوامهم فإنه يلفت النظر إلى أن المهم في تاريخ هؤلاء العظماء أ نقف عند حد العظة والعبرة. ولقد تمثل المفسر الحافظ ابن كثير منهجاً علمياً بديعاً في عرض هذا القصص القرآني، حاول فيه الابتعاد عن خرافات الإسرائيليات وخزعبلات القصاص وأكاذيب بعض المؤرخين.ويمكن تحديد معالم هذا المنهج على النحو التالي: أولاً التزامه بإيراد كل ما يتعلق بالنبي صاحب القصة من كتاب الله تعالى، وأخبار القرآن في هذا السياق هي الأخبار المجزوم يصدقها على وجه اليقين من دون تردد. ولم يكتف المؤلف بذلك بل وقف مع الآيات محللاً لها، مفسراً لمعانيها، متعمقاً في مغازيها، وهو المفسر الواعي بدقائق التفسير.ثانياً عنايته عناية كبيرة بالأخبار والآثار المروية بشأن هؤلاء الأنبياء على عدة مستويات، فالأحاديث يعنى بعزوها إلى مصادرها، منبهاً على صحيحها وسقيمها في كثير من الأحيان، والإسرائيليات إذا وردت في النص، فإنه يرويها في حذر المحدث الواعي بالمرويات، مبيناً الغث منها وما يمكن أن يكون في إطار المقبول، والآثار يتتبع ما يلقي على النص شيئاً من الضوء لإيضاح غامض أو توضيح مبهم. ثالثاً العناية باللغة إلى حد معقول فيفسر ما نبا من مفردات، ويشرح ما ثقل فهمه من نصوص، وهو يحمل في ذهنه عقلية لغوية بليغة. رابعاً بالإضافة إلى ذلك كله التسلسل المنهجي المنطلق مع الأحداث، مع شيء من الاستطراد المقبول بهدف استخراج العظة والوقوف مع فائدة هنا، أو شاردة هناك.وكتاب قصص الأنبياء الذي هو بين يدي القارئ هو جزء من كتاب ابن كثير "البداية والنهاية"، انتزعه كل طبع الكتاب مستقلاً منه، فليس هو مصنفاً مستقلاً في أصل تأليف ووضعه. ولأهميته تمّ الاعتناء به على هذا النحو: أولاً: العناية بإخراج النص إخراجاً صحيحاً بعيداً عن الأخطاء ما أمكن ذلك، ثانياً: تخريج الآيات القرآنية، مع استعراض غريب المفردات التي توجد في الآيات، ثالثاً: تخريج المرويات المتعددة، رابعاً: شرح المفردات الغريبة في النص كله تيسيراً للفهم وتحقيقاً لهدف تبسيط النص، خامساً: وضع عناوين جانبية لكل فكرة جديدة، ليسهل على القارئ متابعة تسلسل الأحداث والاستفادة بما في الكتاب من فوائد علمية متنوعة.

{'Religion', 'Reference', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Biography'}

682 pages, Hardcover

The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

The Study Quran is a historic and groundbreaking work, produced by a distinguished team of Islamic studies scholars led by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, which offers:A new English translation of the Quran that is accurate, accessible, and reliable in how it renders this sacred text.A wide-ranging verse-by-verse commentary that brings together the most respected and distinguished traditions of metaphysical, spiritual, theological, and legal interpretation of the Quran within Islam.A helpful introduction to each surah that provides an overview and background of its teachings.Essays by fifteen internationally renowned scholars on how to read and understand the Quran and its role in shaping Islamic civilization.A beautiful two-color, two-column design that presents the sacred text and commentary in the spirit of traditional Quran manuscriptsMaps, a time line of historical events, comprehensive indexes, and other features to aid readingThe Study Quran provides a service never before available to readers of English: a scholarly yet accessible resource where one can quickly and easily explore how Muslims have interpreted the Quran through the centuries to the present day. An invaluable resource for scholars and students of all backgrounds, and especially to Muslims who want to deepen their understanding of their own tradition, The Study Quran is a much-needed guide in a time when confusion about the Quran and Islam is so prevalent.

{'Religion', 'Reference', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Theology'}

2048 pages, Unknown Binding

Timeless Seeds of Advice: The Sayings of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, Ibn al-Jawzi and Other Prominent Scholars in Bringing Comfort and Hope to the Soul

B.B. Abdulla

A selection of beautiful and practical pieces of advice from the Quran, the Prophet PBUH and Islam’s great scholars on repentance, guidance and purification. This book is designed to serve as a source of hope and strength for those going through difficult times, while providing numerous important pieces of knowledge and guidance for all readers and all times.

{'Religion', 'Self Help', 'Spirituality', 'Muslims', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Faith'}

252 pages, Kindle Edition

The Butterfly Mosque: A Young American Woman's Journey to Love and Islam

G. Willow Wilson

The extraordinary story of an all-American girl’s conversion to Islam and her ensuing romance with a young Egyptian man, The Butterfly Mosque is a stunning articulation of a Westerner embracing the Muslim world.When G. Willow Wilson—already an accomplished writer on modern religion and the Middle East at just twenty-seven—leaves her atheist parents in Denver to study at Boston University, she enrolls in an Islamic Studies course that leads to her shocking conversion to Islam and sends her on a fated journey across continents and into an uncertain future.She settles in Cairo where she teaches English and submerges herself in a culture based on her adopted religion. And then she meets Omar, a passionate young man with a mild resentment of the Western influences in his homeland. They fall in love, entering into a daring relationship that calls into question the very nature of family, belief, and tradition. Torn between the secular West and Muslim East, Willow records her intensely personal struggle to forge a “third culture” that might accommodate her own values without compromising the friends and family on both sides of the divide.

{'Religion', 'Egypt', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Autobiography', 'Memoir', 'Biography'}

304 pages, Hardcover

الإسلام بين الشرق والغرب

Alija Izetbegović

كتاب «الإسلام بين الشرق والغرب»، هو نتيجة لدراسة واسعة متعددة الجوانب لأبرز الأفكار العالمية في تاريخ البشرية المعاصر. إن ظاهرة نسيان الذات التي تميز بها التاريخ الحديث للعالم الإسلامي، تضع المفكر الشرقي والغربي على السواء في موقف مماثل من هذا الكتاب. فمن خلال الدراسة المقارنة للمقدمات الأساسية والنتائج المترتبة عليها في المجالات الاجتماعية والقانونية والسياسية والثقافية والنفسية، وغيرها من المجالات للأيديولوجيتين اللتين حددتا أقدار الجنس البشري على مدى القرون الأخيرة. من خلال هذه الدراسة يكشف لنا المؤلف عن أعراض المشهد المأساوي المتزايد للتنصير والإلحاد في هذا العالم. فالمسيحية كمثال لظاهرة دينية حضارية ـ أعني دينًا بمعناه الغربي معزولاً عن قانون الوحي ـ هي فكرة شاملة للإبداع والحضارة والفن والأخلاق، وبهذا حلقت المسيحية في روحانية التاريخ. أما الإلحاد الذي يستند إلى مدخل مادي ـ الاشتراكية منظوره العملي والتاريخي ـ هذا الإلحاد هو العامل المشترك للعناصر التطورية والحضارية والسياسية والطوباوية التي تُعنى بالطبيعة المادية للإنسان وتاريخه.

{'Religion', 'Sociology', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Politics'}

416 pages, Paperback

The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad

Lesley Hazleton

The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited—and remade.       Muhammad’s was a life of almost unparalleled historical importance; yet for all the iconic power of his name, the intensely dramatic story of the prophet of Islam is not well known. In The First Muslim, Lesley Hazleton brings him vibrantly to life. Drawing on early eyewitness sources and on history, politics, religion, and psychology, she renders him as a man in full, in all his complexity and vitality.        Hazleton’s account follows the arc of Muhammad’s rise from powerlessness to power, from anonymity to renown, from insignificance to lasting significance. How did a child shunted to the margins end up revolutionizing his world? How did a merchant come to challenge the established order with a new vision of social justice? How did the pariah hounded out of Mecca turn exile into a new and victorious beginning? How did the outsider become the ultimate insider?        Impeccably researched and thrillingly readable, Hazleton’s narrative creates vivid insight into a man navigating between idealism and pragmatism, faith and politics, nonviolence and violence, rejection and acclaim. The First Muslim illuminates not only an immensely significant figure but his lastingly relevant legacy.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Biography'}

320 pages, Hardcover

I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday.When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate.I Am Malala is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

{'Audiobook', 'Feminism', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Autobiography', 'Memoir', 'Biography'}

327 pages, Hardcover

The Ideal Muslimah: The True Islamic Personality of the Muslim Woman as Defined in the Qur’an and Sunnah

محمد علي الهاشمي

The Ideal Muslimah is proud of the great position that Islam has given her among humanity. She performs her duties knowing that her role is clearly defined and that her rights are still, even today, greater than what any other ideology has provided. She is a woman of moral excellence, true to her nature, not confused by alien and morally bankrupt ideas. She preserves her self-respect and dignity through her piety in obedience to Allah (swta) and his Messenger (pbuh). She is the role model that every true believer hopes to emulate. This comprehensive work by Dr. Al-Hashimi is a valuable contribution for our English readers who will find the knowledge contained therein truly beneficial and inspiring. The True Islamic Personality of the Muslim Woman as Defined in the Qur'an and 'How does Islam form her personality? How may her development reach such a high level that had never before been attained in the history of womankind, except in their religion of Islam? This is the question to which the reader will find the answer in the following pages. I ask Allah (SWT) to accept my work and make it purely for His sake. May He benefit others through it, make it a source of reward for me in this life and the next, and make it a help for me on the Day of Reckoning. May He guide me through it to what is right, and protect me from errors of thinking, bad intentions, slips of the pen, weakness of arguments and excessive verbiage At a time when Muslim and Non-Muslim women are being harshly attached and attracted by the "feminist theories and studies" this book is a good approach and a reminder that Islam has held women as highly esteemed and respected. It is enough that the Holy Qur'an contains a full chapter on women. The sources of Islam i.e. the Holy Qur'an and the Prophetic Traditions have always spoken of the women's rights and made them full partners in the human venture of history more than any other religion or thought. Women in Islam are; mothers, sisters, partners

{'Psychology', 'Religion', 'Self Help', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Personal Development'}

538 pages, Hardcover

Allah Loves

Omar Suleiman

In Allah Loves… Omar Suleiman explores who and what Allah loves so that we may become one of those who are beloved to Him. The Prophet Muhammad said that one of the supplications of Prophet Dawud was, “O Allah I ask You for Your love and the love of those that love You and all of those actions that would bring me closer to being loved by you.” Looking at our actions, characteristics and beliefs, this book will help us become better people, citizens and believers that are deserving of Allah's endless, infinite and ever-lasting love. Made up of 30 short and spiritually enriching chapters, this book is a reminder that throughout our lives, the Creator's love is always there, increasing through everyday actions such as showing generosity or remaining consistent with unnoticeable good deeds.

