Modern Sufism Books | Summaries & Audio

Practical Sufism

by Phillip Gowins • 2010

A Sufi path for the modern seeker: how to dissolve the ego without renouncing the world.

3.63

🕌 Sufism 💖 Divine Love 🧘 Mystical Practice 🧭 Spiritual Guidance 🌊 Ego Dissolution

Practical Sufism 93%

A Sufi path for the modern seeker: how to dissolve the ego without renouncing the world.

by Phillip Gowins 2010

3.63

32 ratings

🕌 Sufism 💖 Divine Love 🧘 Mystical Practice 🧭 Spiritual Guidance 🌊 Ego Dissolution

Sufi Political Thought

by Milad Milani • 2019

Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.

🕌 Mystical Islam 🌀 Sufi Orders 🏛️ Political Islam 👑 Religious Authority 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

Sufi Political Thought 92%

Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.

by Milad Milani 2019

🕌 Mystical Islam 🌀 Sufi Orders 🏛️ Political Islam 👑 Religious Authority 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

Spiritual Gems of Islam

by Jamal Rahman • 2012

The core practices from Rumi and the Qur'an that soften the ego and awaken the heart.

4.43

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🕌 Sufi Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Practice 🪞 Ego Work 🤝 Interfaith Harmony 📖 Sufi Teaching Stories

Spiritual Gems of Islam 92%

The core practices from Rumi and the Qur'an that soften the ego and awaken the heart.

by Jamal Rahman 2012

4.43

168 ratings

🕌 Sufi Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Practice 🪞 Ego Work 🤝 Interfaith Harmony 📖 Sufi Teaching Stories

Secrets of Divine Love

by A. Helwa • 2020

Live Islam as intimacy, not ritual, and find a God who loves unconditionally.

4.50

8k+

🕌 Islamic Spirituality ❤️ Divine Love 🌊 God's Mercy 🧘 Spiritual Practice 🔑 Repentance

Secrets of Divine Love 92%

Live Islam as intimacy, not ritual, and find a God who loves unconditionally.

by A. Helwa 2020

4.50

8k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality ❤️ Divine Love 🌊 God's Mercy 🧘 Spiritual Practice 🔑 Repentance

The Masnavi

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi • 1270

The soul is an exile; love is the homecoming. The 13th-century Sufi poem that maps the way.

4.41

1k+

🔮 Sufi Mysticism 📜 Persian Poetry 🌊 Ego Dissolution 🤲 Spiritual Surrender 💖 Divine Love

The Masnavi 92%

The soul is an exile; love is the homecoming. The 13th-century Sufi poem that maps the way.

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1270

4.41

1k+ ratings

🔮 Sufi Mysticism 📜 Persian Poetry 🌊 Ego Dissolution 🤲 Spiritual Surrender 💖 Divine Love

Sufism

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee • 1995

Sufism as inner science: how longing, dreams, and the shadow prepare the heart for divine union.

4.13

205

🕌 Sufism 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌑 Shadow Work 💖 Divine Love 🌙 Dream Symbolism

Sufism 92%

Sufism as inner science: how longing, dreams, and the shadow prepare the heart for divine union.

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee 1995

4.13

205 ratings

🕌 Sufism 🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌑 Shadow Work 💖 Divine Love 🌙 Dream Symbolism

The Alchemy of Happiness

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali • 1105

True happiness is not a feeling but a vision; the map lies inside your own soul.

4.11

3k+

🕌 Sufi Mysticism 🌙 Islamic Spirituality 🧹 Soul Purification 🪞 Self-Knowledge ❤️ Divine Love

The Alchemy of Happiness 92%

True happiness is not a feeling but a vision; the map lies inside your own soul.

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 1105

4.11

3k+ ratings

🕌 Sufi Mysticism 🌙 Islamic Spirituality 🧹 Soul Purification 🪞 Self-Knowledge ❤️ Divine Love

Essential Sufism

by James Fadiman • 1997

The heart of Sufism: love, remembrance, and service dissolve the wall between self and God.

