"Few have not felt their spirits lifted by reading this book. One of the most widely-read Islamic classics of recent times.''
- Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Cambridge Muslim College
This book is a story of the ebbs and flows of this Ummah; the challenges, the setbacks, and most importantly, the successes. It is a story of the accomplishments, attainments and triumphs that propelled the Umma forward. It is a story told through extraordinary figures: the revivers, the Muslims of courage, vigour, and zeal, an elect group who were graced with determination to safeguard the spirit of God’s religion on earth. In other words, they were the saviours of the Islamic spirit.
Drawing on the lives of ten of the most influential personalities of the first seven centuries of Islam, this work offers comfort and much-needed perspective, given the current situation of Muslims around the world. It aims to inspire Muslim youth and to provide role models of intellectual and spiritual excellence, at a time when people are looking for motivation from other sources.
Personalities covered
- Hasan al-Basri
- Ahmad ibn Hanbal
- ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
- ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz
- Abu ‘l-Hasan al-Ash’ari
- ‘Izz al-Din ibn ‘Abd al-Salam
- Abu ‘l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi
- Abu Hamid al-Ghazali
- Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi
- Nur al-Din Zangi
- The Tartars
About The Author
Abu ’l-Hasan ‘Ali al-Hasani Nadwi (1332/1914 – 1420/1999) was a leading intellectual and religious scholar of contemporary India. He wrote numerous books on history, biography, and contemporary affairs.
He served as rector of the Nadwat al-‘Ulama’ seminary in Lucknow, where he also taught Qur’anic exegesis, hadith, Arabic literature, history and logic. He was a founding member of the Universal League of Islamic Literature. A prolific writer, he penned a literary legacy of a few hundred works in both Arabic and Urdu. His works have been integrated into the curriculum in universities in the Arab world.
Author: Shaykh Abu ’l-Hasan ‘Ali al-Hasani Nadwi
Format: Paperback
Pages: 282
Publisher: White Thread Press
Published: 2015
Dimensions: 23 x 15 x 2.5m
ISBN: 9781933764139