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Islamic Books - ReviewsJuly 7, 2007 10:46 am

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Dr Sir Mohammad Iqbal kt M.A. Ph.D Barister-at-law Lahore Dated 1st Nov 1935

Dear Dr. Abdul Latif,

The idea of starting a journal of the kind you mention in your letter is excellent. I have always felt it with shame that men of my generation have not done their duty towards the younger generation. We are leaving their problems, which unequipped as they are, they will find it difficult to solve. I have no doubt that the voice of Islam will met and grasp need of the times. Unfortunately, I can be of no use to you at present. I have been suffering from a bad throat disease for the last 20 months or so and am now thinking of going to Vienna for a treatment. If I regain my health I shall be only too glad to do all that I can for you. For the present I would advice you to make “Islamic Jurisprudence” as special item in your program. I consider it the greatest legacy that Islam has left to the modern world. Even the world of Islam has not yet properly understood its value.

Your’s sincerely, Mohammad Iqbal

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Lahore Dated 31st Dec. 1935

My dear Dr. Latif,

Thanks for your letter. As I conceive the Voice of Islam, I think it must discuss modern Islam, its religious and political history and its politics within or without India. I do not know whether the Nizam Government will allow you to discuss the politics of Islam; lest even if does not, a good deal remains for you to discuss with a view to combat the ignorance, the skepticism, the despair and the inferiority complex of the modern western Muslims in India. I f therefore you can make your paper financially sound the enterprise is in my opinion, worth while. The greatest difficulty in your way is that you will not find many Muslims who possess a real insight into things which you want to discuss. Our English and Urdu magazines devoted to Islam are only third class stuff.

Your’s sincerely, Mohammad Iqbal

Barister-at-law MayaRoad Dated 17th Sept.1937

My Dear Doctor Latif,

My eyesight is falling bad and the doctors have told me not to do reading and writing. My children’s Governess has read your address to me. It is indeed excellent both in idea and expression. I do not quite understand what exactly you mean by what you say on p. 11. “You may talk of this outlook on life… with absolutely no reference to God, if you are so minded.” An Ummat or Community is impossible without the mental foundation of like-mindedness and like-mindedness is seemed in Islam by God as conceived in the Koran. Your sentence gives the impression that Islam as an outlook on life and society is consistent with atheism. I cannot conceive that you mean this, but I would like to have a little more light on this subject. I am glad that Muslim Culture Society has given you some mental occupation and hope that it will do much good to Muslims of Hyderabad. Hopping you are well.

Yours sincerely, Mohammad Iqbal.


Notes:

The Idea of an Islamic Journal; Letters of Iqbal to Dr. Syed Abdul Latif, published in Iqbal Review (Journal of the Iqbal Academy

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We are proud to announce the First Issue of Qalaam Al Qalbi is now online

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Islamic Books - ReviewsNovember 26, 2006 11:33 pm

List of 109 books of AlaHazrat

All these books are available at alahazratnetwork.org:


