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Islam
5 sections·50 books·1 subcategory
Texts of Islam at sacred-texts.com
Subcategories Shiite Documents
Qur'an
8 booksThe Qur'an is the primary text of Islam, revealed to the Prophet Muhammed beginning in the year 610 C.E. It was canonicalized between 644 and 656. The Qur'an is required reading for anyone who wants to understand Islam. Qur'an means "The Recital" in Arabic; according to the story, the angel Gabriel commanded Muhammed to "Recite!".
- Hypertext Qur'an Hypertext Qur'anThis page links together all of the Qur'an versions at this site.
Unicode Qur'anThe Arabic text of the Qur'an presented using Unicode. For more information on Unicode see this file. Includes a parallel transliteration into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
The Holy Qur'an: Arabic Text, Pronunciation GuideA merged version of the excellent Yusuf Ali English translation in parallel with Arabic. Arabic script is presented using GIF image files.- The Qur’ân, Part I The Qur’ân, Part IThis is a completely new etext of the first volume of the Palmer Quran traslation , with full introduction and footnotes.
- The Qur’ân, Part II The Qur’ân, Part IIA completely new etext of the second volume of the Palmer Quran translation , with full footnotes and the text of the index for Part I and Part II.
- The Koran The KoranAnother major Quran translation from the 19th century.
- The Qur'an The Qur'anA modern and sympathetic English rendering of the Quran.
The Holy QuranOne of the first modern English editions of the Quran, still in wide use today.
Hadith
2 booksThe Hadith, second only to the Qur'an in importance and authority, are collections of Islamic traditions and laws (Sunna). This includes traditional sayings of Muhammed and later Islamic sages. By the ninth century over 600,000 Hadith had been recorded; these were later edited down to about 25,000.
- A Manual of Hadith
- Hadith of Bukhari Hadith of BukhariAn extensive collection of Hadith.
Sufi Texts
23 booksSufism is a mystical Islamic belief system. It is renowned for its contributions to world literature: beautiful symbolic poetry and devotional story-telling, much of which was translated in the 19th century by European scholars and travellers.
- The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam
Oriental MysticismDecoding the cloaked Sufi narrative of the journey to God.
Selections from the Poetry of the AfghansAnthology of later Sufi poets from Afghanistan, many translated directly from rare manuscripts.- The Kasîdah
The MesneviOne of the first extensive English translations of Rumi, with a collection of legendary tales of the Sufi masters.
Bird ParliamentAlso known as the 'Conference of the Birds,' this 12th century Sufi poem is a allegorical journey to the summit of enlightment.
The MasnaviThe primary 19th century translation of Rumi's masterwork.- The Gulistan The Gulistanof tr. by [1899] 333,563 bytes
Salaman and AbsalA mystical Sufi allegory by the renowned Persian poet, Jami.
Sadi's Scroll of WisdomA short collection of Sufi poems on moral themes by the renowned Persian poet.- The Alchemy of Happiness
- The Enclosed Garden of the Truth The Enclosed Garden of the TruthA text by the Sufi poet and philosopher Sana'i.
The Bustan of SadiA Persian Sufi poet's legacy of wisdom.
The Tarjuman al-AshwaqThe Sufi quest for God, encoded in a cycle of amatory poetry.
The Diwan of Zeb-un-NissaSufi poetry by an accomplished Mughal woman.- The Mystics of Islam
- A Sufi Message of Spritual Liberty
The Secret Rose GardenExquisite Sufi poetry.
The Secrets of the SelfA philosophical poem by the intellectual founder of the nation of Pakistan.
Studies in Islamic MysticismThe lives and writings of three early Sufi masters.- The Mishkât Al-Anwar The Mishkât Al-Anwar(The Niche for Lights) by , translated by [1924].
Islamic History and Culture
17 books
The Diwan of Abu'l-AlaA delighful selection of poems by a 10th century Syrian rationalist philosopher.
The Religion of the KoranA short introduction to Islam with topical quotes from the Qur'an.
