Download or read book UNDERSTANDING THE HOLY QURAN SOME REFLECTIONS written by PROF. MASOOD AHMAD and published by Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reflections on the Qur an written by M. Fethullah Gülen and published by Tughra Books. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Qur’an is believed by Muslims to be the final word of God revealed to humanity through Prophet Muhammad speaking to all humans for all times. This nature of Islam’s holy book brings along a continuous study of it so that its injunctions are reinterpreted according to constantly changing times and conditions of our world. This book presents such interpretations from a respected Muslim scholar who explains verses for the modern age. Gülen is well-informed of the classical exegetical discipline; nevertheless in this book he keeps his explanations short and to the point, not to tire away readers. The book does not cover all the verses of the Qur’an, but selected ones, those relate most to the human existence on earth, life after death, and stories revealed in the holy book
Download or read book Out of Darkness Into Light written by Jamal Rahman and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the major themes and passages of the holy book of Islam, this book invites readers of any religion -- or none -- to meditate on verses of the Quran as support for spiritual practices and growth. It guides the reader through the rich tapestry of the Quran, weaving through a number of themes, including the mystery of God, surrender to the divine will, and provisions for the spiritual journey. Quranic verses are supplemented by sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, the words of Rumi and other Sufi poets, and relevant quotations and insights from Jewish and Christian sources. The book also offers practical suggestions for expanding and strengthening one's spiritual sinews.
Download or read book The Origins of Islamic Jurisprudence written by Harald Motzki and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current view among Western scholars of Islam concerning the early development of Islamic jurisprudence was shaped by Joseph Schacht’s famous study on the subject published 50 years ago. Since then new sources became available which make a critical review of his theories possible and desirable. This volume uses one of these sources to reconstruct the development of jurisprudence at Mecca, virtually unknown until now, from the beginnings until the middle of the second Islamic century. New methods of analysis are developed and tested in order to date the material contained in the earliest compilations of legal traditions more properly. As a result the origins of Islamic jurisprudence can be dated much earlier than claimed by Schacht and his school.
Download or read book Reflections written by Yasir Qadhi and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-17 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is a journey. Every one of us is gifted a set amount of time on this earth, and we all must make the best of it before that time is up. While none of us knows exactly how long we have, what is amazing is that per unit time, we all get the exact same amount every unit. We all get different total amounts, but no one's hour is discernibly different from another person's hour. Yet, that is the only real similarity, as some people simply waste entire decades away, while others perform deeds in a few hours or even minutes that last for all of eternity! Some people live life so unremarkably that their existence and non-existence is almost the same to others; while some literally change the course of history. This book is meant to inspire us all on this journey of life so that we make the best use of our time. Each topic is chosen to be a quick, easy read with a message that is useful to people at any stage of this journey. These topics were all chosen and selected from khutbahs and talks that I've given over the last almost three decades of public speaking, with ex-tensive editing for content, along with the necessary stylistic editing and footnotes that a written work deserves
Download or read book The Holy Quran written by Allamah Nooruddin and published by . This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exegesis/commentary of the Holy Quran is a scholarly masterpiece of distinction, engaging and authentic. Moreover, it contains scholarly reflection and explanation on important topics in the light of the Holy Quran. This commentary invites us to leave behind our doubts, our conventional and limiting beliefs, go beyond blind faith, and follow His way that shall lead us to reach the certainty of the existence of the Most Gracious and Ever Merciful. It is not to be expected that all the transcendent excellencies and the miraculous beauties of the Holy Quran could be unveiled here. Nevertheless, this team of the Muslim scholars, have identified and explained some great pearls of wisdom embedded in the Holy Quran. This unique style reached its utmost perfection in the Holy Quran. What has been said so far is simply to alert the reader of this exegesis of the Holy Quran, of the difficult task confronted by the commentators and the fact that the human knowledge cannot fully fathom ...
Download or read book The Study Quran written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 2048 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible and accurate translation of the Quran that offers a rigorous analysis of its theological, metaphysical, historical, and geographical teachings and backgrounds, and includes extensive study notes, special introductions by experts in the field, and is edited by a top modern Islamic scholar, respected in both the West and the Islamic world. Drawn from a wide range of traditional Islamic commentaries, including Sunni and Shia sources, and from legal, theological, and mystical texts, The Study Quran conveys the enduring spiritual power of the Quran and offers a thorough scholarly understanding of this holy text. Beautifully packaged with a rich, attractive two-color layout, this magnificent volume includes essays by 15 contributors, maps, useful notes and annotations in an easy-to-read two-column format, a timeline of historical events, and helpful indices. With The Study Quran, both scholars and lay readers can explore the deeper spiritual meaning of the Quran, examine the grammar of difficult sections, and explore legal and ritual teachings, ethics, theology, sacred history, and the importance of various passages in Muslim life. With an introduction by its general editor, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, here is a nearly 2,000-page, continuous discussion of the entire Quran that provides a comprehensive picture of how this sacred work has been read by Muslims for over 1,400 years.
