by Sumaiyya Rahman A Bestseller. “Islamic history through Islamic eyes”. 3 reasons not to recommend it. As a curriculum developer and history instructor for middle school and high school students, I was recommended Tamim Ansary’s Destiny Disrupted. Muslims around me were enamoured with it for its accessibility and its simple breakdown of complex issues inContinueContinue reading “Book Review: The Book, “Destiny Disrupted” is a Narrative Disrupted “
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Book Spotlight: Mādhā Khasira al-ʿĀlam bi-Inḥiṭāṭ al-Muslimīn by Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Nadwī
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: ماذا خسر العالم بانحطاط المسلمين-ابن كثير Vols: 1 Author: أبو الحسن الندوي Publisher: ابن كثير-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-440pg Price: R185, was R235 While many of us of heard of this book, many are unaware of what it really covers. This amazing work was probably the key to Mawlana AbuContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: Mādhā Khasira al-ʿĀlam bi-Inḥiṭāṭ al-Muslimīn by Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Nadwī”
Book Spotlight: al-Iṣṭifā li-Bayān Maʿānī al-Shifā
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: الإصطفا لبيان معاني الشفا Vols: 6 Author: الإمام شمس الدين محمد بن محمد الدلجي Publisher: الفتح-عمان Cover & Pages: Hard-2936pg “This edition presents one of the finest commentaries on Al-Shifāʾ bi-Taʿrīf Ḥuqūq al-Muṣṭafā by the eminent Mālikī scholar al-Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ (d. 544 AH), the celebrated work devoted to the rights, virtues, nobleContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: al-Iṣṭifā li-Bayān Maʿānī al-Shifā”
Book Spotlight: Ḥayāt al-Ṣaḥābah with Shaykh Ilyās Bārabankwī’s Notes
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: حياة الصحابة مع حاشية الشيخ إلياس Vols: 4 Author: محمد يوسف الكاندهلوي Publisher: ابن كثير-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-3558pg The Sahabah are our role models for every aspect of our lives. In emulating them lies our success and when we leave their way, we go astray. Thus, the dearth ofContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: Ḥayāt al-Ṣaḥābah with Shaykh Ilyās Bārabankwī’s Notes”
Book Spotlight: Al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh by Ibn al-Athīr
By Mufti Husain Kadodia Title: الكامل في التاري -ابن كثير Vols: 19 Author: ابن الأثير Publisher: ابن كثير-دمشق Cover & Pages: Hard-10352pg The 3 major works in tarikh are Tarikh at-Tabari, al-Kamil and al-Bidayah wa an-Nihayah. Tabari’s is the foundation, covering from the start of creation to around 300 ah. Ibn Athir in al-Kamil andContinueContinue reading “Book Spotlight: Al-Kāmil fī al-Tārīkh by Ibn al-Athīr”
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 tableContinueContinue reading “A Reading List: Great Books of Islamic Civilization”