Arabic Thought and Its Place in HistoryHow Islamic philosophers preserved and built on ancient Hellenic ideas, and passed that legacy to the kindlers of the European Renaissance.
The Glory of the Shia WorldTravel to one of the holiest Shiite shrines, Mashhad in Iran, in this rare 19th century literary collaboration between an Englishman and a Persian.
Arabian PoetryRare 19th century translations of Arabian poetry, mostly pre-Islamic or contemporary with Muhammed . Includes the Hanged Poems, and a synopsis of the Antar Saga.
The History of Philosophy in IslamA short summary of the flowering of Islamic philosophy in the late middle ages.
Arabian WisdomIslamic wisdom literature from the Quran, Hadith and traditional proverbs.
The Maqámát of Badí‘ al-Zamán al-HamadháníA masterpiece of medieval Islamic literature.
IslamAn anthology of some key texts across the entire spectrum of Islamic tradition.- The Philosophy of Alfarabi
Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional TheoryA survey of the history of Islamic thought, by a sympathetic Western scholar.- The Bible, The Koran, and the Talmud The Bible, The Koran, and the Talmudor, Biblical Legends of the Mussulmans. By [1863]
- The Hanged Poems The Hanged PoemsTranslations of the earliest (pre-Islamic) Arabic poetry known , poems originally displayed ("hanged") in the Kaaba, the holiest shrine of Mecca.
Folk-lore of the Holy LandMoslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine.- Christ In Islâm
- The Gospel of Barnabas
- Ismā‛īlī materials
It is our policy to preserve the original text and titles of books transcribed for this site. This has some theological implications in this section. Some Muslims do not believe that any text other than the actual Arabic text of the Quran (even a transliteration or an Arabic text with vowels) can strictly be called 'the Qur'an'. This is because the Arabic text is considered canonical and there can be no other versions of it. The phrase 'the meaning of the Quran' is typically used to describe texts which would otherwise be described as 'translations'. Please be aware of this issue where this site presents or refers to a 'translation,' 'translator' or 'transliteration' of the Quran. In addition, many of these books were originally written by Europeans during the 19th century and use the term 'Mohammedan' to refer to Muslims (by analogy with 'Buddhist,' 'Christian' etc.) Most Muslims deprecate this term today because the founder of Islam is considered a human prophet, rather than an entity to be worshipped, as the term could be taken to imply. In the interest of archival accuracy this terminology has been retained in the etexts; in text that we've written, we have attempted to avoid it, except in quotations. No disrespect to Islam or Muslims is intended thereby.
Islam
5 sections·50 books·1 subcategory
Texts of Islam at sacred-texts.com
Subcategories Shiite Documents
Qur'an
8 booksThe Qur'an is the primary text of Islam, revealed to the Prophet Muhammed beginning in the year 610 C.E. It was canonicalized between 644 and 656. The Qur'an is required reading for anyone who wants to understand Islam. Qur'an means "The Recital" in Arabic; according to the story, the angel Gabriel commanded Muhammed to "Recite!".
- Hypertext Qur'an Hypertext Qur'anThis page links together all of the Qur'an versions at this site.
- Unicode Qur'anThe Arabic text of the Qur'an presented using Unicode. For more information on Unicode see this file. Includes a parallel transliteration into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
- The Holy Qur'an: Arabic Text, Pronunciation GuideA merged version of the excellent Yusuf Ali English translation in parallel with Arabic. Arabic script is presented using GIF image files.
- The Qur’ân, Part I The Qur’ân, Part IThis is a completely new etext of the first volume of the Palmer Quran traslation , with full introduction and footnotes.
- The Qur’ân, Part II The Qur’ân, Part IIA completely new etext of the second volume of the Palmer Quran translation , with full footnotes and the text of the index for Part I and Part II.
- The Koran The KoranAnother major Quran translation from the 19th century.
- The Qur'an The Qur'anA modern and sympathetic English rendering of the Quran.