Download or read book Patience and Gratitude written by Ibn Qayyim and published by El-Farouq.Org. This book was released on 2018-08-24 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patience and Gratitude Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyah This is Patience and Gratitude by Ibn Qayyim. The author explains the Islamic concept of sabr (patience) and its counterpart shakr (gratitude), in a practical fashion.
Download or read book Agony of Quran written by Asrar Ayyub and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever reflected on this verse of the Holy Quran: "O my Lord! Truly my people had made the Quran mahjur" (25:30)? This word (mahjur) has much deeper meanings than its usual interpretation. You may have seen an animal with its rear leg tied to one end of a short rope and horn or neck to the other, in a way that animal's head is contorted preventing it from moving freely. Such animal (per Arabic dictionary) is called mahjur and al-hijaar is the rope with which it is tied. The deeper meanings of the referred verse would be that the people had "tied" the Quran with the "rope" of their vested clarifications to alter its meanings as per their wishes. How befitting to name such dilemma as the Agony of Quran?Agony of Quran is the English version of my well-known Urdu book Quran Ka Dukh which is the culmination of six years of my research and reflection on Quran and relevant tradition. It received an overwhelming response from the people of understanding who requested an English translation of the book for enhanced understanding. These people included Dr. Khalid Masood the then-chairman Council of Islamic Ideology of Pakistan and Justice (retired), Majida Rizvi, the then-chairwoman National Commission on the Status of Women, Pakistan. Then I received an email from Mr. Jamshed Akhtar, a member of the Islamic Fiqa Academy India and the author of great books such as The Ultimate Revelation, In Search of Our Origins and the origin and fate of universe. Akhtar wrote that one of his friends brought Quran Ka Dukh from Canada to India and presented it to him with an urge for its translation in English, and after reading it he also thought that it should be translated to English in order to reach people around the world. So, we started translating the book, which contains replies to some of the most sought-after queries such as: is destiny predetermined, is effort not included in supplication (dua), is woman lesser mortal, is moment of death predetermined, what is the true concept of tauba, can sawab be transferred, does the world belong to nonbelievers only etc? As far as the question of why I wrote this book is concerned, I recall as a schoolboy being intrigued by a question that shook the very foundation of my head and heart. If Genghis Khan was bad, which he was according to my history teacher because he was jabir, then how is God good, which He is according to my Islamic studies teacher because He is jabbaar? Apparently the two words (jabir and jabbaar) meant the same. How could these two contradictory statements be correct at the same time? This was the question I posed to both my teachers the next day and the unanimous answer I received was that this type of query is conjured up in one's mind by Satan. I felt frightened, but the thought did not leave my mind until I became older and started to explore the Quran on my own. It did not take me long to realize that I had studied about Genghis Khan from an Urdu textbook, and in Urdu, jabir means oppressor, whereas I read about God from Quran, which is written in Arabic and according to Arabic dictionary al-jabr means the following: "To reform something in a way which needs force, so the splints used for mending broken bones are called al-jabair, and jabeera is the rope with which the splints are tied. Al-jabir is the one who mends broken bones."So, when we say that Genghis Khan was jabir, it implies that he used force to break bones but when we say that Allah is jabbaar, it means that He uses force to mend broken bones. Both the processes are painful, but one is used for destructive reasons while the other is applied for a constructive purpose. Al-jabaar is one of the ninety-nine attributes of Allah, which means the mender of all cosmic and human weaknesses. After realising how intricate this issue was and how simple its solution was, I thought of searching for more and more such queries. I collected 24 burning questions and tried to find out their answers in this book.
Download or read book Macro structure of soorahs of Holy Quran written by and published by salman farooq. This book was released on with total page 879 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: an important helping book in understanding the Holy Quran
Download or read book Islam Context Pluralism and Democracy written by Yaser Ellethy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam, Context, Pluralism and Democracy aspires to clarify the tensions and congruences between the revelational and the rational, the text and the context, the limits and the horizons of contextualization in Islam, as these emanate from the Islamic interpretative tradition. This book examines classical and modern Muslim interpretations with regard to the concepts of diachronic development, pluralism and democracy based on Arabic-Islamic sources and literature. Focusing on the parameters of semantic changes, methods of interpretation and cultural variables, it shows how this interpretative tradition offers a diversity of ideas and approaches that can be utilized in contemporary debates concerning the socio-political contextualization of Islamic genuine thought. However, within this diversity, Islam presents generic principles and core values as 'moral paradigms' that can deal with such modern challenges. Based on the analysis of core Islamic texts and key-terms related to the discussed issues, mainly from the Quran and the Sunnah, and the broader Arabic-Islamic literature, it explores the boundaries of the mutable and constant in the Islamic worldview. Presenting classical Muslim interpretations and scholars as possible interlocutors in debates over the compatibility of Islam with challenges of modernity, this book is essential reading for researchers and postgraduates interested in Islamic Studies, Philosophy of Religion and Political Science.
