The Story of the Qur'an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life
10 best books like The Story of the Qur'an: Its History and Place in Muslim Life (Ingrid Mattson): Unmarriageable, Tao Te Ching, 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet, Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, The Road to Mecca, Islam: A Short History, The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists
In this one-of-a-kind retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan, Alys Binat has sworn never to marry—until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider.
A scandal and vicious rumor concerning the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects...
| Author | Lao Tzu |
| ISBN | 0679724346 |
The Wisest Book Ever Written...
Complete on Audio...The Entire 81 Chapters (and Introduction to) Stephen Mitchell's exquisite new tradition of Lao-tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way -- the classic manual on the art of living revered as one of the wonders of the world. Dating from the 6th century...
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
| Author | Elif Shafak |
| ISBN | 0241293863 |
An intensely powerful new novel from the best-selling author of The Bastard of Istanbul and Honour
'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were...
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
| Author | Karen Armstrong |
| ISBN | 0062508865 |
I've been on a quest to read more about Islam, (so I will not be an absolute ignoramus about it, as Americans are often accused of being.). I've read a few books on the topic, but this is the first one I can honestly recommend. Karen Armstrong has not written a page-turner with this biography of Muhammad -...
Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources
| Author | Martin Lings |
| ISBN | 1594771537 |
Martin Lings’ biography of Muhammad is an internationally acclaimed, comprehensive, and authoritative account of the life of the prophet. Based on the sira, the eighth- and ninth-century Arabic biographies that recount numerous events in the prophet’s life, it contains original English...
| Author | Muhammad Asad |
| ISBN | 1887752374 |
There are enough reviews by other people, which does the justice to the book. Yet I just want to add that Leopold Weis/Muhammad Asad's life is the testimony to one thing:
Can a modern/secular mind find it way into Islam and appreciate its truth? And if so how is this possible?
As I was born...
El Islam es, probablemente, la religión más incomprendida y malinterpretada de la modernidad. Una curiosa ignorancia prevalece en Occidentes desde las cruzadas, cuando empezó a cultivarse una visión distorsionada del Islam como una religión violenta e intolerante. Sin embargo, los imperios...
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
| Author | David Deutsch |
| ISBN | 0670022756 |
I am not sure that another book has influenced my thinking quite as much as The Beginning of Infinity.
As I read through Deutsch's many provocative assertions, I often reacted with instinctive scorn and disbelief. But with only a few exceptions, I found myself within a few pages not only persuaded...
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
| Author | Steven Pinker |
| ISBN | 0143122010 |
“If I could give each of you a graduation present, it would be this—the most inspiring book I've ever read."
—Bill Gates (May, 2017)
A provocative history of violence—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Stuff of Thought, The Blank Slate and the forthcoming Enlightenment...
| Author | Khaled Abou El Fadl |
| ISBN | 0061189030 |
Despite President George W. Bush's assurances that Islam is a peaceful religion and that all good Muslims hunger for democracy, confusion persists and far too many Westerners remain convinced that Muslims and terrorists are synonymous. In the aftermath of the attacks of 9/11, the subsequent wars...
| Author | Michael A. Sells |
| ISBN | 1883991692 |
Approaching the Qur’án is a major event in religious publishing. Professor Michael Sells has captured the complexity, power, and poetry of the early suras of the Qur’án, the sacred scripture of Islam. In this second edition, Sells introduces important new translations of suras and a new preface...
The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity
| Author | Seyyed Hossein Nasr |
| ISBN | 0060730641 |
As the specter of religious extremism has become a fact of life today, the temptation is great to allow the evil actions and perspectives of a minority to represent an entire tradition. In the case of Islam, there has been much recent confusion in the Western world centered on distorted portrayals of...
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam
A fascinating, accessible introduction to Islam from the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Zealot
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A finalist for the Guardian First Book Award
In No god but God, internationally acclaimed scholar Reza Aslan explains Islam—the origins...
In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad
| Author | Tariq Ramadan |
| ISBN | 0195308808 |
Named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most important innovators of the century, Tariq Ramadan is a leading Muslim scholar, with a large following especially among young European and American Muslims. Now, in his first book written for a wide audience, he offers a marvelous biography of the Prophet...
Hadith: An Introduction (Foundations of Islam)
| Author | Jonathan A.C. Brown |
| ISBN | 1851686630 |
Contrary to popular opinion, the bulk of Islamic law does not come from the Qur'an but rather from hadith, first-hand reports of the Prophet Muhammad's words and deeds, passed from generation to generation. However, with varying accounts often only committed to paper a century after the death of Muhammad,...
Western Muslims and the Future of Islam
| Author | Tariq Ramadan |
| ISBN | 0195183568 |
In a Western world suddenly acutely interested in Islam, one question has been repeatedly heard above the din: where are the Muslim reformers? With this ambitious volume, Tariq Ramadan firmly establishes himself as one of Europe's leading thinkers and one of Islam's most innovative and important...
Islamic Theological Themes: A Primary Source Reader
| Author | John Renard |
| ISBN | 0520281896 |
Comprised of primary sources assembled from a broad chronological and geographic spectrum, Islamic Theological Themes is a comprehensive anthology of primary Islamic sacred texts in translation. The volume includes rare and never before translated selections, all freshly situated and introduced...
Introduction to Islam: Beliefs and Practices in Historical Perspective
| Author | Carole Hillenbrand |
| ISBN | 0500291586 |
Carole Hillenbrand, long acknowledged as a preeminent authority on Islam, has now written a superb introduction to this great world religion, a book that promises to be the most lucid, nuanced text of its kind on the market. Beginning with the life of Muhammad, Hillenbrand firmly establishes in historical...
