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Subject/Item: Islam
ISBN: 0042970482
Title: 23 Years: A Study of the Prophetic Career of Mohammad
Author: Ali Dashti
Edition Year: 1985
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Translatedby: F.R.C. Bagley
Abstract: This study of Mohammads prophetic career by a modern Iranian thinker will be great value to everyone interested in Islam and the Moslem peoples. Through use of the earliest sources together with psychological and sociological analysis, Ali Dashti brings out the reality of Mohammads greatness, dispels the fog of superstition which has been built up around him, and discusses problems which are too often left unmentioned.
Remarks: Translated from Persian, Notes and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 228
Size(mm): 143 x 222
Weight(grams): 450
Price: US$ 37.95
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ISBN: 8120606728
Title: A Dictionary of Islam
Author: Thomas Patrick Hughes
Edition Year: 2001
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book does not profess to be a Biographical Dictionary. But short biographical notices of person connected with the early history of Islam have been given, in as much as many of these persons are connected with religious dogmas and ceremonies, the martyrdom of Husain, for instance, as being the foundation of the Muharran ceremonies, Abu Hasain as connected with a school of jurisprudence and the Khalifah Umar as the real founder of the religions and political power of Islam.
Remarks: B&W Illustrations.
Edition: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 750
Size(mm): 143 x 224
Weight(grams): 960
Price: US$ 18.75
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ISBN: 0195773845
Title: A Short History of Islam
Author: S.F. Mahumud
Edition Year: 2004
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: A Short History of Islam covers the thirteen centuries of Islam in considerable depth. Designed to cater to the demands of secondary and college level students, it provides an understanding of the rich religious and cultural heritage, and a great and glorified past of the world of Islam. Through a sequential study of peoples, movements, and events over the centuries, the revised and updated edition highlights the potential significance of the past in envisaging a promising future for the Muslims of the world.
Remarks: Index.
Edition: Eight Edition
Pages: 427
Size(mm): 120 x 176
Weight(grams): 270
Price: US$ 6.75
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ISBN: 8175961899
Title: An Introduction to Islam
Author: David Waines
Edition Year: 2005
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is about the Islam. Islam is a global religion embracing many cultures and nations, comprising over a billion people. Muslims believe that God revealed to the Prophet Muhammad guidance for proper conduct in this world and salvation in the next, revelations contained in the Muslims world and salvation in the next, revelations contained in the Muslims scripture, the Quran. It is the story of Muslims beliefs and practices as they developed from their origins to the present day. Islam emerges as a rich, profound and multi-faceted religion.
Remarks: B&W Photographs, Glossary, Notes and Index.
Edition: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 367
Size(mm): 140 x 215
Weight(grams): 440
Price: US$ 9.50
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ISBN: N000022672
Title: Christianity Islam: Essays on Esoteric Ecumenicism
Author: Frithjof Schuon
Edition Year: 1985
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is the timeless metaphysical truth underlying the diverse religions, together with its essential methodological consequences. It views every religion from within, that may be found the keys for an adequate understanding which, joined to the sense of the sacred, alone can safeguard the irreplaceable values and genuine spiritual possibilities of the great religions.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 270
Size(mm): 144 x 220
Weight(grams): 380
Price: US$ 4.00
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ISBN: 1882216180
Title: Emanations of Lordly Grace: A Treasury of Qadiri Prayers and Wisdom
Author:
Edition Year: 2000
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Translatedby: Muthar Holland
Abstract: The Content of this book are of particular interest to spiritual seekers, especially those who follow the path of Shaikh Abd al-qadir all-jilani. The main theme is the prayer of supplication addressed to Allah in various tradditional forms, invocationsof blessing on the Prophet and numerous poems attributed to shaikh Adb al-qadir.
Remarks: Translated from the Arabic By Muthar Holland.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 491
Size(mm): 141 x 215
Weight(grams): 530
Price: US$ 8.00
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ISBN: N000022677
Title: Fasting in Islam
Author: Abdur Rahman Shad
Edition Year: 1990
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: The practice of fasting as a means of spiritual discipline is both ancient and widespread. It was observed in various ways by the pagans. Many religious personalities observed fasts as the principal method of controlling the passion. The Brahmans of India used to keep fasts on the eleventh and the twelfth of every month during the Hindu Calendar.
Remarks: Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 99
Size(mm): 138 x 214
Weight(grams): 110
Price: US$ 1.00
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ISBN: 818509117X
Title: Immortals
Author: Dipchand Khianra
Edition Year: 1988
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is about many great souls arisen from the Indian soil to become the harbingers of the springtime of God. Their dedication in serving the newly-established faith produced great results. Their vision, brightened by the creative words of God, in building a shelter in which diverse people of every caste and creed can live in love and harmony, is progressively coming into being. The stories of these heroes, whose names have adorned the annals of the Faith in India, need to be told.
