History and Biography

Originally Qisas al-Hadith by Maulana Zakariyya Iqbal. Translated by Rafiq Abdur Rehman. Includes index.

An authentic and exhaustive account of all the prophets mentioned in the Qur'an. Includes beautiful pictures and illustrations. English translation of a very popular book Qasas-ul-Quran in Urdu.

The stories of the prophets have been compiled from 'Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah' (The Beginning and the End) of Ibn Kathir.

An all time children's favourite, this book contains vivid portraits of fourteen major Prophets mentioned in the Qur'an. It provides insight into their struggle to serve the true God and guide their communities from going astray. A lively translation from its Arabic original with carefully worded questions for each chapter (workbook), transliteration table and a comprehensive glossary of Arabic terms which also makes it suitable for classroom use as a textbook.

A faithful rendering of Ibn Kathir's Qasas Al-Anbiya. This material forms part of his greater work Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah. Traces the lives of the Prophets, alayhim-us-salam: how they proclaimed the message of Allah; induced their people to follow the right path; and endured persecution at the hands of their people.

A faithful rendering of Ibn Kathir's Qasas Al-Anbiya. This material forms part of his greater work Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah. Traces the lives of the Prophets, alayhim-us-salam: how they proclaimed the message of Allah; induced their people to follow the right path; and endured persecution at the hands of their people.

Stories of Sahaba followed by beneficial lessons, questions, and answers.

This is the most comprehensive book on the subject. Part I covers the entire period from Tariq's landing in Spain to the expulsion of Muslims eight centuries later in the first decade of the 17th century. Part II deals with Hispano-Muslim culture. Includes maps and color photographs.

This second volume contains stories of 43 companions in the same beautiful style. Fully vowelized for easy reading. Footnotes explain the meanings of some words in simpler Arabic. Specially written for the young generation to acquaint them with their history and language.

This second volume contains stories of 43 companions in the same beautiful style. Fully vowelized for easy reading. Footnotes explain the meanings of some words in simpler Arabic. Specially written for the young generation to acquaint them with their history and language.

Stories of 65 companions in a beautiful style. Fully vowelized for easy reading. Footnotes explain the meanings of some words in simpler Arabic. Specially written for the young generation to acquaint them with their history and language.

Stories of 65 companions in a beautiful style. Fully vowelized for easy reading. Footnotes explain the meanings of some words in simpler Arabic. Specially written for the young generation to acquaint them with their history and language.

Stories of 65 companions in a beautiful style. Fully vowelized for easy reading. Footnotes explain the meanings of some words in simpler Arabic. Specially written for the young generation to acquaint them with their history and language.

Stories of 37 Tabi'een (successors to the companions) in a beautiful style. Fully vowelized for easy reading. Footnotes explain the meanings of some words in simpler Arabic. Specially written for the young generation to acquaint them with their history and language.

Stories of 37 Tabi'een (successors to the companions) in a beautiful style. Fully vowelized for easy reading. Footnotes explain the meanings of some words in simpler Arabic. Specially written for the young generation to acquaint them with their history and language.

Replaced by stock # 3994. Pictures and maps of places linked with the four Khalifas, the wives of the Prophet, Salla-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and Imam Hasan and Husain. Includes accounts of their lives and salient events. Beautiful four color printing on art paper. This picture album, the first of its kind in Urdu, will be very helpful in understanding the lives of the noble Companions.

Pictures and maps of places linked with the four Khalifas, the wives of the Prophet, Salla-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and Imam Hasan and Husain. Includes accounts of their lives and salient events. Beautiful four color printing on art paper. This picture album, the first of its kind in Urdu, will be very helpful in understanding the lives of the noble Companions.

Pictures and maps of places linked with the Companions. Includes accounts of their lives and salient events. Beautiful four color printing on art paper. This picture album, the first of its kind in Urdu, will be very helpful in understanding the lives of the noble Companions.

This is the classical book on Asma ar-Rijal by Ibn Hajar Asqalani. Research by Sh. Adil Ahmad Abdul Maujud and Sh Ali Muhammad Muawwiz. Iimam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani mentions a hadith narrator's birth place, known names, age, whom he or she might have studied with and their known errors in hadith criticism or their strength in hadith narrations, then followed by the opinion of expert scholars in the field on that individual.

Covers the history and contributions of Ikhwanul Muslimeen to Egyptian society.

Very brief summary of the 7 volume set of Tareekh Dawat o Azeemat.

Published from Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 

These are biographies of six prominent jurists from the Muslim world in the past century. These are 1) Shaykh Anwar Shah Kashmiri (d. 1305 AH) from Deoband 2) Shaykh Ahmed al-Zarqa (d. 1357 AH) from al-Sham 3) Ibrahim al-Husaini (d. 1364) from al-Misr 4) Shaykh Muhammad ibn Hasan (d. 1376) from from al-Maghrib 5) Shaykh Isa ibn Manoon (d. 1376) from Palestine and 6) Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Aal Shaykh (d. 1389) from Saudi Arabia.

The first book written on the history of Arabic literature, this was originally published in 1911.

Rambabu wrote the history of Urdu literature in English. This is a translation (by Murza Muhammad Askari) but it reads like an original Urdu work. Footnotes by the translator to correct or explain the original text further add to the value of the book.

History of Afghanistan from pre-Islamic period until 2012.

Here is an entirely different outlook on history, where center stage is held not by rulers and generals but by the spiritual rulers and mujaddids.

This is a new edition of this great classic.

This is a new edition of this great classic.

This is the Urdu translation of al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, the famous book of history by Ibn Kathir.

The complete book titled "Kitab al-'br wa Dewan al-Mubtada wa al-khabar fi Ayyam al-Arab wa al-'jam wa al-Barbar wa man 'asarahum min zawi Sultan al-Akbar."

This is the celebrated history of the first eight centuries of Islam along with the muqaddima that laid the foundations of sociology, economics, and historiography. Easy Urdu. Computer composed.

A beautiful production of this well-known history that covers up to the period of Sultan Saleem of the Usmania Khilafat.

A wonderful fresh look at the history of the Muslim world. The three volumes cover up to 656 AH. Handles delicate accounts objectively, fairly, and rigorously. The author teaches Islamic history at Jamiatur Rasheed, Karachi. 

"This book fills a huge gap in the library of the Muslim world. It deserves to be translated into Arabic and English as well." Mufti Taqi Usmani. 

Darul Uloom Deoband was started in the wake of the unsucessful war of liberation of 1857. It had a humble beginning with just one student and one teacher. It grew to be an institution that made history. This is its history. Learn about its struggles, its crises, and its achievements.