Religion / Islam

The Religion of Islam

by Maulana Muhammad Ali

Comprehensive and monumental work on the sources, principles and practices of Islam:

a) Sources of Islam, its essentials and doctrines – The Holy Quran, Hadith, Ijtihad and Ijma

b) Principles of Islam, Iman...

Islam: Belief And Practice

by Suleyman Eris

This book is intended to open a small window into the Islamic belief and practice in order to assist beginners desiring to learn the basics of Islam. It covers the pillars of faith and the pillars of Islamic...

Letters

by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

Written by a celebrated Islamic scholar to his students in Turkey after his political exile in 1925, these letters follow the long-established traditions of correspondence between spiritual masters and their...

The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English

by Geza Vermes

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Judean desert between 1947 and 1956 was one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Hidden in the caves at Qumran by the Essenes, a Jewish sect in existence...

Reclaim Your Heart

by Yasmin Mogahed

Personal experiences, views, life-lessons and philosophies that draw on the Islamic Spiritual tradition to address dealing with loss and heartbreak

Al Jawshan Al Kabir

by Hakan Yesilova & Ali Kose

Al-Jawshan al Kabir is one of the prayers most frequently recited by Muslims. Some Muslims prefer to read the entire prayer by themselves, whereas others share it with their friends or household and make it...

The Miraculous Quran and Some of its Mysteries

by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

This book presents a brief comparison between the Qur'an's sacred wisdom and human philosophy, a concise summary of the Qur'anic instruction and training for humanity's personal and social life.

Essentials of The Islamic Faith

by Fethullah Gulen

Essentials of the Islamic Faith is a selection from some of the speeches M. Fethullah Glen has given to large audiences over a life-time of dedicated service. In these speeches, he explains the principal elements...

Prayer And Healing In Islam

by Salih Yucel

Praying for health is a significant Islamic custom alongside seeking medical treatment, and has become a vital part of Muslim culture. There are two areas of focus in this book: the methodology and criteria...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Koran

by Muhammad Shaykh Sarwar & Brandon Toropov

A simple, explanatory guide to Islam's central text.

Taking the same approach as the bestselling The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to the Bible, this book presents a balanced overview of the Koran, explaining not...

The Sufi Book of Life

by Neil Douglas-Klotz

Taking the centuries-old form of a "dervish handbook," a guide to life and love updated for the twenty-first century Part meditation book, part oracle, and part collection of Sufi lore, poetry, and stories,...

Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship

by Imam al-Ghazali & Muhtar Holland

Covers those dimensions of Islamic rituals of worship – prayer, almsgiving, fasting, Pilgrimage, etc. which are essential to the fulfilment of inner quality. Consists of selections from al-Ghazali's Ihya, a...

The Decline of Medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the Process of Islamization from the Eleventh through the Fifteenth Century

by Jr., Speros Vryonis

A history documenting the shift from Christian Greek culture to Islamic Turkish culture in Anatolia over three centuries. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org)...

What Every Christian Should Know About Islam

by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood

Islam 101: All you wanted to know about Islam and never asked is in this book.

Beyond Fundamentalism: Confronting Religious Extremism in the Age of Globalization

by Reza Aslan

The wars in the Middle East have become religious wars in which God is believed to be directly engaged on behalf of one side against the other. The hijackers who attacked America on September 11, 2001, thought...

What Do You Mean, You Can't Eat in My Home?: A Guide to How Newly Observant Jews and Their Less Observant Relatives Can Still Get Along

by Azriela Jaffe

Here is a book of workable, sensible solutions to the everyday problems faced by newly observant Jews as they try to explain the parameters of their new lives to the people who love them—but think they’ve...

The Torah For Dummies

by Arthur Kurzweil

An easy-to-understand introduction to Judaism's most sacred text

The foundation of Hebrew and Jewish religion, thought, law, and society is the Torah-the parchment scroll containing the text of the Five Books...

The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz

by Hafiz & Daniel Ladinsky

To Persians, the fourteenth-century poems of Hafiz are not classical literature from a remote past, but cherished love, wisdom, and humor from a dear and intimate friend. Perhaps, more than any other Persian...

The Qur'an: (Classics Deluxe Edition)

by Tarif Khalidi

A landmark new translation of the sacred text of Islam- in an elegant deluxe edition Literally "the recitat ion," The Qur'an is considered within the Muslim faith to be the infallible word of God. Tarif Khalidi,...

Koran: Forbid or Rewrite? a Guide for Peaceful de-Islamicization

by Dewanand

"Why is the Koran the deeper abstract cause of terrorism? What can Muslims and non-Muslims do about this? How can we help Muslims liberate themselves from medieval ways of thinking? Is there more in the world...