Remarks: B&W Photographs, Appendix and References.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 249
Size(mm): 145 x 204
Weight(grams): 390
Price: US$ 5.95
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ISBN: 0886950082
Title: In the Beginning: The Mystical Meaning of Genesis
Author: Bereshith
Edition Year: 1988
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: In the Beginning is a fresh rendition of Bereshith, the first part of the Qabbalistic Zohar or Book of Splendor. According to tradition, the Zohar was written down by Rabbi Simeon Ben Jochai shortly after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in A.D. 70, but it preserves a much older oral teachings. Moses de Leon first made it public in Spain in the thirteenth century. The selection presented here conveys the mystical meaning of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. This retells the story of its remarkable transmission and clarifies the elusive doctrines of the Qabbalah Helpful diagrams and a glossary of terms is also provided.
Remarks: Illustrations and Glossary
Edition: Third Edition
Pages: 75
Size(mm): 142 x 230
Weight(grams): 220
Price: US$ 27.35
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ISBN: 9780670082612
Title: In the Name of Allah: Understanding Islam and Indian History
Author: Raziuddin Aquil
Edition Year: 2009
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: The history of Islam in India has resulted in impassioned debates between scholars from the secularists to the Hindu right. Arguing that these histories tend to project modern concerns back in time, Raziuddin Aquil conducts a dispassionate investigation of the period between the thirteenth and the nineteenth centuries from the heyday of Muslim political domination of large areas of the subcontinent to the decline of the Mughals.
Remarks: Notes, Timeline, Glossary, Bibliography and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 289
Size(mm): 136 x 204
Weight(grams): 400
Price: US$ 13.50
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ISBN: 8185063818
Title: Indian Muslims: The Need for a Positive Outlook
Author: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Edition Year: 2004
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: Man must run the gaunter of adversity in this life, for that is in the very nature of things. But repeated emphasis on the darker side of life, with no mention of brighter prospects ahead can lead only to discouragement, depression and inertia. The better way to find solutions to the problems besetting us would be to seek out and lay stress on whatever opportunities present themselves, so that those upon whom fortune has not smiled may be encouraged to take the initiative in improving themselves and their lot in life.
Remarks: Index.
Edition: Reprint Edition
Pages: 192
Size(mm): 139 x 213
Weight(grams): 230
Price: US$ 2.25
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ISBN: 0710001193
Title: Invitation to Ahmadiyyat
Author: Hazrat Haji Mirza Bashir-ud-din Mahmud Ahmad Khalifat-ul-Masih 2
Edition Year: 1980
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: It set out the prophecies of the Holy Prophet mentioned in the books of Tradition and examines their true import. it presents an exposition of the claims of the founder of the Ahmadiyya Movement and details the reasons in their support. It goes on to establish, on the basis of the Holy Quran and the Traditions of the Holy Prophet that the spiritual preceptor whose advent had been prophesied had already appeared in the person of the Founder of the Ahamdiyya Movement, and to emphasize that the salvation of mankind lies in accepting him and following him.
Remarks: Foreword and Prayer.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 328
Size(mm): 143 x 221
Weight(grams): 590
Price: US$ 26.00
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ISBN: N000022657
Title: Iqbal: An International Missionary of Islam
Author: Riaz Hussain
Edition Year: 1983
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is about the Iqbal. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, poet, philosopher and dreamer of Pakistan, was not only a champion of his freedom but a crusader for the emancipation of the peoples of the world. He was truly cosmopolitan in his outlook, but his cosmopolitanism grows out of the Islamic world-view.
Remarks: Bibliography and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 92
Size(mm): 143 x 220
Weight(grams): 210
Price: US$ 1.00
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ISBN: 0710301871
Title: Iqbals Concept of God
Author: M.S. Raschid
Edition Year: 1986
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: European culture, on its intellectual side, is only a further a development of some of the most important phases of the culture of Islam. Our only fear is that the dazzling exterior of European culture may arrest our movement and we may fail to reach the true inwardness of that culture. During all the centuries of our intellectual stupor Europe has been seriously thinking on great problems in which the philosophers and scientists of Islam were so keenly interested. Since the Middle Ages, when the schools of Muslim theology were completed, infinite advance has taken place in the domain of human thought and experience.
Remarks: Notes, Bibliography and Index.
Edition: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 124
Size(mm): 137 x 216
Weight(grams): 190
Price: US$ 21.50
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ISBN: N000022651
Title: Islam
Author:
Edition Year: 1961
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Editedby: John Alden Williams
Abstract: Islam is much more than a formal religion: it is an integral way of life. In many ways it is a more determining factor in the experience of its followers than any other world religion. The Muslim lives face to face with Allah at all times and will introduce no separation between his life and his religion, his politics and his faith. With its strong emphasis on the brotherhood of men cooperating to fulfill the will of Allah, Islam has become one of the most influential religions in the world today. IN this volume many facets of Islam are explored in the major writings of the tradition. From the revelations the author takes us to the founding of the Muslim community under Muhammad the Messenger. He outlines for the reader the message of Muhammad and his role in the Muslim community.
