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•Publisher: The Islamic Foundation
•ISBN: 978-0860376446
•Pages: 16
•Binding: paperback
Introducing the Islamic story of the Prophet Nuh and his great ark, in an imaginative, fun-filled way. A charming activity book, bursting with joyful animals and colorful backgrounds, that introduces children to the Prophet Nuh, and his great ark/. Full of activities including crosswords, puzzles, mazes and colouring, this book is a wonderful way to teach children about the Prophet Nuh, his attempts to help his people, and the great flood that came down.
•ISBN: 978-0860376446
•Pages: 16
•Binding: paperback
Introducing the Islamic story of the Prophet Nuh and his great ark, in an imaginative, fun-filled way. A charming activity book, bursting with joyful animals and colorful backgrounds, that introduces children to the Prophet Nuh, and his great ark/. Full of activities including crosswords, puzzles, mazes and colouring, this book is a wonderful way to teach children about the Prophet Nuh, his attempts to help his people, and the great flood that came down.
•Publisher: The Islamic Foundation
•ISBN: 978-0860377771
•Pages: 16
•Binding: paperback
Introducing the Islamic story of the Prophet Sulaiman and the ants, in an imaginative, fun-filled way. A charming activity book, bursting with joyful animals and colorful backgrounds, that introduces children to the Prophet Sulaiman, and one particular story during his life. Full of activities including crosswords, puzzles, mazes and colouring, this book is a wonderful way to teach children about the Prophet Sulaiman’s ability to speak with animals through interaction and play.
•ISBN: 978-0860377771
•Pages: 16
•Binding: paperback
Introducing the Islamic story of the Prophet Sulaiman and the ants, in an imaginative, fun-filled way. A charming activity book, bursting with joyful animals and colorful backgrounds, that introduces children to the Prophet Sulaiman, and one particular story during his life. Full of activities including crosswords, puzzles, mazes and colouring, this book is a wonderful way to teach children about the Prophet Sulaiman’s ability to speak with animals through interaction and play.
•Publisher: The Islamic Foundation
•ISBN: 978-0860377184
•Pages: 16
•Binding: paperback
A charming activity book, bursting with joyful animals and colorful backgrounds, that introduces children to the Prophet Yunus, and one particular story during his life. Full of activities including crosswords, puzzles, mazes and colouring, this book is a wonderful way to teach children about the Prophet Yunus’s encounter with the whale through interaction and play.
•ISBN: 978-0860377184
•Pages: 16
•Binding: paperback
A charming activity book, bursting with joyful animals and colorful backgrounds, that introduces children to the Prophet Yunus, and one particular story during his life. Full of activities including crosswords, puzzles, mazes and colouring, this book is a wonderful way to teach children about the Prophet Yunus’s encounter with the whale through interaction and play.
•Publisher: The Islamic Foundation
•ISBN: 9,780,860,377,238
•Pages: 16
•Binding: paperback
A charming activity book, bursting with joyful animals and colorful backgrounds, that introduces children to the Prophet Sulaiman, and one particular story during his life. Full of activities including crosswords, puzzles, mazes and colouring, this book is a wonderful way to teach children about the Prophet Yusuf through interaction and play.
•ISBN: 9,780,860,377,238
•Pages: 16
•Binding: paperback
A charming activity book, bursting with joyful animals and colorful backgrounds, that introduces children to the Prophet Sulaiman, and one particular story during his life. Full of activities including crosswords, puzzles, mazes and colouring, this book is a wonderful way to teach children about the Prophet Yusuf through interaction and play.
Ḥabīb ‘Umar is a descendant of the Prophet Muḥammadﷺ and a well-known Yemeni scholar and caller to Allah. In ths book, he describes the higher goals of traditional circles of sacred learning. It is very important to revive these circles in Muslim communities where they have fallen into disuse. Re-establishing them will bring good to these communities and protect them from trials and difficulties. The book explains how communities can go about reviving sacred knowledge and preserving the goodness that Allah has given them.