4.07

978

📿 Islamic Mysticism 📚 Spiritual Anthologies 🙏 Devotional Practice 🦋 Self-Transformation 🎭 Mystical Poetry

Essential Sufism 92%

The heart of Sufism: love, remembrance, and service dissolve the wall between self and God.

by James Fadiman 1997

4.07

978 ratings

📿 Islamic Mysticism 📚 Spiritual Anthologies 🙏 Devotional Practice 🦋 Self-Transformation 🎭 Mystical Poetry

Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi • 2021

Love, lose, listen: Rumi's pocket guide to dissolving the self and finding the divine.

3.51

225

📜 Sufi Poetry 🔮 Mystical Poetry 💖 Divine Love 🎭 Ego Dissolution ☯️ Nondual Wisdom

Rumi's Little Book of Wisdom 92%

Love, lose, listen: Rumi's pocket guide to dissolving the self and finding the divine.

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 2021

3.51

225 ratings

📜 Sufi Poetry 🔮 Mystical Poetry 💖 Divine Love 🎭 Ego Dissolution ☯️ Nondual Wisdom

Islam

by Karen Armstrong • 2000

Political triumph, not suffering, became Islam's proof of God. That made decline a crisis of faith.

4.04

11k+

🕌 Islamic History 🌍 Comparative Religion 🏛️ Political Theology 🏙️ Islam And Modernity ✨ Sufism

Islam 91%

Political triumph, not suffering, became Islam's proof of God. That made decline a crisis of faith.

by Karen Armstrong 2000

4.04

11k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic History 🌍 Comparative Religion 🏛️ Political Theology 🏙️ Islam And Modernity ✨ Sufism

Rumi

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi • 1950

All religions seek one light; the real path is dying to self to live in it.

3.88

🌀 Sufism 📜 Persian Poetry ✨ Mystical Poetry ❤️ Divine Love 🕯️ Spiritual Longing

Rumi 91%

All religions seek one light; the real path is dying to self to live in it.

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1950

3.88

80 ratings

🌀 Sufism 📜 Persian Poetry ✨ Mystical Poetry ❤️ Divine Love 🕯️ Spiritual Longing

Masnavi I Ma'navi

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi • 1273

How a 13th-century Sufi's love stories dissolve what the intellect cannot touch.

4.45

4k+

🕌 Sufism 📜 Persian Poetry 💖 Divine Love 🦋 Ego Transcendence 👁️ Spiritual Intuition

Masnavi I Ma'navi 91%

How a 13th-century Sufi's love stories dissolve what the intellect cannot touch.

by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 1273

4.45

4k+ ratings

🕌 Sufism 📜 Persian Poetry 💖 Divine Love 🦋 Ego Transcendence 👁️ Spiritual Intuition

Islam and the Destiny of Man

by Charles Le Gai Eaton • 1985

Islam's law, art, and mysticism flow from one claim: Divine Unity. A Western convert explains.

4.40

1k+

🕌 Islamic Theology 🌐 Comparative Religion ⚖️ Sacred Law 🌿 Perennial Philosophy 🤲 Prophetic Model

Islam and the Destiny of Man 91%

Islam's law, art, and mysticism flow from one claim: Divine Unity. A Western convert explains.

by Charles Le Gai Eaton 1985

4.40

1k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Theology 🌐 Comparative Religion ⚖️ Sacred Law 🌿 Perennial Philosophy 🤲 Prophetic Model

The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

by Muhammad Iqbal • 1934

Islam's spirit is empirical, not static; a proof that it demands continuous renewal.

4.28

2k+

🕌 Islamic Modernism 🔬 Science And Religion 🌌 Religious Experience 🕊️ Process Theology 📖 Quranic Hermeneutics

The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam Summary

The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam 91%

Islam's spirit is empirical, not static; a proof that it demands continuous renewal.

by Muhammad Iqbal 1934

4.28

2k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Modernism 🔬 Science And Religion 🌌 Religious Experience 🕊️ Process Theology 📖 Quranic Hermeneutics

Misquoting Muhammad

by Jonathan A.C. Brown • 2014

How a chain of scholars kept Islam's scriptures from chaos. The modern forces that broke it.

