Books on Topic: 'Islam'

The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930) is an English Language translation of the Quran with brief introductions to the Surahs by Marmaduke Pickthall...

“The primary aim of this work is twofold,” writes Thomas K. Cheyne. “It would fain contribute to the cause of universal peace, and promote the better...

Edward Granville Browne travelled to Persia (Iran) as a young man who had already studied Farsi and Turkish, who was fascinated by the culture and lit...

The Quran also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in...

Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was born in 1058 AD in the city of Tus in modern day Iran. He was a reputed scholar, philosopher and Shafi'i jurist who was a pro...

The Flying Inn is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1914. It is set in a future England where the temperance movement has allowed a biza...

The Sikh religion is a fascinating and complex faith, and Volume 2 of Max Arthur Macauliffe's classic work provides a comprehensive overview of the li...

Dive into the captivating world of Arabian literature with "The Literature of Arabia" by Epiphanius Wilson. This illuminating work takes you on a jour...

"The Improvement of Human Reason" by Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Malik Ibn Tufail is a timeless philosophical work that beckons the mind to wander through th...

The Koran (Qur'an) is regarded by Muslims as the word of God (Allah) as revealed to the prophet Muhammad. It is divided into 114 chapters (surahs), a...

Kitab Adab al-Dunya w'al-Din is a comprehensive work on Islamic ethics and morality written by Abu al-Hasan Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn Habib al-Mawardi. Div...

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is a collection of quatrains, a specific type of two-line stanza, originally written in Persian by the 11th-century polym...

This book, written by the prominent Bahá’í scholar Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl, serves as a defense of the Bahá’í Faith against criticism. It specifically addres...

A group of European tourists on a voyage up the River Nile in 1895 are attacked and abducted by a band of Dervish warriors. The novel explores themes...

The Confessions of al-Ghazali is an intellectual autobiography in which the renowned 11th-century Persian theologian and philosopher Abu Hamid al-Ghaz...

This book presents two essays that explore the religions of Hinduism and Islam, providing a comparative analysis with Christianity. It examines their...

The autobiography of Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua, a former slave from West Africa. Baquaqua was sold into slavery in 1845 and worked in Brazil as a captiv...

The Summa Contra Gentiles is a theological treatise written by Thomas Aquinas between 1259 and 1265. It is divided into four books, the first of which...

Reynold A. Nicholson's "Mystics of Islam" is a seminal work exploring the rich and complex history of Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam. The book off...

This volume of 'Don Sebastian' plunges into a web of intrigue and romance, set against the backdrop of 16th-century Portugal. King Sebastian, captured...