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ALLAH ALMIGHTY
- How Allah Provides
- Dialogue with an Atheist
- The Attributes of God
- Deciphering the Signs of God
- Knowledge of God in Classical Sufism
- Tawakkul : Sincere Reliance & Trust in Almight Allah
- Knowledge of God by Shaykh al-Alawi [Back in Stock] 8th October 2011
- The Refutation of him who attributes direction to Allah
- Tell me about the Creation
- Mysteries of Bearing Witness to the Oneness of God by Ibn al-Arabi
- Evolution Theory and Islam
- The Name and the Named
Last Updated : 8th October 2011 | 99 Names of Allah | Tawhid | Testimony of Faith | |
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How Allah Provides by Muhammad M. al-Sha'rawi
Paperback - 81 pages Translated by Aisha Bewley
Description from the publisher: How Allah Provides is one of a series of books written by Shaykh Al-Sha'rawi dealing with all aspects of Allah's provision and attaining livelihood. This subject is of paramount importance since it involves that area of activity in which most of us spend the greatest time and energy.
From Allah's gifts of air, water and nourishment, Shaykh Al-Sha'rawi goes on to discuss the provision of talents, wealth and the various reasons why man experiences an increase and decrease in provision.
Basing himself firmly on the book of Allah, the Shaykh gets to the heart of the matter and explains in definite and comprehensive way the details of human provision and the balance between the certainty that Allah is indeed our provider and the need for economic activity which is the hallmark of a healthy human society.
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Dialogue with an Atheist by Dr Mostafa Mahmoud
Paperback - 181 pages Translated by Mohammad Yehia
Description from the publisher:
Dialogue with an Atheist is a book which should help to clarify many points arising in the minds of people today. Dr. Mostafa Mahmoud, addresses a whole range of current issues in a comprehensive manner with direct reference to Qur'an and Sunnah.
Problems such as the proof of the existence of God, why God created evil, Paradise and Hell and could the Prophet Muhammad May Allah bless him and grant him peace be the author of the Qur'an are tackled both clearly and logically.
This book is essential for anyone searching for answers and looking for the truth.
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The Attributes of God by 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Jawzi, Abdullah bin Hamid 'Ali
Paperback -xix + 169 pages
Daf' Shubah al-Tashbh is a critique, censure, and refutation of the historical anthropomorphic leanings of some of the Hanbali scholars and learned. At the same time, it is a vindication of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal May Allah be pleased with him from the accusations of the anthropomorphism as well as the claim by some Hanbalis, that he adopted anthropomorphic beliefs, similar to theirs. Unmistakably, this work is a polemical commentary on the problematic Qur'anic verses and hadiths that fall under the mutashabih (allegorical and ambiguous) Qur'anic verses and prophetic traditions composed by the author, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 AH), the author of the well-acclaimed book, Talbis Iblis (The Devils' Deception).
Unlike other books of this genre, this book is significant in that Ibn al-Jawzi offers an incisive critique of scholars of his own school, for which in return, Ibn al-Jawzi was criticised by those Hanbali and Hanbali-leaning proponents.
This book is important for anyone who is constantly indulged in discussions and the study of polemical theology (kalam) and scriptural interpretation (ta'wil), but still have been unable to gain clarity concerning the reality and permissibility of ta'wil of the verses commonly refered to as 'The Attributes Verses' (Ayat Al-Sifat).
The appendix further clarifies the issue of scriptual interpretation, figurative language in both the Qur'an and Sunnah (Majaz), the proper intent behind the statement made by the salaf, & 'bila kayf' (Without 'How' as opposed to 'Without Modality or Description'), and an investigation into the ascription of Kitab al-Ibana to Imam Al-Ash'ari.
Readers who will derive the most benefit from this book are those who have been actively involved in the study of matters of interpretation and polemical theology. It also serves as an indispensable primer into one of the greatest debates that continued throughout much of Islam's medieval period, namely that of understanding the attributes of God.