- The Holy QuranOne of the first modern English editions of the Quran, still in wide use today.
Hadith
2 booksThe Hadith, second only to the Qur'an in importance and authority, are collections of Islamic traditions and laws (Sunna). This includes traditional sayings of Muhammed and later Islamic sages. By the ninth century over 600,000 Hadith had been recorded; these were later edited down to about 25,000.
- A Manual of Hadith
- Hadith of Bukhari Hadith of BukhariAn extensive collection of Hadith.
Sufi Texts
23 booksSufism is a mystical Islamic belief system. It is renowned for its contributions to world literature: beautiful symbolic poetry and devotional story-telling, much of which was translated in the 19th century by European scholars and travellers.
- The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam
- Oriental MysticismDecoding the cloaked Sufi narrative of the journey to God.
- Selections from the Poetry of the AfghansAnthology of later Sufi poets from Afghanistan, many translated directly from rare manuscripts.
- The Kasîdah
- The MesneviOne of the first extensive English translations of Rumi, with a collection of legendary tales of the Sufi masters.
- Bird ParliamentAlso known as the 'Conference of the Birds,' this 12th century Sufi poem is a allegorical journey to the summit of enlightment.
-
- The MasnaviThe primary 19th century translation of Rumi's masterwork.
- The Gulistan The Gulistanof tr. by [1899] 333,563 bytes
- Salaman and AbsalA mystical Sufi allegory by the renowned Persian poet, Jami.
- Sadi's Scroll of WisdomA short collection of Sufi poems on moral themes by the renowned Persian poet.
- The Alchemy of Happiness
- The Enclosed Garden of the Truth The Enclosed Garden of the TruthA text by the Sufi poet and philosopher Sana'i.
- The Bustan of SadiA Persian Sufi poet's legacy of wisdom.
- The Tarjuman al-AshwaqThe Sufi quest for God, encoded in a cycle of amatory poetry.
- The Diwan of Zeb-un-NissaSufi poetry by an accomplished Mughal woman.
- The Mystics of Islam
- A Sufi Message of Spritual Liberty
-
- The Secret Rose GardenExquisite Sufi poetry.
- The Secrets of the SelfA philosophical poem by the intellectual founder of the nation of Pakistan.
- Studies in Islamic MysticismThe lives and writings of three early Sufi masters.
- The Mishkât Al-Anwar The Mishkât Al-Anwar(The Niche for Lights) by , translated by [1924].
Islamic History and Culture
17 books- The Diwan of Abu'l-AlaA delighful selection of poems by a 10th century Syrian rationalist philosopher.
- The Religion of the KoranA short introduction to Islam with topical quotes from the Qur'an.
- Arabic Thought and Its Place in HistoryHow Islamic philosophers preserved and built on ancient Hellenic ideas, and passed that legacy to the kindlers of the European Renaissance.
- The Glory of the Shia WorldTravel to one of the holiest Shiite shrines, Mashhad in Iran, in this rare 19th century literary collaboration between an Englishman and a Persian.
- Arabian PoetryRare 19th century translations of Arabian poetry, mostly pre-Islamic or contemporary with Muhammed . Includes the Hanged Poems, and a synopsis of the Antar Saga.
- The History of Philosophy in IslamA short summary of the flowering of Islamic philosophy in the late middle ages.
- Arabian WisdomIslamic wisdom literature from the Quran, Hadith and traditional proverbs.
- The Maqámát of Badí‘ al-Zamán al-HamadháníA masterpiece of medieval Islamic literature.
- IslamAn anthology of some key texts across the entire spectrum of Islamic tradition.
- The Philosophy of Alfarabi
- Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional TheoryA survey of the history of Islamic thought, by a sympathetic Western scholar.
- The Bible, The Koran, and the Talmud The Bible, The Koran, and the Talmudor, Biblical Legends of the Mussulmans. By [1863]
- The Hanged Poems The Hanged PoemsTranslations of the earliest (pre-Islamic) Arabic poetry known , poems originally displayed ("hanged") in the Kaaba, the holiest shrine of Mecca.
