al furqan islamic heritage foundation (269 results)

Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Edition. 57 pp of English text + 59 pp of Arabic text, publisher's original wrappers, copy in mint condition, new. This volume comprises the text of a lecture delivered by Professor Annemarie Schimmel in English at al-Furqa-n's Eagle House together with an Arabic translation. Based on an outstanding knowledge of Arabic and all major Asian Muslim languages, Professor Schimmel brought together and thoroughly examined an immense volume of new data from a wide range of sources. This book demonstrates how Muslim sufi poets throughout the Islamic world have been fascinated by the animal kingdom believing that animals can be considered to be symbols of spiritual truth. # 20702.

1st edition. 8vo. xii + 181pp. B/w. illustrations. Paperback in original gilt lettered white wrapps. Very good. ISBN 187399205X US$10.

8vo. pp 57, [66]. Colour illustrated wraps. ISBN: 1873992815 About fine.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Edition. 46 pp of English text, 48 pp of Arabic text, 3 color plates, 1 b/w portrait, publisher's original wrapper, New. Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation 5th public lecture 11 November 1996. The pivotal theme of this book is the mystical orientation in the poetry and thoughts of Pakistani Muslim poet, Muhammad Iqbal. Iqbal. discovered the secrets of creative love through the gate of sufism. He considered such love, according to Schimmel, as the force which creates values and can never be content with its creation, a force that changes man incessantly. He believed love an experience that may offer itself to the believer at the middle of the road or at its very end, the supreme form of the creation of values and ideals and the endeavour towards achieving these. #14257.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 78 p. ; 21 cm. lecture. in English.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 8vo. 50 pp. of English text + 28 pp. of Arabic text.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 36 pages : ill., ports. ; 21 cm. The Author presents the history of Eagle House, a British heritage site which is located in the affluent suburbs of Wimbledon in south west London. The book lists all previous occupiers of this historic building from the date it was built in 1860 all the way up to 1988, which is the year when a new culturally novel dweller arrived: Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 71 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. In English with some Arabic. This lecture took place in London, on 23rd November 2015, and resonated with the news that materialised earlier that year about the discovery of some fragments of Qur an kept at the Mingana Collection in the Birmingham University Library. The assertion that the document - kept at Birmingham University - is part of one of the world s oldest copies of the Qur an, was strongly disputed by many scholars in the field of codicology and palaeography, who pointed out that the science of carbon dating is contradicted by other evidence. Among these scholars was Professor Qasim Al-Samarrai, Professor Emeritus of Palaeography and Codicology. Professor Al-Samarrai s immediate reaction - after the news spread about the Birmingham fragments - was: The fragments of the Qur an folios that were found at Birmingham are not at all what they are claimed to be. They in fact belong to the end of the 2nd and the beginning of the 3rd century AH (after Hijrah), if not later. All the features in them: the script, dotting, use of gold and red ink, as well as the separation of verses (Ayat) and chapters (Suwar).etc., indicate that they might have been written on parchments older than the script. Therefore, they are not as early as thought. Surprisingly enough, Berlin and Tubingen claim the same with their own fragments." In this lecture, Professor Al-Samarrai gives a detailed insight on the Birmingham folios, with a special focus on Qur anic manuscripts palaeographical aspects in general, the accuracy of carbon dating tests, the Uthman copies of the Qur an, as well as other aspects related to this topic.