Saviours of Islamic Spirit – Abu l-Hasan Ali al-Hasani Nadwi
• Publisher White Thread Press
• ISBN 978-1933764139
•Pages 282
• Binding Softcover
This book, by the late Indian historian and intellectual, Shaykh Abu l-Hasan Ali Nadwi, is a story of the ebbs and flows of this Umma; the challenges, the setbacks, and most importantly, the successes. It is a poignant story of the accomplishments, attainments, and triumphs that propelled the Umma forward. It is a story told through extraordinary figures: the revivers, men of courage, vigor, and zeal, an elect group who were graced with divine determination to safeguard the spirit of God s religion on earth. In other words, they were the saviours of the Islamic spirit. Drawing on the lives of ten of the most influential personalities of the first seven centuries of Islam, from Hasan al-Basri, Umar ibn Abd al- Aziz, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Ghazali to Ibn al-Jawzi and Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi, this work offers comfort and much-needed perspective, given the current situation of Muslims around the world. It aims to inspire Muslim youth and others to virtue and love for All?h, and to provide role models of intellectual and spiritual excellence, at a time when people are looking for motivation from other sources. This history reminds us that we are not in the direst of situations. Few have not felt their spirits lifted by reading this book.
•Publisher: Imam Ghazali Publishing
•ISBN: 978-1-952306-26-6
•Pages: 100
•Binding: Paperback
The ‘Nasim’ is a collection of litanies and supplications compiled by Sayyid ‘Abd al-Qadir ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Ali ibn Shihab al-Din, a student of Habib ‘Umar bin Hafiz. These litanies have been traditionally recited in Tarim, Yemen, some for over 1000 years, as part of the congregation of the Khatm of the Qur’an. With this publication of the Nasim, these powerful and ancient supplications are made available throughout the Muslim world. It is hoped that this publication will allow you, your family, and your community to connect with the blessed traditions of Tarim, and through them to the Prophet ﷺ and his family رضي الله عنهم. It is further hoped that this bilingual edition with transliteration will facilitate such a connection, regardless of whether the reader is well-versed in the Arabic language. This text contains: Foreword by Habib 'Umar bin Hafiz Evidence for Gatherings of the Khatm of the Qur’ān, and its Benefits and Etiquettes The Schedule of the Gathering of the Khatm The Prayer on Completion of the Qur'an from Imam 'Ali Zayn al-'Abidin The Plea for the Fulfilment of Filial Piety (Du'a Birr al-Walidayn) of Ibn Abi'l-Hubb Al-Hadrami Introductory material and footnotes In an attempt to unlock the rich eloquence of our master Zayn al-‘Abidin, Sayyid ‘Abd al-Qadir has provided explanatory footnotes that have been retained for the reader of the Arabic text. As for rendering it into English, it was chosen to translate the meanings of the supplications with the aim of keeping the English reader engaged in addressing Allah. In his foreword, Habib Umar bin Hafiz says, “Part of connecting oneself to the Truth and to His Messenger is to venerate the noble Qur’an. It (venerating it) is also a cause of increase in the light of faith and certainty, and of purifying the heart of impurities, so that one’s affair and worth may increase before the Most Merciful. Part of venerating the Qur’an, then, is to recite it with excellence, contemplate its meanings and act upon its contents. Also part of venerating it is to cherish its completion, to gather for its completion, and to mark its completion with supplication, humble entreaty and prayer.” This edition of the Nasim is dedicated to the memory of those killed in the massacre at the mosques of Christchurch, New Zealand. The publishers ask Allah that this work be a gift for the souls of the martyrs and their families.
