Koran & Sacred Writings

This book invites Muslims and non-Muslims to acquaint themselves with the prophet's sunnah (practice and teachings) and inspires them to follow it with sincerity and devotion. The ahadith have been selected from well-known collections of...

A new edition of one of the world's most important and influential booksThe Koran, the holy scripture of Islam, is the record of Muhammad's oral teaching delivered between the years immediately preceding the Hegira in AD 622 and the Prophet's death in AD...

In spring 1456, with the help of the faqīh Yça Gidelli, Juan de Segovia accomplished a trilingual Qur’an (Castilian, Arabic and Latin) he regarded as fundamental to the conversion of the Muslims after the Ottoman conquest of Byzantium. This book delves...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498595933Author Irfan A OmarFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint Lexington BooksPublisher Lexington Books

This study presents a comprehensive and systematic examination of a revered Qurʾān manuscript, commonly attributed to the third Islamic Caliph, ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān (d. 35/656), housed at the Topkapı Palace Museum in Istanbul, Türkiye (identified as H.S...

The second volume of a world-renowned scholar's long-awaited Qur'an commentary, now available in English Angelika Neuwirth's six-volume commentary, published originally in Germany, offers a historical and philological analysis of the form, structure,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780800696665Author John KaltnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Fortress Press,U.S.Publisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982586792Author The Monotheist GroupFormat PaperbackPage Count 488Imprint Brainbow PressPublisher Brainbow PressWeight(grams) 957gDimensions(mm) 254mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986295140Author Shaykh Habib Al KadhimiFormat PaperbackPage Count 450Imprint I.M.A.M.Publisher I.M.A.M.Weight(grams) 653g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692892862Author J P SloaneFormat PaperbackPage Count 502Imprint Avingtonhouse PublishingPublisher Avingtonhouse PublishingWeight(grams)...

While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation. This book focuses on why and how such a seemingly...

Recent events in the Islamic world have brought to our attention the formidable potency of the classical Islamic tradition. Debates over reform, revival, and change in the Islamic world, whether of a political, religious, or economic nature, revolve...

How does the Qur'an depict the religious 'other'? Historically, this question has provoked extensive debate among Islamic scholars about the identity, nature, and status of the religious 'other.' Today, this debate assumes great importance because of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781879402256Author Syed Husain Mohammad JafriFormat HardbackPage Count 125Imprint Tahrike Tarsile Qur'anPublisher Tahrike Tarsile Qur'anWeight(grams)...

The "Scholastic Problem" was the focus of much debate in Islam for some centuries before it became the chief crux of learned discussion in medieval Christianity. When originally published in 1957 this volume was the first survey of the subject to appear...

Muslim reverence for the Qur'an as the Word of God has manifested itself in various artistic forms throughout history and up to the present day. This innovative collection of essays explores creative expressions of the Qur'an in a wide range of media...

Some eighty per cent of Muslims in the contemporary world speak languages other than Arabic, the language of the Qur'an. To respond to the needs of their communities, Muslim scholars and laypersons must increasingly explain and communicate the meanings...

Over the course of the past two centuries, the central text of Islam has undergone twin revolutions. Around the globe, Muslim communities have embraced the printing and translating of the Qur'an, transforming the scribal text into a modern book that can...

The basic intention of Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) is to understand what the text of the Qur'an means. Before attempting to understand anything of the Qur'anic worldview, its theology and ethical values, there is a need for exegetes to engage with the...

This book examines how early juridical and theological debates on the translatability of the Qur'an informed the development of Persian translations and commentaries of the Qur'an. While it is generally believed that Muslims in the eighth to twelfth...

This pioneering volume, the first in a series, presents a plurality of voices, methods and concerns in Qur'anic interpretation ranging from the 8th century to the present day. No previous work has drawn on such a comprehensive range of commentaries and...

Two major events occurred in the early centuries of Islam that determined its historical and spiritual development in the centuries that followed: the formation of the sacred scriptures, namely the Qur'an and the Hadith, and the chronic violence that...

Providing an analysis of the complete story of Mary in its liturgical, narrative and rhetorical contexts, this literary reading is a prerequisite to any textual reading of the Qur'an whether juristic, theological, or otherwise. intertextuality between...

Narratives of Jihadi-Salafi operations are often filled with praise for what are considered exemplary acts of self-renunciation in the vein of early Islamic tradition. While many studies sift through the biographies of these so-called martyrs for...

A new edition of one of the world's most important and influential booksThe Koran, the holy scripture of Islam, is the record of Muhammad's oral teaching delivered between the years immediately preceding the Hegira in AD 622 and the Prophet's death in AD...

-- With a foreword from Jan Jaap de Ruiter. Translation and Afterword by Adi S. Bharat. -- In Homosexuality, Transidentity, and Islam: A Study of Scripture Confronting the Politics of Gender and Sexuality, Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed systematically analyses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908892805Author Abu 'abdullah Muhammad Al-QurtubiFormat HardbackPage Count 298Imprint Diwan PressPublisher Diwan PressWeight(grams) 676gDimensions(mm)...

In this book William C. Chittick provides a first-time look at historic Persian literature and the topic of love, which is at the heart of Islamic spiritual thought. It contains extensive Arabic and Persian material, from the Qur'an up through the...

A compelling book that casts the Qur'anic encounter with Jews in an entirely new lightIn this panoramic and multifaceted book, Meir Bar-Asher examines how Jews and Judaism are depicted in the Qur'an and later Islamic literature, providing needed context...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780978552886Author Center for the Study of Political IslamFormat PaperbackPage Count 430Imprint CSPIPublisher CSPIWeight(grams) 626gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908892898Author Abu 'abdullah Muhammad Al-QurtubiFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Diwan PressPublisher Diwan PressWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm)...

This is a translation of the spiritual poems of one of the greatest Ottoman Sufi masters, Mehmed Muhyiddin UEftade (1490-1580). UEftade was born and lived in Bursa, a hugely important spiritual centre at the height of the Ottoman Empire. He was founder...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957236189Author Patrick C. NotchtreeFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Limebury BooksPublisher Limebury Books

Imam Nawawi's commentary on Sahih Muslim is one of the most highly regarded works in Islamic thought and literature. Accepted by every sunni school of thought, and foundational in the Shaafi school, this text, available for the first time in English, is...

This book provides a unique visual history of the Qur'an using fifty-five rare, beautiful and significant Qur'an manuscripts. A general introduction guides the reader through the Qur'an's entry into the world of late near eastern antiquity, a world...

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 9781593761448Author Reza Shah-KazemiFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 90g

This box set is a selection of six books each covering forty beautiful and most authentic Hadith from six different scholars. The Hadith are accompanied by an easy-to-follow explanation which makes it accessible to readership of all levels and all age...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226702841Author Fazlur RahmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)...

'Outstanding, timely and much needed.' Amir Hussain, Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University 'A very well-written, remarkably accessible, timely and important book. It is sure to be read widely.' Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Robert H...