4.34

1k+

🕌 Islamic Theology 📜 Hadith Criticism 🏛️ Religious Authority ⚖️ Faith And Reason 📖 Quranic Exegesis

Misquoting Muhammad 91%

How a chain of scholars kept Islam's scriptures from chaos. The modern forces that broke it.

by Jonathan A.C. Brown 2014

4.34

1k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Theology 📜 Hadith Criticism 🏛️ Religious Authority ⚖️ Faith And Reason 📖 Quranic Exegesis

Purification of the Heart

by Hamza Yusuf • 2004

Your heart is sicker than you think. Here is the diagnostic manual and the Islamic prescription.

4.53

4k+

🕌 Islamic Spirituality ❤️ Heart Purification 📿 Muslim Self-Help 🧠 Spiritual Psychology 📜 Traditional Islam

Purification of the Heart 91%

Your heart is sicker than you think. Here is the diagnostic manual and the Islamic prescription.

by Hamza Yusuf 2004

4.53

4k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality ❤️ Heart Purification 📿 Muslim Self-Help 🧠 Spiritual Psychology 📜 Traditional Islam

Justice and Remembrance

by Reza Shah-Kazemi • 2006

To rule justly, the heart needs more polishing than the mind needs training.

4.41

124

🕌 Shia Islam 🤲 Islamic Ethics ❤️ Purification Of The Heart ⚖️ Islamic Governance 🌿 Perennial Philosophy

Justice and Remembrance 90%

To rule justly, the heart needs more polishing than the mind needs training.

by Reza Shah-Kazemi 2006

4.41

124 ratings

🕌 Shia Islam 🤲 Islamic Ethics ❤️ Purification Of The Heart ⚖️ Islamic Governance 🌿 Perennial Philosophy

If the Oceans Were Ink

by Carla Power • 2015

A year studying the Quran with a traditional sheikh cost a secular journalist all her certainties.

4.12

2k+

📖 Quranic Studies 🧕 Women In Islam 🌱 Progressive Islam ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Religious Literacy

If the Oceans Were Ink 90%

A year studying the Quran with a traditional sheikh cost a secular journalist all her certainties.

by Carla Power 2015

4.12

2k+ ratings

📖 Quranic Studies 🧕 Women In Islam 🌱 Progressive Islam ✍️ Spiritual Memoir 🧠 Religious Literacy

Islam and Democracy

by Fatema Mernissi • 1992

The Arab world resists democracy not over scripture but over a deeper terror: the free individual.

3.83

210

🕌 Political Islam 👩 Islamic Feminism 🌍 Arab Modernity 📚 Postcolonial Theory 👤 Women And Islam

Islam and Democracy 90%

The Arab world resists democracy not over scripture but over a deeper terror: the free individual.

by Fatema Mernissi 1992

3.83

210 ratings

🕌 Political Islam 👩 Islamic Feminism 🌍 Arab Modernity 📚 Postcolonial Theory 👤 Women And Islam

Revive Your Heart

by Nouman Ali Khan • 2017

Faith that's just rules is dead. Here's how to put a living heart back inside your Islam.

4.47

3k+

🧘 Islamic Spirituality 💖 Heart Purification ⚖️ Ethical Conduct 🕌 Prophetic Guidance 📖 Modern Islamic Thought

Revive Your Heart 90%

Faith that's just rules is dead. Here's how to put a living heart back inside your Islam.

by Nouman Ali Khan 2017

4.47

3k+ ratings

🧘 Islamic Spirituality 💖 Heart Purification ⚖️ Ethical Conduct 🕌 Prophetic Guidance 📖 Modern Islamic Thought

The Road to Mecca

by Muhammad Asad • 1954

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

4.49

6k+

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality 🐪 Bedouin Life 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

The Road to Mecca 90%

Beneath the Arabian sky, an Austrian journalist felt four thousand years of ancestral memory return.

by Muhammad Asad 1954

4.49

6k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📖 Spiritual Memoir 🏜️ Desert Spirituality 🐪 Bedouin Life 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

Demystifying Islam

by Harris Zafar • 2014

Jihad, shariah, and Islam's most misunderstood terms: a Muslim sets the record straight.

