Koran & Sacred Writings

In the history of philosophy, few topics are so relevant to today's cultural and political landscape as philosophy in the Islamic world. Yet, this remains one of the lesser-known philosophical traditions. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter Adamson...

This book presents an intellectual history of today's Muslim world, surveying contemporary Muslim thinking in its various manifestations, addressing a variety of themes that impact on the lives of present-day Muslims. Focusing on the period from roughly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141457Author 'Abd al-Razzaq al-KashaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 690Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams)...

Considered in Islam to be the infallible word of God, The Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel in a series of divine revelations over many years after his first vision in the cave. In 114 chapters, or surahs, it provides...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141211Author Fakhr al-Din al-RaziFormat PaperbackPage Count 520Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 780g

A collection of 101 hadith sayings, this work is one of the most important and influential early collections of hadith qudsi. Falling into three categories, the first 40 sayings each have a full, unbroken chain of transmission that goes back to God...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141440Author 'Abd al-Razzaq al-KashaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 590Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams)...

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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,...

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...

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 9780954866549Author A. B. al-MehriFormat PaperbackPage Count 775Imprint Maktabah PublicationsPublisher The Quran project

'An amazingly wide-ranging book, showing that the world's religious texts can be a force for good today' John Barton, author of A History of the BibleIn our increasingly secular world, holy texts are at best seen as irrelevant, and at worst as an excuse...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783940924544Author Nasrin RouzatiFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Gerlach PressPublisher Gerlach Press

Surah al-Mulk (The Kingdom) invites the reader to look at how the universe moves by God's will, under His perfect control, succinctly captured within its opening verse: Blessed is the One in Whose Hands rests all Kingdom. And He is Most Capable of...

A groundbreaking comparative study that illuminates the connections between the Qur'an and the Bible While the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are understood to be related texts, the sacred scripture of Islam, the third Abrahamic faith, has generally...

The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approach unprecedented among introductions to this subject, by...

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) established complete equality between men and women as he said, "Women are full sisters of men". Yet both have their respective special functions. This volume draws out the features of the Muslim woman's character as outlined...

To delegitimize the Messenger is to call into question the entire message. During his time, the Makkans called hima poet, a magician, and a madman, among other names. Today, he is insulted with other labels. The question of whether or...

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,...

A collection of 40 Hadith (sayings) of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) focusing on the notion of social justice in Islam.Justice is the anchor for any civilisation to survive and flourish. This encompasses both the macro and micro level. God, through His...

The study of Islam's origins from a rigorous historical and social science perspective is still wanting. At the same time, a renewed attention is being paid to the very plausible pre-canonical redactional and editorial stages of the Qur'an, a book whose...

Fitzroy Morrissey's brilliant guide to Islamic thought - from its foundation in the seventh century to the present day. 'A magisterial accomplishment' Professor Eugene Rogan 'The best guide to Islamic thinking that I've read' James Barr 'I...

An accessible and accurate translation of the Quran that offers a rigorous analysis of its theological, metaphysical, historical, and geographical teachings and backgrounds, and includes extensive study notes, special introductions by experts in the...

An authoritative and accessible study guide that covers what the Book means to the believers and sets out the essential prerequisites of body, mind, and heart that serve to light up the inner life with the Qur'anic worldview; the etiquette of reciting,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995870987Author Nurjan MirahmadiFormat PaperbackPage Count 478Imprint Sufi Meditation Center SocietyPublisher Sufi Meditation Center SocietyWeight(grams)...

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Islam is one of the world's great monotheistic religions. Islamic culture, spanning 1,500 years, has produced some of the finest achievements of humanity. Yet the religion followed by a fifth of humankind is too often seen in the West in terms of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141495Author Nur al-Din Ahmad Al-KazaruniFormat PaperbackPage Count 520Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts...

Imam Nawawi's collection of 42 hadith brings together some of the most important and pivotal Prophetic traditions. Each tradition encapsulates a great rule of the religion of Islam, described by Islamic religious scholars as an 'axis' in Islam. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781527231597Author Mamoon YusafFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Insight PublicationsPublisher Insight PublicationsWeight(grams) 318g

This Norton Critical Edition is based on a revised and annotated version of the Pickthall translation of the Qur'an. Topics include the scholarly traditions of the study of qur'anic origins; the centuries of commentary, analysis and intellectual...

Stories about gendered social relations permeate the Qur'an, and nearly three hundred verses involve specific women or girls. The Qur'an features these figures in accounts of human origins, in stories of the founding and destruction of nations, in...

An essential single-volume companion to the critical interpretation of Islamic scriptureThis book provides detailed and multidisciplinary coverage of a wealth of key Qur'anic terms, with incisive entries on crucial expressions ranging from the divine...

The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approach unprecedented among introductions to this subject, by...

The origins of Islam have been the subject of increasing controversy in recent years. The traditional view, which presents Islam as a self-consciously distinct religion tied to the life and revelations of the prophet Muhammad in western Arabia, has since...

The Koran has constituted a remarkably strong core of identity and continuity for a religious tradition that is now in its fifteenth century. This Very Short Introduction explores the significance of the Koran both in the modern world and in traditional...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946621385Author Muhammad Zubayr SiddiqiFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams)...