{'Religion', 'Self Help', 'God', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Faith'}

160 pages, Hardcover

The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

As the specter of religious extremism has become a fact of life today, the temptation is great to allow the evil actions and perspectives of a minority to represent an entire tradition. In the case of Islam, there has been much recent confusion in the Western world centered on distorted portrayals of its core values. Born of ignorance, such confusion feeds the very problem at hand.In The Heart of Islam one of the great intellectual figures in Islamic history offers a timely presentation of the core spiritual and social values of Islam: peace, compassion, social justice, and respect for the other. Seizing this unique moment in history to reflect on the essence of his tradition, Seyyed Hossein Nasr seeks to "open a spiritual and intellectual space for mutual understanding." Exploring Islamic values in scripture, traditional sources, and history, he also shows their clear counterparts in the Jewish and Christian traditions, revealing the common ground of the Abrahamic faiths.Nasr challenges members of the world's civilizations to stop demonizing others while identifying themselves with pure goodness and to turn instead to a deeper understanding of those shared values that can solve the acute problems facing humanity today. "Muslims must ask themselves what went wrong within their own societies," he writes, "but the West must also pose the same question about itself . . . whether we are Muslims, Jews, Christians, or even secularists, whether we live in the Islamic world or in the West, we are in need of meaning in our lives, of ethical norms to guide our actions, of a vision that would allow us to live at peace with each other and with the rest of God's creation." Such help, he believes, lies at the heart of every religion and can lead the followers of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) as well as other religious and spiritual traditions to a new future of mutual respect and common global purpose.The Heart of Islam is a landmark presentation of enduring value that offers hope to humanity, and a compelling portrait of the beauty and appeal of the faith of 1.2 billion people.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'College'}

352 pages, Paperback

Islam and the Destiny of Man

Charles Le Gai Eaton

Islam and the Destiny of Man is a wide-ranging study of the Muslim religion from a unique point of view. The author, a former member of the British Diplomatic Service, was brought up as an agnostic and embraced Islam at an early age after writing a book (commissioned by T.S. Eliot) on Eastern religions and their influence upon Western thinkers. As a Muslim he has retained his adherence to the perennial philosophy which, he maintains, underlies the teachings of all the great religions.The aim of this book is to explore what it means to be a Muslim, a member of a community which embraces a quarter of the world's population and to describe the forces which have shaped the hearts and the minds of Islamic people. After considering the historic confrontation between Islam and Christendom and analysing the difference between the three monotheistic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), the author describes the two poles of Muslim belief in terms of 'Truth' and 'Mercy'--the unitarian truth which is the basis of the Muslim's faith and the mercy inherent in this truth. In the second part of the book he explains the significance of the Qur'an and tells the dramatic story of Muhammad's life and of the early Caliphate. Lastly, the author considers the Muslim view of man's destiny, the social structure of Islam, the role of art and mysticism and the inner meaning of Islamic teaching concerning the hereafter.Throughout this book the author is concerned not with the religion of Islam in isolation, but with the very nature of religious faith, its spiritual and intellectual foundations, and the light it casts upon the mysteries and paradoxes of the human condition.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Theology'}

252 pages, Paperback

The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History

Ibn Khaldun

Written by the Arab historian Ibn Khaldun in 1377 which records an early view of universal history. Some modern thinkers view it as the first work dealing with the social sciences of sociology, demography, and cultural history. The Muqaddimah also deals with Islamic theology, historiography, the philosophy of history, economics, political theory, and ecology. It has also been described as an early representative of social Darwinism.

{'Religion', 'Sociology', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Classics'}

480 pages, Paperback

The Venture of Islam, Vol 1: The Classical Age of Islam

Marshall G.S. Hodgson

The Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early 1975. In this three-volume study, illustrated with charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twentieth century. This work grew out of the famous course on Islamic civilization that Hodgson created and taught for many years at the University of Chicago."This is a nonpareil work, not only because of its command of its subject but also because it demonstrates how, ideally, history should be written."—The New Yorker Volume 1, The Classical Age of Islam, analyzes the world before Islam, Muhammad's challenge, and the early Muslim state between 625 and 692. Hodgson then discusses the classical civilization of the High Caliphate. The volume also contains a general introduction to the complete work and a foreword by Reuben Smith, who, as Hodgson's colleague and friend, finished the Venture of Islam after the author's death and saw it through to publication.

{'Religion', 'World History', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction'}

532 pages, Paperback

If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran

Carla Power

"Carla Power's intimate portrait of the Quran captures the extraordinary, living debate over the Muslim holy book's very essence. A spirited, compelling read."-Azadeh Moaveni, author of Lipstick JihadIf the Oceans Were Ink is Carla Power's eye-opening story of how she and her longtime friend Sheikh Mohammad Akram Nadwi found a way to confront ugly stereotypes and persistent misperceptions that were cleaving their communities. Their friendship-between a secular American and a madrasa-trained sheikh-had always seemed unlikely, but now they were frustrated and bewildered by the battles being fought in their names. Both knew that a close look at the Quran would reveal a faith that preached peace and not mass murder; respect for women and not oppression. And so they embarked on a yearlong journey through the controversial text.A journalist who grew up in the Midwest and the Middle East, Power offers her unique vantage point on the Quran's most provocative verses as she debates with Akram at cafes, family gatherings, and packed lecture halls, conversations filled with both good humor and powerful insights. Their story takes them to madrasas in India and pilgrimage sites in Mecca, as they encounter politicians and jihadis, feminist activists and conservative scholars. Armed with a new understanding of each other's worldviews, Power and Akram offer eye-opening perspectives, destroy long-held myths, and reveal startling connections between worlds that have seemed hopelessly divided for far too long.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Memoir'}

352 pages, Paperback

The Productive Muslim: Where Faith Meets Productivity

Mohammed Faris

Ever wondered if there's a practical way to lead a productive lifestyle that combines the best of Islamic tradition and modern psychology and science? In "The ProductiveMuslim" Mohammed Faris, the founder of ProductiveMuslim[dot]com, provides this practical framework that helps urban global Muslims lead a productive lifestyle ­ Spiritually, Physically, and Socially.

{'Religion', 'Self Help', 'Spirituality', 'Productivity', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Faith'}

236 pages, Paperback

What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East

Bernard Lewis

For many centuries, the world of Islam was in the forefront of human achievement--the foremost military and economic power in the world, the leader in the arts and sciences of civilization. Christian Europe, a remote land beyond its northwestern frontier, was seen as an outer darkness of barbarism and unbelief from which there was nothing to learn or to fear. And then everything changed, as the previously despised West won victory after victory, first in the battlefield and the marketplace, then in almost every aspect of public and even private life.In this intriguing volume, Bernard Lewis examines the anguished reaction of the Islamic world as it tried to understand why things had changed--how they had been overtaken, overshadowed, and to an increasing extent dominated by the West. Lewis provides a fascinating portrait of a culture in turmoil. He shows how the Middle East turned its attention to understanding European weaponry and military tactics, commerce and industry, government and diplomacy, education and culture. Lewis highlights the striking differences between the Western and Middle Eastern cultures from the 18th to the 20th centuries through thought-provoking comparisons of such things as Christianity and Islam, music and the arts, the position of women, secularism and the civil society, the clock and the calendar.Hailed in The New York Times Book Review as "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies," Bernard Lewis is one of the West's foremost authorities on Islamic history and culture. In this striking volume, he offers an incisive look at the historical relationship between the Middle East and Europe.

{'Religion', 'Sociology', 'World History', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Politics'}

186 pages, Paperback

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books

Azar Nafisi

Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. As Islamic morality squads staged arbitrary raids in Tehran, fundamentalists seized hold of the universities, and a blind censor stifled artistic expression, the girls in Azar Nafisi's living room risked removing their veils and immersed themselves in the worlds of Jane Austen, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, and Vladimir Nabokov. In this extraordinary memoir, their stories become intertwined with the ones they are reading. Reading Lolita in Tehran is a remarkable exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberating power of literature.

{'Feminism', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Memoir', 'Books About Books', 'Iran', 'Biography'}

356 pages, Paperback

Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

In this book readers are lead on a powerful and inspiring journey through the inner dimensions of a range of Islamic acts, including prayer, almsgiving, fasting and pilgrimage.Consisting of a selection of writings by a towering figure in Islamic history, Imam al-Ghazali, this book helps readers realise the benefits of the upliftment of their spiritual, social and moral qualities.

{'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Religion', 'Spirituality'}

144 pages, Paperback

The Essential Rumi

Rumi

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems.Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi more popular than ever.The Essential Rumi continues to be the bestselling of all Rumi books, and the definitive selection of his beautiful, mystical poetry.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Poetry', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Classics'}

416 pages, Paperback

Prayers of the Pious

Omar Suleiman

This inspirational collection of prayers and reminders is the perfect companion for anyone who wishes to connect to the Divine. Shaykh Omar Suleiman provides us with thirty short prayers taken from the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad and the early generations, each with a short reminder to deepen the impact of the prayer in our lives.Prayers of the Pious provides spiritual gems that serve as valuable wisdom and practical advice for the soul. By reading this short work with an attentive heart, the reader can cultivate love for God and His Messenger and live life with gratitude and contentment.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'Muslims', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Faith'}

128 pages, Hardcover

Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World

Edward W. Said

In this classic work, now updated, the author of Culture and Imperialism reveals the hidden agendas and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world.From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the bombing of the World Trade Center, the American news media have portrayed "Islam" as a monolithic entity, synonymous with terrorism and religious hysteria. At the same time, Islamic countries use "Islam" to justify unrepresentative and often repressive regimes. Combining political commentary with literary criticism,  Covering Islam continues Edward Said's lifelong investigation of the ways in which language not only describes but also defines political reality.