Download or read book Islam and Scientific Enterprise written by Syed Akheel Ahmed and published by I. K. International Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2013-12-30 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Islamic Science has not received the recognition it deserves. Although reverence is accorded to the memory of such great figures of Islamic history as Ar-Razi (Rhazes), Jabir-ibn-Hayyan (Geber) and Omar Khyaam. The present treatise is an attempt to construct an outline of the progress of Islamic Science from the days of the prophet Muhammad to the end of fifteenth century. Spread in fifteen chapters the book traces the growth and development of Islamic Science during the hay days of Islamic glory. It throws succinct and incisive light on various aspects of Islamic Science, namely, mathematics, mechanics, astronomy, astrology, music, alchemy, chemistry, medicine and geography. In short the approach is objective, analysis systematic, treatment logical and the style lucid
Download or read book The Qur an and the Bible written by Gabriel Said Reynolds and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 1029 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament are understood to be related texts, the sacred scripture of Islam, the third Abrahamic faith, has generally been considered separately. Noted religious scholar Gabriel Said Reynolds draws on centuries of Qur'anic and Biblical studies to offer rigorous and revelatory commentary on how these holy books are intrinsically connected."--Dust jacket.
Download or read book Commentary on the Holy Quran Surah Fatiha written by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and published by Islam International. This book was released on 2004 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islam Science Renaissance written by Prof.Syed Akheel Ahmed and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book Quran, Science, and Society is coauthored by two writers: Section one is written by Syed Sharief Khundmiri, who has presented a descriptive analysis of more than two hundred verses of the holy Quran, which generated the zeal and will to introduce Islamic renaissance, which brought mankind out of all kinds of the darkness. While the other section is penned down by Professor Syed Aqeel Ahmed, whose main purpose is to introduce the practical applicability of the Islamic sciences, generated by the Islamic renaissance, and thus he showed its impact on the society by introducing a few branches of science that are the subject matter of the present-day science.
Download or read book Contemporary Approaches to the Qur an and Sunnah written by Mahmoud Ayoub and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Qur’an and Sunnah are the two primary sources of Muslim faith, life, law and morality. The Qur’an is for Muslims the foundation of their faith and the Sunnah is the framework of their morality. Together they constitute the two sources of the law (Shari’ah) of God, a guide to prosperity and happiness in this life and to the bliss of the hereafter. Although the Qur’an and Sunnah are materially and formally two independent sources, they are inextricably bound in a dynamic relationship. The rulings and precepts (ahkam) of the Qur’an constitute the law (shar’) of God. They are supplemented by the precepts of the authentic Sunnah, which possess authority second only to the precepts of the Qur’an. The Qur’an commands Muslims, “Whatever the Messenger gives you, that you must take, and whatever he forbids you, you must desist therefrom....” (59:7).
Download or read book The Islamic Guide to Depression 10 Spiritual Reflections written by Idris Salik and published by Goodly Word Books. This book was released on 2024-01-29 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a transformative journey towards healing and inner peace with "The Islamic Guide to Overcoming Depression: 10 Spiritual Reflections" by Idris Salik. In this profound guide, Salik seamlessly blends Islamic spirituality with practical insights to offer a holistic approach to managing depression and nurturing mental health. Idris Salik, drawing from a deep well of Islamic teachings and personal experiences, provides a compassionate and wise perspective on the often daunting challenges of depression. Through ten key spiritual reflections, readers are guided towards a profound understanding of life's complexities, learning valuable tools for managing mental health and cultivating resilience. Each reflection, from "Subsistence" to "Transcendence," unveils a unique facet of the Islamic approach to tackling depression, providing valuable insights for those navigating the delicate terrain of mental health. Salik delves into the significance of leisure, the protective embrace of faith, the role of creativity in uplifting the soul, and the importance of forging connections in the journey towards inner peace. "The Islamic Guide to Overcoming Depression" is not just a book; it is a roadmap for those seeking solace and renewal in the context of mental health. Salik's wisdom acts as a beacon, illuminating the way towards a life of purpose and fulfilment, anchored in the transformative power of Islamic spirituality. Rediscover hope, resilience, and joy as you embark on this spiritual expedition with Idris Salik as your guide. Elevate your understanding of depression, mental health, and Islam, and empower yourself with practical tools for a holistic well-being journey.
