Al-Maktabat-ul-Asriya

Classical Arabic language study by Ibn Hisham (708/1309 - 761-1360).

Researched and edited by Shaykh Hisham Bukhari.

A contemporary yet authentic book on the Qur'anic sciences.

By Ibn Hisham al-Ansar (d. 761 AH). Edited by Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hameed. Entire book in one volume.

A beautiful work that expounds on the miraculous nature of the Qur'an and the various facets of its inimitability, especially dealing with its miraculous nature from the point of view of language: its lofty choice of words and expressions, its flow, rhythm, and the harmony between its words and letters, and so on. The author also expounds on the eloquence of the Prophet Muhammad Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and how his style and speech -- while different from the Qur'an -- surpassed that of his contemporaries, despite him being unlettered -- a clear pointer to the fact that this too was divinely inspired. With an introduction by Muhammad Rasheed Rida.

Discusses the importance of doing Dawah to Christians, a brief summary of Christian beliefs and refutations of them, doubts that Christians have raised against Islam and responses to them. Then, he surveys the work of Da'wah that occured during the Crusades at the hands of rulers such as Salahuddin al-Ayyubi, Yusuf ibn Tashfeen in the west, Abdul Mu'min ibn Ali, as well as at the hands of scholars such as Muhammad ibn Umar al-Razi, al-Qurtubi, and others. Surveys the different methodologies of dawah employed at the time, and the effects that this dawah had during the Crusades and afterwards.

With footnotes containing hadith references and explanations of difficult words, etc by Khalid Mustafa Tartoosi.

This is the original award winning book, which has been translated in many languages.