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DECIPHERING THE SIGNS OF GOD - A Phenomenological Approach to Islam Paperback - xvii + 302 pages Annemarie Schimmel
"This is one of Schimmel's most important books. It sums up a lifetime of scholarship on Islam and, more importantly, it puts her understanding of Islam into a phenomenological framework that will readily be appreciated by scholars and students of other religious traditions. It will be looked back upon as a landmark in bringing Islamic Studies into the mainstream of religious studies."-- William C. Chittick
The Qur'an constantly exhorts people to 'look at the signs of god,' signs that are hidden 'in the horizons and in themselves.' This book examines the mysteries of Islam using a phenomenological method to come closer to the true center of Muslim belief.
Schimmel takes as her starting point the simplest 'signs of god'-- natural phenomena like stones, plants and animals, and their use in religious and symbolic language. She then moves on to less obvious signs, such as sacred time and space, ritual actions, forms of worship, the sacred individual, and the order of the community. She concludes with an examination of the individual's response to the mystery of the Divine. Based on both original classical sources and modern literature, as well as the author's considerable personal experience, this is not only a fascinating survey of Islamic practices and beliefs, but also a broad and intregrated overview of the phenomenology of Islam.
Annemarie Schimmel was for many years Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture at Harvard University. She is author of numerous works, including Islam: An Introduction; and The Triumphal Sun: A Study of the Works of Jalaloddin Rumi, and the editor of the SUNY Press series, Muslim Spirituality in South Asia. Among the more unusual honours that have been awarded to her are the naming of a boulevard in Lahore, Pakistan, after her and the Levi Della Vida Medal for outstanding contributions to Islamic studies presented by the University of California. Back in Stock - 30th September 2010
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Knowledge of God in Classical Sufism - Foundations of Islamic Mystical Theology
Paperback - 464 pages by John Renard
 Foundations of Islamic Mystical Theology - Classics of Western Spirituality Series
Synopsis :
This volume, the ninth on Islamic material to be published in the Classics of Western Spirituality series, brings to light a highly significant but little known area of Islamic spirituality.
Editor John Renard has assembled here a volume of texts, most translated here for the first time, culled from the great Sufi manuals of spirituality, on the theme of the complex and multi-faceted role of knowledge in relation to the spiritual life.
He presents excerpts on knowledge from the works of nine major Muslim teachers, most translated from Arabic, but also including important texts from Persian originals.
The Introduction offers a survey of the development of Sufi modes of knowing through the thirteenth century in their broader context, and then focuses on the manuals or compendia of Sufi spirituality treated here. Historical notes provide brief identifications of many of the individual sources and personalities mentioned throughout the treatises.
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Tawakkul : Sincere Reliance & Trust in Almighty Allah
Paperback Booklet - 24 pages by Mahomed Farhaad Ibrahim Ashrafi
In today's time, with the amount of insecurity and fear displayed by the large majority of people, it is vitally important that Islamic ideals and ideas are explained and propagated.
One such belief is ''sincere reliance and trust'' in the Divinely ordained destiny of humanity and the sincere belief that whatever we receive and whatever we give in return is certainly recorded in the Court of The Almighty and that we would certainly be questioned about our actions in this world.
By Mawlana Mahomed Farhaad Ibrahim Ashrafi [ Darul Uloom Ashrafiya Aleemia Razvia, South Africa ]
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KNOWLEDGE OF GOD Paperback - 384 pages by Shaykh Ahmad al-Alawi 
A Commentary on 'al-Murshid al-Mu'in' of Ibn al-AshirA lucid and profound exposition of the gnostic science that lies at the heart of Sufism. A Guide Book to Khalwa, spiritual retreat, preparing the murid by the doctrine of the Unity for the experiences that will befall him in the self-shattering annihilation he desires (meaning -- the spiritual elevation coupled with ridding oneself of his ego & living a Godly, saintly, peaceful life).
