The Nightingale

That a nation is strong when it cares for the weak, that it becomes rich when it cares for the poor, that it becomes invulnerable when it cares for the vulnerable. There is no liberty without morality, no freedom without responsibility, no viable I without a We that sustains it.

Sometimes you have to make mistakes, as we all did, and shed a few skins before finding who you really are and quite where you fit in… It's curious how for any sincere person, Islam appears to slowly peel away the facades and eventually reveal the true person underneath, even if it takes a lifetime.

This book is about how we process information by making notes when we read and then synthesising these notes within a knowledge system in order to develop our own ideas and then produce original content based on our insights.

Activists in Singapore really have two choices: cooperate with the state or conduct activism in areas in which the state is ambivalent because it does not challenge their political legitimacy as keepers of the peace and stewards of success.

The child’s narrative voice and innocent internal logic is captured perfectly by Onjali Q. Rauf, and adults reading the book are given a glimpse of what life used to be, before they became world-weary (ok, cynical) grownups. Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees spread across the whole continent, but if we all try very hard and ask the people in charge, we can maybe find Ahmet’s parents.

The present edition of the Shama'il, that contains the Arabic text as well as English translation and notes by Abdul Aziz Suraqah and Shaykh Mohammed Aslam, is a landmark work.

We think the publishers have achieved their intention in instilling love for the Prophet SAW and much more because this new work, bound in tan leather and featuring classical illumination on each page, positively crackles with baraka.

With the Heart in Mind is a ground-breaking work that should be read by everyone who wants to be serious about religion and wants to be serious about building a better life. If we remain unaware of our emotional and moral intelligence, we run the very real risk of jeopardising all aspects of our lives – including the lives of those we hold most dear.