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Mecca the Blessed & Medina the Radiant (Bilingual)

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462915884
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Mecca the Blessed & Medina the Radiant (Bilingual) written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant is an unprecedented photographic exploration of the most holy cities of Islam and the Hajj, or annual pilgrimage during Ramadan, when more than a million faithful journey to Mecca's Great Mosque to commemorate the first revelation of the Qur'an (Koran). This book allows both Muslims and those unfamiliar with the Islamic faith complete access to the holiest sites of one of the world's major religions, practiced by a quarter of the world's population but often misunderstood in the West. Photographer Ali Kazuyoshi Namachi, a Muslim convert from Japan, garnered the full support of Saudi Arabian authorities--rarely given--to shoot in cities where photography is strictly controlled and non-Muslims are not allowed. An expansive work of photojournalism, Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant includes: 140 full-color, never-before-seen photographs Mystical places and scenes of Islam Breathtaking aerial photographs of the Arabian terrain Vistas of teeming crowds of worshippers surrounding the Kacbah, Mecca's sacred center Intense portraits of faithful Muslims in prayer Magnificent architecture reflecting the faith of the believers Archival illustrations Text by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the most highly regarded scholars of Islam, enhances the stunning Islamic holy city photographs to illuminate many aspects of Islamic belief that have remained enigma to non-Muslims--until now.

Mecca, the Blessed, Medina, the Radiant

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Mecca, the Blessed, Medina, the Radiant written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly impossible for an outsider to gain access to, these two holy places have never before been as fully documented. Nomachi enters this world and returns with beautiful photographs, as thoughtful as they are revealing. "The photographs of these two cities are spectacular. What makes the book and the photographs even more compelling is that these cities are closed to non-Muslims and thus the book provides a rare glimpse at a culture and its artifacts, such as its architecture, that is little known. A fascinating look at one of the world's largest and least known living traditions." --Kirk Robertson, "Neon"

Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780804843836
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the season of Ramadan, when the first revelation of the Quran is commemorated, more than a million visitors journey to Mecca's Great Mosque. Despite Islam's position as a powerful religion, boasting one quarter of the world's population as its followers, many aspects of Muslim thought and belief remain an enigma to non-Muslims. The cities of Mecca and Medina are restricted to Muslims, and photographing the sites requires special - and rarely given - permission from the Saudi Arabian authorities. This book is an unprecedented exploration of Islam's most holy cities and the great pilgrimage, mostly presented in full-colour, never-before-seen photographs.

Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant (Export Edition)

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780804847001
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant (Export Edition) written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant is an unprecedented photographic exploration of the holiest cities of Islam and the Hajj, or annual pilgrimage during Ramadan when more than a million faithful journey to Mecca's Great Mosque to commemorate the first revelation of the Qur'an (Koran). This book allows both Muslims and those unfamiliar with the Islamic faith complete access to the holiest sites of one of the world's major religions, practiced by a quarter of the world's population but often misunderstood in the West. Photographer Ali Kazuyoshi Namachi, a Muslim convert from Japan, garnered the full support of Saudi Arabian authorities—rarely given—to shoot in cities where photography is strictly controlled and, non-Muslims are not allowed. An expansive work of photojournalism, Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant includes: 140 full-color, never-before-seen photographs Mystical places and scenes of Islam Breathtaking aerial photographs of the Arabian terrain Vistas of teeming crowds of worshippers surrounding the Kasbah, Mecca's sacred center Intense portraits of faithful Muslims in prayer Magnificent architecture reflecting the faith of the believers Archival illustrations Text by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the most highly regarded scholars of Islam, enhances the stunning Islamic holy city photographs to illuminate many aspects of Islamic belief that have remained an enigma to non-Muslims—until now.

Mecca the Blessed, Madinah the Radiant

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9784805305478
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Mecca the Blessed, Madinah the Radiant written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Big Red Lollipop

Author : Rukhsana Khan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101587555
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Big Red Lollipop written by Rukhsana Khan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-03-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rubina has been invited to her first birthday party, and her mother, Ami, insists that she bring her little sister along. Rubina is mortified, but she can't convince Ami that you just don't bring your younger sister to your friend's party. So both girls go, and not only does Sana demand to win every game, but after the party she steals Rubina's prized party favor, a red lollipop. What's a fed-up big sister to do? Rukhsana Khan's clever story and Sophie Blackall's irresistible illustrations make for a powerful combination in this fresh and surprising picture book.

