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THE HEART OF ISLAM
₨ 1,080THE HEART OF ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY The Quest for Self-Knowledge in the Teachings of Afdal Kashani William C. Chittick The Heart of Islamic philosophy is an introduction to the work of an important medieval Islamic Philosopher who is little known outside the Persian world. Afdal al- Din Kashani was a contemporary of a number of important Muslim thinkers, including Averroes and Ibn ‘Arabi. Among philosophers who wrote in Persian, he is set apart by the remarkable beauty and clarity of his prose. Avoiding Arabic technical terms, he did not, in fact, write for advanced students of philosophy but rather for beginners. Kashani’s writings offer especially clear and insightful expositions of various philosophical positions. This makes him an invaluable resource for those who would like to learn the basic principle and arguments of this philosophical tradition but do not have a strong background in philosophy and Islamic studies. As Chittick notes, Kashani held the position that philosophy awakens people from forgetfulness and incites them to reach for the perfection of existence. Because ignorance of self is the cause of the soul’s misery in the next life, he sought to make philosophy as accessible as possible to everyone. This is the first book in English to present the main themes of the Islamic philosophical tradition in the words of a Muslim philosopher. Written in an accessible style, this volume will interest students and scholars of Islamic philosophy at all levels.
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THE LIFE OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
₨ 999This children s book on the life of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from is taken traditional Muslim biographical literature, including Hadith. Passages from the Koran are used throughout to reinforce the stories. The material is authentic and the style lively and attractive. Although the book has been written for children of 10 to 15 years of age it can be usefully read by anyone as an introduction to the life of the Prophet (PBUH) because of its completeness and clarity. There are 32 colour illustrations and every care has been taken over authentic detail. There has been no attempt to portray either the Prophet (PBUH) or his Companions. The illustrations are representative of traditional Islamic life as lived in any Arab country and portray scenes that have occurred in those countries for over 1000 years.
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MUHAMMAD HIS LIFE BASED ON THE EARLIEST SOURCES
₨ 1,995Martin Lings “Before the appearance of this book, Western languages lacked almost entirely a comprehensive and authentic account of the life and the Prophet Muhammad. Now, Lings, has produced a superb narrative that, in its sobriety and dignity of style and its scrupulous and exhaustive fidelity to authentic and reliable sources, constitutes a major addition to Islamic literature in English.” — Religious Studies Review
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Martin Ling’s Life of Muhammad is unlike any other. Based on Arabic sources of the eighth and ninth centuries, of which some important passages are translated here for the first time, it owes the freshness and directness of its approach to the words of the men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life.
Martin Lings has an unusual gift for narrative. He has adopted a style which is at once extremely readable and reflects both the simplicity and grandeur of the story. The result is something that can be read with equal enjoyment by those already familiar with Muhammad’s life and those coming to it for the first time.
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A TRANSLATION OF THE MEANING OF THE NOBLE QURAN
₨ 2,200A work of some twenty-five years of study and research, this is the first North American translation of the Qur’an. This is a remarkable effort to interpret the meaning of the Divine Word for the contemporary man. The translation is presented in a flowing and lilting prose that is thoroughly modern and relates to the contemporary man’s socio-cultural and literary sensibility. It makes the Qur’an accessible to all English-speaking readers, while retaining the poetic beauty of the original, through spinning a veneer of transparent and simple English that lets the original message gush forth, with so much meaning and so much awe. The result has been a document accessible to an understanding mind and mellifluous to the heedful soul. The Noble Qur’dn effectively deploys all the typographical and compositional resources of the present-day American English. Sometimes many sentences, or even more than one paragraph, relate one verse from the original. Sometimes many verses are carried over in a single sentence. The gigantic flow of the original continuum is organically sustained in the translation.
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THE DOCTRINE OF THE SUFIS
₨ 750THE DOCTRINE OF THE SUFIS (Kit?b al?Ta‘arruf li?Madhhab ahl al?Tasawwuf by Abu Bakr al?Kal?b?dhi)A. J. Arberry has presented English translation of a classic Arabic text in the history of Sufism, the Mystical aspect of Islam, which is perhaps the most valuable and authoritative compendium of Sufism in print.. It is important because it is the earliest extant text to reconcile the position of Sufism and orthodox Islam and will be of value not only to scholars but also to general readers interested in mysticism and, comparative religion. The volume consists of five parts: a general introduction on the meaning of the term Sufi and an enumeration of the names of great Sufis; a statement of the tenets of Islam, as accepted by the Sufis; a discussion of the various ‘stations’ of the Sufis such as fear, hope and love: the expressions used by them to designate true mystical experience, union with God; and a discussion of the various phenomena of Sufism. This short work is perhaps the best of the early introductions to Sufi thought and history
