History and Biography

The famous biography of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan by Maulana Altaf Husain Hali. Important for the study of Muslim history in the Indian subcontinent and understanding the mind set of Aligarh movement.

A short biography of the late Mufti Muhammad Shafi.

Biographies of one hundred Sahabiyat. Translation from Arabic book by Mahmood Ta'ma Halbi.

This is a new edited version of the English translation. Translated by Mufti Afzal Hoosen Elias of South Africa.

Translation of Allama Syed Sulaiman Nadwi's "Seerat-e-Aisha". A thoroughly researched biography of the life that is the perfect model for the Muslim woman in all stages of her life.

Written by Abbas Mahmood Al - 'Akkad.

Biographies of Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki and eighty two of his associates.

Critique of Maulana Maududi's Khilafat-o-Malookiat. Includes response to the original critique by Maulana Maududi's assistant the late Malik Ghulam Ali and a response to that response. Also includes a biography of Amir Muawiyya Radi-Allahu unhu.

This is a unique book. You may be aware of a few of the contributions of Islamic Civilization to the history of humanity and the world we live in today. For example, many people know about the Islamic origins of Algebra and Arabic Numbers. However, much of this history remains obscured, and hidden from view. This book places many aspects of the profound impact of Islamic Civilization into plain view and shows how it has been suppressed and distorted. Western historians, in general, have removed the Islamic source with regard to every single change that affected science and civilization at the origin of Western civilization, and modern civilization, and then, each and everyone has substituted a number of explanations for such changes within their field of study. This systematic suppression of the Islamic source of modern science and civilization has been, however, noted by individual historians who have re-considered the history of their subject. Thus, in his `History of Dams,’ Norman Smith, began his chapter devoted to Islamic dams, by noting how historians of civil engineering have ignored the Muslim period, and have claimed that nothing was done by the Muslims, even worse, they have blamed the Muslims for the decline of irrigation and other engineering activities, and their eventual extinction, which is `both unjust and untrue.’ (from the Introduction) The book's more than 500 pages are packed full with thousands of referenced facts and includes a substantial select bibliography. It is set to become the standard reference work for the subject and the starting point for anyone wanting to explore the field further.

A study of Hindu Revivalism and its impact on the Muslims in India.

What was the education system in India during the Muslim rule? What books and subjects they studied and how exactly was the instruction conducted? Maulana Manazir Ahsan Gilani combines his wealth of knowledge on this subject with his usual lucid style. He shows how the system the British imposed destroyed a superior system. Recommended reading for anyone interested in Education.

Urdu translation of Professor Muhammad Mujeeb's "Islamic Influence on Indian Society and Education and Traditional Values." Mujeeb is a well known thinker and author from India. Urdu transaltion by professor Muhammad Zakir.

This book is about the Mosque’s development from a simple unroofed and unpaved enclosure to the largest continuously roofed building in the world, able to accommodate in excess of one million worshippers. It covers all Mosque expansions from the Prophet’s time to the modern Saudi era, each expansion corresponding to an independent chapter.  Contains 48 pages of full color photographs.. 

This book by the late professor Masudul Hasan covers the entire history of Islam from Prophet Adam, alayhi-salam, to the ninteenth century. Well researched and very readable, it fulfills the need of an overall history of Islam in proper prospective.

Contains detailed accounts of each prophet and caliph and land where Islam reached; history of the Qur'an, Hadith, fiqh, and tasawwuf; and history of the development of literature, geography, history, philosophy, political science, physical science, astronomy, medicine, mathematics, and art in the Islamic empire.

The author, Professor Masudul Hasan, lived through most of the twentieth century. He started writing in 1974 and died before he could finish the third volume.

A concise book about Madinah Munawwarah specially for the guidance of visitors. Prepared by a group of scholars under the supervision of Shaikh Safiur Rahman Mubrakpuri. Contains more than fifty pictures. Includes descriptions and pictures of historic sites.

A concise book about Makkah specially for the guidance of Hajj pilgrims. Prepared by a group of scholars under the supervision of Shaikh Safiur-Rahman Mubarakpuri. Contains descriptions and pictures of historic sites.

In this book, Professor Durrani traces the origins of Multan in pre-historic times when it was the center of Hindu civilization to its development under the Arabs as a center of Muslim civilization. He also sheds light on Central Asian saints who migrated to Multan and helped convert the non-Muslims to Islam by the force of their message and character.

300 trivia Questions with answers about the Prophets from Adam to Isa Alayhim Assalam.

A collection of articles and speeches on the rise and fall of Muslims. Discusses contemporary events and events from history. Written by Shaikh Ali al-Tantawi (1327-1420 / 1909-1999), the famous scholar, judge, and master of Arabic literature from Syria.

"14th-century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun founded a special science to deal with the problem of history and culture based on the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle and their Muslim followers. This work examines the philosophic foundation and principles of Ibn Khaldun's new science of culture, to show that an adequate understanding of his contribution to the study of the various aspects of human society requires an understanding of his all-comprehensive approach to sociology."

Ibn Khaldun, the fourteenth century Arab historiographer and historian, is viewed as a founder of modern historiography, sociology and economics. He lived during a turbulent part of history, and out of his experiences, he “conceived and created a philosophy of history that was undoubtedly the greatest work ever created by a man of intelligence...”. This work tells of the period of unrest in Ibn Khaldun’s life marked by political rivalries. It is during this turbulent period which provided him with the opportunity to write the Muqaddimah (or Prolegomena), earning him an immortal place among historians, sociologists and philosophers. The author of this biographical piece, Mohammad Abdullah Enan (1896-1986) was one of the Arab world's most renowned contemporary historians.

The Muqaddimah, or "Introduction," is the earliest critical study of history, the work of the Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun written in 1327 as the preface and first book of a world history. Though it is the preliminary section of the history, the Muqaddimah has become known as a self-contained work, treating in almost encyclopedic detail the general problems of the philosophy of history and sociology.

This edition has been translated by Franz Rosenthal and abridged by N. J. Dawood. It should help in making the essential ideas of Ibn Khaldun accessible to the English speaking reader, despite distortions in the translation of some Islamic expressions.

What was Imam Abu Hanifah's view on dealing with the government and the rulers? What was his own practice? What were his relations with the Omayyad and Abbasid rulers? Why some of his students joined the government and others shunned it? The historic insights in this lively book will help guide the Muslims today also to answer these questions for themselves in their interactions with the Muslim rulers.

Imam Abu Hanifah, Rahmatullah Alayhi, was one of the greatest Imams. This book tells about his life and works. Translation of Allama Shibli Numani's Sirat-e-Numan.