Oxford Weekly Madrasa Programme with Sh Afifi al-Akiti
A wonderful opportunity to take knowledge from one of the most brilliant traditional scholars in the UK. Click image for more details.
Tim Winter (editor) – The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology
Tim Winter edits The Cambridge Companion to Classical Islamic Theology Synopsis – This series of critical reflections on the evolution and major themes of pre-modern Muslim theology begins with the revelation of the Koran, and extends to the beginnings of modernity in the eighteenth century. The significance of Islamic theology reflects the immense importance of Islam in the history of monotheism, to which it has brought a unique approach and style, and a range of solutions which are of abiding…
Fragrances perceived upon the Prophet’s Birthday
by Fariduddin Attar done into English by Abdal Hakim Murad The crown of all the kings is he, with joyful heart declare! The lord of all the Prophets he, his acts beyond compare! How would he be the Leader of the Poor, if the slightest of desires had stained his heart? Poor he remained, because that man’s a Boor, whose wedding gifts his bride from him do part. Because he had nothing, he sat on the sand; Because he was…