Islamic Books

The Scholarly Jihad of the Imams (a) 95-148 A.H Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi Vol IX No. 1 and 2 The period under discussion (95-148 A.H /712-765 A.D.) began and ended in the times of...

Revelation and Salvation towards an Islamic View of History Mahmoud A. Ayoub Islam is a conscious act of submission of the creature to the will of the creator. I use the words 'conscious...

The History of the Islamic Calendar in the Light of the Hijra Hakim Muhammad Said Vol X No. 1 , Spring 1984 Reprinted, by courtesy of the editor, from Hamdard Islamicus, vol. IV, no.3...

Martyrdom of Imam Husayn and the Muslim and Jewish Calendars Seyyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi Vol VI No. 3 & 4 , 1401 THE 1400th year of the hijra caleadar is nearing its end. Since the...

Imams - Clear and Coherent Policy S.J Hussain Vol V No. 3 & 4 , 1400 A question has puzzled some believers a great deal, namely why did al-Husayn fight with the sword, while his...

Why "Islamic" Science? Yahya Cooper Vol IX No. 1 The Islamic world today is the inheritor of an intellectual tradition which stretches back to the time of the Qura'nic revelation...

Reflections on Islam and Modern Life Seyyed Hossein Nasr Vol. VI, No. 1 FEW subjects arouse more passion and debate among Muslims today than the encounter between Islam and modern...

Religious Education of the Younger Generation Zakir Vol IV No. 1, 1398 At present the problem of imparting religious education to our children is exercising the minds of many parents...

The Alchemy of Happiness by Al-Ghazzali Editorial Note The object of the Editors of this series is a very definite one. They desire above all things that, in their humble way,...

Chapter 1 : The Knowledge of Self KNOWLEDGE of self is the key to the knowledge of God, according to the saying: "He who knows himself knows God," 1 and, as it is Written in the Koran,...

Chapter 2 : The Knowledge of God IT is a well-known saying of the Prophet that "He who knows himself, knows God"; that is, by contemplation of his own being and attributes man arrives...

Chapter 3 : The Knowledge of this World THIS world is a stage or market-place passed by pilgrims on their way to the next. It is here that they are to provide themselves with provisions...