1. Ajallā al-Iýlām anna’l Fatwā Muţlaqan álā Qawl al-Imām

2. At-Ţirs al-Muáddal fī Ĥaddi Mā al-Mustaámal

3. Jumān at-Tāj fī Bayāni’s Şalāti Qabl al-Miýrāj

4. Nahju’s Salāmah fi Ĥukmi Taqbīli’l Ibhāmayni fi’l Iqāmah

5. Īdhānu’l Ajr fī ِِِAdhāni’l Qabr

6. Ijtināb al-Úmmāl án Fatāwā al-Juhhāl

7. Awfa’l Lumáh fī Ādhāni Yawm al-Jumuáh

8. Surūru’l Ýīd as-Saýīd fī Ĥilli’d Duáa Baáda Şalāti’l Ýīd

9. Wishāĥu’l Jīd fī Taĥlīl Muáānaqati’l Ýīd

10. Al-Ĥarfu’l Ĥasan fi’l Kitābati ála’l Kafan

11. Al-Minnatu’l Mumtāzah fī Dáwāti’l Janāzah

12. Badhlu’l Jawāyiz ála’d Duáāyi Baáda Şalāti’l Janāyiz

13. An-Nahy al-Ĥājiz án Takrāri Şalāti’l Janāyiz

14. Ihlāku’l Wahabiyyīn álā Tawhīni Qubūri’l Muslimīn

15. Barīqu’l Manār bi Shumūýi’l Mazār

16. Jumal an-Nūr fī Nahyi’n Nisā’a án Ziyārati’l Qubūr

17. Ityān al-Arwāĥ li Diyārihim baád ar-Rawāĥ

18. Jalī as-Şawt li Nahyi’d Dáwati Amām al-Mawt

19. Ţuruq e Isbāt e Hilāl

20. Dar’a al-Qubĥ án Darki Waqti’s Şub’ĥ

21. Al-Úrūs al-Miýtār fi Zamani Dáwati’l Iftār

22. Şayqalu’r Rayn án Aĥkāmi Mujāwarati’l Ĥaramayn

23. Anwāru’l Bishārah fī Masāyil al-Ĥajji wa’z Ziyārah

24. An-Nayyiratu’l Wađiyyah Sharĥ al-Jawharatu’l Muđiyyah

25. Izālatu’l Áār bi Ĥijri’l Karāyim án Kilābi’n Nār


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26. Iýlām al-Aálām bi anna Hindustān Dār al-Islām

27. Dawāmu’l Áysh min al-Ayimmah mina’l Quraysh

28. Radd ar-Rafađah

29. Al Mubīnu Khatam an-Nabiyyīn

30. Al-Jabal at-Thānawi álā Kulliyati’t Tahānawi

31. Sub’ĥān as-Subbūĥ án Kadhibi Áybin Maqbūĥ

32. Damān e Sub’ĥān as-Subbūĥ

33. Qahru’d Dayyān álā Murtadd bi-Qādiyān

34. Al-Jurāz ad-Dayyānī ála’l Murtadd al-Qādiyānī

35. Al-Kawkabatu’sh Shihābiyyah fī Kufriyyāti Abi’l Wahābiyyah

36. Sall as-Suyūf al-Hindiyyah álā Kufriyyāti Bābā an-Najdiyyah

37. Kifl al-Faqīh al-Fāhim fī Aĥkāmi Qirţās ad-Darāhim

38. Ad-Dhayl al-Manūţ li Risālatu’n Nūţ

39. Subul al-Aşfiyā’a fī Ĥukmi’dh Dhibĥ li’l Awliyā’a

40. As-Şāfiyah al-Mūĥiyah li-Ĥukmi Julūdi’l Uđĥiyyah

41. Jalī an-Naşş fī Amākin ar-Rukhaş

42. Barakātu’l Imdād li Ahli’l Istimdād

43. Fiqh e Shahinshāh wa anna Al-Qulūb bi Yadi’l Maĥbūb bi Áţā’a Allāh

44. Badru’l Anwār fī Ādāb al-Āthār

45. Shifā al-Wālih fi Şuwar al-Ĥabīb wa Mazārihi wa Niáālih

46. Maqāl al-Úrafā bi Iýzāzi Shar’á wa Úlamā

47. Al-Yāqūtatu’l Wāsiţah fī Qalbi Íqd ar-Rābiţah

48. Murūju’n Najā li Khurūji’n Nisā’a

49. Şafāyiĥ al-Lujayn fi Kawni’t Taşāfuĥ bi Kaffay al-Yadayn

50. Az-Zubdatu’z Zakiyyah li Taĥrīmi Sujūd at-Taĥiyyah





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51. Lamátu’d Đuĥā fī Iýfā’yi’l Liĥā