Remarks: References, Notes and Index.
Edition: Second Printing
Pages: 256
Size(mm): 132 x 208
Weight(grams): 400
Price: US$ 20.00
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ISBN: 8121511488
Title: Islam in India and Pakistan: A Religious History of Islam in India and Pakistan
Author: Murray T. Titus
Edition Year: 2005
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is about the Islam in India and Pakistan. Nothing is as fascinating as the study of a people. The Muslims of India are particularly interesting. True, political histories deal with their conquests and political life, but the people themselves and their religion have had scant attention. It describe religious objective of the Muslim conquerors, method of the conquerors, peaceful penetration, organization of the Sunni community, religious orders etc.
Remarks: Appendix, Bibliography, Glossary and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 328
Size(mm): 145 x 225
Weight(grams): 580
Price: US$ 10.00
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ISBN: 8174761217
Title: Islam: A Search for Meaning
Author: Feisal Abdul Rauf
Edition Year: 1996
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: The aim of this book is to explore the philosophical process of becoming a Muslim from within the traditional context of Islam. Starting with a search for the meaning of oneself and the purpose of human existence, the author describes the Divine response as depicted in the Quran. Throughout this book the author is concerned not only with the philosophical and logical basis of Islam in isolation, but with the nature of this basis as it establishes the intellectual, religious and spiritual foundations of the modern Muslim, enabling him, at a personal level, to shed the mysteries and paradoxes of the human condition.
Remarks: Glossary.
Edition: First Indian Edition
Pages: 115
Size(mm): 137 x 215
Weight(grams): 130
Price: US$ 3.00
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ISBN: 817822156X
Title: Islam: An Historical Introduction
Author: Gerhard Endress
Edition Year: 2004
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is highly acclaimed survey provides a thoughtful and concise account of all aspects of Islam in history. Following an appraisal of the study of Islam like religion law and the state in medieval Islam and Social and economic aspects of medieval Islam, the historical development of each of the main regions of the Islamic world, the principal trends and major periods of Islamic history. The development of Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages names and titles etc.
Remarks: Appendix, Maps, Illustrations, Bibliography and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 301
Size(mm): 140 x 215
Weight(grams): 380
Price: US$ 7.95
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ISBN: 9231019198
Title: Islamic Cities and Conservation
Author: Jim Antoniou
Edition Year: 1981
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is an attempt to examine the need for conservation of Islamic cities in the broadest sense. For the reason, not only North Africa and the Asian Middle East are covered, but consideration is also given to Islamic cities as far afield as Chinguetti in Mauritania and Hangchow in China. Attention is drawn to many individual monuments, but the emphasis has been on historic city centres.
Remarks: B&W Illustrations.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 109
Size(mm): 175 x 215
Weight(grams): 270
Price: US$ 8.50
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ISBN: 818678229X
Title: Islamic Heritage in South Asian Subcontinent
Author:
Edition Year: 1998
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Editedby: Nazir Ahmed and I.H. Siddiqui
Abstract: This volume, containing articles, contributed by scholars of eminence, offers varied but coherent studies on interaction between Sufi Saints and Hindu mystics, the social role of the Sufis, political and cultural institutions, diplomatic relations between the rulers of India and the foreign countries and the intellectual and cultural dimensions of historical and religious literature, produced in Persian language during medieval times.
Remarks: Illustrations and Notes.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 221
Size(mm): 146 x 225
Weight(grams): 420
Price: US$ 13.50
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ISBN: N000092564
Title: Islamic Sufism
Author: Capt: Wahid Bakhsh Rabbani
Edition Year: 2001
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: A truly inspirational book which one should not miss to read in the present day lop sided and over materialistic world, where man has deplorably failed to strike a balance between his physical and spiritual life resulting in untold mystery, restlessness, frustration, worries, woes, conflict and confrontations which have torn the world asunder. The speciality of this wonderfully well structured and comprehensive manual on Sufism is that it only clarifies the common misconceptions about Sufism today.
Remarks: Glossary, Bibliography and Index.
