ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE wrote:

one being that when the Prophet got rid of all the statues/idols he left one of them.

That's in the story of Ibrahim (as) btw.

Anyone's cajn recommend a good translation of the Quran?

I find it hard to study arabic by myself. i have had a few teachers and tried a few books. but i still cant understand a lot, let alone speak.

i think there is a different between understanding written arabic and understanding spoken arabic.

I think im going to start a new topic about learning arabic.

Anyone knows of a book where there is like a little summary of the lives of each sahabas?

Lilly wrote:

Anyone's cajn recommend a good translation of the Quran?

Would it be better if you got yourself a tafsir? I say this because then you wont just be relying on the translation to understand it, the commentary will also give fiqh rulings which are derived from Quranic verses, or hadith which are related to the verses and as to why they were revealed.

Lilly wrote:

I find it hard to study arabic by myself. i have had a few teachers and tried a few books. but i still cant understand a lot, let alone speak.

There is no way you will learn Arabic to a high level by studying alone. Best to stick with a teacher. Which books you studying?

Lilly wrote:

i think there is a different between understanding written arabic and understanding spoken arabic.

What's the difference?... I'm assuming you are talking about fusha.

Lilly wrote:

Anyone knows of a book where there is like a little summary of the lives of each sahabas?

Got just the book for you. Comes in 2 volumes and has 30 different companions so 60 altogether - some companions you will have never even heard of. Vol 1(link is external) & Vol 2(link is external)

the tafsee is a good idea to read at home. but i was looking for just a little version that can be read on the bus.

about the arabic, i've created a new topic, lets not spam Power of SIlence's.

and this book looks great! i'll try and get it asap! JAzakallahkhair.

I just finish this book about the 4 caliphs and it was great (sorry cant reference it here, as it was in french) and i was wondering, what happens after the 4 caliphs in terms of islamic History? i believe Mu'awiyyah Ibn Abi Sufyan became caliph?

any good books/internet links about the History of the islamic empire after the 4 caliphs?

JazakAllah to all

Imam Hassan (ra) was the 5th caliph, for a period of 6 months or so (and AFAIK this period is also considered a part of the rashidah caliphate).

Then the two muslim camps united and Hadhrat Amir Mu'awiyah (ra) became the caliph.

a book/link?

Virtues of Sayyedah Fatimah ( (سلام الله عليها(link is external)

A true role model.

(A must read for sisters!)

Not a heavy read. Short and to the point in my opinion.

Love and Hate for the Sake of Allah, by Shaykh Saleem al-Hilaalee

Lilly wrote:

Anyone's cajn recommend a good translation of the Quran?

I find it hard to study arabic by myself. i have had a few teachers and tried a few books. but i still cant understand a lot, let alone speak.

i think there is a different between understanding written arabic and understanding spoken arabic.

I think im going to start a new topic about learning arabic.

Anyone knows of a book where there is like a little summary of the lives of each sahabas?

Im learning to speak and read arabic

im not finding it that difficult to be honest
but I guess I have an advantage knowing urdu and some arabic previously

whats ur background if u dont mind me asking

AL-ADAB AL-MUFRAD
A CODE FOR EVERYDAY LIVING:
THE EXAMPLE OF THE EARLY MUSLIMS
IMAM BUKHARI

(UK ISLAMIC ACADEMY)

i recently bought this book and started reading it. i love it. Full of hadiths on everyday living and categorised well in my opinion. i never had a hadith book and this is the first i bought, i love it. its good to read a few hadiths from it per day.

if u dont have a hadith book - GET THIS!

Lilly wrote:

Anyone's cajn recommend a good translation of the Quran?

Comprehensive & Self-Sufficient translation of Holy Quran where general reader does not need any exegesis(link is external)

I bought it, i love this.

(if you would like to buy it, let me know, i will give you details)

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Oh just found a link on the Revival Irfan-Ul-Quran

1R4M wrote:

Lilly wrote:

Anyone's cajn recommend a good translation of the Quran?

I find it hard to study arabic by myself. i have had a few teachers and tried a few books. but i still cant understand a lot, let alone speak.

i think there is a different between understanding written arabic and understanding spoken arabic.

I think im going to start a new topic about learning arabic.

Anyone knows of a book where there is like a little summary of the lives of each sahabas?