•ISBN: 978-1-952306-26-6
•Pages: 100
•Binding: Paperback
The ‘Nasim’ is a collection of litanies and supplications compiled by Sayyid ‘Abd al-Qadir ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn ‘Ali ibn Shihab al-Din, a student of Habib ‘Umar bin Hafiz. These litanies have been traditionally recited in Tarim, Yemen, some for over 1000 years, as part of the congregation of the Khatm of the Qur’an. With this publication of the Nasim, these powerful and ancient supplications are made available throughout the Muslim world. It is hoped that this publication will allow you, your family, and your community to connect with the blessed traditions of Tarim, and through them to the Prophet ﷺ and his family رضي الله عنهم. It is further hoped that this bilingual edition with transliteration will facilitate such a connection, regardless of whether the reader is well-versed in the Arabic language. This text contains: Foreword by Habib 'Umar bin Hafiz Evidence for Gatherings of the Khatm of the Qur’ān, and its Benefits and Etiquettes The Schedule of the Gathering of the Khatm The Prayer on Completion of the Qur'an from Imam 'Ali Zayn al-'Abidin The Plea for the Fulfilment of Filial Piety (Du'a Birr al-Walidayn) of Ibn Abi'l-Hubb Al-Hadrami Introductory material and footnotes In an attempt to unlock the rich eloquence of our master Zayn al-‘Abidin, Sayyid ‘Abd al-Qadir has provided explanatory footnotes that have been retained for the reader of the Arabic text. As for rendering it into English, it was chosen to translate the meanings of the supplications with the aim of keeping the English reader engaged in addressing Allah. In his foreword, Habib Umar bin Hafiz says, “Part of connecting oneself to the Truth and to His Messenger is to venerate the noble Qur’an. It (venerating it) is also a cause of increase in the light of faith and certainty, and of purifying the heart of impurities, so that one’s affair and worth may increase before the Most Merciful. Part of venerating the Qur’an, then, is to recite it with excellence, contemplate its meanings and act upon its contents. Also part of venerating it is to cherish its completion, to gather for its completion, and to mark its completion with supplication, humble entreaty and prayer.” This edition of the Nasim is dedicated to the memory of those killed in the massacre at the mosques of Christchurch, New Zealand. The publishers ask Allah that this work be a gift for the souls of the martyrs and their families.
Sea Without Shore is a practical manual for those travelling the path of Sufism or Islamic mysticism, which strives, in Junayd’s words, “to separate the Beginninglessly Eternal from that which originates in time,” in a word, to be with the Divine without any relation. The book opens with narratives of five Sufis met by the author in Syria, Jordan, and Turkey whose lives exemplified the knowledge and practice of the Sufi path. The second part is a complete handbook of the method and rule of the Shadhili order of Sufism, transmitted to the author by his spiritual mentor, Sheikh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri—–from devotions, dhikr or ‘invocation,’ and metaphysical doctrine, to how a Sufi lives, marries, and earns a living in the modern world. A third part treats wider theological questions such as other faiths and mysticisms, universalism and the finality of Islam, the promise of God to Jews and Christians, evolution and religion, and divine Wisdom and Justice in the face of human suffering. The book provides an indelible portrait of a vibrant mystical tradition spanning seven and a half centuries of endeavor to know the Divine face-to-face. Sheikh Nuh Keller was born in the US in 1954. He read philosophy and classical Arabic at the University of Chicago and UCLA, and became a Muslim in Cairo in 1977. He was authorized as a sheikh in the Shadhili order by Sheikh ‘Abd al-Rahman in 1996 and is the leading authority on traditional Islam in the West. He has studied jurisprudence, hadith, and other subjects with traditional scholars, produced Reliance of the Traveller, the 1st translation of a standard Islamic legal reference in a English to be certified by al-Azhar, the Muslim world’s oldest institution of higher learning. Among his other works and translations are Sufism in Islam, al-Maqasid: Imam Nawawi’s Manual of Islam, Port in a Storm, and an illuminated calligraphic edition of Dala‘il al-Khayrat.
Secrets of Divine Love was written for the longing heart, for the one who is searching for something they have not been able to find. For the one who sometimes spirals into hopelessness and cannot help but feel too imperfect for a perfect God to love. This book is for the one who is at the edge of their faith, who has experienced religion as a harsh winter instead of the life-bearing spring it was sent to be by God.
Secrets of Divine Love serves as a compass and guiding light that returns you to the source of divine peace and surrender. Through the practices and pillars of Islam, you will learn how to unlock your spiritual potential and unveil your divine purpose. A. Helwa uses a rational, yet heart-based approach towards the Quran that not only enlightens the mind, but inspires the soul towards deeper intimacy with Allah. By weaving together dozens of inspiring mystical stories, Quran verses, Hadith, poetry, psychology, and science, the author breaks down Islam in a way that is both digestible and inspiring for millennial Muslims.