Hard BACK. Condition: As New. 19 pp., of introduction, 560 pp., 6 pp., of adverts, Arabic text, copy in mint condition. This volume catalogues 1,042 manuscripts that belong to all fields of Islamic studies: the Qur'an, ?adith, jurisprudence, literature, astrology, grammar and Sufism, etc. The Mamma Haidara Library was established in the middle of the nineteenth century at Bimba village and is regarded as one of the best libraries in Mali. # 26492.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 74 pages in English. This lecture focuses in brief on the history of the critical editing of Islamic manuscripts, to include present and future research, with particular attention given to works conducted by orientalists. In this book the author highlights the skills of an editor involved in critically editing a manuscript. He also lists the most important characteristics required of a professional editor. The author explains the methodology used by orientalists in their criticism of Arabic texts. The methods used by scholars of Az'har in critically editing manuscripts are also presented. The book addresses a number of areas related to the field, such as the main problems faced by practitioners, how to work with a manuscript, and technical issues such as 'when to bring out draft sections of a text when the corrected version is present'. The book emphasises the importance of ijazat (licences), sama'at (verified listening), tamalluk notes (noted ownership of the manuscript), waqf (endowments) and the knowledge of the terminology involved in critically editing. The author also discusses the historical relationship between the printing press and critical editing. This includes a look at how the widespread use of paper and the progress in printing effected book publication.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 44 pages in Arabic : facsimiles ; 20 cm.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 30, 36 p. ; 21 cm + audio CD. Text in English and Arabic. The second pagination sequence numbered in Arabic from the end of the book. 'According to Muhammad Salih al-Mahdi, music as part of Islamic civilisation has a special character distinguishing it from the music of other civilisations throughout history. It represents the epitome of what is best in all the people and nations which adopted Islam as their faith. For Islam was open to all cultures and their arts provided they had no connection with paganism and did not violate the basic precepts of the faith, especially that of the oneness of God. Islam cherishes good taste and beautiful voices and the Prophet himself listened to and praised the beauty of the voice of Abu Musá al-Ashari, especially in reciting the Qur'an.'.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Large octavo in white illus wraps; xiv, 212 p.: ill. (some col.); 24 cm; bibliographical references. Series: al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, Publication no. 19. Contents: The tragedy of Islamic manuscripts in Bosnia & Herzegovina / Enes Karic -- Conservation and preservation policy at the National Library of Egypt (Dar al-Kutub) / Mahmoud F. Hegazi -- The preservation of Islamic manuscripts in India / Abid Reza Bedar -- The restoration of manuscripts in Morocco / Mohamed Bencherifa -- The ancient library of Kairouan and its methods of conservation / Murad al-Rammah -- Conservation at the Khalidi Library in the Old City of Jerusalem: fragments, fumigation and frames / Tony Bish -- Towards on-line worldwide access to Vatican Library materials / Frederick C. Mintzer . [et al.] -- Developments in Islamic binding and conservation in the Oriental and India Office collections of the British Library / David Jacobs and Barbara Rodgers -- Ion-beam codicology: its potential in developing scientific conservation of Islamic manuscripts / Raik Jarjis -- The conservation and preservation of Islamic books, papers, manuscripts, papyri, and parchments / Nasry Iskander -- Treatment of early Islamic manuscript fragments on parchment: a case history: the find of Sana'a, Yemen / Ursula Dreibholz -- A dictionary of terms used in the production of Arabic manuscripts / Ibrahim Chabbouh -- Problems relating to the treatment of Islamic manuscripts: paper / Mahdi `Atiqi -- New trends in preventive conservation: what can be done about climate, emergencies, and pests? / Ann Seibert -- Preservation of manuscript works in the original or by reformatting? The usefulness of an international database / Werner Schwartz -- Preventive conservation: global trends / Amparo R. de Torres. Manuscripts -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses. Islamic civilization -- Manuscripts -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses. Islam -- Manuscripts -- Conservation and restoration -- Congresses. Handschriften. Conservatie. Islam. Fine ; As New.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 42, 38 p. ; 21 cm. In English & Arabic. 