{'Religion', 'Sociology', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Journalism', 'Politics'}

200 pages, Paperback

The Book of Assistance

الحبيب عبد الله بن علوي الحداد الحضرمي الشافعي

Long popular in Arabic, as well as Swahili and Malay, this classic text offers a complete guide to Muslim devotions, prayers and practical ethics. There are many books in English which present Sufi doctrine, but few which can be used as practical travel guides along the Path. Originally written in Classical Arabic, the aptly-named Book of Assistance is today in widespread use among Sufi teachers in Arabia, Indonesia and East Africa. The author, Imam al-Haddad (d. 1720), lived at Tarim in the Hadramaut valley between the Yemen and Oman, and is widely held to have been the "spiritual renewer" of the twelfth Islamic century. He spent most of his life in Kenya and Saudi Arabia where he taught Islamic jurisprudence and classical Sufism according to the order (tariqa) of the BaAlawi sayids.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Faith'}

152 pages, Paperback

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror

Bernard Lewis

In his first book since What Went Wrong? Bernard Lewis examines the historical roots of the resentments that dominate the Islamic world today and that are increasingly being expressed in acts of terrorism. He looks at the theological origins of political Islam and takes us through the rise of militant Islam in Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia, examining the impact of radical Wahhabi proselytizing, and Saudi oil money, on the rest of the Islamic world.The Crisis of Islam ranges widely through thirteen centuries of history, but in particular it charts the key events of the twentieth century leading up to the violent confrontations of today: the creation of the state of Israel, the Cold War, the Iranian Revolution, the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan, the Gulf War, and the September 11th attacks on the United States.While hostility toward the West has a long and varied history in the lands of Islam, its current concentration on America is new. So too is the cult of the suicide bomber. Brilliantly disentangling the crosscurrents of Middle Eastern history from the rhetoric of its manipulators, Bernard Lewis helps us understand the reasons for the increasingly dogmatic rejection of modernity by many in the Muslim world in favor of a return to a sacred past. Based on his George Polk Award–winning article for The New Yorker , The Crisis of Islam is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what Usama bin Ladin represents and why his murderous message resonates so widely in the Islamic world.

{'Religion', 'Terrorism', 'History', 'Islam', 'War', 'Nonfiction', 'Politics'}

224 pages, Paperback

The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

Muhammad Iqbal

The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam is a compilation of lectures delivered by Muhammad Iqbal on Islamic philosophy and published in 1930. These lectures were delivered by Iqbal in Madras, Hyderabad, and Aligarh. The last chapter, "Is Religion Possible?", was added to the book from the 1934 Oxford Edition onwards.In Reconstruction, Iqbal called for a re-examination of the intellectual foundations of Islamic philosophy. The book is a major work of modern Islamic thought.

{'Religion', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Theology', 'Pakistan'}

252 pages, Paperback

Revive Your Heart: Putting Life in Perspective

Nouman Ali Khan

Revive Your Heart is a call for spiritual renewal and an invitation to have a conversation with one of the world’s most recognizable voices on Islam, Nouman Ali Khan. This collection of essays is disarmingly simple, yet it challenges us to change. To revise our actions, our assumptions and our beliefs so we can be transformed from within, as well as externally. It aims to help modern Muslims maintain a spiritual connection with Allah and to address the challenges facing believers the disunity in the Muslim community, terrorists acting in the name of Islam, and the disconnection with Allah. These challenges and more are tackled by Nouman Ali Khan, with his profound engagement with the Qur'an, in his trademark voice that is sought out by millions of Muslims on a daily basis. About the Author Nouman Ali Khan is a Muslim speaker and the CEO and founder of Bayyinah Institute, an Arabic studies educational institution in the United States. Currently, he is recognized as one of the world's most influential Muslims, not only in the West. His deep and profound bond with the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book, is at the heart of his work and the focus of his teachings, which manage to reach out to millions of Muslims from many different countries.

{'Inspirational', 'Religion', 'Self Help', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Faith'}

192 pages, Hardcover

The Conference of the Birds

Attar of Nishapur

Considered by Rumi to be “the master” of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul’s search for meaning. He recounts the perilous journey of the world’s birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf in search of the mysterious Simorgh, their king. Attar’s beguiling anecdotes and humor intermingle the sublime with the mundane, the spiritual with the worldly, while his poem models the soul’s escape from the mind’s rational embrace.Sholeh Wolpé re-creates for modern readers the beauty and timeless wisdom of the original Persian, in contemporary English verse and poetic prose.

{'Literature', 'Religion', 'Fiction', 'Islam', 'Poetry', 'Philosophy', 'Classics'}

384 pages, Paperback

In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire

Tom Holland

The acclaimed author of Rubicon and other superb works of popular history now produces a thrillingly panoramic (and incredibly timely) account of the rise of Islam.   No less significant than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of the Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history, a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character, and achievement.  Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion€”except that they achieved their conquests not over the course of centuries as the Romans did but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the day€”not by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path.

{'Religion', 'Ancient History', 'World History', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Politics'}

526 pages, Hardcover

كيمياء السعادة

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

ساله صغيرة في تهذيب النفس والتفريق بين السعادة بمعناها الظاهري والسعادة بمفهومها الروحاني، حسب الرؤية القريبة من الصوفية للمؤلف الإمام أبوحامد الغزالي، الملقب بحجة الإسلام. ويؤكد الغزالي على أفكار كثيرة ومفاهيم روحانية فيرى أن من رحمه الله تعالى بعباده، أن أرسل إليهم الأنبياء والرسل؟ فيعلموهم " كيمياء السعادة" ليطهروا أنفسهم من الأخلاق المذمومة، ويتوجهوا إلى طرق الصفاء وذلك باجتناب الرذائل وتزكية النفس، واكتساب الفضائل.

{'Religion', 'Self Help', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Classics'}

Paperback

Letters to a Young Muslim

Omar Saif Ghobash

**A New York Times Editor's Pick**From the Ambassador of the UAE to Russia comes Letters to a Young Muslim, a bold and intimate exploration of what it means to be a Muslim in the twenty-first century.In a series of personal and insightful letters to his sons, Omar Saif Ghobash offers a vital manifesto that tackles the dilemmas facing not only young Muslims but everyone navigating the complexities of today’s world. Full of wisdom and thoughtful reflections on faith, culture and society. This is a courageous and essential book that celebrates individuality whilst recognising it is our shared humanity that brings us together.Written with the experience of a diplomat and the personal responsibility of a father; Ghobash’s letters offer understanding and balance in a world that rarely offers any. An intimate and hopeful glimpse into a sphere many are unfamiliar with; it provides an understanding of the everyday struggles Muslims face around the globe.*One of Time 's Most Anticipated Books of 2017, a Bustle Best Nonfiction Pick for January 2017, a Chicago Review of Books Best Book to Read in January 2017, a Stylist Magazine Best Book of 2017, included in New Statesman 's What to Read in 2017*

{'Religion', 'Audiobook', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Memoir', 'Politics'}

272 pages, Hardcover

Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue

Sam Harris

Is Islam a religion of peace or war? Is it amenable to reform? Why do so many Muslims seem to be drawn to extremism? And what do words like jihadism and fundamentalism really mean? In a world riven by misunderstanding and violence, Sam Harris--a famous atheist--and Maajid Nawaz--a former radical--demonstrate how two people with very different religious views can find common ground and invite you to join in an urgently needed conversation.

{'Religion', 'Atheism', 'History', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Politics'}

138 pages, Hardcover

Sexual Ethics and Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence

Kecia Ali

Whether exploring the thorny issues of wives’ sexual duties, divorce, homosexuality, or sex outside marriage, discussions of sexual ethics and Islam often spark heated conflict rather than reasoned argument. In this ground-breaking, lucid, and carefully constructed work, feminist Muslim scholar Dr Kecia Ali asks how one can determine what makes sex lawful and ethical in the sight of God.Drawing on both revealed and interpretative Muslim texts, Ali critiques medieval and contemporary commentators alike to produce a balanced and comprehensive study of a subject both sensitive and urgent, making this an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and interested readers.

{'Gender', 'Law', 'Religion', 'Feminism', 'Sexuality', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction'}

248 pages, Paperback

The Trouble With Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith

Irshad Manji

"I have to be honest with you. Islam is on very thin ice with me.... Through our screaming self-pity and our conspicuous silences, we Muslims are conspiring against ourselves. We're in crisis and we're dragging the rest of the world with us. If ever there was a moment for an Islamic reformation, it's now. For the love of God, what are we doing about it?"In this open letter, Irshad Manji unearths the troubling cornerstones of mainstream Islam today: tribal insularity, deep-seated anti-Semitism, and an uncritical acceptance of the Koran as the final, and therefore superior, manifesto of God's will. But her message is ultimately positive. She offers a practical vision of how Islam can undergo a reformation that empowers women, promotes respect for religious minorities, and fosters a competition of ideas. Her vision revives "ijtihad," Islam's lost tradition of independent thinking. In that spirit, Irshad has a refreshing challenge for both Muslims and non-Muslims: Don't silence yourselves. Ask questions---out loud. The Trouble with Islam Today is a clarion call for a fatwa-free future.

{'Religion', 'Feminism', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Memoir', 'Politics'}

240 pages, Paperback

A History of the Arab Peoples

Albert Hourani

Encyclopedic and panoramic in its scope, this fascinating work chronicles the rich spiritual, political, and cultural institutions of Arab history through 13 centuries.No region in the world today is more important than the Middle East: no people more misunderstood than the Arabs. In this definitive masterwork, distinguished Oxford historian Albert Hourani offers the most lucid, enlightening history ever written on the subject. From the rise of Islam to the Palestinian issue, from the Prophet Mohammed to Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi. A History of the Arab Peoples chronicles the rich spiritual, political and cultural institutions of this civilization through thirteen centuries of war, peace, literature and religion. Lauded by authorities, encyclopedic and panoramic in its scope, here is a remarkable window on today's conflicts and on the future of a glorious and troubled land.

{'Religion', 'Historical', 'World History', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Politics'}

551 pages, Paperback

Even Angels Ask: A Journey to Islam in America

Jeffrey Lang

In Even Angels A Journey to Islam in America, the author attempting to share the American convert's experience of discovering Islam. During his fifteen years of being a university professor on college campuses across the United States, he has met many young Americans of Muslim heritage who avoid or even reject Islam, being unable to reconcile their inherited faith with their acquired Western outlook. One of the principle assumptions behind this book is that even though the American culture has alienated these young people from the faith of their parents, they will be able to relate to what other Americans, of non-Muslim origin, have discovered in Islam. Talking with converts, like himself Dr. Lang found a shared common experience that approximates a characteristic path to the faith. This book takes the reader along this path by discussing conflicts between faith and reason, difficulties associated with the decision to convert to Islam, obstructions to conversion erected by Muslims themselves, the indispensable experience of Islamic rituals, extremism within the Muslim community, and what the future may hold for American Muslims.

