Middle East Religions category: 3324 books

Concise responses to over 200 most vile, widely debunked and yet variedly repeated Islamophobic comments levelled against ordinary Muslims and Islam today by renowned Islamophobes, anti-Muslim groups, talk-show hosts, presidential candidates and right-wing politicians, either out of intolerance or...

No one can deny that Islam is very much in the spotlight today. In spite of extremely negative portrayals by Western media (or perhaps because of them), increasing numbers of people are seeking to find out more about it. And more often than not, they are being pleasantly surprised by the fruits of...

The Messenger of Allah (S) has issued stern warnings to those who engage in Bid'ah (Innovation in Deen). Those who engage in these acts earn the displeasure of Allah and His Messenger (S). It is of utmost importance that we educate ourselves in this regard because a person may engage in this due to...

In the eyes of many Westerners, Muslim women are hidden behind a veil of negative stereotypes that portray them as either oppressed, subservient wives and daughters or, more recently, as potential terrorists. Yet many Muslim women defy these stereotypes by taking active roles in their families and...

God, Man, Mortality is a collection of essays written both by seasoned and by up and coming scholars working the field known as Nursi studies. The aim of these essays is to hold a mirror up to Nursi's teachings on a number of issues, just as Nursi held a mirror up to the teachings of the Qur'an. The...

Mystics and Saints of Islam by Claud Field.This book is a beautiful description of the lives of Islam's most outstanding people throughout history.The story was about mysticism as merely a late importation into Islam.

An English translation of those sayings of Ameerul Momineen where Moula Ali (asws) tells about His station. These hadiths are taken from various authentic books of hadith. The scholars from these various sects have gathered their hadiths into various books. Everyone has to admit there are certain...

The month of Ramadhan is a month of supplication. It is a month in which the wayfarer does whatever he can to achieve proximity to his beloved. One such supplication is the one entitled 'Ya alliyu ya adheem.' This is a comprehensive supplication in which the supplicant asks God, after praising...

The Meaning of Punishment in Islam and The Meaning of Blasphemy in Islam are the fifth and sixth installments of a projected series titled Did Islam Change? Or Did the Muslims Change? The books were written by Ghani, an American Muslim who has lived with his family in Pakistan for over thirty years...

There are numerous ways for man to achieve guidance and emerge from darkness and move towards light.Allah says in the Holy Quran in 41:53‘Soon will We show them our Signs in the (furthest) regions (of the earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the Truth.’Thus...

Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908), the holy founder of the world-wide Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, born in Qadian, a village in rural Punjab, India, was the Divinely appointed Reformer of the latter days and the Promised Messiah and Mahdi. He was sent by God in fulfilment of the prophecies contained...

In the realm of spirituality, one of the conditions that is upon the wayfarer is to be in the state of continuous spiritual purity- wudhu. Why is wudhu such an important element? How can one maintain this state of purity? What benefits does one achieve from this state? This book is an exposition...

The Fourth Book begins with an address to Husamu-'d-Din, and this is followed by the story of the lover and his mistress, already commenced in the third book. A certain lover had been separated from his mistress for the space of seven years, during which he never relaxed his efforts to find her. At...

The Story of the Reed instills humankind with drops of life from that vast ocean. Couplets from the Mathnawi, specially chosen by the author with reference to contemporary sensitivities, are given extensive interpretations.