Princeton University has placed a new digital library of 200 Islamic manuscripts online for scholars to consult and study. These manuscripts were selected from some 9,500 volumes of Islamic manuscripts in Arabic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish and other languages of the Muslim world in the University Library’s Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. Princeton’s extraordinaryContinueContinue reading “Princeton University Officially Unveils its Digital Library of 200 Islamic Manuscripts”
Author Archives: Bilal Ali
Massive List of Arabic Resources
Dictionaries and Glossaries: 2a. http://dictionary.sakhr.com/ (Arabic-English, English-Arabic) 2b. http://www.mesiti.it/arabic/dictionary.asp (English-Arabic) 2c. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/59…English-Arabic (English-Arabic) 2d. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/46…b2English.html (Arabic-English) 2e. http://www.al-awwal.com/alawwal.asp (Arabic-English, English-Arabic) 2f. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/44…ictionary.html (German-Arabic) 2g. http://www.geocities.com/matyara911/Dictionary.htm (dictionary of rare words, English-Arabic) 2h. http://www.dictionaric.com/dico%20arabe%20page%20de%20garde.htm (French-Arabic) 2i. http://www.alburaq.net/dictionary1/transform.cfm (Arabic-English) 2j. http://www.arava.org/site/research_glossary.shtml (environmental glossary, English-Arabic/Hebrew) 2k. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Agora/3279/ (Algerian Arabic-English) 2l. http://www-old.ectaco.com/online/diction.php3?lang=3 (Arabic-English, English-Arabic) 2m. http://www.studyquran.co.uk/LLhome.htm (Lane’s Arabic-English lexicon; entireContinueContinue reading “Massive List of Arabic Resources”
The Essential Arabic Language Library: Classical Texts List
Please note that this is not a complete list, but rather a general guide. On Grammar (nahw): 1. al-Kitāb by Sībawayhi 2. Ma‘ānī al-Qur’ān by al-Farrā’ 3. al-Muqtadab by al-Mubarrad 4. al-Usūl fi al-Nahw by Ibn al-Sarrāj 5. al-Mufassal by al-Zamakhsharī 6. al-Kāfiyah by Ibn al-Hājib 7. al-Alfiyyah by Ibn Mālik 8. Mughnī al-Labīb byContinueContinue reading “The Essential Arabic Language Library: Classical Texts List”
Traditionalist Approaches to Shari’ah Reform: Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi’s Fatwa on Women’s Right to Divorce
Title: Traditionalist Approaches to Shari’ah Reform: Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi’s Fatwa on Women’s Right to Divorce. Author: Fareeha Khan Assistant Professor Department of Religious Studies Georgia State University Abstract: This dissertation takes up the issue of ijtihād, creative legal reform, as defined and upheld by contemporary ‘ulamā (traditionally educated Muslim religious scholars). It centers inContinueContinue reading “Traditionalist Approaches to Shari’ah Reform: Mawlana Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi’s Fatwa on Women’s Right to Divorce”
Mukhtasar al-Tahawi: Online Download
Assalamu ‘alaykum, Amongst the earliest legal texts of the Hanafi madhhab is the Mukhtasar of the Hadith and Fiqh master, Imam Abu Ja’far al-Tahawi. The text, amongst the famous mutun (legal texts) of the school, despite its importance to the madhhab and the lofty status of its author, is not readily available or even studied.ContinueContinue reading “Mukhtasar al-Tahawi: Online Download”
Jami’ al-Rumuz by Allamah Quhustani: Online Download
Assalamu Alaykum, Allamah Quhustani’s “Jami’ ar-Rumuz” could be downloaded from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?zzhzdmmmymd This is an extremly rare edition, printed 150 years ago in Calcutta. A more common edition, is the Qazan edition, available from H.M.Saeed of Karachi. The book does contain some weak views, which sadly have crept into the works of those after him,ContinueContinue reading “Jami’ al-Rumuz by Allamah Quhustani: Online Download”
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