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Translated by:   TOBIAS MAYER ‘Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.’ This is part of the advice that the great theologian and mystic Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 AD) put down in his Letter to a Disciple. An old disciple of al-Ghazali had studied the Islamic sciences, including the many works of his master, for most of his life. Faced with the proximity of death, he turns again to his master this time asking for a summary of all his teachings. Letter to a Disciple is al-Ghazali’s response. The emphasis in this short treatise is on religious and spiritual action and on putting into...

Dear Self A Year in the Life of a Welfare Mother Richelene Mitchell Foreword by Imam Zaid Shakir Dear Self is the penetrating journal of Richelene Mitchell, a young African American mother of seven struggling to raise her children while wrestling with the burden of poverty, callous public policy, and both overt and subtle manifestations of entrenched, institutionalized racism in America. Ms. Mitchell was born in the rural south, the daughter of an African American sharecropper. She would venture to the northern ghetto of Philadelphia to enhance her educational opportunities. Hence, her early life was shaped by the twin forces defining African American life in the Twentieth Century, the...

The moral values of the community we live in are rather distorted. These moral principles which are the products of selfish passions and the greed of people, yield then to selfishness, arrogance, sarcasm, rudeness and cruelty. People believe that, in order to improve their living standards they have to cheat or deceive others. However, these are not the values that Allah has determined for the human beings He created. The Qur’an orders people to be dignified, modest, trustworthy, kind, faithful, mature and responsive. The Qur’an even describes the way we should walk: "Turn not your face away from men with pride, nor walk in insolence through the earth. Verily, Allah likes not each...

The concept of ‘worship’ in Islam comprehends the different forms of Muslim’s good activities. Some of these acts of worship constitute the main Pillars of Islam. They are not only some obligatory duties towards Allah, but they also form the main base of a Muslim’s morality and conduct. ‘The Garden of Faith’ is a series of 12 stories. The heroes here are a child (Ammar), a pigeon (Zeinah) and a cat (Antar). Through their stories these pillars can be observed. The series has been classified in accordance with the importance of these acts of worship to this age. Four texts deal wit the declaration on faith, three texts are for prayer, two texts for fasting and one text for each of the alms...

A Goodword Giftbook The 99 Names of Allah are very well explained in this extraordinary book. The reader will learn of the benefits and power that comes with reciting the Names of Allah! Explained through verses of the Holy Qur'an and the Hadith, and set out in a beautiful color copy. Makes a great gift item.