The Meaning of Mecca

Author : M E McMillan
Publisher : Saqi
ISBN 13 : 0863568955
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (635 download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Mecca written by M E McMillan and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2012-01-16 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam, is a religious duty to be performed once in a lifetime by all Muslims who are able. The Prophet Muhammad set out the rituals of hajj when he led what became known as the Farewell Hajj in 10 AH / 632AD. This set the seal on Muhammad's career as the founder of a religion and the leader of a political entity based on that religion. The convergence of the Prophet with the politician infuses the hajj with political, as well as religious, significance. For the caliphs who led the Islamic community after Muhammad's death, leadership of the hajj became a position of enormous political relevance as it presented them with an unrivalled opportunity to proclaim their pious credentials and reinforce their political legitimacy. Exhaustively researched, The Meaning of Mecca is the first study to analyse the leadership of the hajj in the formative and medieval periods and to assess the political subtext of Islam's most high-profile religious ritual.

Mecca, the Blessed

Author : Emol Tek Esin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Mecca, the Blessed written by Emol Tek Esin and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mecca, the Blessed

Author : Emel Esin
Publisher : N.Y., Crown Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mecca, the Blessed written by Emel Esin and published by N.Y., Crown Publishers. This book was released on 1963 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive description and photographic documentation of two cities which illuminate the Moslem way of life.

Trickster Travels

Author : Natalie Zemon Davis
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466829303
Total Pages : 659 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Trickster Travels written by Natalie Zemon Davis and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-03-06 with total page 659 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing study of Leo Africanus and his famous book, which introduced Africa to European readers Al-Hasan al-Wazzan--born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco, where he traveled extensively on behalf of the sultan of Fez--is known to historians as Leo Africanus, author of the first geography of Africa to be published in Europe (in 1550). He had been captured by Christian pirates in the Mediterranean and imprisoned by the pope, then released, baptized, and allowed a European life of scholarship as the Christian writer Giovanni Leone. In this fascinating new book, the distinguished historian Natalie Zemon Davis offers a virtuoso study of the fragmentary, partial, and often contradictory traces that al-Hasan al-Wazzan left behind him, and a superb interpretation of his extraordinary life and work. In Trickster Travels, Davis describes all the sectors of her hero's life in rich detail, scrutinizing the evidence of al-Hasan's movement between cultural worlds; the Islamic and Arab traditions, genres, and ideas available to him; and his adventures with Christians and Jews in a European community of learned men and powerful church leaders. In depicting the life of this adventurous border-crosser, Davis suggests the many ways cultural barriers are negotiated and diverging traditions are fused.

The Book of Lies

Author : Aleister Crowley
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Lies written by Aleister Crowley and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Lies was written by English occultist and teacher Aleister Crowley under the pen name of Frater Perdurabo. As Crowley describes it: "This book deals with many matters on all planes of the very highest importance. It is an official publication for Babes of the Abyss, but is recommended even to beginners as highly suggestive." The book consists of 91 chapters, each of which consists of one page of text. The chapters include a question mark, poems, rituals, instructions, and obscure allusions and cryptograms. The subject of each chapter is generally determined by its number and its corresponding Qabalistic meaning.

Sharh Aqaid an-Nasafi

Author : Saad al-Din al-Taftazani
Publisher : ScribeDigital.com
ISBN 13 : 1780410107
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Sharh Aqaid an-Nasafi written by Saad al-Din al-Taftazani and published by ScribeDigital.com. This book was released on with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this commentary it is explained and described that PRAISE BE to Allah, who is unique in the majesty of His essence and the perfection of His attributes, and who is separated from blemishes and marks of defect through the qualities that belong to His great Power. Blessings on His Prophet Muhammad (S), who has been aided by His forceful arguments and clear proofs, and on his family and his Companions, guides and protectors of the path of Reality. To continue: The basis of the science of laws and judgments and the foundation of the rules concerning the articles of Islamic Belief is the science of the unity of the Deity and His attributes, entitled al-Kalam, which is devoid of the darkness of doubts and the obscurities of fancies. The author tries to explain the brief treatise so as to give the details of its general principles and clarify the intricacies of the subject,

