English Books

Hajj: A Practical Handbook for Pilgrims

This once in a lifetime journey is an overwhelming experience because of the unique and awesome connection between the guest and the Host. The Host is the Creator and the guests are His servants. The journey of Hajj begins with the first guest, the...

Q&A from Fatawa Rizwiyah Volume 2

Fatawa Rizwiyah is a major book of fatwas authored by the great 19th-century scholar Imam Ahmed Raza Khan. The original book was published in 30 volumes by various publishers. It contains proposed solutions to common problems, covering diverse topics...

Journey to Allah

This book is a summary of the Naqshbandi way of approaching Allah and getting close to Him. It describes the methods of self-purification and the meanings of Divine nearness. The author was a spiritual guide who dedicated his life to the service of...

Reclaim Your Heart

Reclaim Your Heart is not just a self-help book. It is a manual about the journey of the heart in and out of the ocean of this life. It is a book about how to keep your heart from sinking to the depths of that ocean, and what to do when it does. It is a...

Healing the Emptiness

At some level, so many of us have experienced emptiness. But very few people know why. And even fewer people know how to fill that emptiness. But we spend our lives trying...As flawed human beings, we so often cringe at our humanness. We try everything...

Love and Happiness

Things fall apart. And they break sometimes. Like many of you, my journey hasn't always been easy. Pain is very real. And so is loss. Sometimes it's hard not to let the weight of what we carry--or the memory of what we've lost--take over. Many of us know...

An Introduction to Islamic Theology

Al- Bidayah fi usul al-din (An Introduction to Islamic Theology) is a classical text on Maturidi theology authored by Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni (d.580/1184), a prominent Muslim theologian from Bukhara. It is a concise yet thorough manual of key doctrinal...

Commentary on the Eleventh Contentions

Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad's insightful commentary on his eleventh set of 100 contentions, is a contemporary take on the classical Islamic genre of aphorisms. Philosopher Jürgen Habermas claims that 'modernism is dominant but dead.' A corollary...

Pearls of Faith: The Ninety-Nine Beautiful Names of Allah

Pearls of the Faith is a book that harkens back to a slower time; before the nanosecond; before supersonic travel; before the advent of cyberspace-- when handwritten letters took weeks to deliver; and people could sit under a canopy and read light verse...

The Prayer of the Oppressed

The power of this prayer of Imam Muhammad al-Dar’i lies in its simplicity, its purity, and its sincere supplication. It is essentially a plea to God that our transgressions be overlooked, that divine mercy be bestowed upon us, that social justice...

The Life of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: A Brief History

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (1875-1936) was an English traveler, novelist, polemicist, and educator who embraced Islam in 1917. His travels throughout the Muslim world formed the basis of several of his novels set in the Middle East and allowed him to...

Mary and Jesus in the Qur'an

The nineteenth chapter of the Qur'an is named Maryam, the Arabic name for Mary, the mother of Isa (Jesus). The reading of this chapter shows reverence Muslims have towards Jesus, his mother, Zakariyya and his son Yahya (John the Baptist). The chapter...

Islam Our Choice: Portraits of Modern American Muslim Women

An increasing number of American women are embracing Islam and that number has already reached over one million converts. These are modern women born and brought up in America to non-Muslim parents. They have journeyed down the path of Islam without...

A Light at The End of The Tunnel: The Stories of Muslim Teens

Sumaiya Beshir's book A Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Stories of Muslim Teens was published in 2012. This anthology of stories focuses on Muslim teens' experiences, struggles, and successes. Sumaiya Beshir's A Light at the End of the Tunnel gives a...

Remembrance and Prayer : The Way of Prophet Muhammadﷺ

Shaykh Muhammad Al-Ghazali (1335-1416 AH/1917-1996 AC), the author of over fifty books on Islam, was one of the pioneers of the contemporary Islamic revival. Born in Egypt, he graduated from Al Azhar University in 1360/1941 and embarked on a career of...

Once Upon a Time : Parenting Through Storytelling

This book is the first in a series providing parents with material for the effective Islamic tarbiyah tool of storytelling. Here, Muslim parents will find stories to correct common problem behaviours and instill Islamic concepts in their children. They...

Understanding Islam: Guide For Judeo-Christian Reader

InUnderstanding Islam , Dr. Dirks offers a timely and factually correct alternative to understanding Islam. It is written for the Western, and primarily, Christian reader. The primary focus of the Book is on what is termed Sunni Islam, i.e., the Islam...

Muslim Teens : A Practical Islamic Parenting Guide

From the preface: Teen years, we are told by society, are a time of exploration and discovery--of alcohol, drugs, the opposite sex, all sorts of reckless and dangerous behavior, and a time for finding yourself. Teen years, we are told, are the time of...

Meeting the Challenge of Parenting In The West An Islamic Perspective

Meeting the Challenge of Parenting in the West: An Islamic Perspective is a significant book co-authored by Ekram Beshir, M.D., and Mohamed Rida Beshir. This excellent study covers the unique issues that Muslim parents encounter when parenting their...

Islam in Focus

Islam in Focus is one of the best-known and most widely distributed general introductions to Islam by a Muslim author. In it, 'Abd al 'Ati directs his message both to Muslims and non-Muslims using a modernist tone with an ethical emphasis. The author...