Biography & History

Muhammad: His Character and Conduct

Muslims all over the world see Muhammadﷺ as God's last messenger to mankind. Through his actions, he showed the way to live a life that provides for all the needs of body, mind, and soul, and elevates man's aspirations towards a sublime ideal in a very...

Muhammad: Man and Prophet

The Prophet Muhammadﷺ initiated one of the most significant religious and cultural developments in human history, bringing the religion of Islam to the world. Adil Salahi's compelling biography traces the life of the Prophet Muhammadﷺ from his birth...

Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age

In this New York Times Editors’ Choice, the brilliant founder of MuslimGirl.com shares her harrowing and candid account of what it’s like to be a young Muslim woman in the wake of 9/11, during the never-ending war on terror, and...

How Muslims Shaped the Americas

Omar Mouallem grew up in a Muslim household, but always questioned the role of Islam in his life. As an adult, he used his voice to criticize what he saw as the harms of organized religion. But none of that changed the way others saw him. Now, as a...

Muslim Civilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform

"[This is] a subject of such relevance and importance that one wonders why nobody else dealt with it in book form before."—Dr. Wilfried Hofmann Muslim civilization has experienced a decline during the last five centuries after previously having...

Pioneers of Islamic Scholarship

Over the fourteen centuries of its existence, Islamic scholarship has produced numerous individuals who have acquired broad knowledge and deep insight. This work summarizes the thought of ten key personalities whose influence encompasses the vast...

Our Legends: Luminaries Who Revived Islam

Every now and then some great people have come along to protect and revive Islam. This short and well-presented book highlights a small selection of specific personalities from our rich tradition who served as foundational hallmarks for the progress of...

Hijra: Story and Significance

This account of the Hijra-the departure of the Prophetﷺ from Makkah (Mecca) to Yathrib (now Medina)-is a story of endurance and triumph in the face of seemingly insuperable adversity.

Dying and Living for Allah: The Last Will of Khurram Murad

About The Book The Last Will of Khurram Murad is essentially a wake-up call, not just to his kith and kin, but all Muslims. In accordance with the Quran and Sunnah , this Will is a nasihah (advising), commending and enjoining a life based on loyalty to...

Journey to Islam

A lengthy process, rich in remarkable and thought-provoking events, including compelling encounters with Islamic philosophy, led the author to embrace Islam. His experiences since that time-such as his pilgrimages to Makkah-further deepened his...

Against Smoking: An Ottoman Manifesto by Ahmad al-Rumi al-Aqhisari

A fascinating cultural history of the Ottoman response to tobacco, which includes one of the earliest fatwas on the subject."Michot provides an introduction into the work (Risaleh Dukhaniyyeh) and an outline of the scholarly debates concerning smoking...

A Princess's Pilgrimage

In 1870, Nawab Sikander Begum of Bhopal became the first South-Asian Muslim woman to publish an account of her pilgrimage to Mecca. She travelled with a retinue of a thousand, visited Jeddah and Mecca, performed the requisite rituals and observances,...

Ibn Sina: A Concise Life

Ibn Sina, who is referred to as Avicenna in Latin, was a true polymath. Born in Persia in the tenth century, his passion for knowledge was unparalleled in his time. He made lasting contributions to medicine, math, and philosophy. Due to the scope and...

Paradise on Fire: Syed Ali Geelani and the Struggle for Freedom in Kashmir

Paradise on Fire is the story of the struggle for national liberation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, spearheaded by Syed Ali Shah Geelani. This political biography of Kashmir’s leading freedom fighter reveals the true horror of the Kashmir...

The Final Prophet: Proof of the Prophethood of Muhammad

FOURTEEN CENTURIES AGO, the final revelation descended upon Muhammadﷺ. This message, Islam, spread rapidly across Arabia to nearby lands, and across the world. Today, over a billion people believe in and follow his message. But who was Muhammadﷺ and how...

Letters From a Prophet

Many years ago, across distant lands and faraway empires, a series of letters were sent to some of the most powerful men on earth. These were no ordinary letters, however- they were from none other than the Last Prophet of Godﷺ and the message they...

A Treasury of Iqbal

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...

Alexandria: The City that Changed the World

An original, authoritative, and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present day. Islam Issa’s father had always told him about their city's magnificence, and as he looked at the new library in Alexandria...

The First Muslims: History and Memory

A fresh look at the origins and development of Islam, this is a fascinating reconstruction of the era of the first three generations of Muslims. Using a wealth of classical Arabic sources, it chronicles the lives of the Prophet Muhammadﷺ, his Companions,...

Making History

Ahmad Thomson's Making History is a provocative and keen assessment of the muddled interchange between history, belief systems, and human thought. This booklet considers the two main perspectives from which history may be viewed. If beauty is in eye of...