New Arrivals September 2011

The earliest surviving Sufi commentary on the Qur’an, this record is not only one of the few authenticated works in Tustari’s name but is also a key source for understanding the mystical thought and teachings of this important and influential Sufi. In addition to insights into the spiritual significance of almost 1,000 verses of the Qur’an, this commentary, presented in complete English translation for the first time, includes numerous references to traditions of the Prophet, explanations of the ethical and mystical dimensions of the religious life, stories of the prophets, and anecdotes about earlier mystics. Generously augmented with explanatory footnotes throughout, the book will provide readers with an invaluable introduction to the Sufi tradition of Qur’anic interpretation and acquaint them with spiritual doctrines fundamental to the later development of Sufism.

“In The Butterfly Mosque, Wilson presents an honest, rich portrayal of a Muslim woman’s life experiences with religion, love, and womanhood in a bi-cultural context as she addresses the challenging nuances, and more importantly the positive, delightful interactions she experiences along the way.” – review at muslimahmediawatch.org

Bridging the gap between western intellectual traditions and Islamic mysticism, this book explains the meaning of knowledge in the orthodox line of Sufism. Following the living tradition of intellectual Rene Guenon, the lessons here are intended not as profiles of individual Sufi masters but rather as an expression of an Islamic school of wisdom within the contemplative dimension of Islam.

Published by Amnesty International, this work discuss strategies of foreign interventions and assess what works and what doesn’t.

Script for a two-act play about Muslim Americans

Global Salafism: Islam’s New Religious Movement | Meijer

The contributors to Global Salafism carefully outline both the differences among Salafist schools and the broader currents of Islamic thought constituting this trend. Essays examine the regional manifestations of the phenomenon and its shared essential doctrines.

From one of Egypt’s most acclaimed novelists, here is a vivid chronicle of Egyptian society, with penetrating analysis of all the most urgent issues—economic stagnation, police brutality, poverty, the harassment of women and of the Christian minority, to name a few—that led to the stunning overthrow of the Mubarak government.

There’s a stranger in your house. Every day your children are bombarded by images of sex, commercialism, and violence – right in your own home. Kids spend more time each week with media than they do with their parents or teachers, and they learn about the adult world – through the influence of TV, the movies, music, computer games, and the Internet – long before they’re ready. “This is the new media reality,” Steyer, “and it is not one that most parents or children are prepared for.”

Reportage, essays, poetry and short stories from one of the most dynamic places in the world today.

This is a study of the process by which Baba Rexheb, a ninety-year-old Albanian leader of the Bektashi order, and Frances Trix, an American student who has studied with him for over twenty years, come to share a common universe of experience and attunement.

Baba Rexheb founded the first Bektashi community in America. This is his life story and the story of his communities: the traditional Bektashi tekke in Albania where he first served, the displaced persons camps to which he escaped after the war, the centuries-old tekke in Cairo where he waited, and the Bektashi community that he founded in Michigan in 1954 and led until his passing in 1995. Baba Rexheb lived through the 20th century, its wars, disruptions, and dislocations, but still at a profound level was never displaced.

This book introduces the leading modern Islamic thinker Said Nursi (1878-1960) who has some nine million followers in modern-day Turkey and around the world.

This is a unique work of commentary on a selection of over three hundred authentic hadith which discuss numerous subtle themes of tasawwuf.

The Qur’an | M. A. S. Abdel Haleem (Trans.)

Asbab al-Nuzul | Imam al-Wahidi

Tafsir ibn Abbas

Tafsir al-Jalalayn

The Beginning of Guidance: Bidayatul Hidayah | Imam al-Ghazali

Path of the Worshipful Servants: Minhaj al Abideen | Imam al-Ghazali

Marvels of the Heart | Imam al-Ghazali

Counsels of Religion | Imam al-Haddad

The Name and the Named | Shaykh Tosun Bayrak

Early Sufi Women | Cornell

Book of Illumination | Shaykh ibn Ataillah

Subtle Blessings | Shaykh ibn Ataillah

Treatise for the Seekers of Guidance | al-Muhasibi

Lost History

Pocket Rumi | Helminksi

Story of Layla and Majnun | Nizami

Autobiography of Malcolm X

If I Should Speak | Umm Zakiyyah

Leo Africanus | Maalouf

Love’s Ripening: Rumi on the Heart’s Journey

Sufism: A Beginner’s Guide | Chittick

Sufism and the Way of Blame | Toussulis

Symbol & Archetype: A Study of the Meaning of Existence | Martin Lings

Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes | Ansary

Does My Head Look Big in This? | Abdel-Fattah

Endangered Minds: Why Children Don’t Think and What We Can Do About It | Healy

Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet | Ibrahim Abdul-Matin

Incoherence of the Philosophers | Imam al-Ghazali

Mornings in Jenin | Abulhawa

The Quiet Revolution: The Veil’s Resurgence | Ahmed

Al-Arbain – Hadith On the Mothers of the Believers

Al-Arbain – Hadith Collection of Jalal ad-Din Suyuti

Al-Arbain – Hadith On the Excellence of the Clear Qur’an

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