Author Archives: Bilal Ali
The Art of Taking Notes
By Shaykh Shahin-ur Rahman As the new Islāmic academic year[1] approaches, students of knowledge are moving into the higher years at every Islāmic institute of learning (dār al-ʿulūm). Many are prone to becoming overwhelmed by the volume of their studies and speed of their teachers’ lectures. At this point, they fall prey to making a ‘rookieContinueContinue reading “The Art of Taking Notes”
The Life of Muhammad: A Critique of Guillaume’s English Translation
By Dr. ‘Abdul Latif Tibawi Professor Guillaume is not merely offering a translation of the received text of the biography of Muhammad, as recorded by Ibn Hisham from al-Bakka’i, from Ibn Ishaq. His work is a translation of his own reconstruction of Ibn Ishaq …. … one gathers from the concluding words on page vContinueContinue reading “The Life of Muhammad: A Critique of Guillaume’s English Translation”
Book Review: Janāb Gurū Nānak Jī awr Islām
﷽ Fārūq, Muḥammad, Janāb Gurū Nānak Jī ؒ awr Islām, Maktaba Maḥmūdiyya, UP (1431/2010), 80 pages, paperback. Review by Shahin-ur Rahman Concise and easy to read, this succinct treatise on comparative religion offers a profound insight into the life of Gurū Nānak, who is believed to be the founder of the Sikh religion. Targeting theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Janāb Gurū Nānak Jī awr Islām”
The Study Quran Review: Gibril Fouad Haddad
[The Muslim World Book Review, 36:3, 2016, pp. 20-25] Seyyed Hossein Nasr et al., ed. The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary. New York: Harper Collins, 2015. Hardback. lix + 1988pp. Maps. ISBN: 978-0-06-112586-7. This book is the magnum opus of Iranian University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University Seyyed Hossein Nasr (b. 1933), anContinueContinue reading “The Study Quran Review: Gibril Fouad Haddad”
Al-Biḍāʿat al-Muzjāt li man Yuṭāliʿu al-Mirqāt by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm al-Nuʿmānī
Bilal Ali After a recent post in which I quoted from my ustādh’s work, I received a number of requests for the book and some feedback about its unavailability. Subsequently, I requested a colleague, Mawlana Kamil Uddin, to help me scan the 92 page work so that I could share it with others even thoughContinue reading “Al-Biḍāʿat al-Muzjāt li man Yuṭāliʿu al-Mirqāt by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm al-Nuʿmānī”
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