Art, Culture & Science

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The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Writt…

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Set in the 9th Century Caliphal court in Baghdad, in the very halls once presided upon by the great Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid, his s…

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A unique, dynamic, sophisticated Muslim culture flourished in Spain between 711 and 1492 CE, leaving us with some of the world’s most bre…

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The first survey of this important subject in a Western language. This exceptionally clear and helpful introduction to the study of the Q…

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Science has never been separate from Islam. Objective study of this subject will reveal that Islamic texts - Qur'an and the Sunnah, provi…

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What does Islam say about poetry, singing, musical instruments, musicians, and the business of music? How have Muslim societies historica…

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The Arab equivalent of Marco Polo, Sheikh Ibn Battuta (1304-77) set out as a young man on a pilgrimage to Mecca that ended 27 years and 7…

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This book published originally under the title 'The Legacy of Islam' seeks to give an account of those elements in the culture of Europe …

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This book is a chronological study of the history of Arabic literature. Beginning with a brief discourse on geographical and cultural inf…

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This work seeks to isolate and examine certain basic issues - the place of the Arabs in human history, their identity, their achievements…

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These pages illustrate some of the many ways in which Persian culture has influenced Persia's neighbors, and become a legacy to the whole…

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Mufti Taqi Usmani's 'Uloom ul Quran' is a comprehensive treatise on the subject of Quranic Sciences. Now accessible to the English-speaki…