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”
Category Archives: Spirituality
Mawlānā ʿUbaydullāh Sindhī’s Invaluable Counsel to a Student of Deoband, 1942
When the Imam of the Revolution, Mawlānā ʿUbayd Allāh Sindhī, may Allah have mercy on him, returned to his homeland after twenty-four years in exile, he visited Deoband in early 1942. At that time, Mawlānā ʿUbayd Allāh Anwar, may Allah have mercy on him, was a student at Dār al-ʿUlūm Deoband. The Imam, seasoned byContinueContinue reading “Mawlānā ʿUbaydullāh Sindhī’s Invaluable Counsel to a Student of Deoband, 1942”
Book Review: Ṣayd al-Khāṭir by Imam Ibn al-Jawzī
ṢAYD AL-KHĀṬIRصيد الخاطر (للعلّامة أبي الفرج عبد الرحمن بن علي بن محمد ابن الجوزي – 510-597 هـ) المؤلف : العلّامة أبو الفرج عبد الرحمن بن علي بن محمد ابن الجوزي المحقق : أنس بن محمد تدمري الموضوع : الأدب العربي والوعظ والرقائق والتصوّف والحكمة الناشر : دار ابن كثير (دمشق ، بيروت) سنة النشر : 1444 هـ _ 2023م رقم الطبعةContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Ṣayd al-Khāṭir by Imam Ibn al-Jawzī”
Book Review: Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage
Review by Mawlana Abu Asim Badrul Islam Title: Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage Author: Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera Editor: N/A Genre: Islamic marriage guide/fiqh of nikāḥ Publisher: White Thread Press (London) Year of publication: 2019 (1st edition) Number of pages: 262 THIS IS BY FAR the best book that I have seen on the subject. Out of the few that are generallyContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Handbook of a Healthy Muslim Marriage”
تذكره وسوانح: آفتاب معرفت شيخ المشايخ حضرت خواجہ خان محمد
A short Urdu biography of Khwaja Khan Muhammad رحمه الله تعالى by Mawlana Shaykh Rasheed al-Haq Khan Abid. khawaja-khan-muhammadDownload
Book Review: Maktūbat-i-Mashāyikh
By Mawlana Ismaeel Nakhuda There are three genres of literature that are perhaps unique within the context of Islam in South Asia: malfuzat, tazkirahs and maktubat (aphorisms, hagiographies and letters). Often written in Urdu or Persian, all three are a delight to read, and overflow with wisdom and academic nuggets that really help us not only gain a better understandingContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Maktūbat-i-Mashāyikh”
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