Im learning to speak and read arabic

im not finding it that difficult to be honest
but I guess I have an advantage knowing urdu and some arabic previously

whats ur background if u dont mind me asking

im learning too. and the thing is, this ramadan ive read A LOT of the Quran (nearly finsih YAY!) and ive got to admit, im understanding some of it. and if i work harder inshallah i'll be able to understand a lot more.
furthermore, i also read the translation and find it so tiring and annoying (not the translation, the reading and stopping arabic) SO, i dont think im gona buy a translation (or i might, but not an expensive one, but they all seem expensive).

Good book i found: 33 ways of Al-Khushoo' humility and Devotion in Prayer by Muhammad Salih Al-Munajjid.

just started reading it and really enjoying it!

Wish i could read books in french

s.b.f wrote:

Wish i could read books in french

why french?
why overall?
which type of book?
This is a very odd random thing to say. Tell us more!

Lilly wrote:

why french?

No particular reason. You wrote the name of the language, I copied it.

Lilly wrote:

why overall?

Just so I can say I read a book in French.

Lilly wrote:

which type of book?

A childrens book to start off with.

Lilly wrote:

This is a very odd random thing to say. Tell us more!

If there really was anything else to say I would.

you could always check out nursery rhyme?
"une souris verte"

Farid-ud-din Al Attar RA - Tadhkaraat ul Awliyaa (recollections of the Saints), The speech of the birds (can't remember the Persian name).

Both good for the heart.

ThE pOwEr Of SiLeNcE wrote:

Recommend me an Islamic one.

Nothing to simple or too complicated to understand please.

On whatever topic you want, as long as its a good book which will benefit me.

(Say why you recommend it too)

Thanks.

ok, this book is about how and why a top Sunni cleric converted to Shia Islam after he met and discussed history with Ayatollahs of Iraq.

"THEN I WAS GUIDED"

Sayed Mohamed al-Tijani al-Samawi

http://www.balagh.net/english/shia/then_i_was_guided/index.htm(link is external)
http://www.al-islam.org/guided/(link is external)

Also, the full Shia version of biography of the holy Prophet (pbuh):

"The Message"

by Ayatullah Jafar Subhani

http://www.al-islam.org/message/(link is external)

i recommend these because there are a lof of things that are not being told to you about how disobedient companions like Umar were to the Prophet (pbuh).
they are praised only because they became rulers. as we know rulers re-write history to save their own skin. but Allah knows what they had done.

how to choose a good historical book?

Lilly wrote:

how to choose a good historical book?

Choose an era in history that interests you e.g. WW2, Roman Empire, The crusades etc etc.

my bad. A good muslim historical book.

like stories about companions? Do you look at The publishers?

Like, MuslimBro recommanded this book "the companions of the prophet" (the red one, and the second one thats blue) well, i was checking it out and it doesnt have any reference to anything.

but then i ask myself. TO WHAT is it suppose to refer back to? I mean, how did Mubarakpuri write HIS book? and the people before him? Is it just account passed down from generations to generations? (a bit like ahadiths?)

Lilly wrote:

Like, MuslimBro recommanded this book "the companions of the prophet" (the red one, and the second one thats blue) well, i was checking it out and it doesnt have any reference to anything.

If you checked the back then you would have seen the bibliography.

Lilly wrote:

..how did Mubarakpuri write HIS book?

Also has a bibliography.

Yes. Ilm ur Rijal - The science of the men/narrators. Bsaically part of the Islamic sciences is biographies of scholars, saints and the Companions. These would be passed down like ahadith except there is less rigour in the authentification of Seerah than in the authentification of Ahadith.

I've read the blue and red books by the way and they're good.

MuslimBro wrote:

Lilly wrote:

Like, MuslimBro recommanded this book "the companions of the prophet" (the red one, and the second one thats blue) well, i was checking it out and it doesnt have any reference to anything.

If you checked the back then you would have seen the bibliography.

Lilly wrote:

..how did Mubarakpuri write HIS book?

[snip]

Also has a bibliography.

actually you set-on-being-mean-to-Lilly I DID check the back! and i didnt see anything! except, well, the end of the last story..But now, i'll have to go check again...

and yeah, Shaykh Mubarakpuri's book has loads of footnote throughout the book.

Now i need to go to ZamZam again...

ohh!! bought those cards! they're awesome, called "companions of the prophet" and there are 30 cards with a little summary of their life at the back. Most of them are companions i didnt know much about! its so fun to learn about them!

@Dawud. Alright! Thanks for the info.

Do you want a islamic novel? If so, try out 'Echoes- Jamilah Kolocotronis'...it is a fantastic read!
btw, it's a series...