Shaykh al-Alawi has taken ibn al-Ashir's verse poem, and made it a vehicle for making plain the unitary knowledge, the hidden doctrine, that lies beneath ever phenomenon of outer wisdom. Thus he is able to unveil from even the lowest functions of cleaning the body an exalted meaning which indicates the Oneness of his Lord. This book of action constantly returns the Gnostic traveler to slavehood, covering over his secrets and concealing the intoxicating knowledge that he gained. It confirms the simple qualities of correct moral behaviour that are the hallmarks of the great.
[Back in Stock - October 2011]
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The Refutation Of Him [Ibn Taymiyya] Who Attributes Direction To Allah -
Al Raddu Ala Man Qala Bil Jiha by Ibn Jahbal Al Kilabi - Translation By Gibril Fouad Haddad
Hardback - 352 pages
This short theological tract, Fi Nafi al-Jiha, or On Denying Direction to God, by the Ashari theologian and celebrated Shafi'i jurist, Qadi Ibn Jahbal (d. 733/1333), is a clinical rebuttal of the controversial fatwa, the Aqida Hamawiyya, penned by his legendary contemporary, Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328). It is considered, rightly, a classic manifesto of anti-literalism, which will be an indispensable reference for advanced students of Islamic theology, other professional theologians, and modern academics needing primary source materials in English or a source book on the controversies surrounding Ibn Taymiyya's theology.
This same work embodies, moreover, a contemporary exercise in polemic representing the longstanding views in the conformist tradition of Muslim theology, whether via ta'wil or tafwid, and whether in the schools of the Ash'aris, Maturidis or Hanbalis. In particular, it pits itself against one of the two opposite non-conformist readings of the Quran and Sunna; and in general, it highlights the pitfalls of a literalistic mindset which plagues all scripturally-based religions. Muhammad Afifi al-Akiti
Research Fellow in Islamic Theology,
Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford University
The learned Dr. Gibril Fouad Haddad merits the rewards of the one who corrects the errors which crept into some minds in the Ummah, reminding them once again of the saving, mainstream discourse of the Ummah in the understanding of the most fundamental matters of the faith, guaranteed by Allah to exist until the end of time. May Allah reward him most abundantly for his enterprise!
His translation of Ibn Jahbal al-Kilabi's al-Raddu 'ala Man Qala bil-Jiha is elegant and accurate, marked by a strong sense of spiritual propriety toward the scholarly personages of the Ummah. The copious notes are illuminating. It will be one of the most important books on this subject for many decades to come, Allah willing. The publisher is to be congratulated for bringing out a work of such sterling scholarly merits. Muhammad 'Uthman El-Muhammady
Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC)
International Islamic University Malaysia
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Tell me About - The CREATION by Harun Yahya
Large Paperback - 64 pages
Harun Yahya
The intention of this book is to enable us to see the Miracle of Creation in things we often encounter in the world around us, but to which we give no special thought. Throughout our entire lives, most of us think about our own materialistic needs and lead a life far removed from God, thus failing to see the evidence of God's existence.
For interested readers, this book will open up new horizons on the wonder of God's Creation. Perusal and understanding this book will be important steps in arriving at an understanding of the Creator. Though innumerable theories have been put forward concerning the evolution of life on earth, the fact that none of them have stood up to scientific scrutiny is discussed in detail in this book. The aim of the author is to encourage readers to think about basic, faith related issues, such as the existence of God and His Greatness, and to expose the distortions of many currently held theories and beliefs.
Contains hundreds of images & suitable for adults and children alike.