52. Radd al-Qahţ wa’l Wabā’a bi Dáwati’l Jīrāni wa Muwāsāti’l Fuqarā’a

53. Irā’atu’l Adab Li Fāđili’n Nasab

54. Hādiyi’n Nās fī Rusūmi’l A’árās

55. Al-Adillatu’t Ţāýinah fī Adhāni’l Malāyinah

56. Ĥakku’l Áyb fi Ĥurmati Taswīdi’sh Shayb

57. Khayru’l Āmāl fī Ĥukmi’l Kasabi wa’s Su’āl

58. Masayil e Samā’á

59. Al-Ĥaqq al-Mujtalā fi Ĥukmi’l Mubtalā

60. Taysīri’l Māúūn fī Ĥukmi’t Tāúūn

61. Al-Ĥuqūq li Ţarĥi’l Úqūq

62. Mashátu’l Irshād fi Ĥuqūqi’l Awlād

63. Aájabu’l Imdād fi Mukaffarāti Huqūqi’l Íbād

64. A’áālī al-Ifādah fī Táziyati’l Hindi wa Bayāni’sh Shahādah

65. Al-Áţāyā al-Qadīr fī Hukmi’t Taşwīr

66. An-Nūr wa’d Điyā’a fī Aĥkāmi Báađ al-Asmā’a

67. Ĥaqqatu’l Marjān li Muhimmi Hukmi’d Dukhān

68. Ash-Sharīátu’l Bahiyyah fī Taĥdīdi’l Waşiyyah

69. As-Şamşām álā Mushakkiki fī Āyāti Úlūmi’l Arĥām

70. Al-Fađl al-Mawhibi fī Mána idhā şaĥĥa’l ĥadīthu fa huwa madh’habī

71. Nuzūl e Āyāt e Furqān ba Sukūn e Zamīn O Āsmān

72. Muýin e Mubīn Bahr e Dawr e Shams o Sukūn e ZamīN

73. Fauz e Mubīn dar Radd e Ĥarkat e Zamīn

74. An-Nayyiratu’sh Shihābī álā Tadlīsi’l Wahābī

75. As-Sahmu’sh Shihābī álā Khadāýi’l Wahābī

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76. Daf’áy e Zaygh e Zāgh

77. Al-Ĥujjatu’l Fāyiĥah li Ţībi’t Ta-áyyuni wa’l Fātiĥah

78. Aţāyibu’t Tahānī fi’n Nikāĥi’t Thānī

79. Izākhatu’l Áyb bi Sayfi’l Ghayb

80. At-Taĥbīr bi Bābi’t Tadbīr

81. Thalju’s Şadr bi Īmāni’l Qadr

82. Tajallī al-Yaqīn bi anna Nabiyyanā Sayyida’l Mursalīn

83. Shumūl al-Islām li Usūli’r Rasūli’l Kirām

84. Tamhīd e Īmān bi Āyāt e Qur’ān

85. Al-Amn wa’l Úlā li Nāáti’l Muşţafā bi Dāfiýi’l Balā’a

86. Nafyu’l Fayy Ámman Istanāra bi Nūrihi Kulla Shayy

87. Al-Hidāyatu’l Mubārakah fī Khalqi’l Malāyikah

88. Ismā’a al-Arbaýīn fī Shafāáti Sayyidi’l Maĥbūbīn

89. Al-Qawl al-Masúūd al-Maĥmūd fī Mas’alati Waĥdati’l Wujūd

90. Ad-Dawlatu’l Makkiyah bi’l Māddati’l Ghaybiyyah

91. Al-Wažīfatu’l Karīmah

92. Al-Mīlād an-Nabawiyyah fi’l Alfāž ar-Riđawiyyah

93. Ĥaqīqat e Bay’át

94. At-Tabşīr al-Munjid bi anna Şaĥna’l Masjid Masjid

95. Mirqātu’l Jumān fi’l Hubūţi án Minbari li Mad’ĥi’s Şulţān

96. Riáāyatu’l Madh’habayn fi’d Duáāyi bayna’l Khuţbatayn

97. Al-Hādi al-Ĥājib án Janāzati’l Ghāyib

98. Ĥāyatu’l Mawāt fī Bayāni Samā’áyi’l Amwāt

99. Al-Wifāqu’l Matīn bayna Samāáyi’d Dafīn wa Jawābi’l Mubīn

100. Tajallī al-Mishkāt li Ināri As’yilati’z Zakāt


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101. A-ázz al-Iktināh fī Raddi Şadaqatin Māniý az-Zakāh