- Folk-lore of the Holy LandMoslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine.
- Christ In Islâm
- The Gospel of Barnabas
- Ismā‛īlī materials
It is our policy to preserve the original text and titles of books transcribed for this site. This has some theological implications in this section. Some Muslims do not believe that any text other than the actual Arabic text of the Quran (even a transliteration or an Arabic text with vowels) can strictly be called 'the Qur'an'. This is because the Arabic text is considered canonical and there can be no other versions of it. The phrase 'the meaning of the Quran' is typically used to describe texts which would otherwise be described as 'translations'. Please be aware of this issue where this site presents or refers to a 'translation,' 'translator' or 'transliteration' of the Quran. In addition, many of these books were originally written by Europeans during the 19th century and use the term 'Mohammedan' to refer to Muslims (by analogy with 'Buddhist,' 'Christian' etc.) Most Muslims deprecate this term today because the founder of Islam is considered a human prophet, rather than an entity to be worshipped, as the term could be taken to imply. In the interest of archival accuracy this terminology has been retained in the etexts; in text that we've written, we have attempted to avoid it, except in quotations. No disrespect to Islam or Muslims is intended thereby.
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Islam
5 sections·50 books·1 subcategory
Texts of Islam at sacred-texts.com
Subcategories Shiite Documents
Qur'an
8 booksThe Qur'an is the primary text of Islam, revealed to the Prophet Muhammed beginning in the year 610 C.E. It was canonicalized between 644 and 656. The Qur'an is required reading for anyone who wants to understand Islam. Qur'an means "The Recital" in Arabic; according to the story, the angel Gabriel commanded Muhammed to "Recite!".
- Hypertext Qur'an Hypertext Qur'anThis page links together all of the Qur'an versions at this site.
- Unicode Qur'anThe Arabic text of the Qur'an presented using Unicode. For more information on Unicode see this file. Includes a parallel transliteration into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
- The Holy Qur'an: Arabic Text, Pronunciation GuideA merged version of the excellent Yusuf Ali English translation in parallel with Arabic. Arabic script is presented using GIF image files.
- The Qur’ân, Part I The Qur’ân, Part IThis is a completely new etext of the first volume of the Palmer Quran traslation , with full introduction and footnotes.
- The Qur’ân, Part II The Qur’ân, Part IIA completely new etext of the second volume of the Palmer Quran translation , with full footnotes and the text of the index for Part I and Part II.
- The Koran The KoranAnother major Quran translation from the 19th century.
- The Qur'an The Qur'anA modern and sympathetic English rendering of the Quran.
- The Holy QuranOne of the first modern English editions of the Quran, still in wide use today.
Hadith
2 booksThe Hadith, second only to the Qur'an in importance and authority, are collections of Islamic traditions and laws (Sunna). This includes traditional sayings of Muhammed and later Islamic sages. By the ninth century over 600,000 Hadith had been recorded; these were later edited down to about 25,000.
- A Manual of Hadith
- Hadith of Bukhari Hadith of BukhariAn extensive collection of Hadith.
Sufi Texts
23 booksSufism is a mystical Islamic belief system. It is renowned for its contributions to world literature: beautiful symbolic poetry and devotional story-telling, much of which was translated in the 19th century by European scholars and travellers.
- The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam
- Oriental MysticismDecoding the cloaked Sufi narrative of the journey to God.
- Selections from the Poetry of the AfghansAnthology of later Sufi poets from Afghanistan, many translated directly from rare manuscripts.
- The Kasîdah
- The MesneviOne of the first extensive English translations of Rumi, with a collection of legendary tales of the Sufi masters.
- Bird ParliamentAlso known as the 'Conference of the Birds,' this 12th century Sufi poem is a allegorical journey to the summit of enlightment.
-
- The MasnaviThe primary 19th century translation of Rumi's masterwork.