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Futuhat Al-Makkiyya : The Mysteries of Bearing Witness to the Oneness of God and the Prophet of Muhammad Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
Paperback - pages (Meccan Revelations) by Muhy al-Din ibn al-Arabi 
''Great Books of the Islamic World'' Translated by Aisha Bewley, Edited by Laleh Bakhtyar This book is translation of several chapters of Ibn al-Arabi's Futuhat al-Makkiyyya, the Mysteries of bearing Witness to the Oneness of God and Prophethood of Muhammad Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam, which is the first pillar of Islam. '' Ibn al-'Arabi's magnum opus, al-Futūhāt al-Makkiyya, 'The Meccan Openings', is known at least by name to all students of Sufism. In spite of its importance for Islamic thought in general, and Ibn al-'Arabi in particular, few scholars have taken advantage of its enormous riches because of the numerous difficulties connected with reading and understanding the text'' --- Professor William Chittick
Aisha Bewley: Aisha Abdurrahman at Tarjumana Bewley is one today’s most prolific translators of classical Arabic work into English. Aisha Bewley not only understands Arabic but she is also aware of the basic meanings and nature of teachings and history of Islam. Her knowledge is born of experience and direct transmission, not merely academic theory and learning by rote. For more than twenty-five years she has been concerned with making the contents of many classical works in Arabic more Accessible to English-speaking readers for the first time, including Ash-Shifa of Qadi “Iyad.
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Evolution Theory and Islam by by Nu Ha Mim Keller 
Paperback booklet - 14 pages
Book Extract: Allah alone is Master of Existence. He alone causes all that is to be and not to be. Causes are without effect in themselves, but rather both cause and effect are created by Him. The causes and the effects of all processes, including those through which plant and animal species are individuated, are His work alone.
To ascribe efficacy to anything but His action, whether believing that causes (a) bring about effects in and of themselves; or (b) bring about effects in and of themselves through a capacity Allah has placed in them, is to ascribe associates to Allah (shirk). Such beliefs seem to be entailed in the literal understanding of "natural selection" and "random mutation," and other evolutionary concepts, unless we understand these processes as figurative causes, while realizing that Allah alone is the agent. This is apart from the consideration of whether they are true or not.
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The Name and the Named by: Shaykh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti  Paperback - 297 pages Foreward by: William C. Chittick 
The Divine Attributes of God
Product Description: In the Islamic Sufi tradition, it is said, "Qualify yourself with the qualities of God." ---- Compiled from classical Arabic and Turkish texts of Al-Ghazali, Ibn Arabi, Djili, and Abd al-Qadir Jilani, May Allah sanctify their secret, among others, these are the divine attributes by which God manifests Himself in the world and by which He completes the spiritual life of man.
In this volume, Tosun Bayrak, a shaykh of the Jerrahi order based in Istanbul, explains how to use these Names for the transformation of the soul--"to see that the human being is the microcosm of the macrocosm where God's attributes are reflected." Sheikh Tosun describes the barrier, "they know the Name, but not the Named." How can one come to love God--without knowing Him? The Sheikh answers that we do so through knowing His Divine Qualities in our own selves. "To assume the angelic character which is innate but hidden in the human being, we have to choose from Divine Attributes as we can, and try to live our daily lives according to them. Then, God willing, this effort will help our imitation become real." The Name and the Named presents these attributes which combine in various proportions to create the universe we see before us, but these names are all contained in the Name, or word Allah. Therefore, when one repeats this Name, one participates in stating the entire manifested creation. Also included are the 201 traditional names or qualities of the Prophet Muhammad, May Allah bless him and grant him peace.
Other interpreted and compiled works by Sheikh Tosun Bayrak include The Way of The Sufi Chivalry (Kitab al-Futtuwah by Ibn al-Husayn al-Sulami), The Secret of Secrets: Hadrat 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Divine Governance of the Human Kingdom (At-Tadbirat al-ilahiyyah fi islah al-mamlakat al-insaniyyah by Ibn 'Arabi) and The Shape of Light (Hayakal Al-Nur by Suhrawardi), all available here at Madani Propagation.
William C. Chittick is Professor of Comparative Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook. He has published numerous books, among them, Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-'Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity; Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-'Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination; & The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi.
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