General Islamic Books

Signs on the Earth: Islam, Modernity and the Climate Crisis

A major study of environmentalism and Islam in practice and theory, with an historical overview that sets out future challenges, including reformulating the fiqh or Islamic legal tradition to take the ecological dimension seriously.In addressing this...

Your Lord Has Not Forsaken You

Trauma is more common than you think. Well over half of your friends, colleagues, and closest family members have experienced harrowing or deeply hurtful events in their lives. Maybe you have, too. Trauma can dwell in the body for years or even decades,...

Allah Liberty and Love

The New York Times bestselling author to whom Oprah gave her first ever “Chutzpah” Award, Irshad Manji writes a bridge-building book that is both a stirring reflection and a path to action. In Allah, Liberty and Love,  Irshad...

Who Speaks for Islam

Based on the largest study of its kind, this book is the first to present the fascinating findings of the Gallup Poll of the Muslim World. Are we on the verge of an all-out war between the West and 1.3 billion Muslims? When the media searches for an...

Is There Bacon in Heaven?

Growing up, Ali Hassan was a chameleon. His friends came from many different backgrounds and religions—Trinidadian, Parsi, Goan, Hindu, Christian, Sikh. And as a hockey-playing, Crock-Pot–using young man who also knew the words to at least...

Shades of Islam: Poems for a New Century

"These poems offer a window into the sensibility of a modern American Muslim, with unflinching honesty and richly informed compassion. The great humanistic tradition of poetry known in Arabic and other Eastern languages here finds a contemporary English...

Ummah or Nation?

This survey of the literature on the development of nationalism in Muslim countries also examines the status of the ummah in Muslim nation states as well as activities of Muslim nations through the OIC.

Rethinking Islam and Modernity: Essays in Honour of Fathi Osman

This book, which originated in a conference held to honour Dr. Fathi Osman, starts with a redefinition of what modernity signifies. Rejecting ideological and ethnocentric definitions of modernity, the contributors depart from the understanding that Islam...

Islam the Way of Revival

In this refreshingly different book one can relish the works and ideas of numerous Muslim scholars and leaders of the 20th century. The contributors include Muhammad Asad, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Hasan al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, Khurshid Ahmad and Sayyid Abul...

Islam: Its Meaning and Message

This book provides a window into the world of Islam. It covers the whole spectrum of its beliefs, values, social principles, cultural institutions, and contemporary problems. Edited by Khurshid Ahmad, this book brings together leading Muslim scholarship...

Organ Transplant, Euthanasia, Cloning, and Animal Experimentation, an Islamic View

Muslims believe that everything they own is given to them as an amanah (trust) from Allah. The author sheds light on how modern medical issues should be handled in light of our Islamic responsibilities. Organ Transplantation, Euthanasia, Cloning and...

Pure Monotheism

In this book, you will learn all the conditions and prerequisites of pure monotheism and full coverage of the following topics: • The meaning of La Ilaha Illa Allah• Worship• Belief in Allah and the true meaning of worship•...

Al-Aqsa Mosque

The book is about Al-Aqsa Mosque, the second mosque built on earth for the worship of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, after the Holy Mosque in Mecca, which Allah gave the distinction of being first. According to the most authentic opinion, it was the...

Passage to Paradise

Passage to Paradise This book covers many of the paths that lead you to Paradise--the eternal blissSuch channels include:• Sincerity with Allah• Patience in obedience to Allah and with what He has fated• Truthfulness in words, deeds and...

Great Muslims of the West: Makers of Western Islam

Muslims have lived in the “West” for hundreds of years, yet the lives of all but a few are little known.In this illuminating work, Muhammad Mojlum Khan sets out to change this by revealing the lives and impact of over fifty significant...

Gaza: Stay Human

"It is first and foremost an eyewitness account of an everyman and a true humanist. He was there during the Operation 'Cast Lead' and so his daily dispatches came directly from the killing fields of Gaza, and are therefore free of any media distortion or...

O Mankind: A Pocketful of Gems from the Qur’an

Allah سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى has blessed us with a glorious book, filled with sparkling Qur’anic Jewels: rubies, diamonds and pearls of incredible wisdom and supplications. He has also taught us through His beloved Messengerﷺ how to use these...

A Treasury of Rumi: Guidance on the Path of Wisdom and Unity

There are many sides to Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī - scholar, preacher, saint, mystic, love poet, didactic poet, and spiritual master - but the version of him that became the best-selling poet in North America lacks authenticity. 'Everyone has, in their view,...

Divine Names: The 99 Healing Names of the One Love

The path to self-discovery and inner and outer peace! Divine Names is a unique contribution to understanding life and oneself on a deeper level by learning to open to the Divine. It draws on original Arabic literature—often not available in...

A Temporary Gift: Reflections of Love, Loss and Healing

On Friday, August 16, 2013, twenty-six-year-old Amr Kassem attended a peaceful protest in Alexandria, Egypt along with thousands of others, rallying against the mass injustices taking place in the aftermath of the coup d’etat by the Egyptian...