Al Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation (264 results)

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

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

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Small 8vo. 78 pp., biblio, publisher's wrappers, copy in mint condition.

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

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.…

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Nuevo. SCHIMMEL, A.: THE POET'S GEOGRAPHY. LONDON, 2000, iv 78 p. , 116 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (OL-2-5) 116 gr. Libro.

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.…

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.…

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. 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. 8vo. 50 pp. of English text + 28 pp. of Arabic text.

First Edition. Hardcover in jacket. Very good with light wear. Text primarily in Arabic.

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.

Paperback. Condition: NF. Paperback in Near Fine condition. 30Th November - 1St . / Al-Furqa n Islamic Heritage Foundation. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 193 pages. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. xiv, 212+(1) pages. Proceedings of the Third Conference of Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation. Forward by Ahmed Zaki Yamani. Presentations on conservation, preservation, and restoration of Islamic manuscripts. Includes work in progress at the Vatican Library and the British Library. Three color illustrations, black and white illustrations throughout. Four appendices.…

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.

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.

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.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. First Edition. XIV, 212 pp. figures, b/w & colour illustrations, publisher's original wrappers, copy in mInt Condition. New. Proceedings of the Third Conference of al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation. Proceeding of the third conference of Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation 18- 19th November, 1995. 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 & 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. #13780.…

Paperback. Condition: NF. Paperback in Near Fine condition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 212 pages. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

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.'.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. 518 pp; Arabic text, titles printed in Arabic & English, biblio, index, hard back in dust wrapper. copy in mint condition, New. One hundred eighty seven entries in this work listing the works of each historian and some biographical information. # 19897.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. xiv, 212 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. This book presents the proceeding of the third conference of Al-Furqan on the Conservation and Preservation of Islamic Manuscripts. The conference included papers on the methods and practices used in the sphere of preservation and conservation, the problems faced by workers in this field and the likely solutions to these issues. The book also brings to light new trends in preventive conservation, the usefulness of an international database to store information of the world's rare manuscripts and the creation of a new network between specialist institutions.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 262 pages. 24x17cm. This book holds 11 papers and studies that were presented in four sessions within the proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the Centre for the Study of Islamic Manuscripts (part of the Al-Furqan Foundation) on the topic of "Editing Islamic Manuscripts on Science", such as mathematics, astronomy, medicine and other areas. The first session looked at the manuscripts of science and their editing method. The second session focused on the 'The Editing of Manuscripts on Astronomy'. Several papers were presented which discussed in detail the editing of the major works in this field. Among these were the works of Thabit bin Qurrah, as well as the Andalucían and Maghreb manuscripts. The problem of critically verification of Zaij was also addressed. The third session looked at "The Editing of Manuscripts on Mathematics", which included several papers on geometrical figures in Arabic manuscripts and Ibn al-Haytham Works on Optics (al-Basariyat). The conference was concluded with two papers, one on "the Arabic Definitions of Scientific Terminology in Arabic Manuscripts" and the second on "The Editing and Publication of Manuscripts on Medicine".…

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Nuevo. MUHAMMAD, B. Y.: FIHRIS MAJTUTAT MAKTABAT YAMI^AT IBADAN, NIYIRIYYA. HAQQAQAHU WA ATAMMA HAWASIHI J. HUNWICK [HARDBACK][HANDLISTS OF ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS NIGERIA. THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN LIBRARY] . LONDON, 2001, xxvi 128 p. , 438 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (OE-1-1) 438 gr. Libro.…

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.

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.'.…

Tapa blanda. Condition: New. HAYDARA, A. M., ED.: FIHRIS MAJTUTAT MAKTABAT MAMMA HAYDARA LI-L-MAJTUTAT WA-L-WATA'IQ, 2. TAHRIR A. F. SAYYID. LONDON, 2000, xxi 554 p. , 1070 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (OI-1-1) 1070 gr. Libro.