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‘Our Publications’ collection is a bibliographic database of the Foundation's own publications. These works are the outcome of prominent research projects and events carried out by the three centres of the Foundation, i.e. the ‘Manuscripts Centre’, the ‘Mawsoa Centre’ and the ‘Maqasid Centre’.

This collection was added to the ‘Al-Furqan Digital Library’ to enrich the user research experience. The collection is continuously updated, and currently contains over 200 works in over 400 volumes. These cover both introductory and advanced topics discussed and presented by distinguished scholars in the field of Islamic written heritage.

It also includes many popular and heavily cited publications, as well as award winning works, such as the critical edition of al-Isfizāri’s book which deals with the field of mechanics, known as “the sciences of weights and mechanical devices” (‘Ilmay al-Athqāl wal-Ḥiyal). Other popular items include works by the late famous scholar Annemarie Schimmel, such as The Secrets of Creative Love (1998) and Islam and the Wonders of Creation(2003); and many other highly demanded references, including the unique Encyclopaedia of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and Al-Madīnah Al-Munawwarah.

Irshād al-ʿUjm li Aʿmāl al-Judhūr al-Ṣum: Guide to operations on irrational radicals for Neophytes, by Muḥammad b. Abī al-Fatḥ Muḥammad b. al-Sharqī Abī al-Rūḥ ʿĪsā b. Aḥmad al-Ṣūfī al-Shāfiʿī al-Miṣrī

Edited, annoted & introduced by Moustafa Mawaldi
2011
Arabic
Edited text
1
9781905122356
1905122357
Book
Paperback
1
294
0.444 kg

The importance of this study is in its being one of the major academic accomplishments made by Muslim mathematicians in a rare specialised mathematical subject, namely the operations on Irrational Radicals for Neophytes, a concept which the author explains in detail, thus giving it a unique standing amongst other fields of mathematics. The uniqueness of the present work also lies in its using a variety of symbols and in the accuracy of its unprecedented findings. The work is also characterised by its methodic, logical and systematic approach of this specialist subject which deals with many rules of mathematics that have remained unchallenged and accepted until today. As for the manuscript featured, it was edited to a high standard and is a unique and rare original of which no other copies exist in any library, and it is comprehensive in its treatment of operations on irrational radicals.