Edition: Fifth Edition
Pages: 414
Size(mm): 137 x 215
Weight(grams): 510
Price: US$ 8.25
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ISBN: 9788129115850
Title: Jihad, Peace and Inter-Community Relations in Islam
Author: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Edition Year: 2010
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Editedby: Yoginder Sikand
Translatedby: Yoginder Sikand
Abstract: This book explores the issues of Jihad, peace and relations between Muslims and others through an Islamic perspective. Self-styled extremist Islamic groups that propagate hate against other faiths have mushroomed across the world in recent years. They claim to be waging a war-like quest for truth in the name of the Holy Quran, often engaging in violent activities that end up killing countless innocents.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 120
Size(mm): 145 x 220
Weight(grams): 290
Price: US$ 7.95
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ISBN: 8185990190
Title: Jihad: The Islamic Doctrine of Permanent War
Author: Suhas Majumdar
Edition Year: 2001
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is one of the basic doctrines of Islam, but the average knowledge of Indian of it is both superficial and unsatisfactory. Hindus usually render the term as dharmayuddha, but this rendering is totally misleading. Jihad has five clear components and a complete understanding of the subject requires a discussion of each one of them. Hindus should clearly understand that the doctrine of Jihad absolutely fatal to their life and property, not to speak of the honour of their women folk.
Remarks: Appendices and Index.
Edition: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 102
Size(mm): 140 x 215
Weight(grams): 170
Price: US$ 2.75
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ISBN: 3921458013
Title: Koran: Der Heilige Qur-An
Author: Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad, Imam und Oberhaupt and der Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat
Edition Year: 1993
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: Dutch
Abstract: This book is the translation of the verses of the holy book of Islam called Quran from the Arabic to Dutch. Translated in simple form, this book is useful for those who want to know in detail about the sayings of Quran in Dutch language.
Remarks: Bilingual Texts and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 653
Size(mm): 110 x 151
Weight(grams): 350
Price: US$ 7.95
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ISBN: 185381119X
Title: Letter to Christendom: A Timely Book Which Questions All Our Values
Author: Rana Kabbani
Edition Year: 1989
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: In this impassioned book, Rana Kabbani leads the reader through the labyrinthine world of Islam. Setting the historical record of western prejudice against Muslims alongside her own experience of life in the West, she demonstrates that deep misunderstanding and fear continue to inform the way Islam is perceived today. With particular reference to the Salman Rushdie affair, she illustrates how quickly the old forms of hatred and bigotry surface in order to wage for a new dialogue, free from historical bias or personal animosity, between these two civilisations.
Remarks: References.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 70
Size(mm): 129 x 198
Weight(grams): 90
Price: US$ 4.00
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ISBN: 1570622116
Title: Living and Dying with Grace: Counsels of Hadrat Ali
Author:
Edition Year: 1995
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Editedby: Thomas Cleary
Abstract: This is a book of aphoristic Sufi teachings on how to make ones way in the world - especially on how to bring spiritual insight to the affairs of daily life. Sufism, the mystical branch of Islam, contains a vast body of knowledge concerning the inner development of the complete human being. Among the greatest Sufi masters, Hadrat Ali, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, is regarded as a paragon of compassion and virtue and a master of both exoteric and esoteric knowledge. This book contains 400 of Hadrat Alis teachings, showing how people can use the everyday realities of their lives to cultivate wisdom and well-being, both temporal and eternal, offering a path to living and dying with grace.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 108
Size(mm): 125 x 184
Weight(grams): 150
Price: US$ 15.25
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ISBN: 8585091870
Title: Messages of Shoghi Effendi to the Indian Subcontinent:1923-1957
Author:
Edition Year: 1995
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Compiledby: Iran Furutan Muhajir
Abstract: This book is about the message of Shoghi effendi to the Indian subcontinent for 1923 - 1957. The history of the Faith in the Indian sub-continent started when Shaykh Said Hindi, travelled to Iran to seek the light of the Promised Qaim and attained the bounty of becoming one of the letters of the living. During this time at least three other individuals in India independently recognized the Bab as the promised one of all ages. Some years later Bahaullah instructed a well known Persian Bahai scholar, Jamal Effendi, to visit India and Burma and to teach the new faith to dignitaries and people of learning.
Remarks: B&W Photograph, Biographies, Index and it also edited by Iran Furutan Muhajir.
Edition: Revised Edition
Pages: 469
Size(mm): 148 x 225
Weight(grams): 790
Price: US$ 27.50
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ISBN: 0710006101
Title: Muhammad: Seal of the Prophets
Author: Muhammad Zafrulla khan
Edition Year: 1982
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is a study of a life of prophet is necessarily concerned not only with the physical but also with the moral and the spiritual, indeed, primarily with the moral and the spiritual as illustrated in the physical and the material. Muhammad was a human being like rest of us. He was commanded in the Holy Quran.
Remarks: Bibliography and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 289
Size(mm): 138 x 215
Weight(grams): 390
Price: US$ 21.25
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ISBN: RN00000022674
Title: Muhammadan Festivals
Author: G.E. Von Grunebaum
Edition Year: 1951
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book does not pretend to be a complete study of the festivals of Islam. The presentation here has been concerned with the essential and typical elements of Islamic ritual, rather than the particularities of any one sect, any one period, or any one nationality.
