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.