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Our Publications’ databank / collection

‘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.

Objectives of The Pilgrimage Rites

By Abdul-Wahhab Abu Sulayman
2007
Arabic
Lectures
1
9781905650040*
Booklet
Paperback
1
128
0.171 kg
Abdul Wahhab Ibrahim Abu Solayman (Author)
*Original ISBN 1905650040 previously printed in the book is not valid. Please refer to the new ISBN.

This book casts light on the secrets and higher objectives of the rites of Ḥajj and ʿUmrah. It does so to tie the Muslim’s acts of worship to the meanings, the rules and hidden wisdom which the Lawmaker (i.e. God) intended and which have been uncovered by scholars. That is to say, to receive that which is useful both materially and spiritually and in great and varied amounts. In this detailed work, Dr. Abd al-Wahhab Ibrahim Abu Sulayman divided the Sharīʿah higher objectives (maqāṣid) into worship-oriented, legislative and jurisprudential, scholarship and intellectual, economic and social categories, totalling twenty three ultimate objectives.