Theology

Are Islam and Christianity essentially the same? Should we seek to overcome divisions by seeing Muslims and Christians as part of one family of Abrahamic faith? Andy Bannister shares his journey from the multicultural streets of inner-city London...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788119024353Author Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-AttasPage Count 216Imprint Maktaba IslamiaPublisher Maktaba Islamia

The Ikhwan al-Safa (Brethren of Purity), the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold an eminent position in the history of science and philosophy in Islam due to the wide reception and assimilation of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141358Author Abu Hamid Al-GhazaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780946621316Author Abu Hamid al-GhazaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 380g

Learn about the history and traditions of the Islamic faith in The Islam Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about Islam in this overview guide to the...

The Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be the word of God, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago. Recognized as the greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic, the sacred text has nevertheless remained difficult to understand in its English...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141013Author Abu Hamid Al-GhazaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903682821Author Gai EatonFormat PaperbackPage Count 183Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 245g

A Sufi scholar's philosophical interpretation of the names of God The Divine Names is a philosophically sophisticated commentary on the names of God. Penned by the seventh-/thirteenth-century North African scholar and Sufi poet 'Afif al-Din...

In this book readers are led 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 great figure in Islamic...

'Across the language barrier Dawood captures the thunder and poetry of the original' The TimesThe Koran is universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen...

In Three Mystics Walk into a Tavern, Jalal ad-Din Rumi, Moses de Leon, and Meister Eckhart-three of the greatest mystics of all time-meet in Venice for an imaginary night-long conversation that will inspire everyday individuals of the twenty-first...

Mayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence of Arabia. The other is acclaimed as the first true Arab nationalist. Her uncle was Prime Minister for nearly forty years, her mother an important politician. When...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733213912Author The Sincere Seeker CollectionFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Sincere SeekerPublisher Sincere SeekerWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm)...

Remembering the Names of Allah is a sacred tradition in Islam. Both the Qur'an and sayings of the Prophet (ahadith) state the importance of learning them and promise reward for reciting them in supplications and prayers. "Allah's are the names most...

Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary biography Princess were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. They were every bit as fascinated by the sequel, Daughters of Arabia.Here,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734231274Author A HelwaFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Naulit Publishing HousePublisher Naulit Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141396Author Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 520g

The tenets of Islam cannot be grasped without a proper understanding of the Qur'an. In this important new introduction, Muhammad Haleem examines its recurrent themes - life and eternity, marriage and divorce, peace and war, water and nourishment - and...

In Princess, readers were shocked by Sultana's revelations about life in Saudi Arabia's royal family. Royal women live as virtual prisoners, surrounded by unimaginable wealth and luxury, privileged beyond belief, and yet subject to every whim of their...

Analyzing the intersection between Sufism and philosophy, this volume is a sweeping examination of the mystical philosophy of Muhyi-l-Din Ibn al-'Arabi (d. 637/1240), one of the most influential and original thinkers of the Islamic world. This book...

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,...

In honor of its 50th anniversary comes a special edition of Huston Smith's masterpiece "The World's Religions", the classic exploration of the essential elements and teachings of the world's predominant faiths. Emphasizing the inner - rather than the...

Complete and unabridged, this elegantly designed English-language hardcover edition of The Qur'an features vibrant endpapers. The Qur'an is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims around the world to be the literal word of God as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141327Author Abu Hamid Al-GhazaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781622455225Author Dan WickwireFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Aneko PressPublisher Aneko PressWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 12mm

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, a Muslim jurist-theologian and polymath who lived from the mid-eleventh to the early twelfth century in present-day Iran, is a figure equivalent in stature to Malmonides in Judaism and Thomas Aquinas in Christianity. He is best...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903682975Author Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyyaFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams) 505g

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...

After the recent success of Princess, More Tears to Cry the Princess Al-Saud and Jean Sasson are collaborating on this new book to bring readers up to date not only with the Princess and her family but the stories and experiences of characters who formed...

When Jean Sasson's book Princess: Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia was published, it became an immediate international bestseller. It sold to 43 countries and spent 13 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Now, in this long-awaited, compelling...

'A powerful celebration of common humanity and compassion . . . deserves to be read widely by people of all faiths and none' - Sunday TimesIn a series of personal and insightful letters to his sons, Omar Saif Ghobash offers a vital manifesto that tackles...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911141310Author Abu Hamid Al-GhazaliFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint The Islamic Texts SocietyPublisher The Islamic Texts SocietyWeight(grams)...

Does history matter? This book argues not that history matters, but that Islamic history does. This Very Short Introduction introduces the story of Islamic history; the controversies surrounding its study; and the significance that it holds - for Muslims...

Discourse around Muslims and Islam all too often lapses into a false dichotomy of Orientalist and fundamentalist tropes. A popular reimagining of Islam is urgently needed. Yet it is a perhaps unexpected political philosophical tradition that has the most...

In our age of globalisation, how should we react to the new Islamophobic movements now spreading in the West? Everywhere the far right is on the march, with nationalist and populist parties thriving on the back of popular anxieties about Islam and the...

One of the most controversial episodes in the life of the Prophet Muhammad concerns an incident in which he allegedly mistook words suggested by Satan as divine revelation. Known as the Satanic verses, these praises to the pagan deities contradict the...

From New York Times bestselling author of Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus Nabeel Qureshi-a former Muslim-comes his deeply personal, challenging, and respectful answer book to the many questions surrounding jihad, the rise of ISIS, and Islamic terrorism.San...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912356720Author Gibril Fouad HaddadFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Beacon Books and Media LtdPublisher Beacon Books and Media LtdWeight(grams)...