{'Religion', 'Spirituality', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Nonfiction', 'Indonesian Literature', 'Biography'}

230 pages, Paperback

Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think

Dalia Mogahed

Based on the largest study of its kind, this book is the first to present the fascinating findings of the Gallup Poll of the Muslim World.Are we on the verge of an all-out war between the West and 1.3 billion Muslims? When the media searches for an answer to that question, they usually overlook the actual views of the world’s Muslims.Who Speaks for Islam? is about this silenced majority. This book is the product of the Gallup World Poll’s massive, multiyear research study. As part of this groundbreaking project, Gallup conducted tens of thousands of interviews with residents of more than 35 nations that are predominantly Muslim or have significant Muslim populations.Gallup posed questions that are on the minds of Is Islam to blame for terrorism? Why is there so much anti-Americanism in the Muslim world? Who are the extremists? Where are the moderates? What do Muslim women really want?Grounded in Gallup World Poll data, not in contentious rhetoric, Who Speaks for Islam? brings data-driven evidence — the voices of a billion Muslims, not those of individual “experts” or “extremists”— to one of the most heated and consequential debates of our time.

{'Religion', 'Sociology', 'Spirituality', 'History', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Politics'}

204 pages, Hardcover

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Marjane Satrapi

In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran’s last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country.Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. Marjane’s child’s-eye view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, with laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love.

{'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Comics', 'Graphic Novels', 'Memoir', 'Iran', 'Biography'}

153 pages, Paperback

The Vision of Islam

William C. Chittick

Something is lost when Western thinkers approach Islam. They seem to see the religion in historical and cultural terms, obscuring Islam's own internal logic and its true beauty and spirituality. This clearly written introduction to Islam changes that, vividly explaining the Islamic perspectives that have rung true for Muslims for nearly 1400 years.The book covers the four dimensions of Islam as outlined in the Hadith of practice, faith, spirituality, and the Islamic view of history. Drawing on the Koran, the sayings of the Prophet and the great authorities of the tradition, the text introduces the essentials of each dimension and then shows how it has been embodied in Islamic institutions throughout history.

{'Nonfiction', 'Spirituality', 'Religion', 'Theology', 'Philosophy', 'History', 'Islam'}

352 pages, Paperback

The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists

Khaled Abou El Fadl

Despite President George W. Bush's assurances that Islam is a peaceful religion and that all good Muslims hunger for democracy, confusion persists and far too many Westerners remain convinced that Muslims and terrorists are synonymous. In the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11, the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the recent bombings in London, an unprecedented amount of attention has been directed toward Islam and the Muslim world. Yet, even with this increased scrutiny, most of the public discourse regarding Islam revolves around the actions of extremist factions such as the Wahhabis and al-Qa'ida. But what of the Islam we don't hear about? As the second-largest and fastest-growing religion in the world, Islam is deemed by more than a billion Muslims to be a source of serenity and spiritual peace, and a touchstone for moral and ethical guidance. While extremists have an impact upon the religion that is wildly disproportionate to their numbers, moderates constitute the majority of Muslims worldwide. It is this rift between the quiet voice of the moderates and the deafening statements of the extremists that threatens the future of the faith. In The Great Theft , Khaled Abou El Fadl, one of the world's preeminent Islamic scholars, argues that Islam is currently passing through a transformative period no less dramatic than the movements that swept through Europe during the Reformation. At this critical juncture there are two completely opposed worldviews within Islam competing to define this great world religion. The stakes have never been higher, and the future of the Muslim world hangs in the balance. Drawing on the rich tradition of Islamic history and law, The Great Theft is an impassioned defense of Islam against the encroaching power of the extremists. As an accomplished Islamic jurist, Abou El Fadl roots his arguments in long-standing historical legal debates and delineates point by point the beliefs and practices of moderate Muslims, distinguishing these tenets from the corrupting influences of the extremists. From the role of women in Islam to the nature of jihad, from democracy and human rights to terrorism and warfare, Abou El Fadl builds a vital vision for a moderate Islam. At long last, the great majority of Muslims who oppose extremism have a desperately needed voice to help reclaim Islam's great moral tradition.

{'Nonfiction', 'Religion', 'Faith', 'Politics', 'Sociology', 'History', 'Islam'}

336 pages, Paperback

The Divine Reality: God, Islam & The Mirage Of Atheism

Hamza Andreas Tzortzis

In The Divine Reality, Hamza Andreas Tzortzis provides a compelling case for the rational and spiritual foundations of Islam, whilst intelligently and compassionately deconstructing atheism. Join him on an existential, spiritual and rational journey that articulates powerful arguments for the existence of God, the Qur'an, the Prophethood of Muhammad and why we must know, love and worship God. He addresses academic and popular objections while showing how contemporary atheism is based on false assumptions about reality, which leads to incoherent answers to life's important questions.Does hope, happiness and human value make sense without the Divine? Do we have an ultimate purpose? Can we have consciousness and rational minds without God? Did the universe come from nothing? Does evil and suffering negate Divine mercy? Has scientific progress led to the denial of God? Are revelation and prophethood myths? Is God worthy of our worship? If you want to know how the Islamic intellectual and spiritual tradition answers these questions then this is the book for you.Hamza Andreas Tzortzis's new book presents a much needed comprehensive account of Islamic theism that draws upon Western and Islamic thought.

{'Nonfiction', 'Spirituality', 'Religion', 'Theology', 'Philosophy', 'Atheism', 'Islam'}

322 pages, Paperback

Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World

Jonathan A.C. Brown

Contrary to popular opinion, the bulk of Islamic law does not come from the Qur’an but rather from hadith, first-hand reports of the prophet Muhammad’s words and deeds, passed from generation to generation. However, with varying accounts often only committed to paper a century after the death of Muhammad, Islamic scholars, past and present, have been faced with complex questions of historical authenticity.Informative and accessible, this wide-ranging introduction provides a detailed exploration of the collection and criticism of hadith and examines the controversy surrounding its role in modern Islam. Complete with a glossary, extensive bibliography, and helpful diagrams, Hadith is perfectly suited to students, scholars, and the general reader interested in this critical element of Islam.Jonathan A.C. Brown is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of A Very Short Introduction.

{'Theology', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Spirituality', 'Religion', 'Islam'}

320 pages, Paperback

معالم في الطريق

Sayed Qutb

من أشهر كتب سيد قطب ومن أكثرها جدلاً. يتحدث فيه الكاتب عن الجيل القرآني الفريد وطبيعة المنهج القرآني، ونشأة المجتمع المسلم، والجهاد في سبيل الله، وجنسية المسلم و عقيدته باعتبارها معالم مهمة في طريق الأمة الإسلامية للتمكين و قيادة العالم.The author speaks about the unique Quranic generation, the nature of the Quranic method, the characteristics of Islamic society, jihad in the cause of God, and a Muslim s nationality and his belief among other things.

{'Theology', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Politics'}

186 pages, Paperback

The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11

Lawrence Wright

A sweeping narrative history of the events leading to 9/11, a groundbreaking look at the people and ideas, the terrorist plans and the Western intelligence failures that culminated in the assault on America. Lawrence Wright's remarkable book is based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews that he conducted in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sudan, England, France, Germany, Spain, and the United States.The Looming Tower achieves an unprecedented level of intimacy and insight by telling the story through the interweaving lives of four men: the two leaders of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri; the FBI's counterterrorism chief, John O'Neill; and the former head of Saudi intelligence, Prince Turki al-Faisal.As these lives unfold, we see revealed: the crosscurrents of modern Islam that helped to radicalize Zawahiri and bin Laden . . . the birth of al-Qaeda and its unsteady development into an organization capable of the American embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania and the attack on the USS Cole . . . O'Neill's heroic efforts to track al-Qaeda before 9/11, and his tragic death in the World Trade towers . . . Prince Turki's transformation from bin Laden's ally to his enemy . . . the failures of the FBI, CIA, and NSA to share intelligence that might have prevented the 9/11 attacks.The Looming Tower broadens and deepens our knowledge of these signal events by taking us behind the scenes. Here is Sayyid Qutb, founder of the modern Islamist movement, lonely and despairing as he meets Western culture up close in 1940s America; the privileged childhoods of bin Laden and Zawahiri; family life in the al-Qaeda compounds of Sudan and Afghanistan; O'Neill's high-wire act in balancing his all-consuming career with his equally entangling personal life--he was living with three women, each of them unaware of the others' existence--and the nitty-gritty of turf battles among U.S. intelligence agencies.Brilliantly conceived and written, The Looming Tower draws all elements of the story into a galvanizing narrative that adds immeasurably to our understanding of how we arrived at September 11, 2001. The richness of its new information, and the depth of its perceptions, can help us deal more wisely and effectively with the continuing terrorist threat.

{'American History', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'War', 'Religion', 'Politics', 'Terrorism'}

469 pages, Hardcover

The Crusades Through Arab Eyes

Amin Maalouf

The author has combed the works of contemporary Arab chronicles of the Crusades, eyewitnesses, and often participants. He retells their story and offers insights into the historical forces that shape Arab and Islamic consciousness today.

{'Historical', 'Medieval', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'War', 'Religion', 'Islam'}

293 pages, Paperback

The Search for Beauty in Islam: A Conference of the Books

Khaled Abou El Fadl

Khaled Abou El Fadl is a classically-trained Islamic jurist, an American lawyer and law professor, and one of the most important Islamic thinkers today. In this updated and expanded edition of The Search for Beauty in Islam, Abou El Fadl offers eye-opening and enlightening insights into the contemporary realities of the current state of Islam and the West. Through a "conference of the books," an imagined conference of Muslim intellects from centuries past, Abou El Fadl examines the ugliness that has come to plague Muslim realities and attempts to reclaim what he maintains is a core moral value in Islam-the value of beauty. Does Islamic law allow, or even call for, the gruesome acts of ugliness that have become so commonly associated with Islam today? Has Islam become a religion devoid of beauty, compassion and love?Based on actual cases, this book tackles different issues and problems in each chapter through a post-9/11 lens, discussing such topics as marriage, divorce, parental rights, the position of women, the veil, sexual abuse, wife-beating, terrorism, bigotry, morality, law, and the role of tradition. Abou El Fadl argues that the rekindling of the forgotten value of beauty is essential for Muslims today to take back what has been lost to the fundamentalist forces that have denigrated their religion.

