Abdur Raheem Kidwai

This beautiful presentation of the Prophet Muhammad's teachings engages the reader in a moment of daily reflection.

Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad

Daily Wisdom

A challenge to the liberal, cultural and traditional teachings about women in Islam. A compilation of quotations from the Qur'an and Hadith collections that address women specifically. Beautifully presented in a papercase.

What the Qur'an and Sunnah Say

Women in Islam

365 supplications and prayers from the Islamic tradition rendered into simple and elegant English, accompanied with the original Arabic.

Islamic Prayers & Supplications

60 GREAT LESSONS FROM ISLAM The Quran Speaks to You presents the main ideas which form the pillars of Islam. In 60 Quranic passages, the author shows you how the religion reveals the way to lead a dignified life. Each passage is accompanied by an explanation to help understand the message easily on topics such as • success and happiness • importance of sharing your wealth • relationships • equality of men and women • treating fellow human beings well • the Islamic way of life As societies change to include people from various backgrounds, it is good to know more about different faiths and practices and find similarities among religions to better appreciate each other. This book is a step in that direction. Clearing up wrong ideas about the Quran and Islam, starting from the roots, the author outlines Islamic rules for behaviour and the benefits earned for the afterlife for good deeds, to provide an understanding of the core concepts of Islam.

The Quran Speaks to You

The origin of Literary Orientalism is in the various military, religious, diplomatic, political and socio-cultural encounters between and Christian West and the Islamic East. Major works of Western literature and art contain references to Oriental cultures often emphasizing cultural differences in a hostile manner. Literary Orientalism: A Companion is a systematic compilation of the instances of Literary Orientalism in English literary and critical texts,, organized in six categories: " Writers, works and critical studies " Critical books " Articles and conference presentations " Doctoral dissertations " Literary Orientalism and the Arabian Nights " The Oriental Tales and Literary Orientalism The first of its kind, this companion charts out the genesis, evaluation and the present scenario of a fascinating aspect of English literary studies Literary Orientalism, a largely unacknowledged and little-known subfield of English literature. It seeks to answer questions such as: What is Literary Orientalism? What does it sihnify? What are its constituents? Who are its practitioners? What is its scope and relevance? It lists bibliographical details of around 300 critical studies, 900 articles and conference presentations and 400 Ph. D dissertations on the broad contours of Literary Orientalism. Also, it brings into sharper focus the contributions of 45 select British men of letters like Chaucer, Shakespeare, Byron, Shelley, Yeats and Doris Lessing to this strand of English studies. While the bibliographic survey in the book helps researchers and scholars, the lucid and detailed introduction at the beginning makes the subject accessible to students in general. Contents: Chapter 1: Samples of Literary Orientalism: writers, works and critical studies: Addison, Joseph " Arnold, Matthew " Beckford, William " Blake, William " Browning, Robert " Burton, Richard F. " Byron, Lord " Carlyle, Thomas " Chaucer, Geoffrey " Coleridge, S.T " Congreve, William " Conrad, Joseph " Defoe, Daniel " Dryden, John " Eliot, T.S. " Flecker, J.E " Forster, E.M " Goldsmith, Oliver " Hunt, Leigh " Johnson, Samuel " Jones, Sir William " Joyce, James " Keats, John " Kipling, Rudyyard " Landor, W.S " Lessing, Doris " Marlowe, Christopher " Massinnger, Philip " Milton, John " Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley " Moore, Thomas " Peele, George " Poe, Edgar Allen " Pope, Alexander " Scott, Sir Walter " Shakespeare, William " Shelley, P.B " Southey, Robert " Spenser, Edmund " Tennyson, Alfred " Thackeray, William M. " Wilde, Oscar " Wordsworth, William " Yeats, W.B " Chapter 2: Critical books on Literary Orientalism " Chapter 3: Articles/Conference Presentations on Literary Orientalism " Chapter 4: Doctoral Dissertations on Literary Orientalism " Chapter 5: Role of the Arabian Nights in the Development of Literary Orientalism " Chapter 6: Role of the Oriental Tales in the Development of Literary Orientalism

A Companion

Literary Orientalism

The Quran: Essential Teachings explains major Quranic terms, concepts, and themes in a simple language. The work is intended to help readers gain a clear idea of the Quranic worldview, particularly the articles of Islamic faith, God-man relationship, reli

The Quran: Essential Teachings

This volume of ten collected articles stands out, at one level, as a contribution to Marginality studies. Its overarching concern is to identity the main contours of the representation of Muslim woman in post-Independence Indian Writings in English (1950-2000). So doing, it examines also whether this representation replicates or modifies the image of Muslim woman as ingrained in Western literary tradition. Among the writers discussed are Anita Desai, Shashi Deshpande, Shashi Tharoor, Manohar Malgonakr, Attia Hossain, Balwant Gargi, Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Amitav Kumar, Ruskin Bond, Qurratulain Hyder and a host of story writers of Indian regional languages. Besides, the Volume is an extensive Bibliography covering the discourse on Representation and Gender issues, with pointed reference to Muslim woman. New Book

Representation of Muslim Woman in Indian Writings in English, 1950-2000

Behind the Veil

Women in Islam is an attractive book of simple compilation of quotations from the Qur’an and Hadith collections that refer to or address women specifically. It engages the reader in a moment of reflection on the Islamic view of womanhood: her existence as a creation of Allah, her role as a positive stakeholder in building a God-conscious society and her capacity for attaining proximity with Allah.

Muhammad

This attractive presentation of the Prophet Muhammad's teachings engages the reader in a moment of daily reflection. With 365 traditions covering the whole year, "Daily Wisdom" explores Islamic morals and manners in all aspects of everyday life. Beautifully presented, this ideal gift item is a must for every home. Abdur Raheem Kidwai is professor of English at the Aligarh Muslim University in India and a well-known author of many works on the Qur'an and Islam.

The Giaour (1813), The Bride of Abydos (1813), The Corsair (1814), and The Siege of Corinth (1816)

Orientalism in Lord Byron's 'Turkish Tales'

"Allah's are the names most beautiful. Whatever is in the heavens and earth extols His glory."—The Qur'an (Al-Hashr 59:24) "Allah has 99 names. He who remembers these will certainly enter Paradise."—Prophet Muhammad (Bukharhi Hadith Kitab Ad-Dawat, 2,949) Remembering the Names of Allah is a sacred tradition in Islam. Both the Qur'an and sayings of the Prophet (Hadiths) state the importance of learning them and promise reward for reciting them in supplications and prayers. This beautiful presentation of Allah's most revered nintety-nine names draws the reader nearer to the Divine through contemplation and reflection of Allah's names, their meaning, and how each impacts our daily lives. They help to conceptualize Allah, Whose limitless greatness and glory is impossible to grasp. Each name is presented in the original Arabic and its translation into English. Accompanying each name is a commentary that is concise and easy to understand but rich in meaning. Abdur Raheem Kidwai (b. 1956) is a professor of English at the Aligarh Muslim University, India, and a visiting fellow at the School of English, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. He earned his two PhDs in English from the Aligarh Muslim University and the University of Leicester. He is a well-known author of many works on the Qur'an and Islam, including: The Qur'an: Essential Teachings; Daily Wisdom: Islamic Prayers and Supplications; Daily Wisdom: Selections from the Holy Qur'an; and What Should We Say?

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