Remarks: B&W Illustrations, Bibliography and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 107
Size(mm): 135 x 222
Weight(grams): 330
Price: US$ 40.00
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ISBN: 818509182X
Title: My Love is My Stronghold
Author:
Edition Year: 1995
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Compiledby: Tahirih K. Foroughi
Abstract: This book provides the readers with many interesting examples of how individuals found the Bahai Faith. Although the stories contained in it are different, yet they all share one fact, finding the Bahai Faith is like home-coming.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 192
Size(mm): 139 x 217
Weight(grams): 230
Price: US$ 2.75
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ISBN: 185168395X
Title: Notable Muslims: Muslim Builders of World Civilization and Culture
Author: Natana J. Delong - Bas
Edition Year: 2007
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: From political leaders and human rights activists to rap musicians and NBA basketball stars, this diverse collection of profile documents the contributions to fifty male and fifty female Muslims to a wide variety of different fields and professions. A an exploration and celebration of what it means to be a Muslim today, it offers a colourful and vibrant counterpoint to the stereotypes of religious fundamentalists and masked suicide bombers that have become all too commonplace in Western representations of Islam.
Remarks: Appendix and Bibliography.
Edition: First South Asian Edition
Pages: 390
Size(mm): 139 x 215
Weight(grams): 590
Price: US$ 10.55
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ISBN: 8120609034
Title: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah ( 2 Volumes Set )
Author: Richard F. Burton
Edition Year: 1994
Cover: Leather Bound
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Editedby: Isabel Burton
Abstract: In the autumn of 1852, through the medium of my excellent friend, the late General Monteith, There is also a race called Al-Nakhawilah, who according to some, are descendants of the Ansar, whilst other derive them form Yazid, the son of Muawiyah the latter opinion is improbable, as the Caliph in question was a mortal foe to Alis family, which is inordinately venerated by these people.
Remarks: Appendix, Maps, Coloured Photographs, Illustration and Index.
Edition: Reprint Edition
Pages: 914
Size(mm): 146 x 223
Weight(grams): 1400
Price: US$ 53.00
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ISBN: 9993337102
Title: Quantum Poetry and Living in the World
Author: Mostafa Vaziri
Edition Year: 2002
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book explores Hafiz, the Persian Sage, mystic and poet of the fourteenth century. It presents the spiritual qualities, poetry and teachings of this great master who has over six centuries gained the admiration of readers spanning from India to the Western World. It demonstrates the phenomena of interconnections through the poetry of Hafiz. This unusual endeavor leads us to understand the links ranging from the behaviors of subatomic particles in the field of physics to the complex behaviors of body and psyche in the field of medicine as well as the socioeconomic aspects of our lives.
Remarks: Colour Photographs and Bibliography.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 135
Size(mm): 165 x 234
Weight(grams): 360
Price: US$ 14.75
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ISBN: 8120801105
Title: Sacred Books of the East: The Quran ( Vol-9, part-2 )
Author:
Edition Year: 2004
Cover: Leather Bound
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Editedby: F. Max Muller
Translatedby: E.H. Palmer
Abstract: One of the major difficulties confronting this programme is the lack of translator having both the qualifications and the time to undertake translations of the many outstanding books meriting publication. To help overcome this difficulty in part, UNESCOs advisers in this field have recommended that many worthwhile translations published during the 19th century, and now impossible to find expect in a limited number of libraries, should be brought back into print in low priced editions for the use of students and of the general public.
Remarks: Index.
Edition: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 362
Size(mm): 144 x 223
Weight(grams): 560
Price: US$ 6.75
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ISBN: 8179470989
Title: Salat: A Step by Step Guide for Women
Author:
Edition Year: 2005
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book explains the necessary details of the second basic duty of Islam as Salah. It aims to acquaint new converts to Islam as well as young Muslims with the knowledge of how to perform this important act of worship in Islam. It provides a detailed step-by-step account of the process of making Wuduu, and then carefully describes how to perform Salat. It also explains the prerequisites, elements, conditions and acts that nullify the Waduu or Salat.
Remarks: B&W Illustrations.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 84
Size(mm): 180 x 237
Weight(grams): 200
Price: US$ 2.75
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ISBN: N000022664
Title: Selected Saying of the Holy Prophet of Islam
Author:
Edition Year:
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: Islam is a great religion. The secret of its greatness lies in the complete and perfect teachings of the Holy Quran and in the fact that the founder of Islam, the Holy Prophet Muhammed practiced these teachings to the fullest extent. He thus became a perfect and living example of what he taught.
Remarks: Text in Arabic Language.