A. Helwa not only unveils dozens of spiritual secrets hidden within the Quran, but she does so in an uplifting and gentle way that meets each reader exactly where they are on the path to God. While staying true to classical Islamic theology, A. Helwas emphasis on the forgotten teachings of love in Islam has a way of speaking not to just Muslims but to spiritual seekers of all traditions. Unlike your average book on religion that is focused solely on rules and outer practices, Secrets of Divine Love is a motivational and inspiring guide of how to experience the beauty hidden in the heart of the Quran and the Islamic tradition from a place of love, passion, and joy. If you have been longing to experience a more intimate and loving relationship with Allah, then this book was written for you.
The Secrets of Divine Love Journal is based on the award-winning book, Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam. Through heart-centered reflections, insightful prompts, and thought-provoking questions, Secrets of Divine Love Journal can help you foster a deeper relationship with Allah by connecting you with the heart of your faith in a more intimate and inspiring way.
The Secrets of Divine Love Journal will help you to reflect upon and enjoy your faith from a more holistic perspective. You will learn even more about the pillars, principles, and practices within the Islamic tradition through the Qur’an, hadith, spiritual teaching stories, and sayings from mystics like Imam Ghazali, Ibn Arabi, Rumi and countless others.
The Secrets of Divine Love Journal connects you more deeply with Allah through exercises and questions designed to help you:
Experience the love of Allah: Discover divine love through inspiring stories, powerful verses from the Qur’an, and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
Connect with your faith: The journal is filled with a 100+ thought-provoking prompts designed to give you the space to feel, reflect and ultimately return to Allah.
Transform every moment into prayer: Each journaling session begins and ends with a prayer of gratitude with the intention of allowing you to experience the transformative power of prayer.
Create connection with your faith community: The questions and prompts within the journal were written for both private contemplations, to be shared amongst friends or answered in book clubs.
Secrets of Divine Love Journal will follow chapter-by-chapter the Secrets of Divine Love book. The journal has additional reflections, stories, and quotes while supplementing each chapter with reflective prompts alongside ample space for the reader to journal. Each chapter of the Secrets of Divine Love Journal starts with a quote from Secrets of Divine Love alongside a verse of the Qur’an followed by a story and reflection, a heart-opening prayer, journal prompts, a quote to contemplate upon, and a closing prayer of gratitude.
If you are looking for a journal for Ramadan, a retreat, or just to deepen your connection with Allah Secrets of Divine Love Journal is perfect for you!
Book type: Paperback
No. of pages: 64
Dimensions: 14.8 x 10.5 x 0.4cm
Date published: 12/07/2017
This treatise explains the concept of Istighatha, examines its proofs in detail and resolves areas of confusion.
The first section deals with misconceptions realting to the concept of Istighatha,
The second section mentions the [textual] proofs of the Ahl al-Sunna wa’l Jama’a for Istighatha,
The third section mentions some rational proofs for the position of the Ahl al-Sunna wa’l Jama’a.
About the Author
Habib Kazim Jafar, a Sayyid, was born in Yemen and raised as a scholar since his birth. He was taught various Islamic disciplines along with tasawwuf at the Abu Murayyim institute. Travelling in search of knowledge, Habib Kazim found himself at Bayda of Yemen where he studied under many great scholars of this time. Finally he finished his studies by returning to Tarim and started his dawah there. Habib Kazim bin Jafar bin Muhammad al-Saqqaf traces his lineage back through the great Imams, Shaykh Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf and al-Faqih al-Muqaddam Muhammad bin Ali to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
He memorised the Qur’an under the tutelage of Habib Sad bin Alawi al-`Aydarus at the renowned school of Imam Muhammad Abu Murayyam. He also studied at the prestigious Ribat of Tarim and took knowledge from the main scholars of the city. Habib Kazim is considered an expert in many areas of the sacred sciences including Jurisprudence (Fiqh), the Prophetic Biography (Sirah), Creed (Aqidah), Principles of Jurisprudence (Usul) and in particular, Hadith and its related sciences.
Book type: Paperback
No. of pages: 92
Date published: 12/01/2015
ISBN: 9780952085355
Scholars from the Islamic tradition, past and present have spent much time penning praises for the Prophet Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Allah has already guaranteed the rank of His Beloved Messenger, so the one who occupies his time, striving to develop a connection with the sublime Messenger benefits himself.
Through the generosity of Allah and His Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace , certain formulas have been found to bring about specific benefits for the invoker. This concise work presents a selection of such formulas drawn from a number of larger works. It was collated by one of the great scholars of Tarim, Habib Sa’d al-Aydarus, rahimullah, whose lineage goes back to the blessed Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.
“Whoever sends a blessing upon me once, Allah will send blessings upon him ten times, and ten of his sins will be removed and he will be raised ten degrees” (Al-Nasa’i).
Habib Muhammad Sa’d bin ‘Alawi al Aydarus, may Allah have mercy upon him, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, was born in Tarim in 1351 AH/1932 CE. He has studied under many learned Imams and Shuyukh. He has composed over forty books, and led and participated in many lessons and gatherings of dhikr. He continued to reside and teach in Tarim, as a beacon of knowledge and a pillar of the community until he passed away in 2011.
- Publisher: Sunni Publications
- Translator: Abdul Aziz Suraqah
- ISBN: 9789079294206
- Pages: 240
- Binding: Paperback
•Publisher: Kube Publishing
•ISBN: 9781847740786
•Pages: 104
•Binding: Softcover
A contemporary and highly accessible way to understand and apply Islamic teachings to spirituality. Based on classical Islamic scholarship.
"When you are spiritually intelligent you become more aware of the big picture, for yourself and the universe, and your place and purpose in it."—Tony Buzan
How do we develop a spiritual intelligence? How do we change ourselves so that we can live by the universal spiritual values?
Seven Steps to Spiritual Intelligence tells us how to do do so, while also summarizing fourteen centuries of spiritual wisdom in Islamic literature, from the great scholars and Sufis of Spain, Morocco, Turkey, and India.
Musharraf Hussain, PhD, OBE, is the director of the Karimia Institute in Nottingham, United Kingdom. He has written numerous books on Islam including The Five Pillars of Islam and Seven Steps to Moral Intelligence.
• Publisher Kube Publishing
• ISBN 9781847742117
•Pages 104
• Binding Softcover
Volume 8, the final volume, covers an area which most Muslims normally feel shy to talk about. However, the author shows that the Prophet’s guidance provides an open approach to a natural desire that needs to be satisfied so that life goes on easily and smoothly. Islam disapproves of ignoring sexual desires or suppressing them in an attempt to achieve spiritual elevation and excellence. In his approach, based on clear understanding of the Qur’an and the Hadith, the author shows that the lawful satisfaction of the sexual desire earns a believer God’s reward. Moreover, he shows that the Prophet’s conduct provides perfect sex education, in the same way as his conduct in other areas shows us the best approach to take in life.
• Publisher Claritas Books
• ISBN 9781905837465
•Pages 168
• Binding Softcover
SEX, SOUL AND ISLAM tells a story of an unlikely alliance between two opposite elements of the human experience – the carnal and the spiritual. The sexual instinct could potentially spoil the soul’s quest for paradise. Instead, they become companions when a believer embraces Islam’s revelations on the sex-soul connection. This fascinating title situates sex in its worldview of life, revisits the spirit behind the letter of its sexual laws, and describes how paradises on earth can thrive – where lovers may dwell in tranquillity, love and mercy. Along the way, it explains how marriage anchors this alliance, reframes a prevalently male-serving view of conjugal rights and reintroduces sensual pleasuring as the underlying theme behind the Islamic outlook on lovemaking. The authors explain how classical Islamic perspective regarding sex might navigate pornography, oral sex, sex toys, fantasy roleplay and BDSM, among other – using insights from the social sciences, sexual therapy and the writers’ own counselling experience.
