Notebooks from Makkah & Madinah: Author Session
October 12, 2010
“To discover the pot of gold at the foot of the Divine rainbow, our learned Shaikhs advise us that our focus before the pilgrimage is its intention. Following closely on the heels of the niyyah is the nature of our personal conduct, or adab, in travelling to the Bait-ullah (the House of Allah) where we are His guests.”
So begins the first paragraph of Shafiq Morton’s ‘Notebooks from Makkah & Madinah’
Dear Friends
As we enter the season of Haj, Wardah Books is pleased to announce that Shafiq Morton will be at our store on Saturday 16 October 2010, 3pm to 4pm. He will be talking about his new book, ‘Notebooks from Makkah & Madinah’.
Shafiq Morton’s astute observations on the Hijaz, Turkey and modern-day Haj, all seen through a Sunni and Sufi lens, make an engaging and engrossing read.
Shafiq is from Cape Town, South Africa where he works as a radio presenter. ‘Notebooks from Makkah & Madinah’, which is part travel-diary, part essay, showcases his talent for writing and for drawing out stories that resonate in history and tradition – from the Holy Hadiths to the Ihya of Imam Ghazali and the stories of Ayoub Ansari. And perhaps it was in recognition of this talent that his Master, the late Sayyid Muhammad ibn ‘Alawi al-Maliki, gave him the pen with which Shafiq wrote the first draft of ‘Notebooks’.
Everyone is welcome.
In-store Event:
Notebooks from Makkah & Madinah: Author Session
Venue:
Wardah Books,
58 Bussorah Street,
Saturday 16 October 2010,
3pm to 4pm
Wardah Refurbished and Restocked
September 22, 2010
Alhamdulillah, this Eid, Wardah Books has been completely refurbished with a new coat of paint, and new bookshelves. Plus we have more books.
New Titles
Summary of Religious Knowledge (Mukhtasar fi ‘ilm ad-Din)” of Shaikh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
The Butterfly Mosque | Willow Wilson
Essentials of Islam: al-Risalah al-Jamiah of Habib Ahmad bin Zayn al-Habshi
The Removal of Confusion: Concerning the Flood of the Saintly Seal Ahmad al-Tijani
Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire
The Shallows, What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
Aladdin’s Lamp: How Greek Science Came to Europe
Leadership of Muhammad (s)
Islam, Arabs and the Intelligent World of the Jinn
Age of the Warrior | Robert Fisk
Islamophobia/Islamophilia
Sinbad and Other Stories
Victims of a Map
Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
Sarajevo Essays
Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction
Thou Shalt Not Speak My Language
Restock
What I Believe | Tariq Ramadan
Khadija
Zeitoun | Eggers
Graves of Tarim | Ho
Reliance of the Traveller
Al-Maqasid
How Islam Created the Modern World
Incoherence of the Philosophers of Imam al-Ghazali
Niche of Lights of Imam al-Ghazali
Taste of Hidden Things
Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves
Crazy As We Are
Footnotes in Gaza
Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon
Do pop in to our store if you in the area.
Maher Zain’s CD
June 26, 2010
Thank You Allah, the latest CD by Maher Zain is now back in stock.
Testimony of Faith
June 19, 2010
Announcing the arrival of this luminous volume on the testimony of faith written by the Sufi and scholar of Aleppo, the late Imam Abdullah Sirajuddin al-Husayni
Sisters Magazine
May 16, 2010
‘Sisters Magazine: The Magazine for Fabulous Muslim Women’ from the UK now in stock.
The Mantle Adorned
May 13, 2010
Verse 55. As a flower in delicacy, as the full moon in honour, like the sea in bounty, as persistent as time itself
Verse 56. Such is his splendour that even alone in his glory superb courtiers and guards seem to stand around him
Finally, ‘The Mantle Adorned: Imam Busiri’s Burda’ translated by Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, is available at Wardah Books. It is a breathtakingly beautiful book filled with praise and love for the Noble Messenger of God, s.a.w.
Each illuminated page bears a verse of the Burda, its translation, and a related poem by another poet echoing the same expression. The echoing poem on the photographed page here is by the famous Nusantara Sufi, Hamza Fansuri.
