What are you reading right now (Deen/Dunya)?

**godilali** · 26-01-2007, 05:05 PM

Originally Posted by muhammadnur

for some reason when I read that my mind went to the book jami' ad duroos al arabiyyah
http://www.albalagh.net/bookstore/?a...view&item=1035

but now they have a couple of sample pages my question is answered anyway, it looks to be all arabic.

I asked my ustadh to recommend a comprehensive text on nahw. He said there is no such thing, but he mentioned jami' ad duroos al arabiyyah as one of the more detailed texts.

**amina9183** · 26-01-2007, 06:12 PM

I read The Content of Character(shaykh hamza yusuf) in like, one day. Its really nice.

I am half way through Imam Al-Ghazali's Breaking The Two Desires...its really good as well, I just dont' get time for it. I started reading the one about death, but same thing....I need to find time to read them.

Other than that, Beheshti Zewar.

**nurmuhammad12** · 26-01-2007, 07:22 PM

Assalamu 'Alaykum,

1. "Mishkat al-anwar" by Imam al-Ghazali, trans. by David Buchman as "The Niche of Lights"

2. "Fusus al-hikam" by Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-'Arabi, trans. by Caner Dagli as " The Ringstones of Wisdom"

3. "Man and Nature: The Spiritual Crisis in Modern Man" by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

4. "The Other in the Light of the One: The Universality of the Qur'an and Interfaith Dialogue" by Reza Shah-Kazemi

5. "Sacred Art in East and West" by Titus Burckhardt

wa salam,
Nur Muhammad

**Sunni_Student786** · 26-01-2007, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by godilali

I asked my ustadh to recommend a comprehensive text on nahw. He said there is no such thing, but he mentioned jami' ad duroos al arabiyyah as one of the more detailed texts.

Who authored jami' ad duroos al arabiyyah and when?

Furthermore, in which countries is it a popular text?

**Ibn Ajibah** · 26-01-2007, 08:02 PM

Jami al-Durus al-Arabiyah is recommended by so many scholars really. It was authored by an Arabic professor in Lebanon. It is such an amazing book. It has material that is not even found in the Alfiyah, yet presented with a style that is so fluid and easy to understand. It has sections on Nahw, Sarf, and even Imla. I can think of no other modern book on Arabic (besides Ma'ani al-Nahw) that I would recommend someone to read.

Oh yeah, and the author is an Ash'ari it seems.

**seeker4ever** · 26-01-2007, 09:00 PM

Reading:
* Provision for the Seekers (Zad al-Talibin)
- translation by Abdur-Rahman Ibn Yusuf

A question that I have to all of you who read translations (of Imam Ghazali and Rumi's works) done by non muslim translators... How do you find the translations? I assume that they would call "Allah" as "God" and not put PBUH along with the name of our prophet Mohammed (pbuh) etc. Is it easy to read through such translations? Somehow I am always skeptical about reading them and dont trust these translations.

**Muaz bin jabal** · 26-01-2007, 09:06 PM

Asslamu aleykum bro
the south african ulema are translating a lot of arabi books into english look into it

**godilali** · 26-01-2007, 09:24 PM

Originally Posted by Ibn Ajibah

Jami al-Durus al-Arabiyah is recommended by so many scholars really. It was authored by an Arabic professor in Lebanon. It is such an amazing book. It has material that is not even found in the Alfiyah, yet presented with a style that is so fluid and easy to understand. It has sections on Nahw, Sarf, and even Imla. I can think of no other modern book on Arabic (besides Ma'ani al-Nahw) that I would recommend someone to read.

Oh yeah, and the author is an Ash'ari it seems.

The book is available for download:
http://www.waqfeya.com/open.php?cat=18&book=32

**mustajab** · 26-01-2007, 10:20 PM

The Shia Revival by Vali Nazar
Road to Mecca by Muhammad Asad
The Niche of Lights by Imam Ghazali
Faazail e Amaal

And for dunya I got a couple books for Government and English that I have to read pretty soon.