In these two poems, Iqbal discusses the fall of the Muslim ummah, probes into its causes, shows his bereavement and offers a solution along with a message of hope. 
In the first poem, Iqbal complaints to God about the deplorable condition of the Muslim world and society and prays for divine help. In the second poem, which he wrote a few years later, he relays a response to the complaints on behalf of God. 
In elaborating the causes of the rise and fall of the Muslim ummah, Iqbal hoped that Muslims would use them as a springboard for reviving their former status of prestige and glory. 
Iqbal's poetry has such great variety that several anthologies of it could be compiled, each quite different from the other. 
The series aims at introducing Iqbal's poetry to the English-speaking world. While scholars and students will benefit from the work, it is hoped that general readers, both Muslim and non-Muslim, will find this series useful and interesting.

SHIKWA & JAWAB SHIKWA: THE COMPLAINT AND THE ANSWER: The Human Grievance and the Divine Response (Memorial Series)

Literature & Fiction

Iqbal, Sir Muhammad

Poetry

The Other Press Sdn. Bhd.

Cyber-Counseling for Muslim Clients: A Muslim psychologist addressing psychospiritual problems faced by Muslims

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Badri, Malik B.

Psychology & Counseling

My Memories of I.N.A. and its Netaji is an eyewitness account of I.N.A. and its Netaji from a man who was intimately associated with Netaji for the entire period he was in East Asia: the author Shahnawaz Khan was with him in Singapore; then he moved with him to Burma where he stayed together with Netaji nearly a year and half. I.N.A. made history not only in Malaya and Burma but also in people's minds all over India. The book provides an important record of an important undertaking.

MY MEMORIES OF I.N.A. AND ITS NETAJI

Biographies & Memoirs

Khan, Shahnawaz

Historical

This is the story of Dr Ang Swee Chai, a Penang-born orthopaedic surgeon, and her flight to war-torn Lebanon in 1982 to treat the wounded and dying. This book, a quarter of a century after the massacre in Sabra and Shatila which killed thousands of Palestinian civilians, is a tribute to the ongoing struggle against occupation in the Holy Lands. This 25th anniversary edition also includes the writer's reflections on the Israeli attacks on Gaza in early 2009.

From Beirut to Jerusalem: Updated Edition

Ang, Swee Chai

IBLEES KI MAJLIS-E-SHOORA: THE DEVIL'S ADVISORY COUNCIL (Memorial Series)

THE STRUGGLES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN XINJIANG

History

Rogers, Roy Anthony

Asia

Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba ranks with such apostles of peaceful militancy as Mahatma Gandhi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and Martin Luther King Jr. His adventures begin in the villages of Senegal in West Africa before he is thrust into the dense, treacherous, dark jungles of the French Congo and the pristine Sahara Desert in Mauritania. 
The French who had control of much of West Africa, caught up with Bamba in the summer of 1895. Bamba seemed to know what was to happen to him for, the night before his arrest, he gathered his disciples together. The majority fervently pronounced that they were willing to launch a violent resistance and to die rather than allow the French to take Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba away. Bamba’s reaction was to state that in a war there are never any victors. 
Thirty-three years of exile, imprisonment and house arrest only fortified his spirit, as affirmed by his moving ubiquitous poetic expressions. His writings are seen as living texts that make them forever current. He petitioned God to ensure that the verse he composed “be an eternal source of happiness for whomever would apply its knowledge . . . and that it would lead the sincere aspirant to spiritual vision, and to unveiling of profound secrets.” 
This story of the role of African ‘natives’ and Sufi Masters in peace building breathes a fresh spiritual and intellectual air into the history of Islam in Africa in general and Senegal in particular. 
Kimball’s presentation of colonial resistance and non-violent social change is compelling and timely. This is an unprecedented account, through oral and written histories, into the life and times of a great poet and peacemaker. It is a book of universal import with a message of truth, peace, and the power of nonviolence. 
“Michelle Kimball is to be congratulated in making the life and thought of Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba, the great Senegalese Sufi master of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, accessible to the English-speaking world. His spiritual life as well as peaceful combat against colonialism have much to teach contemporary Muslims. Her work also reveals the very important but often forgotten truth that classical and traditional Sufism did not belong only to what Westerners call the Middle Ages but continued into recent times and is still alive as a living tradition.” - Seyyed Hossein Nasr, University Professor of Islamic Studies,The George Washington University 
“Careful yet compelling, this biography of West Africa’s great spiritual luminary is required reading for all who seek a devout alternative to modern fundamentalism and intolerance.” - Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean, Cambridge Muslim College 
“Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba ranks with such apostles of peaceful militancy as Mahatma Gandhi, Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and Martin Luther King Jr. Kimball’s presentation of this Sufi shaykh’s espousal of non-violent social change is compelling and timely. Quoting frequently from Ahmadou Bamba’s own writings, Kimball weaves a narrative of anti-colonial resistance and social transformation. That such an activist voice could emerge from the din of colonial alienation is a testament to the enduring strength of the principle of peace in Islam.” - Professor Eric Ross, PhD, School of Humanities & Social Sciences,Al Akhawayn University, Morocco 
“Michelle Kimball is to be congratulated for authoring this admirable book. I have benefited from reading this book, which has greatly helped me to know better about this Muslim Peacemaker who, however, is rather little known outside the African continent. It is my sincere hope that this book will be appreciated by many readers from different continents and different cultural backgrounds given the universal import of his message of truth, peace, and nonviolence.” - Osman Bakar, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Islamic Civilisation and Contemporary Issues, SOASCIS, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

Shaykh Ahmadou Bamba: A Peacemaker for Our Time

Kimball, Michelle R.

Leaders & Notable People

For nearly a thousand years, the early Muslims were the best scholars and scientists in the world. This book provides the history of Muslim intellectualism and its impact starting from that period in three sections: 1. Why and how the early Muslims became the intellectual leaders of the world.2. How the Muslim scholars' contributions shaped global intellectualism including the Renaissance.3. Finally, how Muslim intellectualism regressed to the pathetic level that is witnessed today. This book is a result of years of research and analysis of a variety of disciplines. It provides remarkable new information and analytic insight that will amaze all readers. Unknown to many, the modern world has been shaped and is indebted to Muslim scholars of the past for their contributions in all aspects of knowledge. Social emancipation, academic excellence, scientific and technical advancement, literary and philosophical brilliance-Muslims have contributed prodigiously to them all.

THE FIRST COMMAND: IQRA - Its Impact on Global Intellectualism and the Renaissance

Religion & Spirituality

Haider, M. Jamal

Islam

The Metaphysical Epistemology of Shaykh Shams al-Din al-Sumatra'i: A Study of the Haqq al-Yaqin fi Aqidat al-Muhaqqiqin

Nasir, Mohamad Nasrin

From Beirut To Jerusalem: 40th Anniversary Sabra-Shatila Massacre

Chai, Dr Ang Swee

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the The Other Press Sdn. Bhd. publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by The Other Press Sdn. Bhd.