He also removes the idea that Islam is kept in the Middle East by talking about Muslim Spain and West African nations. Alkhateeb rescues iconic Muslim thinkers, theologians, scientists, statesmen, soldiers and so on. Lost Islamic History: Reclaiming Muslim Civilisation from the Past by Firas AlkhateebĪnother great text about how Islamic history has been mostly ignored over the years. More importantly, however, is what place the Qur’an has in Islamic society. She gives readers insight on the important teachers of the Qur’an. Mattson helps readers interpret what they’re reading in the Muslim Holy Book, as well as bringing important historical contexts to light. This text is essential for the study of the religious side of Islam. The Story of the Qur’an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life by Ingrid Mattson What we get is a people group that we don’t know, and are poorer for it. What we get is a world rich with history, amazing contributions to humanity that extended throughout the world, and a religion that might not look like what we expect it to. Ansary uses his childhood experience having grown up in Afghanistan to explain to westerners why Islam sees itself the way it does. I love books that show the other point of view. Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes by Tamim Ansary
By signing up you agree to our terms of use 1. Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. I’ve been out of college for a while now, but I still think about that professor today and wonder what he is thinking about the current state of affairs right now. Especially since we basically ignored the Arab and Islamic cultures from then on, as if they lived in biblical times and just stayed living that way. We then started learning about our culture, Europe. He mentioned that if Greece hadn’t won an important (forgotten by me) battle, then we would be a completely different culture today.
It wasn’t until I was in college and we briefly discussed the Greek and the Ottoman empires. I am ashamed to say that I just went on believing what the people around me believed without question. Or just blame it on not being interested in any story that wasn’t mine at the time.
Blame it on living in a rural community with little resources. Note: All Books in Public Domain, and where applicable distributed with kind permission of Omphaloskepsis, refer to Proof here.Growing up in the United States, I never really got to learn in-depth about Islam or the countries and people that make up the “Middle East.” Blame it on U.S. Hayy Ibn Yaqdhan حي بن يقظان Or “Alive, Son of Awake“, Arabic’s first Novel. Urdu Translation of Maulana Jalaluddin’s Masnavi Maanvi. Nawai Rumi: Maulana Rumi Masnavi Maanvi Urdu Translation.Noorani Qaida – First books in Arabic/Urdu to introduce children in Pakistan to Quran Sharif and phonetics. Al-Quran translations in World languages Ĭomplete Holy Quran – Published by Zia Publications – Digitized by مصحف الشريف المدينة القرآن الكريم كامل.Saif-ul-Malook: Punjabi Sufiana Kalam by Hazrat Mian Muhammad Bakhsh The Reconstruction of Religious thought in Islam Allama Muhammad Iqbal (محمد اقبال)Īllama Iqbal Stray Reflections (Diary of Iqbal) eBook.Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (English translation by Fitzgerald) Tadhkirat al Awliya- Biographies of Muslim Sufi Saints (English translation by A.J. Ihya Uloomuddin (Revival of Religious Sciences) Kashf Al Mahjoob, Book Synopsis ( English ) Syed Ali Hajvairi (Abul Hassan Ali Hajvery علی بن عثمان الجلابی الهجویری aka Daata Sahib of Lahore).Hafiz of Shiraz (Hafez Shirazi) محمد حافظ شیرازیĭivan-e-Hafiz (in Farsi/Persian).