'It is probably difficult to encompass the entire sphere of cookery and cuisine throughout the history of Islamic civilisation. The landscape is vast, the actors are countless and their tastes endlessly varied; the nature of the land is uneven and its bounty uncertain and irregular, with abundance and scarcity locked in perpetual rivalry. This relatively brief talk will not even attempt a rough outline of the subject of food, cookery and dining in the Muslim world; this paper is to present a preliminary framework for a research project that would deal with all elements related, directly and indirectly, to the culture of food. Arab-Islamic civilisation has bequeathed many a document on the subject. The research should embrace broader and more remote topics such as agriculture, the source of food provided by the land, the organised trade that brought rare spices from eastern Asia to the Arab world along established land and sea routes, tableware and its manufacture from different kinds of wood, copper and pottery and the identification of the properties of individual plants and spices used in medicine and food.'.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. xix, 241 pp., [1 appendix], figures in text, copy clean & in very good condition. Proceedings of the fourth conference of Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation 20th -30th November 1997. The focus was on Manuscripts on Astronomy, Mathematics and Medicine. #13699.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,400grams, ISBN:1873992157.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 70 p. ; 21 cm. in Arabic. This lecture focuses in brief on the history of the critical editing of Islamic manuscripts, to include present and future research, with particular attention given to works conducted by orientalists. In this book the author highlights the skills of an editor involved in critically editing a manuscript. He also lists the most important characteristics required of a professional editor. The author explains the methodology used by orientalists in their criticism of Arabic texts. The methods used by scholars of Az'har in critically editing manuscripts are also presented. The book addresses a number of areas related to the field, such as the main problems faced by practitioners, how to work with a manuscript, and technical issues such as 'when to bring out draft sections of a text when the corrected version is present'. The book emphasises the importance of ijazat (licences), sama'at (verified listening), tamalluk notes (noted ownership of the manuscript), waqf (endowments) and the knowledge of the terminology involved in critically editing. The author also discusses the historical relationship between the printing press and critical editing. This includes a look at how the widespread use of paper and the progress in printing effected book publication. The author also makes an acknowledgement of the substantial contribution of orientalists to the field in critically editing Arabic texts.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 58 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. The book at hand focuses on the importance of scientific commentaries, especially manuscripts on astronomy, authored between the thirteenth and the sixteenth century. Dr Saliba demonstrates that particular commentaries were distinguished by the introduction of new scientific thinking, and also a level of astronomical mathematical sophistication that outmatched any of the earlier works that were produced within the Islamic civilisation, and, in some instances, even surpassed the contemporary scientific works that were produced in Europe at the time. Dr Saliba attributes the lack of scholarly attention to late scientific commentaries to a number of reasons, most prominently: the difficulty in reading late commentaries, absence of explanatory illustrations, and a perpetuated misconception that following the classical or golden age of Islam, there was nothing worth studying in terms of cultural output.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 84 pages in Arabic. This important and engaging lecture focused on a highly significant issue centred on the most important objective in the Noble Qur'an. The lecture was delivered by Professor Mohamed Salim El-Awa as part of the proceedings of the 2nd training course on "The objectives of the Noble Qur'an" held in Mohammedia (Morocco) on 4-5 May 2016 (26-27 Rajab 1437H). The course was jointly organised by the Centre for the Study of the Philosophy of Islamic Law (London), the Maqasid Research & Studies Centre (Rabat), and the Department of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Letters & Humanities in Mohammedia. The content of this coherent lecture, addressing a topic of singular importance, includes a comprehensive definition of justice, justice from the Qur'an text, achieving justice through prohibition of injustice, justice in the stories and parables within the Qur'an, and justice according to the learned scholars. Despite the time restrictions of the course programme, Professor El-Awa skilfully presented the key elements of the topic, and discussed the different facets. He did the topic justice, presenting it in a systematic and consistent formulation, both organised and robust; a clear indication of a massive scientific effort.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 43 pages ; 20 cm in Arabic. 