Edition:
Pages: 65
Size(mm): 139 x 214
Weight(grams): 80
Price: US$ 3.00
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ISBN: 186034013X
Title: Simple Guide to Islam
Author: Danielle Robinson
Edition Year: 2001
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: We once experienced a culture shock. The fact that its waves still affect us twenty years later must be proof its impact. It was begin enough occasions a young Franco-English couple had crossed the Mediterranean for the first time for a winter holiday in Tunisia with their baby daughter. From an England where trains were delayed because of snow and ice, they were transported into a mild climate matched by the kindness of its people to children and foreigners.
Remarks: Glossary and Index.
Edition: Reprint Edition
Pages: 120
Size(mm): 110 x 172
Weight(grams): 150
Price: US$ 9.00
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ISBN: 1882216121
Title: Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth (5 Volume Set )
Author: Shaikh Abd Al Jilani
Edition Year: 1995
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Translatedby: Muhtar Holland
Abstract: This book is the inner aspects of Islam. It words shed light on the workings of the spiritual core of the human being as well as on the traditional norms of external conduct. The proper attitude to going on a journey, the seeker of the Path of Truth is best described in the language of spiritual experience.
Remarks: Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 1738
Size(mm): 140 x 215
Weight(grams): 2260
Price: US$ 26.75
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ISBN: 0878082999
Title: The 99 Beautiful Names of God: For All the People of the Book
Author: David Bentley
Edition Year: 1999
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: In this book the author has taken each of the 99 names of God in Islam as his starting point he finds passages in the Old and New Testament where this name occurs and brings out its rich meaning. Originally the book was published in the United States of America with the purpose of promoting better understanding between Christians and Muslims. This is an Indian edition and hopefully Christians in India find it useful in their devotional life and in understanding their Muslim neighbors.
Remarks: Index and Bibliography.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 112
Size(mm): 139 x 217
Weight(grams): 170
Price: US$ 1.75
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ISBN: 8170945410
Title: The A to Z of Islam
Author: Ludwig W. Adamec
Edition Year: 2003
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book will enable readers to understand in a perspective Islams contemporary philosophical trends as well as the social and political responses by Islamic movements to issue of 21st century politics, such as the inroads of Westernization in the Islamic world. A chronology highlights important Islamic milestone till the end of the 20th century. The book is rounded off with a comprehensive bibliography which guides interested readers to in depth knowledge resources on various topics.
Remarks: Bibliography.
Edition: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 298
Size(mm): 141 x 216
Weight(grams): 370
Price: US$ 5.00
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ISBN: 1852303727
Title: The Bahai Faith
Author: Joseph Sheppherd
Edition Year: 1992
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book based on the belief that there is one God and one global family, it promotes an advanced civilization for the whole of human society. The Bahai faith works towards the elimination of racial, cultural, spiritual and gender prejudice and extends equality at all, encouraging the concept that everyone has the potential to effect great social change.
Remarks: B&W Illustrations, Bibliography and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 118
Size(mm): 130 x 198
Weight(grams): 130
Price: US$ 11.50
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ISBN: 8185091307
Title: The Blessed Beauty Baha U Llah
Author: Mahnaz Afshin
Edition Year: 1988
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: The fundamental principle enunciated by Baha u llah, the followers of His Faith firmly believe, is that religious truth is not absolute but relative, that Divine Revelation is a continuous and progressive process, that all the great religious of the world are divine in origin, that their basic principle are in complete harmony, that their aims and purpose are one and the same, that their teachings are but facets of one truth, that their functions are complementary, that they differ only in the non-essential aspects of their doctrines, and that their missions represent successive stages in the spiritual evolution of human society.
Remarks: B&W and Coloured Photograhs.
Edition: Second Edition
Pages: 105
Size(mm): 135 x 213
Weight(grams): 150
Price: US$ 4.00
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ISBN: 0143031279
Title: The Children of Rifaa: In search of a Moderate Islam
Author: Guy Sorman
Edition Year: 2004
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Translatedby: Asha Puri
Abstract: In 1826, Rifaa el Tahtawi, a theologian in Cairo, arrived in Paris, His mission was to discover the secret of the scientific prowess of the West and find out if it was possible to reconcile the tenets of Islam with a modern and progressive outlook. By the time he returned to Egypt in 1831, after a thorough study of Western science, military power and jurisprudence, he had come to the conclusion that noting in the Koran opposed the modernization of the Muslim world. His enlightened analysis led to what is known as the Arab Renaissance, a discernible shift towards modernity and democracy in the Muslim world, which lasted till the 1950s.
Remarks: Translated from French by Asha Puri, Notes, Bibliography and Index.