- The Gulistan The Gulistanof tr. by [1899] 333,563 bytes
- Salaman and AbsalA mystical Sufi allegory by the renowned Persian poet, Jami.
- Sadi's Scroll of WisdomA short collection of Sufi poems on moral themes by the renowned Persian poet.
- The Alchemy of Happiness
- The Enclosed Garden of the Truth The Enclosed Garden of the TruthA text by the Sufi poet and philosopher Sana'i.
- The Bustan of SadiA Persian Sufi poet's legacy of wisdom.
- The Tarjuman al-AshwaqThe Sufi quest for God, encoded in a cycle of amatory poetry.
- The Diwan of Zeb-un-NissaSufi poetry by an accomplished Mughal woman.
- The Mystics of Islam
- A Sufi Message of Spritual Liberty
-
- The Secret Rose GardenExquisite Sufi poetry.
- The Secrets of the SelfA philosophical poem by the intellectual founder of the nation of Pakistan.
- Studies in Islamic MysticismThe lives and writings of three early Sufi masters.
- The Mishkât Al-Anwar The Mishkât Al-Anwar(The Niche for Lights) by , translated by [1924].
Islamic History and Culture
17 books- The Diwan of Abu'l-AlaA delighful selection of poems by a 10th century Syrian rationalist philosopher.
- The Religion of the KoranA short introduction to Islam with topical quotes from the Qur'an.
- Arabic Thought and Its Place in HistoryHow Islamic philosophers preserved and built on ancient Hellenic ideas, and passed that legacy to the kindlers of the European Renaissance.
- The Glory of the Shia WorldTravel to one of the holiest Shiite shrines, Mashhad in Iran, in this rare 19th century literary collaboration between an Englishman and a Persian.
- Arabian PoetryRare 19th century translations of Arabian poetry, mostly pre-Islamic or contemporary with Muhammed . Includes the Hanged Poems, and a synopsis of the Antar Saga.
- The History of Philosophy in IslamA short summary of the flowering of Islamic philosophy in the late middle ages.
- Arabian WisdomIslamic wisdom literature from the Quran, Hadith and traditional proverbs.
- The Maqámát of Badí‘ al-Zamán al-HamadháníA masterpiece of medieval Islamic literature.
- IslamAn anthology of some key texts across the entire spectrum of Islamic tradition.
- The Philosophy of Alfarabi
- Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional TheoryA survey of the history of Islamic thought, by a sympathetic Western scholar.
- The Bible, The Koran, and the Talmud The Bible, The Koran, and the Talmudor, Biblical Legends of the Mussulmans. By [1863]
- The Hanged Poems The Hanged PoemsTranslations of the earliest (pre-Islamic) Arabic poetry known , poems originally displayed ("hanged") in the Kaaba, the holiest shrine of Mecca.
- Folk-lore of the Holy LandMoslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine.
- Christ In Islâm
- The Gospel of Barnabas
- Ismā‛īlī materials
It is our policy to preserve the original text and titles of books transcribed for this site. This has some theological implications in this section. Some Muslims do not believe that any text other than the actual Arabic text of the Quran (even a transliteration or an Arabic text with vowels) can strictly be called 'the Qur'an'. This is because the Arabic text is considered canonical and there can be no other versions of it. The phrase 'the meaning of the Quran' is typically used to describe texts which would otherwise be described as 'translations'. Please be aware of this issue where this site presents or refers to a 'translation,' 'translator' or 'transliteration' of the Quran. In addition, many of these books were originally written by Europeans during the 19th century and use the term 'Mohammedan' to refer to Muslims (by analogy with 'Buddhist,' 'Christian' etc.) Most Muslims deprecate this term today because the founder of Islam is considered a human prophet, rather than an entity to be worshipped, as the term could be taken to imply. In the interest of archival accuracy this terminology has been retained in the etexts; in text that we've written, we have attempted to avoid it, except in quotations. No disrespect to Islam or Muslims is intended thereby.