There exist numerous free-standing figurative sculptures produced in Java between the eighth and fifteenth centuries whose dress display detailed textile patterns. This surviving body of sculptu...więcej »
Caravan of Dreams distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of stories, sayings, poems and allegories, collected by one of the world's leading experts in Oriental philosophy. Idries...więcej »
Do you know how to learn?This book is condensed from three million words of answers Idries Shah gave to questions from his readers.It’s the closest thing he left to a practic...więcej »
Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, Dervish tales were never presented merely on the level of a fable, legend or folklore. They stand comparison in wit, construct...więcej »
Used for more than seven hundred years as a teaching story, The Book of the Book is one of the most compelling and astonishing texts ever to emerge from the Orient. Its centra...więcej »
Warning: when you pop, you can’t stop!
Like a famous brand of crisps, these stories are addictive.
Read one, the saying goes, and you’ll be stuck reading seven.
In ...więcej »
First published in 1957, The Secret Lore of Magic contains within it a series of major source-books of magical arts. Many of them translated into English for the first time, these works...więcej »
In Idries Shah's Wisdom of the Idiots, the 'idiots' are Sufis, called this because their wisdom penetrates to a depth which renders it inaccessible to the merely intelligent or academically-knowled...więcej »
During the mubaarak lifetime of Rasulullah [PBUH], there were many duas that he had made, imploring the help and assistance of Allah Ta'ala. These beautiful duas were pr...więcej »
Virtue of Memorising HadithsIf the believer learns the Sunnah by reading and studying the hadiths, he will have a great reward, because this comes under the heading of learni...więcej »
Thousands of books on the Seerah of Rasulullah [PBUH] have been written and Millions of books can still be written on the noble seerah of Rasulullah [PBUH], but justice can never be done to his ...więcej »
Original Arabic, transliteration and translation.
It is said that the author of Dala'il ul-Khayrat,Imam Muhammad al-Jazuli, went on a journey. He found himself in great need of water for making ab...więcej »
"Salawat of Tremendous Blessings" is a compilation of daily and weekly supplications and invocations devoted to Prophet Muhammad that contain specific, immense benefits for supplicants. Taken from ...więcej »
Translation of Hujjatullah `ala al-`alamin fi mu'jizat sayyid al-mursalin (The Overwhelming Proof of Allah over the Worlds in the Stunning Miracles of the Master of Prophets)7...więcej »
"The best of this Umma is the age in which I was sent" (Hadith of the Prophet in Sahih Muslim). "The Messenger of Allah admonished us so intensely that the eyes wept ...więcej »
An enduring classic work on the etiquette that a Muslim must or should have with regard to handling and reciting the Quran (the Muslim scripture). The topics this volume raises include: ritual clea...więcej »
For centuries, Abu Shuja al-Asfahani's legal primer Matn al-Ghayat wa-l-Taqrib (The Ultimate Conspectus) has been a standard text for introducing students of the Shafii school of Isla...więcej »
A translation of Abu Shuja' al-Asfahani's introduction to classical Islamic law, Matn al-Ghayat wa al-Taqrib. This enduring classic covers the full range of basic topics within ...więcej »
Rabun M. Taylor offers the first comprehensive survey of ancient Naples in the English language, tracing the history of the city from its origins into late antiquity. Prof. Taylor discusses the ...więcej »