Islamic Book Trust

This book tells the story of a Malaysian lady’s maiden pilgrimage to the Holy Land. In Makkah, she was struck by the grandeur of the Al-Haram mosque, Islam’s holiest mosque. The first sight of the majestic Ka’abah located in the centre of the mosque involuntarily moved her to tears. It...

Centuries after his death, al-Ghaz?l? remains one of the most influential figures of the Islamic intellectual tradition. Although he is best known for his Incoherence of the Philosophers, Moderation in Belief is his most profound work of philosophical theology. In it, he offers what scholars consider to be the best...

Are music and singing allowed in Islam? If the answer is a definite yes or no, then why has the question of its lawfulness become the subject of debate among Muslim scholars for centuries? In this treatise translated from the eighteenth book of Imam Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum al-Din, readers get...

There are many biographies of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) in almost every language of the world, so why write a new one? What can be added to what has already been written? Every age has its own unique language, terminology and readership, and this age is no exception. The language...

It is amazing, the true story of female emancipation. Unknown to most people, about 1400 years ago, the first enduring stand for female rights was taken in Madinah. A historical unveiling with poetical inspiration, this book artfully narrates a brief comparative analysis about the status of women through the three...

Deliverance from Error is the spiritual autobiography of Imam Ghazali, and The Beginning of Guidance, his other work included in this volume, complements his spiritual autobiography and sets out his ideal of how the religious man should order his life from hour to hour and day to day.

Jal?l ad-D?n R?m?, the towering light of sufi wisdom is rightly known as Moulavi Ma’anavi—the gnostic scholar—in the Muslim world. He has been considered as the peak of spiritual excellence and insightful divine sagaciousness by the seekers of the inner meanings of words and worlds. Every one with a genuine...

Dynastic China: An Elementary History surveys four millennia of China’s history. It traced commentaries from the mythological period of Pangu, creator of the Chinese universe, and the Goddess Nuwa, creator of the Chinese people, through to the legendary periods of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to subsequent succeeding dynasties...

The discourse on family fiqh in Malaysia within the broader national agenda of “strengthening Islamic family values” to maintain its indigenous Islamic characteristics in the age of globalization is a part of larger scholarly discussion on constructing local fiqh (al-fiqh al-mahalli) for Muslims. For such fiqh to evolve, a broader understanding of multifaceted aspects of the...

Universally respected by friends and foes alike, the “shadow commander” of Iran’s secretive Quds special forces was the face of armed resistance in defeating ISIS and in reshaping the Middle East. For ceaselessly thwarting their ambitions, schemes and conspiracies, the United States and its allies regarded him as an “evil...

This book is a rational-logical rebuttal of atheism and discusses multiple aspects like the Theory of Evolution, Natural Selection, etc. It reveals how Evolution was known to Muslim scholars, centuries before Darwin. The book also discusses the Big Bang theory and its implications. It rationally negates the charges that atheism...

This work by one of the most influential Muslim scholars of this century comes at a time when a host of Islamic terminology has been thrust into the current media coverage about Islam and Muslims. In his inimitable style, Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawi’s Madkhal li-Ma‘rifah al-Islam attempts to explain Islamic concepts...

The book argues that Islamic research is not religious research. It does not deal merely with so-called religious issues and disciplines. The subject matter and scope of Islamic research include all aspects of life and society, and as such manifests its concern for the development of people, society, culture, and...

Book of Faith represents the first complete English translation of the important and well-known work Kitab al-Iman, written by the renowned thirteenth-century Muslim scholar Ibn Taymiyyah. The concept of Iman, faith, is fundamental to Islam. Iman has served to define the nature of Muslim life and the essence of the...

This book is a translation based on Khalid Muhammad Khalids celebrated work in Arabic, Rijal Hawla al-Rasul. The sixty-four companions presented here are representative of that unique generation, a generation without parallel in history. They come from all walks of life and character. These are stories of real people which...

There are many biographies of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) in almost every language of the world, so why write a new one? What can be added to what has already been written?Every age has its own unique language, terminology and readership, and this age is no exception. The language people...

“This book depicts Prophet Muhammad’s صلى الله عليه وسلم qualities with reference to essential Western business leadership traits in a new manner that makes sense to readers with a ‘Western’ outlook, including non-Muslims, as well as showing Muslims that many of his noble principles and methods that led to his...

Negotiating Meanings: Engagement with Problematic or Contradictory Had?ths in Medieval and Modern Times is the first serious study in English on the subject of mushkil al-had?th (problematic had?ths). Within the pages of the book, readers will encounter the tradition of engaging with contradictory had?ths, traversing the realms of law, theology,...

What is the beginning and end of this universe? Is there a life after death? And, if there is, what sort of a life is it? These are some of the fundamental questions common to religion, philosophy and civilization. In searching for an answer to these questions, the author discussed...

Gai Eaton’s Remembering God is a profound analysis of the most urgent concerns and questions facing humanity at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Contrasting modern, secular society with religion and tradition in general and with Islam in particular, Gai Eaton clarifies the essential need for spirituality, religion and values...