This exploration of Islamic spirituality delves into the psychological diseases and cures of the heart. Diseases examined include miserliness, envy, hatred, treachery, rancor, malice, ostentation, arrogance, covetousness, lust, and other afflictions that assail people and often control them. The causes and practical cures of these diseases are discussed, offering a penetrating glimpse into how Islam deals with spiritual and psychological problems and demonstrating how all people can benefit from these teachings.

Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart

Hamza Yusuf

Sandala

First published in 1999, this expanded edition provides clear and effective guidance for rectifying our state as conscientious and productive Muslims. With an emphasis on Taqwa (God-consciousness) and Ikhlas (sincerity), Agenda To Change Our Condition is an indispensable handbook for all Muslims striving for excellence in character and self-refinement. Topics covered include: Taqwa: Its Definition and Its Benefits, The Heart and its Treatment, Practical Steps to Change Our Condition, a series of exercises for achieving Taqwa as well as three new appendices. In this updated for 2008 new edition of "Agenda to Change Our Condition," Shaykh Hamza Yusuf chalks out a program for all Muslims who want to rectify their current state of apathy and heedlessness of Allah's commands. The book includes sections on Practical Steps to Change Our Condition, Taqwa: Its Definition and its Benefits, The Heart and its Treatment (by Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-`Arabi), culminating with a series of exercises on how to attain taqwa. "Our hope is that you take this manual seriously. It is rooted in the Book, the Sunnah, and the example of our pious predecessors. We hope that you will commit to implementing it to the best of your ability, that you find a group of brothers or sisters, whichever the case may be, and work together: 'A believer is given strength through his brother,' according to the Prophetic tradition. "Finally, the way out of the spider's web in which we are all trapped that has been woven by the master weavers of deception: nafs, Shaytan, hawa, and Dunya, is at the end of the Chapter in the Qur'an entitled the Spider: 'And those who struggle in Our way, we guide them to Our paths. Verily Allah is with those who perform acts of excellence and beauty.' ... "This path is indeed arduous, and it would appear to one looking at it that to arrive is too difficult for most of us. Let us set out first and then see how long we can last. A Divine wind will blow on your back, your feet will become light, and wondrous fellow wayfarers will show up with sustenance just when you thought you had none. Our success is by Allah, upon Him we place our trust, and to Him we return." -- Hamza Yusuf, Foreword, Agenda to Change Our Condition

Agenda to Change our Condition

Zaid Shakir

Being Muslim: A Practical Guide is a new book written to help Muslims of all backgrounds learn and practice their faith. Being Muslim is a compilation of essential concepts and timeless wisdom compiled from over 20 reliable authorities in Islam, bringing all of these components together in one convenient, easily readable guide. This book is meant to give readers practical and useful knowledge that can help them understand what it means to be Muslim. Whether you are completely new to the religion or need to brush up on some of the basics, Being Muslim is an excellent guide to reconnect to the most essential aspects of Islam. The entire manual clearly explains the most fundamental aspects of the faith and assumes no background knowledge at all.

Being Muslim: A Practical Guide

Dr. Asad Tarsin

Pearls of the Faith is a book that harkens back to a slower time; before the nanosecond; before supersonic travel; before the advent of cyberspace; when handwritten letters took weeks to deliver; and people could sit under a canopy and read light verse about other faiths in faraway lands. It was a time when lettered men and women wrote prose and poetry in the hope that it might engender greater understanding of a richly diverse world in dire need of peaceful co-existence; reciprocal respect; and a deeper knowledge of the evergreen truths hidden in the myriad teachings of our various world faiths.

