The Islamic Garden

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Islam reveals fascinating facts about Islam, showing readers that Muslims, so often demonized in the U.S., are more like “us” than we think; they accept both the Old and New Testaments as holy books and accept Moses and Jesus as prophets. The book offers tips on Muslim culture, actual quotes from the Qur’an, the Prophet Muhammad, and prominent scholars, and answers to questions regarding everyday life from the Muslim perspective.

Islam: A Short History

Islam: A Short History begins with the flight of Muhammad and his family from Medina in the seventh century and the subsequent founding of the first mosques. It recounts the origins of the split between Shii and Sunni Muslims, and the emergence of Sufi mysticism; the spread of Islam throughout North Africa, the Levant, and Asia; the shattering effect on the Muslim world of the Crusades; the flowering of imperial Islam in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries into the world's greatest and most sophisticated power; and the origins and impact of revolutionary Islam. It concludes with an assessment of Islam today and its challenges.

Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas

Servants of Allah presents a history of African Muslim slaves, following them from Africa to the Americas. It details how, even while enslaved many Black Muslims managed to follow most of the precepts of their religion. Literate, urban, and well traveled, Black Muslims drew on their organization and the strength of their beliefs to play a major part in the most well known slave uprisings. Though Islam did not survive in the Americas in its orthodox form, its mark can be found in certain religions, traditions, and artistic creations of peoples of African descent.

Daughters of Another Path : Experiences of American Women Choosing Islam

Daughters of Another Path: Experiences of American Women Choosing Islam reflects Carol Anway's experiences as a mother whose daughter became a Muslim convert and the journey of reconciliation and acceptance of her daughter's change in tradition. Daughters of Another Path includes portions of stories from fifty-three American born women who have chosen to become Muslim. Why and how they came to Islam; what their lives are like as a result of that choice; How non-Muslims can relate to Muslims that are relatives, friends, co-workers, and acquaintances.

Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet

This highly readable, even-handed study examines Muhammad's life within the context of the emergence of Islam out of the cultural upheaval of seventh-century Arabia and its subsequent encounters with the West.

The Prophets of Allah Book Set

Series of five books, that tell the stories of the Prophets starting from Adam (p.b.u.h) to Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h).

Stories of the Sahabah Book Set (Vol 1 to 5)

Biographies of prominent sahabah (companions) of the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu alaihi wassalam) as recorded in various traditions (ahadith)

Marital Discord (Al-Nushooz)

Definition, Cases, Causes, Means of Protection from it and its remedy from the Quran and Sunnah

The Fiqh of Marriage in the Light of the Quran and Sunnah

Covering the Dower, Wedding Night, Wedding Feast and Rights of the Husband and Wife

Muslim Child: Understanding Islam through Stories and Poems

With eight stories about Muslim life from such places as the United States, Pakistan, Canada and Nigeria, Muslim Child: Understanding Islam Through Stories and Poems by Rukhsana Khan, illus. by Patty Gallinger, offers insight into the five pillars of Islam (belief, prayer, fasting, charity and pilgrimage to Mecca) and demonstrates Muslim presence around the globe. Throughout, sidebars by Irfan Alli explain Muslim terms and traditions; sayings from the prophet Muhammad punctuate the text.

Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam

In her vibrant narrative and magnificently detailed illustrations inspired by the Islamic art of the time, Diane Stanley presents a hero whose compassion, piety, tolerance, and wisdom made him a model for his time — and for ours.

Ramadan

This is a kid's level account of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Beginning with an explanation of the lunar calendar, it describes historical and current Islam in terms of Christianity and Judaism, then follows a small boy through a day of fasting, prayers, and fellowship with his family and mosque. The borders and panels in traditional Islamic style are both handsome and evocative.