22 Walks in Bangkok

Author : Kenneth Barrett
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462913806
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book 22 Walks in Bangkok written by Kenneth Barrett and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ING_08 Review quote

Muhammad

Author : Martin Lings
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780946621255
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (212 download)

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Download or read book Muhammad written by Martin Lings and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed worldwide as the definitive biography of the Prophet Muhammad in the English language, Martin Lings' Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources is unlike any other. Based on Arabic sources of the eighth and ninth centuries, of which some important passages are translated here for the first time, it owes the freshness and directness of its approach to the words of men and women who heard Muhammad speak and witnessed the events of his life. Martin Lings has an unusual gift for narrative. He has adopted a style which is at once extremely readable and reflects both the simplicity and grandeur of the story. The result is a book which will be read with equal enjoyment by those already familiar with Muhammad's life and those coming to it for the first time. Muhammad: His Life Based to the Earliest Sources was given an award by the government of Pakistan, and selected as the best biography of the Prophet in English at the National Seerat Conference in Islamabad in 1983.

The Forgotten Queens of Islam

Author : Fatima Mernissi
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816624393
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book The Forgotten Queens of Islam written by Fatima Mernissi and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mernissi recounts the extraordinary stories of fifteen queen s and reflects on the implications for the ways in which politics is practiced in Islam today, a world in which women are largely excluded form the political domain.

Mosques

Author : Leyla Uluhanli
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847860353
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Mosques written by Leyla Uluhanli and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD INDIES Book of the Year Awards — 2017 GOLD Winner for Architecture One of the most important and authoritative books to celebrate mosque architecture and Islamic design, featuring many exquisite newly commissioned photographs. This visually striking volume illustrates over sixty of the most venerated mosques from historic monuments such as the Great Mosque of Córdoba and Istanbul’s Süleymaniye Mosque to today’s most dynamic new designs exemplified by the Sancaklar Mosque. Essays by prominent architecture and design authorities include Professor Sussan Babaie, Andrew W. Mellon Reader in the Arts of Iran and Islam, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Distinguished Professor Walter B. Denny, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Heather Ecker, Visiting Professor, Art and Archaeology, Columbia University; Professor Mohammed Hamdouni Alami, Archaeological Research Facility at University of California, Berkeley; Professor Renata Holod, Professor of Islamic Art, University of Pennsylvania, and Curator in the Near East Section, Penn Museum; Philip Jodidio, author and independent scholar in art and architecture, Geneva; George Michell, author and independent architectural historian, London; Fatima Quraishi, PhD candidate, The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; Matthew Saba, Visual Resources Librarian for Islamic Architecture, Aga Khan Documentation Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries; and Angela Wheeler, PhD student in Architectural History, Harvard University. Mosques from Europe, the Indian subcontinent, North America, North Africa and the sub-Sahara, the Middle East, and Russia and the Caucasus are showcased. This book covers their earliest origins in Mecca and Medina to contemporary masterpieces, illuminating their stylistic transformations and providing examples from Islam’s great dynasties—the Umayyads, the Abbasids, the Mamluks, the Ottomans, the Safavids, and the Mughals. Original and archival photographs offer exterior and interior views along with images of adjacent gardens and fountains that grace these sanctuaries. Stunning mosque calligraphy and tilework, as well as furnishings and illumination, enhance this volume.

Islamic Sufi Networks in the Western Indian Ocean (c.1880-1940)

Author : Anne K. Bang
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004276548
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Islamic Sufi Networks in the Western Indian Ocean (c.1880-1940) written by Anne K. Bang and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the period c. 1880-1940, organized Sufism spread rapidly in the western Indian Ocean. New communities turned to Islam, and Muslim communities turned to new texts, practices and religious leaders. On the East African coast, the orders were both a vehicle for conversion to Islam and for reform of Islamic practice. The impact of Sufism on local communities is here traced geographically as a ripple reaching beyond the Swahili cultural zone southwards to Mozambique, Madagascar and Cape Town. Through an investigation of the texts, ritual practices and scholarly networks that went alongside Sufi expansion, this book places religious change in the western Indian Ocean within the wider framework of Islamic reform.