Edition: First Indian Edition
Pages: 288
Size(mm): 124 x 193
Weight(grams): 270
Price: US$ 6.75
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ISBN: 0710078641
Title: The Classical Heritage in Islam
Author: Franz Rosenthal
Edition Year: 1975
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Translatedby: Emile and Jenny Marmorstein
Abstract: This book texts collected in this anthology illustrates the impact of Greek civilization on Islamic culture. They demonstrate the extent and character of Muslim acquaintance with the cultural heritage of classical antiquity. At the same time they show the various ways in which that heritage influenced subsequent Muslim thought. It is Islamic studies, include literal translations of Greek texts, paraphrases, commentaries and adaptations, as well as independent Islamic elaborations of Greek ideas. Taken from various periods, these writings represent many different fields of science and scholarship, such as, for instance, scientific methodology, philosophy, physics, medicine, geography, astronomy, musicology and the occult sciences.
Remarks: Illustrations, Notes and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 298
Size(mm): 139 x 215
Weight(grams): 490
Price: US$ 50.00
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ISBN: N000092561
Title: The Fundamentals of Tawheed ( Islamic Monotheism )
Author: Abu Ameenath Bilal Philips
Edition Year:
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book presents a detailed explanation of the classical Islamic concept of Gods unity as it relates to faith and acts of religious devotion. It also discusses the major areas within which the Islamic Unitarian belief is either nullified or compromised by idolatrous concepts collectively treatment of the subject in a fluid and uncomplicated English style but also in its modern presentation of classical theological issues.
Remarks: Bibliography and Index.
Edition:
Pages: 213
Size(mm): 137 x 214
Weight(grams): 280
Price: US$ 2.00
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ISBN: 0140191682
Title: The Mystics of Islam
Author: Reynold A. Nicholson
Edition Year: 1989
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: In this classic work Dr. Nicholson provides the general reader with an easy approach to the study of Islamic mysticism. He gives a broad outline of Sufism and the religious philosophy of Islam, and describes some of the principles, methods and characteristic features of the inner life as it has been lived by Moslems of every class and condition from the eighth century onwards. Many quotations are given, mainly in the authors own fine versions from the original Arabic and Persian.
Remarks: Bibliography and Index.
Edition: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 178
Size(mm): 128 x 198
Weight(grams): 150
Price: US$ 10.00
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ISBN: 8170207711
Title: The Prophet: Life of Muhammad Volume 1 and 2
Author: W. M. Shaikh
Edition Year: 1998
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is about Muhammad. It was somewhere in the year 610 AD, when he was forty years old, the Prophet of Islam had an experience that shattered his peaceful existence and set him on the path that transformed the lives of millions of people, first in Arabia and then all over the world. On the eventful day when the Prophet had gone to a cave in Mecca called Hirra for his meditations and supplications to God, a voice thundered in the air and asked him to, Read in the name of thy lord, who created, created Man of a blood-clot. Read and Thy lord is the Most Generous who taught by the Pen, taught Man, that he knew not.
Remarks: Two Set Volume and Bibliography.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 998
Size(mm): 145 x 222
Weight(grams): 1150
Price: US$ 25.50
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ISBN: 0521345952
Title: The Rise and Rule of Tamerlane
Author: Beatrice Forbes Manz
Edition Year: 1989
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is about the rise and rule of Tamerlane. The great nomad conqueror Tamerlane rose to power in 1370 on the ruins of the Mongol Empire and led his armies to the conquest of much of its territory, from Russia to India, from Turkestan to Anatolia. He was the last such ruler to unite the settled and steppe regions of Eurasia and his career thus marks as transition in the history of the Middle East and Inner Asia from the period of nomad conquest and rule to that of the ascendency of the settled World.
Remarks: Notes, Bibliography and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 227
Size(mm): 155 x 234
Weight(grams): 470
Price: US$ 61.75
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ISBN: 8176240230
Title: The Secret of the Self
Author: Reynold A. Nicholson
Edition Year: 1998
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book unfolds the philosophical basis of poem of Iqbal. Iqbal is an Indian Moslem. On its first appearance the Asrar-i-khudi took by storm the younger generation of Indian Moslems. Iqbal is said to be a man of his age and a man in advance of his age, he is also man in disagreement with his age.
Edition: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 146
Size(mm): 124 x 180
Weight(grams): 240
Price: US$ 4.95
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ISBN: 009160320X
Title: The Spirit of Allah: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution
Author: Amir Taheri
Edition Year: 1985
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is about the spirit of allah. It gives brief information to reader about the khomeini and Islamic Revolution. It describe forgotten Oasis, narrow path, how easy to become a Mullah, Turban and the Crown, City of Taghut, Encounter at the Marble Palace, Road to exile etc.
