History

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"Reasons and Occasions of Revelation of The Quran" is the earliest, best-known representative and extant work of this genre. In the intro…

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Asbab un-Nuzul is an Arabic term meaning "occasions / circumstances of revelation", is a secondary type of tafsir directed at establishin…

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Stories of the Prophets' from 'al-Bidayah wa-al-Nihayah' (The Beginning and the End), the great history work of Ibn Kathir. Written by Ib…

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The sixty-four companions presented here are representative of that unique generation, a generation without parallel in history.

This book…

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This book was originally written by Muhammad ibn Ishaq before it was abridged, refined and transmitted by Abd-Al-Mali Ibn Hisham.

It is sp…

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Both Jewish and Islamic sources relate the story of the first known sin in the universe, i.e., Satan refusing to obey God s command to bo…

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This book, by the late Indian historian and intellectual, Shaykh Abu l-Hasan Ali Nadwi, is a story of the ebbs and flows of this Umma; th…

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The Virtues of Ali ibn Abi Talib is an engaging exploration of the life and character of one of the most significant figures in Islamic h…

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Stories always fascinate everyone. When they are true stories of the Prophets and Messengers of Allah, the interest grows many times.

This…

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Martin Lings’ biography of Muhammad – Muhammad his Life Based on the Earliest Sources, is an internationally acclaimed, comprehensive, an…

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"The Legacy of the Prophet" by Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali is a thorough analysis of the last Prophet of Islam, Muhammad (peace be upon him), an…

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This book is based on original Arabic sources and modern writings on the Sirah, is a powerful restatement of the Makkan life of the proph…