'This lecture aims to explore a very important issue regarding the awareness of beauty as a universal concept which manifests itself in different ways, as well as from within the perspective of the philosophy of Islamic law (Maqasid). The topic was delivered in an interesting and engaging way, where the philological definition of beauty was followed by the presentation of the evidences of the origin of the concept of beauty and its location within the Qur'anic perspective - since God is beautiful and loves beauty - and that our religion commends beauty as a duty and aspiration in terms of doing and being. Dr Esam El-Bashir proceeded to explain the foundations of the Maqasid-based perspective on beauty; indeed, beauty is an all-inclusive concept addressing all areas and aspects of life. Moreover, it represents an absolute value, and is connected to values, in relation to the unity between outer and inner self.'.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. 61 pages in Arabic. In his lecture, Dr Bashar Awwad Marouf explains the concept of critical edition of texts as a discipline, aimed at the production of a text as left by the author, and of which he approved at the end of his life. He then explored the view that the aim of critical edition is the production of a correct text without the need for any commentary, only emendation. He then addressed the contrasting view that considers commentary as essential, and indeed, some workers went to the extreme by saying: [the editor must] comment on everything. Our lecturer explained the error of both views, and summed up with the correct intermediate way, where the editor compares and grades the text copies, records the key reading variants, highlights the resources used by the author, and documents the quotes from the respective sources. In this lecture, Dr Bashar also debated the view postulating that critical edition is exclusively when there are several copies to allow collation, which in his view is not correct. He highlighted those books that had been critically edited - based on one copy - by eminent scholars and editors, such as Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir and his brother, Maḥmūd Shākir, where no researcher has ever claimed that such works are not critical editions. Furthermore, he explained in detail the difference between critical editing and commentary; critical editing being text emendation, and employing the means towards achieving that, while commentary describes how the editor may actually emend the text. He also drew attention to matters that must be taken into consideration in edition: Text uniformity: the editor follows the rules of modern writing, in the division of text into paragraphs and sections, and introduces numbering, and other elements of text organisation. Indicating the author s resources: if the author s sources can be identified, the editor must compare them with what the author presents. Verifying challenging names and genealogies: by referring back to the authoritative books, such as Al-Ikmālby Ibn Mākūwlā, and Tawđīħ al-Mushtabih by Ibn Nāṣir al-Dīn, which are among the most important books of this art.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 75 p. ; 21 cm. IN ARABIC.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 109 pages in Arabic. This book addresses three very thorny issues, where the author, Professor Bashar Awwad Marouf, was successful in providing effective solutions to these complex problems, stemming from his extensive and deep experience spanning more than a half century in the critical edition of heritage texts.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 208 pages in Arabic : 20 cm. This book covers a highly important topic, relating to the defense of the Noble Prophetic Sunnah, which withstood attacks and criticism by opposing parties since the era of examining narrator memory (talqin) to the period of foundation (ta'sis). Indeed, leading traditionists (muhaddithun) and classical legal theorists (usuliyyun) have exerted mammoth effort in its service, reaching an apogee, founded on juristic effort (ijtihad), and argumentation (istidlāl) in protecting chains of narration (sanad) and hadith text (matn) from insertion and defect of any type. They validated, emended, and contextualised them; furthermore, they documented modalities of acceptance and rejection, and selected the terminology most fitting to reflect occasions (munasabat) and objectives.

Paperback. Condition: Good. xii 181p paperback, white cover with gilt lettering, good condition, light wear and a few marks to cover, binding tight, pages clear and bright, good copy of uncommon volume Language: English.

Condition: Very Good. 582 pp., Hardcover, minor library markings else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard covers in clean, tidy condition with a very good dust jacket, a couple of pages creased during the printing process, 344pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Good. Second edition, 636 pp., Hardcover, ex library, else text and binding clean and tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 196 pages in English : 20 cm. Shaykh Ahmad Zaki Yamani presents in this book the high status that Islam gave women. He also mentions the rights and responsibilities granted to them in the teachings of Islam. The first part of the book gives examples on the positions held by women and their roles in the Prophetic period and the ages that followed it. The second part looks at the participation of women in high office, their duties and participation in politics as testified by the books of jurisprudence (fiqh), old and new. [SKU EW].

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Nuevo. SCHIMMEL, A.: YUGRAFIYYAT AL-SU^ARA'. , 2000, iv 78 p. , 116 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (OL-4-4) 116 gr. Libro.