Islam

The 8th century heralded the start of a golden age in the history of the Islamic world. At this time, the Sunni Muslim 'Abbasid Caliphate, with its capital at Baghdad, ruled virtually the entire Islamic world. Islamic military power peaked in the 9th...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781456545222Author Patricia MeehanFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 10mm

With vivid illustrations and a heartwarming story, this picture book is the perfect Eid gift! It's the evening before Eid, and Hana is helping her mum lay the table. Hana loves the colourful decorations...

In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies, opening up access to the fabled wealth of the East. It was the longest voyage known to history; the ships were...

The product of a ten-year-long collaboration between one of our most respected scholars of Islam (Bruce B. Lawrence) and a poet and scholar of literature (M.A.R. Habib), The Qur'an: A Verse Translation offers readers the first edition in English to echo,...

More than one hundred years ago Western scholars began to investigate the origins of Islam, using the highest standards of objective historical scholarship of the time. Their aim was to determine what could be known about Muhammad and the rise of early...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451506914Author Yahiya EmerickFormat PaperbackPage Count 778Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 1120gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 44mm

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.Creating the Qur'an presents the first systematic historical-critical study of the Qur'an's origins, drawing on methods and perspectives commonly used to study other...

This book examines the events of September 11th 2001, Osama bin Laden's role and the complex working of the Al Qa'ida terror network. This is the classic book on the history of the USA's involvement with Afghanistan that explains the devastating...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781887752305Author Abu Hamid Muhammad al-GhazaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 115Imprint Fons Vitae,USPublisher Fons Vitae,USDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

The truths of every religion are typically challenged and re-written, serving as potent grounds for some of history’s most enduring debates and conflicts. Perhaps no other religious tradition suffers as much from the dualistic fallacy of good and evil...

Paul Gilroy's After Empire - in many ways a sequel to his classic study of race and nation, There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack - explores Britain's failure to come to terms with the loss of its empire and pre-eminent global standing.Drawing on texts...

The emancipation of women cannot be complete unless it is coupled with the emancipation of men. This can only be accomplished by drawing our social values from the Qur'an and the sunnah. In this volume, the author shows that mixed social life was the...

The teachings, style and impact of the Qur'an have always been matters of controversy, among both Muslims and non-Muslims. But in a modern context of intercultural sensitivity, what the Qur'an says and means are perhaps more urgent questions than ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991430826Author Muhammad SarwarFormat PaperbackPage Count 524Imprint Islamic Seminary IncorporatedPublisher Islamic Seminary IncorporatedWeight(grams)...

Frequent reports of honor killings, disfigurement, and sensational abuse have given rise to a consensus in the West, a message propagated by human rights groups and the media: Muslim women need to be rescued. Lila Abu-Lughod boldly challenges this...

Structured, accessible, and drawn from Qur'anic verses and authentic ahadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad), these reliable handbooks offer surety for the seeking heart of any age group. To use them with guidance from a shaykh (a senior scholar and...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This book provides an introduction to the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sina, often known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna. After introducing the man and his works,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789670526171Author Fazlul KarimFormat PaperbackPage Count 438Imprint Islamic Book TrustPublisher Islamic Book TrustWeight(grams) 640gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The Epistle on Legal Theory is the oldest surviving Arabic work on Islamic legal theory and the foundational document of Islamic jurisprudence. Its author, Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i (d. 204/820), was the eponym of the Shafi'i school of legal thought,...

This volume presents the original Arabic text of Epistle 9 of the Brethren of Purity, with a clear English translation, introduction, and notes. This epistle is a major medieval treatise on ethics and character traits, which drinks from two sources: the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570622090Author Hazrat Inayat KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

One of the earliest surviving biographies of Prophet Muhammad, translated into readable, modern English for the first time The Expeditions is one of the oldest biographies of the Prophet Muhammad to survive into the modern era. Its primary author,...

How do old ideas continue to appear relevant in a modern world? A sociological approach to Islam allow us to approach an answer to this question. In Lifeworlds of Islam, Mohammed A. Bamyeh shows that Islam has typically operated not in the form of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991430871Author Muhammad SarwarFormat PaperbackPage Count 530Imprint Islamic Seminary IncorporatedPublisher Islamic Seminary IncorporatedWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780991430857Author Muhammad SarwarFormat PaperbackPage Count 562Imprint Islamic Seminary IncPublisher Islamic Seminary IncWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538192245Author Qamar Ul-HudaFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928329084Author Shaykh Fadhlalla HaeriFormat PaperbackPage Count 214Imprint Zahra PublicationsPublisher Zahra PublicationsWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781902350042Author Al-Asqalani Ibn HajarFormat PaperbackPage Count 44Imprint Muslim Academic TrustPublisher Muslim Academic Trust

This new edition for the New History of Scotland series, replacing Alfred Smyth's Warlords and Holy Men (1984), covers the history of Scotland in the period up to 1000 AD. A great deal has changed in the historiography of this period in the intervening...

Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for his epic poem The Conference of the Birds, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul's search for meaning. The poem recounts the perilous journey of the world's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784798963Author Idries ShahFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint ISF PublishingPublisher ISF PublishingWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm *...

Islamic gardens are enchanting places. Just the names of some of the most beautiful gardens in the world - the Alhambra, the Generalife, the Shalimar - conjure up images of calm and even divine beauty. No visitor is left untouched by their magic. This...

Just one more sleep before EID! Safa is so excited for Eid-al-Fitr. She loves drawing henna patterns on her hands, decorating her home and munching on biryani, kebabs and samosas. It is the perfect day. Then the...

'Clear-eyed and illuminating.' Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor 'A rich, superbly researched, balanced history of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.' General David Petraeus, former Commander U.S. Central...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983751762Author Akram AlmajidFormat HardbackPage Count 228Imprint Sage PressPublisher Sage PressWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 18mm

Ritual and practice are one of the most distinctive features of religion, and they are linked with its central beliefs. Islam is no exception here, and this Handbook covers many aspects of those beliefs and practices. It describes the variety of what...

This book is an English version of Sayyid Mawdudi's Urdu Khutubat. Originally delivered to ordinary, almost illiterate, farmers and servicemen, it met the real and great spiritual and cultural needs of Muslims, particularly in Southeast Asia, in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946621453Author Claude AddasFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 545g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781926800066Author Sujit DasFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Felibri.comPublisher Felibri.comWeight(grams) 472gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm