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The Savior from Error (Al-Munqidh mina 'd-Dalal)
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The Savior from Error
(Al-Munqidh mina 'd-Dalal)
by Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali
This is the 'spiritual autobiography' of the great Imam al-Ghazali, and describes what caused him to leave fame and fortune to undertake the spiritual path of the Sufis. In it, besides providing a personal history and describing the key events which led to this and flowed from it, Imam al-Ghazali takes time to repudiate the methods and logic of the philosophers and the esotericists (batiniyya) and the principles of sophistry. Lastly he provides a section on the Reality of Prophethood and the urgent need all people have for it. This is a book that contains much of value to the genuine seeker of Truth. Our Price: $9.99
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The Fruits of Worship
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Emphasizing the character of the religion of Islam as consisting of faith and practice, this book analyzes thoroughly the five most important “pillars of Islam” that form the core of Islamic life, namely the profession of faith, the prayer, which is the first practical manifestation of faith, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage to Mecca. Explaining lucidly the necessity of fulfilling these “pillars” of Islam with the intention of pleasing God and purely for His sake, the author gives us insights into the moral, spiritual, psychological, physical, individual, and social aspects of these five central practices of Islamic worship in the context of our modern age of globalization. Our Price: $9.95
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Abu Bakr
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Leading Companions of the Prophet series
This book is about Abu Bakr, the first Caliph to rule the world of Islam after the Prophet had
passed away. More important than his achievements as a state leader was his close companionship with Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him; in fact, this relationship was so close that the Prophet referred to him as “al-Siddiq,” the Truthful one, due to his peerless faithfulness to the Prophet and his message. Those who had knowledge of the earlier scriptures knew not only about the awaited Prophet but also his would-be Companion Abu Bakr. He was also the “second of the two” mentioned in the Qur’an (Tawba 9:40), in reference to the great emigration to Medina when Abu Bakr was the only Companion who was privileged to ride alongside the Prophet in this perilous journey, a turning point in the history of humankind. Our Price: $10.95
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Fundamental's of Rumi's Thought
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A Mevlevi Sufi Perspective
Second edition
Presenting Rumi to the English-speaking world, this study sheds light on his life as seen from within the Islamic mystical tradition. Our Price: $15.95
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Al-Ghazali on Patience and Thankfulness
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Al-Ghazali on Patience and Thankfulness
Book XXXII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din)
Translated by: HENRY T. LITTLEJOHN
Al-Ghazali on Patience and Thankfulness is a translation of the thirty-second chapter of The Revival of the Religions Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din). This chapter fills in the last of the four sections of the Ihya', the section dealing with the virtues or what is conducive to salvation. Ghazali here presents definitions for patience and its different forms; the need for patience; the degrees of patience; and why patience is considered to be half of faith. The second part of this chapter deals with thankfulness and again Ghazali gives us definitions for thankfulness, its nature and its blessings. In addition to the translation, Dr Henry Littlejohn provides an extensive introduction which illustrates the importance of the topics of patience and thankfulness in Islam throughout the centuries. Our Price: $37.99
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The Speech of the Birds
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The Speech of the Birds
by: Faridu'd-Din Attar
Presented by: Peter Avery
560 Pages, Paperback
Mantiqu't-Tair is one of the masterpieces of Persian literature of which a complete and annotated translation into English is here presented for the first time as The Speech of the Birds. The text revolves around the decision of the birds of the world to seek out a king. Their debilitating doubts and fears, the knowing counsel of their leader Hoopoe, and their choice of the Simurgh as a king, is in reality an allegory of the spiritual path of Sufism with its demands, its hazards and its infinite rewards. The poem contains many admonitory anecdotes and exemplary stories, including numerous references to some of the early Muslim mystics such as Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya, Abu Sa'id ibn Abi'l-Khair, Mansur al-Hallaj and Shibli, among others. In The Speech of the Birds, Peter Avery has not only given us a precise and moving translation, but also ample annotation providing much information to fill in what Attar would have expected his readers to know. The result is a fascinating insight into a remarkable aspect
of Islam: the world of ecstatic love of the Persian mystics. The Speech of the Birds will be of interest to everyone who values great literature, as well as to all students of Persian and Sufism. Our Price: $43.99
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Fatwa on Terrorism & Suicide Bombings
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Fatwa on Terrorism & Suicide Bombings
Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Hardback, 512 pages
The English version of the historic fatwa on terrorism and suicide bombings includes a foreword by Prof John Esposito (Georgetown University, Washington DC) an Introduction by Dr Joel Hayward (Royal Air Force College) and a validation by Al-Azhar University, Egypt who have supported this fatwa. Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri is a globally recognised authority on the law and spirit of Islam. Drawing on his deep, erudite insight into the life and teachings of the blessed Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and fourteen centuries of Islamic scholarship, Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri’s 512-page, detailed fatwa demolishes the theological arguments advanced by terrorists in prisons, on websites, videos and their literature. Our Price: $29.99
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Sea Without Shore A Manual of the Sufi Path
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Sea Without Shore
Manual of the Sufi Path
Nuh Ha Mim Keller
Hardcover 460 Pages
Sea Without Shore is a practical manual for those traveling 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 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 without any other.
Our Price: $31.99
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Pearls of Wisdom
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This short book features quotations from Fethullah Gulen that present his views on many issues from society and family to science and knowledge. His ideas have inspired millions of ordinary people to do what they normally might never consider doing: helping people they do not know for the sole of purpose of earning the pleasure of God. Our Price: $7.99
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The Letters
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Written by a celebrated Islamic scholar to his students in Turkey after his political exile in 1925, these letters follow the long-established traditions of correspondence between spiritual masters and their students in remote lands. Both expressions of friendship and long-distance tutorials on points of scholarly debate, most of the letters are answers to questions about theology and hold forth on such matters as the nature of paradise and hell, the suffering of innocents, the miracles of Prophet Muhammad, and the divine purpose in the creation of the universe. Our Price: $18.99
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