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1	The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mullah Nasrudin more books like this by Idries Shah add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Manual of Hadith more books like this by Maulana Myhammad, Muhammad Ali add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! new only from $74.44!
3	Aspects of Islamic Civilization as Depicted in the Original Texts more books like this by Arthur John Arberry add to wishlist An anthology of selections from Arabic and Persian writers see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.14! \| first editions
4	Classical Islam: A Sourcebook of Religious Literature more books like this by Norman Calder (Editor), Jawid Mojaddedi (Editor), Andrew Rippin (Editor) add to wishlist This sourcebook presents more than 50 authoritative translations of key Islamic texts. Edited and translated by three leading specialists and clearly contextualized for introductory-level students, it illustrates the growth of Islamic thought from its 7th-century origins through to the end of the medieval period. Eight thematically organized ... see all copies from $25.99! new only from $40.96! \| SVS
5	Of Irony and Empire: Islam, the West, and the Transcultural Invention of Africa more books like this by Laura Rice add to wishlist Examines the transformative power of irony in the creation of Muslim Afica. see all copies from $24.43! new only from $24.43! \| SVS
6	Arabic Through the Qur'an more books like this by Alan Jones add to wishlist Written by Prof Alan Jones, professor of Arabic at Oxford University, this work aims at teaching Arabic using only the vocabulary in the Quran. In forty lessons and starting with the alphabet, Arabic Through the Quran covers the whole of Arabic grammar. Each lesson is followed by exercises and a key to the exercises is available at the end of the ... see all copies from $20.95! new only from $20.95!
7	Islamic Literature in Contemporary Turkey: From Epic to Novel more books like this by Kenan Cayir add to wishlist The victory of the young religious politicians of the Justice and Development Party in 2002 and their new pro-European Union stance was proceded by the emergence of new Islamic intellectual, autobiographical, and literary accounts in the 90s. This book explores the changing understandings of Islam by focusing on the Islamist movement's production ... see all copies from $32.55! new only from $62.35! \| SVS
8	Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation more books like this by John Renard (Editor) add to wishlist This remarkable collection gathers a breathtakingly diverse selection of primary texts from the vast repertoire of Islamic stories about holy men and women - also known as Friends of God - who were exemplary for their piety, intimacy with God, and service to their fellow human beings. Translated from seventeen languages by more than two dozen ... see all copies from $24.95! new only from $24.95! \| SVS
9	Biblical Prophets in the Qur'an and Muslim Literature more books like this by Roberto Tottoli, Tottoli Robert add to wishlist Biblical characters are widely quoted in the Qur'an and all genres of Muslim literature. The first aim of this book is to give readers a modern tool - scholarly but not confined to questions that would be of interest to Islamicists only - to know what the Muslim tradition has to say about Biblical figures. The first part deals with the Qur'anic ... see all copies from $125.52! new only from $125.52!
10	The Oral and the Written in Early Islam more books like this by Gregor Schoeler, James E Montgomery (Editor), Uwe Vagelpohl (Translator) add to wishlist Made up of a number of seminal articles that are translated for the first time in English, this prestigious book from Gregor Schoeler gives a reasoned, informed and comprehensive overflow of how the written and the spoken interacted, diverged and received cultural articulation among the Muslim societies of the first two centuries of the Hijra. see all copies from $148.63! new only from $148.63! \| SVS
11	Studies in Islamic and Middle Eastern Texts and Traditions: In Memory of Norman Calder more books like this by Gerald Richard Hawting (Editor), Jawid Ahmad Mojaddedi (Editor), Alexander Samely (Editor) add to wishlist This volume reflects the late Norman Calder's own interests and contributions. It includes articles by scholars who are already renowned, like Calder, for their sophisticated and challenging approaches to Arabic and Islamic texts. The papers are on a variety of topics of interest to people in the field of Middle Eastern cultures, and similar in ... see all copies from $72.13! new only from $74.36!