102. Rādiýu’t Ta-ássuf áni’l Imām Abī Yūsuf

103. Afşaĥu’l Bayān fī Mazāriý Hindustān

104. Az-Zahr al-Bāsim fī Ĥurmati’z Zakāti álā Banī Hāshim

105. Azkā al-Ihlāl bi Ibţāli mā Aĥdatha’n Nāsa bi Amri’l Hilāl

106. Al-Budūr al-Ajillah fī Umūr al-Ahillah

107. Al-Iýlām bi Ĥāli’l Bukhūri fi’s Şiyām

108. Tafāsīru’l Aĥkām bi Fidyati’s Şālāti wa’s Şiyām

109. Hidāyatu’l Jinān bi Aĥkāmi Ramađān



Islamic Books - ReviewsNovember 16, 2006 12:53 am



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Islamic Books - ReviewsNovember 3, 2006 7:48 pm




This book is an expanded version of the late Annemarie Schimmel’s German work, Und Muhammad Ist Sein Prophet, originally published in 1981. It is essential reading for students and scholars of Islam, but also for anyone who loves the Prophet, peace be upon him, or wants to cultivate love for him. Professor Schimmel (1922-2003) was a leading German Islamicist who published more than 50 books on Islamic literature, spirituality and culture and translated Persian, Urdu, Arabic, and Turkish poetry and literature into English and German. She was Professor (Emeritus) of Indo-Muslim Culture at Harvard University and Honorary Professor at the University of Bonn. Over forty years of research about the Prophet have been invested into composing this unique work exploring how aspects of his life, birth, marriages, miracles and heavenly journey all became subjects for devotional acts in early and medieval Muslim societies, taking their expression in forms like poetry, music, calligraphy and prayers.



In the preface to this book written in the spring of 1984, Schimmel takes note of the fact that Muslims tend to be offended by figural representations of the Prophet. Remarkably, it is for this reason that she omits any illustrations representing the Prophet from the expanded English version of her work, relying instead on 17 calligraphic illustrations featuring the kufi, nasta`liq, naksh and tughra styles. The Buraq is represented with a face [1], but this is the only figural art found in the book. The selections of poetry found in this work will move readers to tears. Schimmel highlights the poetry of Muslims in honour of the Prophet, but there are also some notable verses by non-Muslims like the Hindu poet Shivprasad [2]. The translations are eloquent and all sources are rigorously cited.

A possible difficulty the general reader might encounter in exploring the wonders of this book is that Schimmel uses a great deal of technical vocabulary familiar to few besides the student of literature. Reading this book simply for pleasure is possible, but really understanding it may require reading it with a good comprehensive dictionary, as well as (ideally) a dictionary of literary terms. One of the greatest strengths of this book is the distinction it makes between worship of the divine and veneration of the Prophet, peace be upon him, especially in chapter two: “Muhammad the Beautiful Model.” It contains an excellent discussion on the shamā’il and dalā’il literature as well as traditional accounts of the physical and spiritual beauty of the Prophet, peace be upon him. Although the book is relatively lengthy, it is organized in such a manner as to allow a reader who is short on time to be rewarded for reading a few pages from any section of the book.

