A Talib's Tale

John Butt came to Swat in 1970 as a young man in search of an education he couldn't get from his birthplace in England. He traveled around the region, first only with friends from his home country, but as he befriends the locals and starts to learn about...

Meeting Muhammad

“My eyes have never seen anything better than you. No woman has ever given birth to anyone as beautiful as you. You were created free from all flaws. As if you were created exactly as you wished. – Hassan Ibn Thabit (RA) Allah has never sent a Prophet...

Once Upon A Revolution: An Egyptian Story

Award-winning journalist Thanassis Cambanis tells the “wonderfully readable and insightful” (Booklist, starred review) inside story of the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Cambanis brings to life the noble dreamers who brought Egypt to the brink of freedom, and...

A Treasury of 'A'ishah: A Guidance from the Beloved of the Beloved

Aisha bint Abu Bakr (RA) has been an inspiration and paragon for Muslims since the first generation of Believers emerged. Hailed as a guiding light, a fount of wisdom and a purveyor of the Prophetic mission, Aisha’s words have illuminated Islamic thought...

Muhammad: Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires

In the midst of the dramatic seventh-century war between two empires, Muhammad ﷺ was a spiritual seeker in search of community and sanctuary. Many observers stereotype Islam and its scripture as inherently extreme or violent-a narrative that has...

Mawdudi: An Introduction to His Life and Thought

Sayyid Abul A'la Al-Mawdudi (Maududi) (1903-1979), one of the chief architects of contemporary Islamic resurgence, was an outstanding Islamic thinker and writer of his time. He devoted his life to expound the meaning and message of Islam and to organise...

Saladin: The Sultan Who Vanquished the Crusaders and Built an Islamic Empire

In this authoritative biography, historian John Man brings Saladin and his world to life with vivid detail in "a rollicking good story" (Justin Marozzi). Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved...

Caliphate: The History of an Idea

From a preeminent scholar of Islamic history, the authoritative history of caliphates from their beginnings in the 7th century to the modern day In Caliphate, Islamic historian Hugh Kennedy dissects the idea of the caliphate and its history, and explores...

A Treasury of Iqbal-1726595326

Muhammad Iqbal (d.1938), thinker and philosopher - poet of Indo-Pakistani sub-continent was one of the key architects of contemporary Islam. Through the medium of his thoughtful writing and soul-transforming poetry, both Urdu and Persian, he infused a...

A Treasury of Ghazali

This collection of short wisdoms from the works of Imam al-Ghazali reflects the broad range of his brilliant intellectual thought. With an emphasis upon literary quality, concision, and concentration of meaning, each aphorism is full of value and...

Race with Death: 22 True Stories from the Bosnian War

Race with Death is a devastatingly moving account about the Bosnian War. Written by a retired doctor who volunteered her services at a hospital in Sarajevo during the height of the conflict, it relates the experience of the patients she treated. These...

Daily Wisdom: Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad

This attractive presentation of the Prophet Muhammad'sﷺ teachings engages the reader in a moment of daily reflection. With 365 traditions covering the whole year,Daily Wisdom explores Islamic morals and manners in all aspects of everyday life...

A Journey Through Islamic History

A Journey through Islamic History  tells you all you ever wanted to know about the history of the Muslim world from the Prophet Muhammad to Malcolm X in a short, accessible, and lavishly-illustrated format.This book includes eight chronological essays...

Islam in Victorian Britain: The Life and Times of Abdullah Quilliam

This is the first full biography of Abdullah Quilliam (1856–1932), the most significant Muslim personality in nineteenth-century Britain. Uniquely ennobled as the Sheikh of Islam of the British Isles by the Ottoman caliph Sultan Abdul Hamid II in 1893,...

The Prophet Muhammad A Role Model for Muslim Minorities

This book seeks guidance from the Prophet Muhammad'sﷺ life for Muslims living as a minority. Prominent examples include how Islam was practised in Makkah under constant prejudice, how Muslims led their lives as migrants in Abyssinia and how Muslim...

Madina to Jerusalem

This book attempts not only to recount the military battles that led to the Muslims liberating Jerusalem from the Byzantines but also to understand the reasons why the Byzantine confederates of Al-Sham abandoned their former masters for Islam. Ismail...

Return of the Pharaoh: Memoir in Nasir's Prision

About The Book An inspirational and motivational account of a leading woman figure of the Islamic movement who was falsely accused in 1965 of conspiring to kill Jamal Abd al-Nasir, the President of Egypt.RETURN OF THE PHAROAH relates how Zainab...

The Muslim 100: The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of the Most Influential Muslims in History

"It is rare to see a publication which includes personalities from both Shia and Sunni schools of thought and which is so much needed in today's turbulent world. This book, I believe will . . . enrich our understanding of not only the historical but the...

Dear Mother: Letters from the Heart

This book empathizes with Muslim mothers nurturing their families within a faith framework. It canters her experience. Doubts and insecurities are gently replaced with understanding and support in the candid exchanges from one mother to another. Dear...

Discovering the Ottomans

"Lyrical yet careful, this introduction to the Ottoman reality will soon become a classic of popular history-writing."—T.J. Winter, University of CambridgeWhat was the significance of the Ottoman Empire? What kind of lives did people live? What does the...