Pearls of Faith: The Nintey Nine Beautiful Names of Allah

Religion & Spirituality

Edwin, Arnold

Islam

"Ser Musulmán: Una Guía Prática" este libro ha sido escrito para ayudar a los musulmanes a vivir y practicar su religión - para conocer en qué creen los musulmanes, cómo rezamos y ayunamos, y cómo vivir la vida de un modo que complazca a nuestro Señor. Pone de relieve tanto nuestros esfuerzos espirituales como nuestras aspiraciones; cómo podemos, desarrollar una relación sana con Dios en el día a día, tanto mediante los rituales como en la vida ordinaria. Este libro no se propone exponer los aspectos teóricos abstractos del Islam, sino aportar a sus lectores un conocimiento práctico y útil que les ayude a entender lo que significa ser musulmán. This book is a compilation of essential concepts and timeless wisdom compiled from over 20 reliable authorities in Islam, bringing all of these components together in one convenient, easily readable guide. Whether you are completely new to the religion or need to brush up on some of the basics, Being Muslim is an excellent guide to reconnect to the most essential aspects of Islam. The entire manual clearly explains the most fundamental aspects of the faith and assumes no background knowledge at all.

Ser Musulmán: Una Guía Prática (Being Muslim: A Practical Guide - Spanish Translation) (Spanish Edition)

Asad Tarsin

Tr. Abdur-Razzaq Pérez Fernández

"The liberal arts of language-grammar, logic, and rhetoric-remain fundamental to a liberal education. Even so, although there are innumerable good introductions to the first two arts, there are fewer ones to rhetoric. Scott Crider remedies this in The Art of Persuasion: Aristotle's Rhetoric for Everybody by offering a simple, clear introduction to the art of rhetoric. He uses Aristotle's Rhetoric to explain the nature and the parts of the art to the student and general reader who may not yet be ready to read Aristotle's treatise itself. After defining and explaining what the art is-and why, counterintuitively, rhetoric is a good thing-the book examines the five subarts of rhetoric: invention, organization, style, memory, and delivery. Throughout the work, Crider draws on ancient rhetorical masterpieces-especially Plato's Apology and Thucydide's Peloponnesian Wars-to illustrate the rhetorical principles explained, then asks the reader to apply those principles to Abraham Lincoln's exemplary "Letter to Mrs. Bixby." Crider concludes with a reflection on the central place of the art of rhetoric in the trivium, and in liberal education more broadly understood. Three appendices-two study guides and a bibliography-make the book an ideal resource for anyone interested in learning the art of persuasion. The Art of Persuasion: Aristotle's Rhetoric for Everybody is characterized by an unassuming, admirable pedagogy."

The Art of Persuasion Aristotle's Rhetoric for Everybody (The Zaytuna Curriculum Series)

Scott F. Crider

Islamic Theology Text with Translation and Commentary

An Introduction to Islamic Theology: Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni's Al-Bidayah fi usul al-din (The Zaytuna Curriculum Series)

Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni

Comes with a Audio CD The Power of this prayer of Imam Muhammad al-DarÏ lies in its simplicity, its purity, and its sincere supplication. It is essentially a plea to God that our transgressions be overlooked, that divine mercy be bestowed upon us, that social justice be restored in spite of us, that wrongs be righted, and that righteousness reign once again in our lands, so that the destitute may no longer be in need, the young may be educated, the animals purpose fulfilled, rain restored, and bounties poured forth. It is a plea to be freed from the aggression of foreigners in lands over which they have no right a plea much needed in our modern world, rampant as it is with invasions and territorial occupations. Ultimately, it asks not that our enemies be destroyed, but simply that their plots, and the harm they cause, be halted. Its essence is mercy, which in turn is the essence of the Messenger of God, Muhammad(saw): And We have only sent you as a mercy to all the worlds.

The Prayer of the Oppressed w/ CD

Hamza Yusuf Hanson

Imam Muhammad bin Nasir al-Dar'i

Introducing the re-release of the timeless work: The Content of Character. As a scholar, Shaykh Al-Amin Mazrui attempted to be a bridge between Islam and modernity. Shaykh Al-Amin s choice of these favored sayings of the Prophet (P.B.U.H) in The Content of Character translated and introduced here by Hamza Yusuf was influenced by his effort to be a bridge-builder, especially between the values of tradition and the norms of modernity, between the wisdom of religion and the compassion of humanity. Contains original Arabic text of hadiths as well.

The Content of Character

Shaykh Al-Amin Mazrui

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