Category Archives: Qur’an

The History of the Qur’anic Text from Revelation to Compilation by Mawlana Muhammad Mustafa al-A’zami

THE HISTORY OF THE QUR’ANIC TEXT FROM REVELATION TO COMPILATION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY WITH THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS By Muhammad Mustafa Al-A’zami. Leicester: UK Islamic Academy, Review by Murad Hoffman From its very beginning, Islam has been under attack not only physically but academically. Christian demagogues like John of Damascus, Peter the Venerable, RaymundusContinueContinue reading “The History of the Qur’anic Text from Revelation to Compilation by Mawlana Muhammad Mustafa al-A’zami”

Selected Works On Shaykh Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari

أثرُ-الإمام-الكوثري-في-نصرة-وتأييد-المذاهب-الفقهية-السُّنيّة جهود-الإمام-الكوثري-في-علم-الكلام-أطروحة-لنيل-الدكتوراة-باللغة-الأردية مجمل-آثار-و-أراء-زاهد-الكوثري مقالات-الإمام-الكوثري-في-ذكرى-المولد-النبوي-الشريف شيخ-علماء-الإسلام-محمد-زاهد-الكوثري صلة-الإمام-الكوثري-بعلماء-شبه-القارة-الهندية-الباكستانية جهود-الشيخ-محمد-زاهد-الكوثري-في-خدمة-السنة-المشرفة الجدل-العلمي-بين-العلامة-محمد-زاهد-الكوثري-ومعاصره-الحافظ-أحمد-بن-الصديق-الغماري-المغربي الإمام-محمد-زاهد-الكوثري-وعلم-الرواية-بين-الإستجازة-والإجازة

Qur’an, Liberation and Pluralism by Farid Esack: Book Review

Book review by Abdul Hakim Murad During the late 1980s, Farid Esack was one of the most conspicuous Muslim campaigners against apartheid in his native South Africa. His sermons and broadsides diffused by the Call to Islam association of which he was National Co-Ordinator until 1990 were warmly received, particularly by anti-racist sections of theContinueContinue reading “Qur’an, Liberation and Pluralism by Farid Esack: Book Review”

I’rab al-Qur’an al-Karim by Shaykh Muhyi ‘l-Din Darwish

Recently, a number of students who study Arabic syntax with me asked for my recommendation on a good book that focused on the i’rab of the Qur’an (grammatical analysis of each ayah). While I admitted that I was not familiar with all the new works that have been published recently on the topic, and havingContinueContinue reading “I’rab al-Qur’an al-Karim by Shaykh Muhyi ‘l-Din Darwish”

Causes that Aid in the Memorisation of the Noble Qur’aan by Shaykh Mahmood al-Misri

Attached is an English translation of a short booklet entitled, al-Asbab al-Mu’inah ‘ala ‘l-Hifz, translated as “Causes that Aid in the Memorisation of the Noble Qur’aan” by Farhia Yahya. We were forwarded the book by a dear friend, a graduate of a masters program in Education from Harvard University, a devoted student of the Qur’an,ContinueContinue reading “Causes that Aid in the Memorisation of the Noble Qur’aan by Shaykh Mahmood al-Misri”