{'Politics', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Spirituality'}

428 pages, Paperback

The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam

Fatema Mernissi

Convinced that the veil is a symbol of unjust male authority over women, in The Veil and the Male Elite, Moroccan feminist Fatima Mernissi aims to investigate the origins of the practice in the first Islamic community.

{'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Feminism', 'Gender', 'Religion', 'Islam', 'Womens'}

228 pages, Paperback

Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Is Islam A Religion of Peace?In what is sure to be her most controversial book to date, Ayaan Hirsi Ali makes a powerful case that a religious Reformation is the only way to end the terrorism, sectarian warfare, and repression of women and minorities that each year claim thousands of lives throughout the Muslim world. With bracing candor, the brilliant, charismatic, and uncompromising author of the bestselling Infidel and Nomad argues that it is foolish to insist, as our leaders habitually do, that the violent acts of Islamic extremists can be divorced from the religious doctrine that inspires them. Instead we must confront the fact that they are driven by a political ideology embedded in Islam itself.Today, Hirsi Ali argues, the world's 1.6 billion Muslims can be divided into a minority of extremists, a majority of observant but peaceable Muslims, and a few dissidents who risk their lives by questioning their own religion. But there is only one Islam, and as Hirsi Ali shows, there is no denying that some of its key teachings—not least the duty to wage holy war—inspire violence not just in the Muslim world but in the West as well.For centuries it has seemed that Islam is immune to historical change. But Hirsi Ali is surprisingly optimistic. She has come to believe that a Muslim "Reformation"—a revision of Islamic doctrine aimed at reconciling the religion with modernity—is at hand, and may even already have begun.Partly in response to the barbaric atrocities of Islamic State and Boko Haram, Muslims around the world have at last begun to speak out for religious reform. Meanwhile, events in the West, such as the shocking Charlie Hebdo massacre, have forced Western liberals to recognize that political Islam poses a mortal threat to free speech. Yet neither Muslim reformers nor Western liberals have so far been able to articulate a coherent program for a Muslim Reformation.This is where Heretic comes in. Boldly challenging centuries of theological orthodoxy, Ayaan Hirsi Ali proposes five key amendments to Islamic doctrine that Muslims must make if they are to bring their religion out of the seventh century and into the twenty-first. She also calls upon the Western world to end its appeasement of radical Islamists—and to drop the bogus argument that those who stand up to them are guilty of "Islamophobia." It is the Muslim reformers who need our backing, she argues, not the opponents of free speech.Interweaving her own experiences, historical analogies, and powerful examples from contemporary Muslim societies and cultures, Heretic is not so much a call to arms as a passionate plea for peaceful change and a new era of global tolerance. As jihadists kill thousands, from Nigeria to Syria to Pakistan, this book offers an answer to what is fast becoming the world's number one problem.

{'Biography', 'Politics', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Islam'}

288 pages, ebook

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the West's historical, cultural, and political perceptions of the East has become a modern classic.In this wide-ranging, intellectually vigorous study, Said traces the origins of "orientalism" to the centuries-long period during which Europe dominated the Middle and Near East and, from its position of power, defined "the orient" simply as "other than" the occident. This entrenched view continues to dominate western ideas and, because it does not allow the East to represent itself, prevents true understanding. Essential, and still eye-opening, Orientalism remains one of the most important books written about our divided world.

{'Anthropology', 'Sociology', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Philosophy', 'Theory', 'Politics'}

424 pages, Paperback

It's Not About the Burqa

Mariam Khan

When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the radicalization of Muslim men to the ‘traditional submissiveness’ of Muslim women. Mariam felt pretty sure she didn’t know a single Muslim woman who would describe herself that way. Why was she hearing about Muslim women from people who were neither Muslim, nor female?Years later the state of the national discourse has deteriorated even further, and Muslim women’s voices are still pushed to the fringes – the figures leading the discussion are white and male.Taking one of the most politicized and misused words associated with Muslim women and Islamophobia, It’s Not About the Burqa is poised to change all that. Here are voices you won’t see represented in the national news headlines: seventeen Muslim women speaking frankly about the hijab and wavering faith, about love and divorce, about feminism, queer identity, sex, and the twin threats of a disapproving community and a racist country. Funny, warm, sometimes sad, and often angry, each of these essays is a passionate declaration, and each essay is calling time on the oppression, the lazy stereotyping, the misogyny and the Islamophobia.What does it mean, exactly, to be a Muslim woman in the West today? According to the media, it’s all about the burqa.Here’s what it’s really about.

{'Race', 'Nonfiction', 'Feminism', 'Essays', 'Islam', 'Religion', 'Politics'}

272 pages, Hardcover

The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future

Vali Nasr

“Historically incisive, geographically broad-reaching, and brimming with illuminating anecdotes.” —Max Rodenbeck, New York Review of BooksOne of America’s leading commentators on current events in the Middle East, Iranian-born scholar Vali Nasr brilliantly dissects the political and theological antagonisms within Islam in this “smart, clear and timely” book (Washington Post). Still essential and still timely ten years after its original publication, The Shia Revival provides a unique and objective understanding of the 1,400-year bitter struggle between Shias and Sunnis and sheds crucial light on its modern-day consequences. A new epilogue elucidates the rise of ISIS and ongoing tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

{'Iran', 'Politics', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'International Relations', 'Religion', 'Islam'}

314 pages, Kindle Edition

What Is Islam?: The Importance of Being Islamic

Shahab Ahmed

A bold new conceptualization of Islam that reflects its contradictions and rich diversityWhat is Islam? How do we grasp a human and historical phenomenon characterized by such variety and contradiction? What is "Islamic" about Islamic philosophy or Islamic art? Should we speak of Islam or of islams? Should we distinguish the Islamic (the religious) from the Islamicate (the cultural)? Or should we abandon "Islamic" altogether as an analytical term?In What Is Islam? , Shahab Ahmed presents a bold new conceptualization of Islam that challenges dominant understandings grounded in the categories of "religion" and "culture" or those that privilege law and scripture. He argues that these modes of thinking obstruct us from understanding Islam, distorting it, diminishing it, and rendering it incoherent.What Is Islam? formulates a new conceptual language for analyzing Islam. It presents a new paradigm of how Muslims have historically understood divine revelation—one that enables us to understand how and why Muslims through history have embraced values such as exploration, ambiguity, aestheticization, polyvalence, and relativism, as well as practices such as figural art, music, and even wine drinking as Islamic. It also puts forward a new understanding of the historical constitution of Islamic law and its relationship to philosophical ethics and political theory.A book that is certain to provoke debate and significantly alter our understanding of Islam, What Is Islam? reveals how Muslims have historically conceived of and lived with Islam as norms and truths that are at once contradictory yet coherent.

{'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Philosophy', 'Academic', 'Spirituality', 'Religion', 'Islam'}

617 pages, Kindle Edition

Slavery and Islam

Jonathan A.C. Brown

What happens when authorities you venerate condone something you know is wrong? Every major religion and philosophy once condoned or approved of slavery, but in modern times nothing is seen as more evil. Americans confront this crisis of authority when they erect statues of Founding Fathers who slept with their slaves. And Muslims faced it when ISIS revived sex-slavery, justifying it with verses from the Quran and the practice of Muhammad. Exploring the moral and ultimately theological problem of slavery, Jonathan A.C. Brown traces how the Christian, Jewish and Islamic traditions have tried to reconcile modern moral certainties with the infallibility of God’s message. He lays out how Islam viewed slavery in theory, and the reality of how it was practiced across Islamic civilization. Finally, Brown carefully examines arguments put forward by Muslims for the abolition of slavery.

{'Theology', 'Politics', 'Sociology', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Religion', 'Islam'}

416 pages, Kindle Edition

إحياء علوم الدين

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

كتاب جامع في التربية والأخلاق والتصوف والفقه والعقيدة ، وهو من أهم كتب المواعظ وأعظمها .رتبه رحمه الله على أربعة أقسام ، ومقدمة في العلم ، وبين في الربع الأول أحكام العبادات وكشف عن أسرارها ، وذكر آدابها وسننها والترغيب فيها ، وخصص الربع الثاني للعادات كالنكاح ، والأكل والكسب ، والحلال والحرام ، والصحبة والعزلة ، والمعاشرة والسفر ، والأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر ، وبين فيه أسرار المعاملات الجارية بين الناس ، وأفرد الربع الثالث للمهلكات مثل عجائب القلب ورياض النفس ، وآفات شهوة البطن والفرج ، وآفات اللسان ، والغضب والحقد والحسد ، وذم الدنيا والمال والبخل ، وذم الجاه والرياء والكبر ، والعجب والغرور ، وعرض الأخلاق المذمومة ، لتزكية النفس عنها وتطهير القلب منها ، وشرح في الربع الرابع المنجيات ، كالتوبة ، والصبر ، والخوف من الله ، والرجاء ، والفقر والزهد ، والمحبة والإخلاص ، والصدق ومراقبة الله تعالى ، ومحاسبة النفس والتفكر ، وختمه بذكر الموت ، وشرح هذه الأخلاق المحمودة ، والخصائل المرغوبة للتقرب إلى الله تعالى بها.

