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”
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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”
Saviours of Islamic Spirit – Revised Translation Released by White Thread Press
The much anticipated revised English translation of Saviours of Islamic Spirit (Tarikh-i Da’wat wa Azimat) by Shaykh Abu ‘l-Hasan Ali al-Nadwi (ra) has been released by White Thread Press. The work was originally rendered into English by the late Mohiuddin Ahmad (may Allah have mercy upon his soul), who has also translated other works of Shaykh NadwiContinueContinue reading “Saviours of Islamic Spirit – Revised Translation Released by White Thread Press”
A Critical Reading of Martin Lings’ Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
Foreword to the first Swedish translation © GF Haddad 2005 Twenty-three years after its first publication in 1983, Muḥammad: his life based on the earliest sources by the late Abū Bakr Sirāj al-Dīn (Martin Lings, d. 2004) continues its lead as the best-written work of Prophetic biography in English and has now been translated intoContinueContinue reading “A Critical Reading of Martin Lings’ Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources”
List of Prominent Muhaddithun – Arabic PDF by Muntasir Zaman
asSalaamu Alaikum, Compiled by Mawlana Muntasir Zaman – may Allah (SWT) reward him – this Arabic PDF contains the names, year of birth, year of death, and some major work/s of prominent Hadith scholars from the generation following the Companions till the 15th century Hijri. Included in the PDF is a short intro and 185 footnotes.ContinueContinue reading “List of Prominent Muhaddithun – Arabic PDF by Muntasir Zaman”
Arabic Biography of Hakīm al-Ummah Mawlānā Ashraf `Ali al-Thanawi
asSalaamu Alaikum, A 563-page Arabic biography of Hakim al-Ummah Mawlana Ashraf Ali al-Thanawi (ra), written by Mawlana Muhammad Rahmatullah Nadwi. Contains an introduction by Mawlana Syed Rabi’ Hasani Nadwi (db) [the nephew of Mawlana Abul Hasan Ali al-Nadwi (ra) and his successor as the rector of the renowned seminary Nadwat al-Ulama]. Download: أشرف علي التهانوي: حكيم الأمة وشيخ مشايخContinueContinue reading “Arabic Biography of Hakīm al-Ummah Mawlānā Ashraf `Ali al-Thanawi”
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