All are welcome to Wardah Books to peruse this immaculate volume.
New Arrivals May 2010
May 4, 2010
New Titles
Marvels of the Heart: Ajaib al-Qalb | Imam al-Ghazali
Bad Beginning and the Path to Islam | Gai Eaton
Tangled Braid: Poems of Hafiz
In the Footsteps of the Prophet (paperback) | Tariq Ramadan
Cool For Qat: A Yemeni Journey | Mortimer
Islamic History: A Very Short Introduction
Devil’s Delusion | Berlinski
Islamic Designs with CD | Van Roojen
Islamic Design: A Genius for Geometry | Sutton
Beyond Fundamentalism | Reza Aslan
Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class | Nasr
Islamic Liturgy CD
When the Soul is Settled: Music of Iran CD
Into the Secret of the Heart CD | Shaykh Bawa Muhayadeen
Restock
Path of the Worshipful Servants to God | Imam al-Ghazali
Revelations of the Unseen | Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
Lives of Man | Imam Haddad
Book of Assistance | Imam Haddad
What I Believe | Tariq Ramadan
Humanity: A Moral History
Muslim Next Door | Ali-Karamali
Women In Muslim Family Law | Esposito
Ayat Jamilah | Conover
Birth Control and Abortion in Islam
Provisions for the Seekers (paperback)
Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations
In-store talk: Joint Tenancy & Hibah al-Ruqbah in Singapore
April 28, 2010
Sadali Rasban will discuss contemporary issues of joint tenancy and Hibah al-Ruqbah as well as the recent developments in Singapore and the latest fatwa on the subject. Sadali runs a consultancy on wealth management and estate planning. He has written several books on the topic, the latest of which are: ‘Joint Tenancy – The Shariah Perspectives’, ‘Dying Intestate’ and ‘Muslim Law in Wealth & Estate Transfer’.
8 May 2010, Saturday
2pm at Wardah Books
New Arrivals March 2010
March 24, 2010
“If you are seeking closeness to the Beloved,
love everyone.
Whether in their presence or absence,
see only their good.
If you want to be as clear and refreshing as
the breath of the morning breeze,
like the sun have nothing but warmth
and light for everyone.”
- Nobody, Son of Nobody, Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir
New Titles
Al-Ghazali: The Path of the Worshipful Servants (Minhaj al Abidin)
Nobody, Son of Nobody: The Poems of Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir
The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust (Illustrated Book)
Evil in Modern Thought
Islamic Philosophy: An Introduction
In the Land of the Ayatollahs, Tupac Shakur is King
Familiar Strangers (Muslims in China)
You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man – Critical Edition | McLuhan
Foundations of the Deen 5-CD set | Zaid Shakir & Abdullah Ali
The Way Ahead 6-CD Set | Hamza Yusuf, Zaid Shakir & Yahya Rhodus
Restock
Love Is the Wine
Living and Dying With Grace
Why the French Don’t Like Headscarves
Agenda to Change Our Condition (New Edition)
In-Store Event
Gedung Kuning: Memories of a Malay Childhood
Drop in to the store on 27 March 2010 at 2pm for a chat with the author, Hidayah Amin.
I think there will be door gifts.
Musings on Neil Postman
March 8, 2010
On Saturday 6 March, Amran Noordin was at Wardah Books discussing the thoughts of Neil Postman. It was a small, intimate session and the discussion was lively. We discussed the need to have a ‘conversation’ with technology, to be wary of its application in all spheres of life. On education, we discussed the dangers of bureaucracy, the uncritical use of computers, and the the need for a (or lack of a) narrative.
Postman says in his book Technopoly: Technopoly eliminates alternatives to itself in precisely the way Aldous Huxley outlined in Brave New World. It does not make them illegal. It does not make them immoral. It does not even make them unpopular. It makes them invisible and therefore irrelevant. And it does so by redefining what we mean by religion, by art, by family, by politics, by history, by truth, by privacy, by intelligence, so that our definitions fit its new requirements. Technopoly, in other words, is totalitarian technocracy.
Do join us for future in-store discussions.