{'Classics', 'Theology', 'Nonfiction', 'Islam', 'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Spirituality'}

2039 pages, Hardcover

المنقذ من الضلال والمفصح بالأحوال

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

النيل والفرات:ألف الغزالي المنقذ من الضلال بعد عودته من عزلته التي قضاها متنقلا بين الشام والقدس ومكة. إذن فهو يقع في المرحلة الثانية من حياة الغزالي، مرحلة النضج وتوضيح الخيارات النهائية. وفي المنقذ من الضلال يذكر أن سنه قد نافت على الخمسين مما يحدد وضعه الكتاب أواخر عام 499هـ وبدايات عام 500هـ في نيسابور،حين عاد إلى التدريس في نظاميتها لتبيان حقيقة النبوة. أما دافع الغزالي إلى تأليف كتابه هذا وهدفه منه، وكما يبدو من مقدمته، أنه رسالة إلى أخ في الدين، يطلب فيها هذا الأخير من الغزالي أن يبث إليه "غاية العلوم وأسرارها, وغائلة المذاهب وأغوارها، وأحكي لك ما قاسيته في استخلاص الحقائق بين اضطراب الفرق". وإذا كان ذلك هو الدافع الحقيقي، أو أن هناك دوافع أخرى، فإن الملاحظ أن الغزالي أراد من خلال منقذه أن يبين لنا مسار حياته الفكرية والروحية، وكيفية خروجه من الشك وصولا إلى خياراته النهائية في الحصول على نور اليقين، والتصديق النهائي. إن دواعي التصديق لم يجدها الغزالي لا في علم الكلام ولا في الفلسفة ولا في مذهب التعليمية. بل عند الصوفية فهل يكون الهدف من كتاب المنقذ تبيان صحة مذهب الصوفية. وما هي الاعتبارات التي حدته إلى اعتماد هذا الخيار؟ هل هي اعتبارات فكرية، روحية، أم سياسية. الإجابة عن هذه التساؤلات توجب قراءة واعية لهذا الكتاب، ومهما يكن من أمر وكيفما جاءت الإجابات فان المرء لا يستطيع أن ينكر بأن غرض الغزالي الأساسي هو إنقاذ الناس من الضلال والإفصاح عن الأحوال، ولا يكون ذلك إلا بنشر حقيقة النبوة، وما بان من خلال هذه الحقيقة. وتجدر الإشارة ‘إلى أن مخطوط هذا الكتاب يعود نسخه إلى عامين فقط بعد وفاة الغزالي أي عام 507 هجرية وهي أقدم نسخ عثر عليها حتى الآن، وبالتالي فإنها ستكون أكثر دقة من غيرها وأقل ابتعاداً عن المصدر الأساسي، وما يمكن أن يكون قد دخل عليها من تحريفات مقصودة أو إسقاطات غير مقصودة. وقد تميزت هذه الطبقة بعمل المحقق الذي شمل تعريفاً بعصر الغزالي وحياته ووصف للمخطوط وتحليل لمضمون كتاب "المنقذ من الضلال" مع شرح له وتعليق عليه.

{'Philosophy', 'Classics', 'Theology', 'Islam', 'Biography', 'Nonfiction', 'Spirituality'}

104 pages, Paperback

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Mohsin Hamid

At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens to night, he begins the tale that has brought them to this fateful encounter…Changez is living an immigrant's dream of America. At the top of his class at Princeton, he is snapped up by an elite valuation firm. He thrives on the energy of New York, and his budding romance with elegant, beautiful Erica promises entry into Manhattan society at the same exalted level once occupied by his own family back in Lahore.But in the wake of September 11, Changez finds his position in his adopted city suddenly overturned, and his relationship with Erica shifting. And Changez's own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and maybe even love.

{'Asia', 'Pakistan', 'Novels', 'Fiction', 'Literary Fiction', 'Literature', 'Contemporary'}

228 pages, Kindle Edition

The Satanic Verses

Salman Rushdie

Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked jetliner explodes above the English Channel. Through the falling debris, two figures, Gibreel Farishta, the biggest star in India, and Saladin Chamcha, an expatriate returning from his first visit to Bombay in fifteen years, plummet from the sky, washing up on the snow-covered sands of an English beach, and proceed through a series of metamorphoses, dreams, and revelations. From the back cover.

{'Religion', 'Banned Books', 'Classics', 'Fiction', 'Literature', 'Magical Realism', 'Fantasy'}

561 pages, Paperback

A World Without Islam

Graham E. Fuller

What if Islam never existed? To some, it's a comforting no clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists.But what if that weren't the case at all? In A WORLD WITHOUT ISLAM, Graham E. Fuller guides us along an illuminating journey through history, geopolitics, and religion to investigate whether or not Islam is indeed the cause of some of today's most emotional and important international crises. Fuller takes us from the birth of Islam to the fall of Rome to the rise and collapse of the Ottoman Empire. He examines and analyzes the roots of terrorism, the conflict in Israel, and the role of Islam in supporting and energizing the anti-imperial struggle. Provocatively, he finds that contrary to the claims of many politicians, thinkers, theologians, and soldiers, a world without Islam might not look vastly different from what we know today.Filled with fascinating details and counterintuitive conclusions, A WORLD WITHOUT ISLAM is certain to inspire debate and reshape the way we think about Islam's relationship with the West.

{'Religion', 'Theology', 'Political Science', 'Islam', 'Politics', 'History', 'Nonfiction'}

336 pages, Hardcover

The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain

María Rosa Menocal

Undoing the familiar notion of the Middle Ages as a period of religious persecution and intellectual stagnation, María Menocal now brings us a portrait of a medieval culture where literature, science, and tolerance flourished for 500 years.The story begins as a young prince in exile—the last heir to an Islamic dynasty—founds a new kingdom on the Iberian peninsula: al-Andalus. Combining the best of what Muslim, Jewish, and Christian cultures had to offer, al-Andalus and its successors influenced the rest of Europe in dramatic ways, from the death of liturgical Latin and the spread of secular poetry, to remarkable feats in architecture, science, and technology. The glory of the Andalusian kingdoms endured until the Renaissance, when Christian monarchs forcibly converted, executed, or expelled non-Catholics from Spain. In this wonderful book, we can finally explore the lost history whose legacy is still with us in countless ways. Author Biography: María Rosa Menocal is R. Selden Rose Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and head of the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University. She lives in New Haven, CT.

{'Religion', 'Islam', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Medieval', 'Spain', 'European History'}

315 pages, Paperback

Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival and the Feminist Subject

Saba Mahmood

Politics of Piety is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral reform movement whose orthodox practices are commonly viewed as inconsequential to Egypt's political landscape. Saba Mahmood's compelling exposition of these practices challenges this assumption by showing how the ethical and the political are indelibly linked within the context of such movements.Not only is this book a sensitive ethnography of a critical but largely ignored dimension of the Islamic revival, it is also an unflinching critique of the secular-liberal principles by which some people hold such movements to account. The book addresses three central How do movements of moral reform help us rethink the normative liberal account of politics? How does the adherence of women to the patriarchal norms at the core of such movements parochialize key assumptions within feminist theory about freedom, agency, authority, and the human subject? How does a consideration of debates about embodied religious rituals among Islamists and their secular critics help us understand the conceptual relationship between bodily form and political imaginaries? Politics of Piety is essential reading for anyone interested in issues at the nexus of ethics and politics, embodiment and gender, and liberalism and postcolonialism.

{'Religion', 'Gender', 'Islam', 'Feminism', 'Anthropology', 'Nonfiction', 'Academic'}

233 pages, Paperback

No God but One: Allah or Jesus?: A Former Muslim Investigates the Evidence for Islam and Christianity

Nabeel Qureshi

Having shared his journey of faith in the New York Times bestselling Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi now examines Islam and Christianity in detail, exploring areas of crucial conflict and unpacking the relevant evidence.In this anticipated follow-up book, Nabeel reveals what he discovered in the decade following his conversion, providing a thorough and careful comparison of the evidence for Islam and Christianity--evidence that wrenched his heart and transformed his life.In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi recounted his dramatic journey, describing his departure from Islam and his decision to follow Christ. In the years that followed, he realized that the world’s two largest religions are far more different than they initially appeared.No God but One: Allah or Jesus? addresses the most important questions at the interface of Islam and Christianity: How do the two religions differ? Are the differences significant? Can we be confident that either Christianity or Islam is true? And most important, is it worth sacrificing everything for the truth?Nabeel shares stories from his life and ministry, casts new light on current events, and explores pivotal incidents in the histories of both religions, providing a resource that is gripping and thought-provoking, respectful and challenging.Both Islam and Christianity teach that there is No God but One, but who deserves to be worshiped, Allah or Jesus?

{'Religion', 'Christianity', 'Faith', 'Theology', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Christian'}

320 pages, Paperback

Riyad-us-Saliheen

Yahya ibn Sharaf al Nawawi

The book was compiled by Imam An-Nawawiو the great scholar of Hadith and Fiqhof his time. Commentaries on the Ahadith have been added by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf of Pakistan who had originally executed them for the Urdu edition of this book. The English translation of the book and the - commentaries was performed by Dr. Muhammad Amin and Abu Usamah Al-Arabi bin Razduq who have performed their task with utmost care and profound interest.

{'Religion', 'Faith', 'Theology', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Self Help'}

1455 pages, Hardcover

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time

Greg Mortenson

The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyardAnyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools—especially for girls—that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson’s quest, which has brought him into conflict with both enraged Islamists and uncomprehending Americans, Three Cups of Tea combines adventure with a celebration of the humanitarian spirit.

{'Biography Memoir', 'Memoir', 'Book Club', 'Biography', 'Education', 'Travel', 'Nonfiction'}

349 pages, Paperback

أيها الولد

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

إن في النصيحة كفاية لأهل العلم، وتعد هذه الرسالة الصغيرة من أهم النصائح التي أجاب بها الإمام الغزالي على أحد طلابه النابهين الذين اشتغلوا بالتحصيل وقراءة العلم وطلب منه أن يعلمه شيئاً ينفعه في غده ويؤانسه في قبره، وأن يخبره بما لا ينفعه حتى يدعه فكتب الإمام الغزالي تلك الورقات التي عرفه فيها عن النصيحة وأهميتها وكيف تكون وما هي الأعمال الصالحة والطالحة وأمثلة ذلك وما هو العمل المقرب لله تعالى، وأهمية العمل للآخرة، وكيف تكون نية التعلم والعلم النافع وأن العلم لا بد وأن يكون مقرونًا بالعمل وأن خلاصة العلم في الطاعة والعبادة، وأن يكون القول كالفعل وغيرها من النصائح المفيدة النافعة .

{'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Literature', 'Self Help', 'Spirituality'}

160 pages, Paperback

The Message of the Qur'an

Muhammad Asad

A fresh look at Muhammad Asad's classic English translation and explanation of the Qur'an is offered in this redesigned and updated edition of his work. A new typeset and index is complimented with a prologue by the distinguished British Muslim Gai Eaton and original artwork by internationally renowned artist and scholar Dr. Ahmed Moustafa. Asad's translation is widely considered to be the foremost in conveying the meaning and sensibility of the original Arabic text, making this edition a must-have for English readers with a budding interest in Islamic studies and veteran scholars alike.