This work is firmly rooted in highlighting the thought of classical Muslim scholars and poets about the Prophet, peace be upon him. It lays out a great banquet for us to feast upon and calls us to choose whatever we wish from it for ourselves. Schimmel has done a great service to the Muslim community by gathering and commenting on samples from the Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu literary traditions about the Prophet, peace be upon him. She has collected jewels that give us a glimpse of the way that early and mediaeval Muslims venerated the Prophet. May God forgive her, love her for loving His beloved, and accept her work. It is hoped that reading this book might arouse some shame in Muslims at the ingratitude we have shown to God for the invaluable blessing of the Prophet, and those who are not Muslim may feel greater desire to know more about the beautiful message he was sent with: Islam.


References

1. p. 173.

2. p. 176.

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Islamic Books - ReviewsNovember 1, 2006 8:35 pm




Wayfarers To God is, as the blurb on the back informs us, a book based on a translation of a series of lectures delivered by Habib Ali al-Jifri (may Allah preserve him) at the Al Zayed University for Women in the United Arab Emirates. The first thing that strikes the reader is that the translation is extraordinary. It manages to convey a sense of being in the lecture room whilst still feeling that one is reading a book. The translator (Shaykh Mohamed Mlamali Adam) has done an admirable job as the language used is easy to follow. It has an elegant simplicity and yet is certainly not simplistic. It is obvious that the translator has strived to convey the meaning of the Habib’s words rather than to display his own erudition. As a result the book reads beautifully and has a majestic flow.

The book itself is divided into seven chapters and an epilogue where each chapter is a distinct lecture. The chapters can be read randomly although one would think that the full benefit would be derived from reading the book from beginning to end. This is because Habib Ali is truly a master of his science and he develops his theme gracefully and rationally; each lecture is a summary of the preceding one and the foundation of the succeeding one. He ends with perfect symmetry; the book concludes with the point it begins with.

In an age when slogans and sound bites masquerade as knowledge, Habib Ali makes two seemingly simple points - we have to turn to Allah with total sincerity and the source of all our righteous actions are only through His Enabling Grace. Habib Ali then uses the rest of the book to prove this through commentary, thought provoking anecdotes of the pious predecessors, and by way of some especially illustrative analogies for the modern reader. Being a spiritual guide, Habib Ali, then shows the impediments for the wayfarer, helps to diagnose the diseases underlying these impediments, prescribes the cure, and finally offers practical advice to combat them.

The book begins with a note of hope. Habib Ali says the fact that one is reading the book is an indication that Allah is summoning one to His presence. However, as one reads further the wing of fear takes flight as Habib Ali begins to rhetorically question the reader’s spiritual state and one is forced to brutally reflect upon one’s own spiritual condition. After this awakening the Habib takes the reader by the hand and guides him through the ascending stations from sincere repentance (tawba) to excellence in works of worship (ihsan). Along the way the Habib examines modern bones of contention such as the concept of bida, clarifies misconceptions relating to tasawuf, and cleanses other muddy waters such as the nature of Zuhd (abstinence).

The interesting thing about ‘Wayfarers To God’ is how Habib Ali has added many layers to the ideas. To one who is approaching these ideas for the first time they are plain and simple. For those further along the path there are many familiar themes which at times are presented in a new light. For those who have been on the path for a while this is an indispensable hand book as it summarises the salient features of the path. For all of the above this should become a well thumbed and dog eared book; a testimony to having read the book over and over as with each reading new insights are found.

Although Habib Ali delves deeply into the points he is making the language is never overbearing. The result of this type of language is that the text is open to all comers and does not require any academic background. In fact the only prerequisite to deriving benefit from this book is complete sincerity.

Habib Ali shows that adherence to the sunnah and surrendering one’s affairs to Allah are the ways to achieve tranquillity. It is the lack of this tranquillity that has led to all types of dysfunctions in society especially within the family. In this sphere the book has much to offer the modern wayfarer. Ultimately, this is an essential book for all those who wish to purify themselves; who want to excel in their slavehood; who wish to do so not according to their whims and desires but according to the desire of Allah and His Beloved Messenger (Allah’s peace and blessings upon him and his family).

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