12 view cover	Traditions of Islam: An Introduction to the Study of the Hadith Literature more books like this by Alfred Guillaume add to wishlist This work deals with and explains a great branch of Muhammadan literature which stands beside the Quaran as a source of Muslim belief and practice. It was odd that no other books were published in the English language that discussed the traditions of Islam, because the everyday life of Muslims throughout the world is governed and directed by these ... see all copies from $16.14! new only from $16.84! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Literature of Islam: A Guide to the Primary Sources in English Translation more books like this by Paula Youngman Skreslet, Rebecca Skreslet add to wishlist 45.00 see all copies from $38.79! new only from $49.29! \| SVS
14 view cover	Self and Secrecy in Early Islam more books like this by Ruqayya Yasmine Khan add to wishlist This book presents an original inquiry into the meanings of concealment and revelation in early Arabo-Islamic texts. In this comparative analysis of the significance of keeping and revealing secrets in early Islamic culture, Ruqayya Yasmine Khan draws from a broad range of Arabo-Islamic texts to map interconnections between concepts of secrecy and ... see all copies from $44.58! new only from $44.58! \| SVS
15 view cover	A Muslim's Guide to Publishing and Marketing more books like this by Linda D Delgado add to wishlist Delgado describes in detail the publishing methods used in the Muslim and non-Muslim book industries, and provides detailed information about printing, distribution, fulfillment, and marketing strategies for both book industries. see all copies from $7.41! new only from $11.19! \| SVS
16 view cover	Poetics of Religious Experience: The Islamic Context more books like this by Aziz Esmail, Keshavjee add to wishlist An investigation of creativity in the context of Islamic religious experience. Examining symbolic and imaginative features, attention is drawn to the literary, philosophical and historical issues lying behind various interpretations of Islam and their relevance to Muslims' intellectual needs. see all copies from $6.80! new only from $18.62! \| SVS
17	Theology, Ethics and Metaphysics: Royal Asiatic Society Classics of Islam more books like this by H Mashita add to wishlist This collection of classic works, originally published under the auspices of the Royal Asiatic Society, includes an introduction by Professor Edmund Bosworth, University of Manchester, and a preface by Professor Anthony Stockwell, Royal Holloway College, University of London. Primary texts include works by F. Rosen, W.F. Thompson, C.E. Sachau, R.A ... see all copies from $1,303.90! new only from $1,303.90!
18 view cover	Islam and Ecology more books like this by Joanne O'Brien, Fazlun Khalid add to wishlist Each book in the "World Religions and Ecology" series deals with the teachings, beliefs, history and present-day attitudes and contribution of a particular faith to the environment. The books cover several areas: teachings and traditions, environmental practice and responding to the crisis. Under teachings and traditions the books look at core ... see all copies from $16.00!
19	Islam and the Heroic Image: Themes in Literature and the Visual Arts more books like this add to wishlist Bringing together art and religion, Renard explores how heroic figures both created and were created by the Islamic beliefs that they emulate in Persian and Arabic literature and art. see all copies from $4.49!
20 view cover	The Koran more books like this by E H Palmer add to wishlist IN the name of the merciful and compassionate God. The Koran is regarded by most as the uncreated word of God, written on golden tablets in Paradise. This view, strongly contended inside the Muslim world in the first centuries, became orthodox towards the end of the most fruitful period of Muslim science. see all copies from $7.97! new only from $9.63! \| SVS
21	A Reader on Islam more books like this by Arthur Jeffery (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $81.89!
22	Islamic literatures of India more books like this by Annemarie Schimmel add to wishlist see all copies from $166.51! first editions
23	Popular Islamic Literature in Kazakhstan more books like this by Allen J Frank add to wishlist see all copies from $104.95! new only from $104.95!
24	Literary Heritage of Classical Islam: Arabic and Islamic Studies in Honor of James A. Bellamy more books like this by James A Bellamy add to wishlist see all copies from $55.36! new only from $71.07!
25	Studies in South Asian Devotional Literature: Research Papers, 1988-1991 Presented at the Fifth Conference on Devotional Literature in New Indo-Aryan more books like this by Francoise Mallison (Editor), Alan W. Entwistle (Editor) add to wishlist This volume contains research papers 1988-1991 presented at the fifth Conference on Devotional Literature in New Indo Aryan LANGUAGES. The language covered are mainly Bengali Gugerati Marathi and various forms of Hindi. see all copies from $26.92! new only from $26.92! \| first editions

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