{'Unfinished', 'Religion', 'Islam', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Reference', 'Spirituality'}

1164 pages, Hardcover

The Forty Rules of Love

Elif Shafak

Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent. Her first assignment is to read and report on Sweet Blasphemy, a novel written by a man named Aziz Zahara. Ella is mesmerized by his tale of Shams's search for Rumi and the dervish's role in transforming the successful but unhappy cleric into a committed mystic, passionate poet, and advocate of love. She is also taken with Shams's lessons, or rules, that offer insight into an ancient philosophy based on the unity of all people and religions, and the presence of love in each and every one of us. As she reads on, she realizes that Rumi's story mir­rors her own and that Zahara—like Shams—has come to set her free.In this lyrical, exuberant follow-up to her 2007 novel, The Bastard of Istanbul, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives—one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz—that together incarnate the poet's timeless message of love.

{'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Novels', 'Fiction', 'Romance', 'Historical Fiction', 'Spirituality'}

354 pages, Hardcover

صحيح البخاري

محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري

رابط التحميل:http://waqfeya.com/book.php?bid=467

{'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Theology', 'Islam', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Spirituality'}

2080 pages

The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam

Douglas Murray

A controversial and devastatingly honest depiction of the demise of Europe.The Strange Death of Europe is the internationally bestselling account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Douglas Murray takes a step back and explores the deeper issues behind the continent's possible demise, from an atmosphere of mass terror attacks and a global refugee crisis to the steady erosion of our freedoms. He addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's U-turn on migration, and the Western fixation on guilt. Murray travels to Berlin, Paris, Scandinavia, and Greece to uncover the malaise at the very heart of the European culture, and to hear the stories of those who have arrived in Europe from far away.Declining birth rates, mass immigration, and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive alteration as a society and an eventual end. This sharp and incisive book ends up with two visions for a new Europe--one hopeful, one pessimistic--which paint a picture of Europe in crisis and offer a choice as to what, if anything, we can do next. But perhaps Spengler was "civilizations like humans are born, briefly flourish, decay, and die."

{'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Islam', 'Politics', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Sociology'}

352 pages, Hardcover

الدولة المستحيلة: الإسلام والسياسة ومأزق الحداثة الأخلاقي

Wael B. Hallaq

صدرت عن المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات ضمن سلسلة "ترجمان" الترجمة العربية لكتاب الدولة المستحيلة: الإسلام والسياسة ومأزق الحداثة الأخلاقي (352 صفحة، من القطع الكبير)، لأستاذ الدراسات الإسلامية وائل حلاق، وترجمة عمرو عثمان. تتمثّل أطروحة الكتاب الرئيسة في أنّ مفهوم "الدولة الإسلامية" مستحيل التحقّق وينطوي على تناقض داخلي؛ وذلك بحسب أيّ تعريف سائد لما تمثّله "الدولة الحديثة".وردَ الكتاب في سبعة فصول؛ يتناول الفصل الأوّل "مقدمات" وصف "الحكم الإسلامي النموذجي"، ويرسم حدود مفهوم "النموذج" كما سيجري استخدامه بوصفه مفهومًا مركزيًّا في أطروحة الكتاب الكلّية. ويصف الفصل الثاني الدولة الحديثة، "الدولة الحديثة النموذجية"، ويحدّد "خصائص الشكل" التي تمثّل الصفات الجوهرية للدولة الحديثة. ويقوم بتفكيك تلك الخصائص، معترفًا في الوقت عينه بالتغيرات المتزامنة والتنوّعات المتلاحقة في تكوين تلك الدولة.أمّا الفصل الثالث "الفصل بين السلطات: حكم القانون أم حكم الدولة"، فيناقش مفاهيم الإرادة السيادية وحكم القانون في ما يخصّ مبدأ الفصل بين السلطات؛ هادفًا من وراء هذه المناقشة إلى استعراض الأطر والبنى الدستورية لكلٍّ من الدولة الحديثة والحكم الإسلامي، وتسليط الضوء على الاختلافات الدستورية بين نظامَي الحكم هذين. واعتمادًا على هذه الاختلافات، يستكشف الفصل الرابع "القانوني والسياسي والأخلاقي"، معنى القانون وعلاقته بالأخلاق. ويؤكّد هذا العرض الفلسفي أساسًا الاختلافات النوعية بين المفهوم الأخلاقي للدولة الحديثة والحكم الإسلامي. وسيتحوّل هذا العرض في الجزء الثاني من الفصل الرابع إلى عرضٍ ذي طابع سياسي. وستتعزّز هذه التباينات القانونية - الأخلاقية بفعل التباينات السياسية كاشفةً عن مجالٍ آخر من عدم التوافق بين الدولة الحديثة والشريعة.ويرى الفصل الخامس "الذات السياسية والتقنيات الأخلاقية لدى الذات" أنّ الدولة القومية الحديثة والحكم الإسلامي يميلان إلى إنتاج مجالين مختلفين من تكوين الذاتية، وأنّ الذوات التي ينتجها هذان المجالان النموذجيان تتباين تباينًا كبيرًا، الأمر الذي يولّد نوعين مختلفين من التصورات الأخلاقية والسياسية والمعرفية والنفسية والاجتماعية للعالم. وتلك الاختلافات العميقة بين أفراد الدولة القومية الحديثة ونظرائهم في الحكم الإسلامي إنّما تمثّل التجليات المجهرية المصغّرة للاختلافات الكونية المادية والبنيوية والدستورية، وكذلك الفلسفية والفكرية.ويحاجج الفصل السادس "عولمة تضرب حصارها واقتصاد أخلاقي" في أنّ الأشكال الحديثة للعولمة ووضع الدولة في هذه الأشكال المتعاظمة القوّة، يكفيان لجعل أيّ صورة من الحكم الإسلامي إمّا أمرًا مستحيل التحقّق، وإمّا غير قابل للاستمرار على المدى البعيد هذا إذا أمكن قيامه أصلًا. وبعبارة أخرى، يصل المؤلف إلى نتيجة مفادها: إذا جرى أخذ كلّ العوامل في الحسبان، فإنّ الحكم الإسلامي لا يستطيع الاستمرار نظرًا للظروف السائدة في العالم الحديث.ويختم الكاتب بالفصل السابع "النطاق المركزي للأخلاقي"، متفحّصًا مآزق أخلاقية حديثة مع الإشارة إلى أسسها المعرفية والبنيوية بصفتها تؤسّس لأصل الأزمات الأخلاقية التي واجهتها الحداثة في كلّ صورها الشرقية والغربية. ويرى المؤلف أنّ استحالة فكرة الحكم الإسلامي ناتجة بصورة مباشرة من غياب بيئة أخلاقية مواتية تستطيع أن تلبّي أدنى معايير ذلك الحكم وتوقعاته، ويرى أنّ هذه الاستحالة هي تجلٍّ آخر لعدة مشاكل أخرى ليس أقلّها شأنًا الانهيار المطّرد للوحدات الاجتماعية العضوية ونشأة أنماط اقتصادية استبدادية، إضافةً إلى ما هو أكثر أهمية من ذلك، وهو الدمار الشامل للموائل الطبيعية والبيئة. لا يهدف هذا الكتاب كما يصرّح مؤلفه إلى إصابة القارئ المسلم والعربي بالإحباط واليأس من عدم قدرته على الفكاك من ورطة الحداثة التي وجد نفسه فيها بلا اختيار منه، ومن استحالة قيام دولة إسلامية تحافظ على خصوصيته الأخلاقية والتاريخية، وإنّما غايته هي توفير سبيل للمسلمين إلى الحياة الحسنة المستندة إلى موارد تاريخ الإسلام الأخلاقية، وهو يثبت في هذا السياق، أنّ أزمات الإسلام السياسية وغيرها ليست بالفريدة أو الخاصة، بل هي جزء لا يتجزّأ من العالم الحديث، في الغرب كما في الشرق.موقع المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات: http://www.dohainstitute.org/portal

{'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Political Science', 'Islam', 'Politics', 'History', 'Nonfiction'}

352 pages, Paperback

Mystical Dimensions of Islam

Annemarie Schimmel

Mystical Dimensions of Islam presents, for the first time, a balanced historical treatment of the transnational phenomenon of Sufism—Islamic mysticism—from its beginnings through the nineteenth century. Through her sensitivity and deep understanding of the subject, Annemarie Schimmel, an eminent scholar of Eastern religions, draws the reader into the mood, the vision, the way of the Sufi in a manner that adds an essential ingredient to her analysis of the history of Sufism. After exploring the origins of the mystical movement in the meditations of orthodox Muslims on the Koran and the prophetic tradition, the author then discusses the development of its different stages, including classical voluntarism and postclassical theosophical mystical trends. Particular emphasis is placed on spiritual education, the different ways of leading the mystic toward the existential realization of the profound mystery of the profession of faith that “there is no deity but God.” Sufi psychology and Sufi orders and fraternities are comprehensively explored. Through an examination of mystical anthropology, which culminates in the veneration of the prophet and the saints, the questions of free will and predestination, of good and evil, are implied. The main burden of the text, however, is Sufism as reflected in Islamic poetry, and Professor Schimmel examines the various aspects of mystical poetry in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Sindhi, Panjabi, and Pashto. The author skillfully demonstrates how Sufi 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 God’s will. Professor Schimmel’s long acquaintance with Turkey, Iran, and the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent provides a unique emphasis to the study, and the author’s personal knowledge of Sufi practice in these regions lends a contemporary relevance to her work.

