Islamic Research Institute, Islamabad

Here is the original book of Al-Khawarizmi, the founder of the discipline of algebra. Contains the Arabic book as well as its English translation and comments. Belongs in every school library.

A study of the evolution of Islamic thought in the Subcontinent in general and Shah Wali Allah's contribution to it in particular for he represents the zenith of Islamic intellectual contribution and scholarly excellence in South Asia. The author, Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi, with his insight into the dymanics of Indian Muslim history, traces significant moments of the rise and fall in the cultural career of the Indian Muslim community until the crisis-ridden era of Shah Wali Allah. Against this backdrop, he brings out the impact of the great thinker on the delovopment of Islamic thought and highlights his epoch-making contribution at a time the community was witnessing a major sociopolitical turmoil in its eventful history.

Written by Abu Jafar Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Dawudi (d. 402/1011). Translated and edited by Abul Muhsin Muhammad Sharfuddin.

A collection of papers in English and Arabic presented at the Seminar on Islamization of Knowledge held in January 1982 at the International Islamic University, Islamabad. This should be of particular interest to Muslim educators everywhere.

Jointly produced by Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad and Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Washington. Jointly edited by Zafar Ishaq Ansari and John L. Esposito.

This is a study of Ibn Hazm's Kitab al-Fasl fi al-Milal wa al-Ahwa wa al-Nihal.

About a dozen musnads have been compiled that contian the ahadith narrated by Imam Abu Hanifa. Among them the one compiled by Imam Abu Na'eem Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Isbahan is significant for Isbahani was a Shafii scholar. This edition has been produced with painstaking research by Dr. Muhammad Abdul Shaheed Nomani from the musnad of Isbahani. Also contains articles discussing the stature of Imam Abu Hanifa as a Hadith scholar.

This contains the Kitab al-Sard wa'l-Fard of Abul Khair Ahmad bin Ismael al-Qazwini in Arabic with English translation. Kitab al-Sard itself is a collection of eleven very old and small collections from Sahifa Hammam ibn Munabbih to Sahifa Juwairiah ibn Asma. Includes a detailed introduction by Dr. Mohammad Hamidullah.

This is a translation of Ibn Jama'ah's Tazkirat us-Sami' wal Mutakallim fi Adab-il Alim wal Muta'allim. Translated with an introduction and annotations by Dr. Noor Muhammad Ghifari. Part of the great books project by Pakistan Hijra Council.

From the author: "This paper is an attempt at an ontological understanding of the nation of murabbi from an ISlamic perspective." The author Dr. Yedullah Kazmi was Assistant Professor in the department of Education at the International Islamic University, Malaysia.

This book not only presents an analytical study of Shah Wali Allah’s socio-political ideas, but also allows the great sage to speak for himself. It does so by rendering into English significant excerpts pertaining to socio-political matters from his magnum-opus, Hujjat Allah al-Balighah.

This book by Imran Ahsan Khan Nyazee (International Islamic University, Islamabad) on Islamic legal theory, presents the concepts of usul al-fiqh in a manner that reflects the traditional approach, but takes in account the needs of the modern lawyer, judge, and scholar.

This book is a work of art. The artist Neyyar Ahsan Rashid painted the ninety-nine Beautiful Names over a period of two decades. She also recorded her reflections about each of these names, which were then rendered into Arabic and English verse. The painting appears on the right hand page while the Arabic and English verses appear on the facing page on the left. The book has been beautifully produced under the guidance of Dr. Zafar Ishaq Ansari and will be a prized gift. It has been jointly published by the Islamic Research Institute of the International Islamic University, Islamabad and the Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University.