A Reading List: Great Books of Islamic Civilization

The intellectual tradition of Islamic civilization is both incredibly vast and delightfully diverse. Within this immense corpus of intellectual wealth, certain works enjoy an authority that endures time because these “great books” shaped entire disciplines, helped form curricula, or preserved modes of thought across centuries. The following list, produced by N.A. Baloch, comprises the tableContinue reading "A Reading List: Great Books of Islamic Civilization"

First Impressions: Dār al-Maʿrūf’s Recent Print of Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ

By Bilal Ali I had the opportunity to examine the first volume of the new eleven-volume edition of Mullā ʿAlī al-Qārī's celebrated commentary on the Mishkāt al-Maṣābīḥ, Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ. My access was brief, limited to a few days before returning the volume to its owner, yet the edition has recently been the subject of discussionContinue reading "First Impressions: Dār al-Maʿrūf’s Recent Print of Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ"

Comparing Al-Jawharat al-Nayyirah & Al-Sirāj al-Wahhāj

Review by Shaykh Abu Asim Badrul Islam A very brief comparison of the two famous commentaries by ῾Allāmah Abu Bakr al-Ḥaddādi al-Yamāni (d. 800 AH) on the Mukhtaṣar al-Qudūri – Al-Jawharat al-Nayyirahand Al-Sirāj al-Wahhāj : المقارنة بين شرحي العلّامة أبي بكر الحدّادي اليماني (ت 800) لمختصر القدوري السراج الوهّاج الموضح لكل طالب ومحتاج المؤلف : العلّامة أبو بكر بن علي بنContinue reading "Comparing Al-Jawharat al-Nayyirah & Al-Sirāj al-Wahhāj"

Mawlānā ʿUbaydullāh Sindhī’s Invaluable Counsel to a Student of Deoband, 1942

When the Imam of the Revolution, Mawlānā ʿUbayd Allāh Sindhī, may Allah have mercy on him, returned to his homeland after twenty-four years in exile, he visited Deoband in early 1942. At that time, Mawlānā ʿUbayd Allāh Anwar, may Allah have mercy on him, was a student at Dār al-ʿUlūm Deoband. The Imam, seasoned byContinue reading "Mawlānā ʿUbaydullāh Sindhī’s Invaluable Counsel to a Student of Deoband, 1942"