{'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Theology', 'Islam', 'History', 'Spirituality', 'Mysticism'}

527 pages, Paperback

ماذا خسر العالم بانحطاط المسلمين

أبو الحسن علي الندوي

نبذة النيل والفرات:إن الإسلام عقيدة استعلاء، من أخص خصائصها أنها تبعث في روح المؤمن بها إحساس العزة من غير كبر، وروح الثقة في غير اغتدار، وشعور الاطمئنان في غير تواكل وإنها تشعر المسلمين بالتبعة الإنسانية الملقاة على كواهلهم، وتبعة القيادة في هذه الأرض للقطعان الضالة، وهدايتها إلى الدين القيّم والطريق السوي، وإخراجها من الظلمات إلى النور بما أتاهم الله من نور الهدى والفرقان. وهذا الكتاب الذي بين يدي القارئ يثير في نفس قارئه هذه المعاني كلها، وينفث في روعه تلك الخصائص جميعها، ولكنه لا يعتمد في هذا على مجرد الاستشارة الوجدانية أو العصبية الدينية، بل يتخذ الحقائق الموضوعية أدانه، فيعرضها على النظر والحس والعقل والوجدان جميعاً، ويعرض الوقائع التاريخية والملابسات الحاضرة عرضاً عادلاً مستنيراً، ويتحاكم في القضية التي يعرضها كاملة إلى الحق والواقع والمنطق والضمير، فتبدو كلها متساندة في صفه وفي صف قضيته، بلا تمحل ولا اعتساف في مقدمة أو نتيجة وتلك مزية من مزايا الكتاب.انه يبدأ فيرسم صورة صغيرة سريعة، ولكنها واضحة، لهذا العالم قبل أن تشرق عليه أنوار الإسلام. يرسم الصورة لهذا العالم شرقاً وغرباً وشمالاً وجنوباً وكيف تسيطر عليه روح الجاهلية فيسوده الظلم والعبودية وتفشاه غاشية من الكفر والضلال والظلام، فإذا فرغ المؤلف من رسم صورة العالم بجاهلية هذه، بدأ يعرض دور الإسلام في حياة البشرية، ودوره في تخليص المجتمع الإنساني من الظلم والطغيان. ومن التفكك والانهيار، ومن فوارق الطبقات واستبداد الحكام واستدلال الكهان، ودوره في بناء العالم على أسس من الفقه والنظافة والإيجابية والبناء، والعدالة والكرامة، ومن العمل الدائب لتنمية الحياة وترقية الحياة، وإعطاء كل ذي حق حقه في الحياة. كل أولئك في إبان الفترة التي كانت القيادة فيها للإسلام في أي مكان، والتي كان الإسلام فيها يعمل. ثم تجيء الفترة التي فقد الإسلام فيها الزمام، بسبب انحطاط المسلمين، وتخليهم عن القيادة التي يفرضها عليهم هذا الدين، والوصاية التي يكلفهم بها على البشرية، والتبعات التي ينوطها بهم في كل اتجاه.وهنا يستعرض المؤلف أسباب هذا الانحطاط الروحية والمادية، ويصف ما حل بالمسلمين أنفسهم عندما تخلوا عن مبادئ دينهم، ونكصوا عن تبعاتهم، وما نزل بالعالم كله من فقدانه لهذه القيادة الراشدة، ومن انتكاسه إلى الجاهلية الأولى ويرسم هذا الخط عن طريق التأمل الفاحص. ومن خلال هذا الاستعراض، يحس القارئ، بمدى الحاجة البشرية الملحة إلى تغيير القيادة الإنسانية، وردها إلى الهدى الذي انبثق ليخرج الناس من الظلمات إلى النور، ومن الجاهلية إلى المعرفة، وبمدة الخسارة التي حلت بالبشر جميعاً، لا بالمسلمين وحدهم في الماضي وفي الحاضر وفي المستقبل القريب والبعيد. إلى جانب ذلك فإن الخصيصة البارزة في هذا الكتاب كله هي الفهم العميق لكليات الروح الإسلامية في محيطها الشامل، وهو لهذا لا يعد نموذجاً للبحث الديني والاجتماعي فحسب، بل نموذجاً كذلك للتاريخ كما ينبغي أن يكتب من الزاوية الإسلامية، فهو ينظر إلى الأمور كلها، وللعوامل جميعها، وللقيم على اختلافها فحين يتحدث المؤلف عن رد القيادة العالمية إلى الإسلام فهو يتحدث عن مؤهلات القيادة، فلا ينسى بجوار (الاستعداد الروحي) أن يلح في (الاستعداد الصناعي والحربي) و(التنظيم العلمي الجديد) وأن يتحدث عن (الاستقلال التجاري والمالي) انه الإحساس المتناسق بكل مقومات الحياة البشرية. وبهذا الإحساس المتناسق سار المؤلف في استعراضه التاريخي، وفي توجيهه للأمة الإسلامية سواء.

{'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Islam', 'Politics', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Sociology'}

303 pages, Paperback

When The Moon Split

Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri

A Biography of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessing be Upon Him).The biography of the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam)is a very noble and exalted subject by which Muslims learn about the rise of Islam, and how the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) was chosen by Allah to receive the divine revelation. You also learn about the hardships the Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and his companions faced, and how they eventually succeeded with Allah’s help.So, it is necessary to study the Prophet’s (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) life and follow it in all manners. We hope this study will help you to get the better understanding of the religion of Islam. In this sense, this is one of the best books which are meant to be read and read again.

{'Religion', 'Biography', 'Islam', 'History', 'Nonfiction'}

320 pages, Hardcover

Snow

Orhan Pamuk

One of multiple covers for ISBN 9780375706868.A spellbinding tale of disparate yearnings – for love, art, power, and God – set in a remote Turkish town, where stirrings of political Islamism threaten to unravel the secular order; by the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature.From the acclaimed author of My Name Is Red comes a spellbinding tale of disparate yearnings–for love, art, power, and God–set in a remote Turkish town, where stirrings of political Islamism threaten to unravel the secular order. Following years of lonely political exile in Western Europe, Ka, a middle-aged poet, returns to Istanbul to attend his mother's funeral. Only partly recognizing this place of his cultured, middle-class youth, he is even more disoriented by news of strange events in the wider country: a wave of suicides among girls forbidden to wear their head scarves at school. An apparent thaw of his writer's curiosity–a frozen sea these many years–leads him to Kars, a far-off town near the Russian border and the epicenter of the suicides. No sooner has he arrived, however, than we discover that Ka's motivations are not purely journalistic; for in Kars, once a province of Ottoman and then Russian glory, now a cultural gray-zone of poverty and paralysis, there is also Ipek, a radiant friend of Ka's youth, lately divorced, whom he has never forgotten. As a snowstorm, the fiercest in memory, descends on the town and seals it off from the modern, westernized world that has always been Ka's frame of reference, he finds himself drawn in unexpected directions: not only headlong toward the unknowable Ipek and the desperate hope for love–or at least a wife–that she embodies, but also into the maelstrom of a military coup staged to restrain the local Islamist radicals, and even toward God, whose existence Ka has never before allowed himself to contemplate. In this surreal confluence of emotion and spectacle, Ka begins to tap his dormant creative powers, producing poem after poem in untimely, irresistible bursts of inspiration. But not until the snows have melted and the political violence has run its bloody course will Ka discover the fate of his bid to seize a last chance for happiness. Blending profound sympathy and mischievous wit, Snow illuminates the contradictions gripping the individual and collective heart in many parts of the Muslim world. But even more, by its narrative brilliance and comprehension of the needs and duties

{'Turkish', 'Novels', 'Fiction', 'Turkish Literature', 'Literature', 'Historical Fiction', 'Contemporary'}

463 pages, Paperback

The Garden of Truth: The Vision and Promise of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

The headlines are filled with the politics of Islam, but there is another side to the world's fastest-growing religion. Sufism is the poetry and mysticism of Islam. This mystical movement from the early ninth century rejects worship motivated by the desire for heavenly reward or the fear of punishment, insisting rather on the love of God as the only valid form of adoration. Sufism has made significant contributions to Islamic civilization in music and philosophy, dance and literature. The Sufi poet Rumi is the bestselling poet in America. But in recent centuries Sufism has been a target for some extremist Islamic movements as well as many modernists. The Garden of Truth presents the beliefs and vision of the mystical heart of Islam, along with a history of Sufi saints and schools of thought.In a world threatened by religious wars, depleting natural resources, a crumbling ecosystem, and alienation and isolation, what has happened to our humanity? Who are we and what are we doing here? The Sufi path offers a journey toward truth, to a knowledge that transcends our mundane concerns, selfish desires, and fears. In Sufism we find a wisdom that brings peace and a relationship with God that nurtures the best in us and in others.Noted scholar Seyyed Hossein Nasr helps you learn the secret wisdom tradition of Islam and enter what the ancient mystics call the "garden of truth." Here, liberate your mind, experience peace, discover your purpose, fall in love with the Divine, and find your true, best self.

{'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Islam', 'History', 'Nonfiction', 'Mysticism', 'Spirituality'}

256 pages, Hardcover

The Bible, the Qu'ran and Science: The Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of Modern Knowledge

Maurice Bucaille

The Bible, the Qur'an, and Science is an objective study of the Old Testament, the Gospels and the Qur'an. This book seeks to spiritually unite by highlighting similarities in the texts. It sheds new light and dispels many preconceived ideas in separating what belongs to Revelation from what is the product of error or human interpretation

{'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Theology', 'Islam', 'Nonfiction', 'Science', 'Spirituality'}

272 pages, Paperback

Islam and Secularism

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Written more than twenty years ago, this book is one of the most creative and original works of a Muslim thinker in the contemporary Muslim world. The author deals with fundamental problems faced by contemporary Muslims and provides real solutions, beginning with a discussion on ‘The Contemporary Western Christian Background’ in Chapter (I), followed by his analysis of the concepts (which he newly defines) of ‘secular’, ‘secularization’, and ‘secularism’ in Chapter (II). All this is then contrasted in Chapter (IV) of the book entitled ‘Islam: The Concept of Religion and the Foundation of Ethics and Morality’. Based on all the preceding explanation, the author proceeds to analyze the Muslim ‘dilemma’ by declaring that it should be resolved primarily through what he calls the “dewesternization of knowledge” or, conversely, the “islamization of contemporary knowledge”, an original concept conceived and elucidated by the author for the past three decades. Numerous original and profound ideas are contained in this book—arrived at chiefly through critical study of the Muslim tradition—such as the concepts of din,‘adl, hikmah, adab, ma‘na, and ta’dib, and their significance in the development of an Islamic system of education. The rationale for the islamization of contemporary knowledge and the establishment of a truly Islamic university was in fact provided for the first time in contemporary Muslim thought by this author long before the appearance of the present book, which explains these interconnected subjects more concisely. Further, the appendix entitled, ‘On Islamization: The Case of the Malay-Indonesian Archipelago’ is an actual explanation and application of the seminal ideas discussed in the book. This is a must read for all Muslims and those concerned with the problems and effects of secularization in our world today. This book has been translated into most of the major Islamic languages of the world— Turkish, Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, Bosnian, and Persian.

{'Philosophy', 'Religion', 'Theology', 'Islam', 'Politics', 'History', 'Nonfiction'}

195 pages, Paperback