Remarks: B&W Photographs and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 350
Size(mm): 140 x 222
Weight(grams): 490
Price: US$ 49.50
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ISBN: 8178240068
Title: The Ulama of Farangi Mahall and Islamic Culture in South Asia
Author: Francis Robinson
Edition Year: 2001
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is learned and holy men of Farangi Mahall were the consolidators in India of the rationalist traditions of Islamic scholarship derived from Iran. These were encapsulated in a renowned and widely used syllabus which they created and which became the dominant system of Indian Islamic education from the eighteenth century. These traditions represented a confident and flexible Islamic understanding which, many felt, had the capacity to preserve Islam even while selectively adopting social, cultural and technological changes from the West. Between 1780 and 1820 these traditions were arguably poised to bring forth some form of Islamic enlightenment.
Remarks: Glossary, Index, Map, Tables and Appendices.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 267
Size(mm): 145 x 224
Weight(grams): 540
Price: US$ 14.75
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ISBN: 0904975002
Title: The Wisdom of the Prophets
Author: Muhyi-D-Din Ibn 'Arabi
Edition Year: 1975
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Translatedby: Titus Burckhardt and Angela Culme-Seymour
Abstract: Muhyi-d-din Ibn 'Arbi, one of the greatest mystics of all time, was born in Murcia in the year 1165, of an ancient Arab family. Form the age of eight, when he and his parents went to live in Seville, he studied assiduously, and his intellectual ability and spiritual state soon became apparent to his teachers. When he was thirty he started travelling, not only in Spain but throughout North Africa and Asia Minor, and his teaching and influence grew in importance so much that he is known as al-Shaikh al-Akbar the greatest Shaikh. The fact that the teaching and philosophy, representing a synthesis of esoteric materia, was written down for the first time, is the main reason why the influence of this great mystic spread from West to East, and if his importance appeared to wane, owing either to the loss of his manuscripts or lack of translation, it is now returning due to the present day urgency for a universal perspective.
Remarks: Translated from Arabic to French with notes by Titus Burckhardt, Translated from French to English by Angela Culme-Seymour and Glossary.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 146
Size(mm): 155 x 234
Weight(grams): 250
Price: US$ 11.50
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ISBN: 8172232594
Title: The World of Fatwas or the Shariah in Action
Author: Arun Shourie
Edition Year: 1997
Cover: Paperback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: This book is about fatwa. A fatwa is a decree, a ruling. The usual sequence is that a Muslim puts an issue before an authority and the latter rules on the matter. The authorities that can issue of fatwa are well recognized. They can be individuals, they can be institutions and an institution like the Dar al-Ulum at Deoband has a special department for just this purpose. Of course the authority may take up a matter Suo Moto also. The fatwa accumulate. From time to time they are compiled. These compilations become both the high literature of the community, as well as the Islamic version of Supreme Court reports.
Remarks: Index.
Edition: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 685
Size(mm): 135 x 217
Weight(grams): 600
Price: US$ 5.25
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ISBN: 0877430047
Title: The World Order of Baha u llah
Author: Shoghi Effendi
Edition Year: 1980
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: In the seven letters collected in this volume Shoghi Effendi deals with issues of world order, a paramount purpose of the Baha I Faith. Boidly and clearly, he describes the cause that have brought humanity to its present plight and presents plight and presents Baha’u’llahs teachings that alone have the power to usher in a new era of peace and unity. The letters challenge mankind to strive toward a common goal, the goal of a new World Order, Divine in origin, all embracing in scope Shoghi Effendi invites us to widen our loyalties, to subordinate our national interests to the imperative claims of a unified world.
Remarks: Index.
Edition: Reprinted Edition
Pages: 234
Size(mm): 157 x 235
Weight(grams): 650
Price: US$ 54.95
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ISBN: 0713785039
Title: Treasures of Islam
Author: Philip Bamborough
Edition Year: 1976
Cover: Hardback
Subject: Islam
Language: English
Abstract: Islam, one of the great religions of the world, has also been the inspiration for some of the greatest treasures. Its influence extended from the great architectural masterpieces such as the Taj Mahal in India, the Palace of Alhat art treasures. Its influence extended from the great architectural masterpieces such as the Taj Mahal in India, the Palace of Alhambra at Granada in Spain, the mosques of Isfahan and Trimurs tomb at Samarkand, to the masterpieces in miniature expressed in metalwork, glass, ceramics, paintings, and last but not least, carpets and tapestries. All expressed the majesty of Islam, the word and teachings of Allah.Islam too have given the world many abstract treasures such as algebra, alchemy and astronomy. It is both a religion and a way of life, a teachings and a law, a total philosophy which found expression in the numerous arts and crafts of countries spanning almost half the world. The book is beautifully illustrated with numerous colour and black and white plat
Remarks: Chronology, Coloured Photographs, B&W Plates, Map, Urdu Transcript and Index.
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 160
Size(mm): 142 x 223
Weight(grams): 420
Price: US$ 41.25
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