Mary the Blessed Virgin of IslamWhy do Muslims revere the Virgin Mary? This book throws light on the reasons for the importance of Mary as a spiritual figure in Islam. It provides the background for an understanding of her symbolic importance to Muslim men and women, both as an individual and together with her son Jesus. It poses such questions as: Is Mary to be regarded not only as the highest woman in all creation, but is she also to be counted among the prophets who received

For how long

and can catch an uncommon glimpse of life in the early 20th century for a spiritual seeker

stresses the complete harmony between Shariah and tariqah and their interrelatedness

The Book of Knowledge (Kitab al-'ilm) is the foundation of the forty books of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'ulum al-din)

Western Europe was a benighted backwater

and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern world

upbringing

"After the Book of Allah

Print Length: 150 pages

Translator: Sawsan Tarabishy

and mystical texts

Ghazali expounds the virtues of hospitality and generosity and the conduct of the host as well as that of the guest