3.83

🛡️ Islamic Apologetics 🌍 Comparative Religion 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 📖 Religious Literacy 🔄 Religious Reform

Demystifying Islam 90%

Jihad, shariah, and Islam's most misunderstood terms: a Muslim sets the record straight.

by Harris Zafar 2014

3.83

29 ratings

🛡️ Islamic Apologetics 🌍 Comparative Religion 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue 📖 Religious Literacy 🔄 Religious Reform

Reclaim Your Heart

by Yasmin Mogahed • 2012

Why your attachments keep breaking your heart, and how to find an anchor that holds.

4.41

14k+

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📿 Muslim Self-Help 🫀 Heart Purification 💔 Worldly Detachment 🌸 Trials And Growth

Reclaim Your Heart 90%

Why your attachments keep breaking your heart, and how to find an anchor that holds.

by Yasmin Mogahed 2012

4.41

14k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📿 Muslim Self-Help 🫀 Heart Purification 💔 Worldly Detachment 🌸 Trials And Growth

Reflecting on the Names of Allah

by Jinan Yousef • 2020

God's names are not abstract titles: they are practical tools for spiritual change and knowing Him.

4.85

292

🕌 Names Of God 🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📚 Islamic Theology 💪 Muslim Self-Help 📖 Quranic Spirituality

Reflecting on the Names of Allah Summary

Reflecting on the Names of Allah 90%

God's names are not abstract titles: they are practical tools for spiritual change and knowing Him.

by Jinan Yousef 2020

4.85

292 ratings

🕌 Names Of God 🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📚 Islamic Theology 💪 Muslim Self-Help 📖 Quranic Spirituality

Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali • 1990

Why hunger is a spiritual technology and desire a discipline, from Islam's great psychologist.

4.58

639

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📜 Classical Islam 🧠 Moral Psychology ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧱 Character Formation

Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires Summary

Al-Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and on Breaking the Two Desires 90%

Why hunger is a spiritual technology and desire a discipline, from Islam's great psychologist.

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 1990

4.58

639 ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 📜 Classical Islam 🧠 Moral Psychology ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧱 Character Formation

Sadhguru

by Arundhathi Subramaniam • 2010

A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.

4.45

1k+

🧘‍♂️ Modern Gurus 🕉️ Contemporary Spirituality ✨ Experiential Spirituality ⚡ Energy Practices ❓ Questioning Dogma

Sadhguru 90%

A skeptic's path to guruhood: yoga as energy technology, ecstasy as a human capacity.

by Arundhathi Subramaniam 2010

4.45

1k+ ratings

🧘‍♂️ Modern Gurus 🕉️ Contemporary Spirituality ✨ Experiential Spirituality ⚡ Energy Practices ❓ Questioning Dogma

The Crisis of the Modern World

by René Guénon • 1927

Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.

4.09

2k+

🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 🔄 Cyclical History 🧘 Eastern Metaphysics 🕯️ Contemplation And Action

The Crisis of the Modern World 90%

Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.

by René Guénon 1927

4.09

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 🔄 Cyclical History 🧘 Eastern Metaphysics 🕯️ Contemplation And Action

Being Muslim

by Asad Tarsin • 2015

Prayer, fasting, charity, pilgrimage: the practical how-to, plus the inner work most guides skip.

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263

🕌 Introductory Islam 🤲 Muslim Practice 💚 Islamic Spirituality ✨ Spiritual Purification ⚖️ Islamic Ethics

Being Muslim 90%

Prayer, fasting, charity, pilgrimage: the practical how-to, plus the inner work most guides skip.

by Asad Tarsin 2015

4.53

263 ratings

🕌 Introductory Islam 🤲 Muslim Practice 💚 Islamic Spirituality ✨ Spiritual Purification ⚖️ Islamic Ethics

Freedom

by Osho • 2004

Real freedom isn't political. It's inner work: seeing through the beliefs society implanted in you.

4.09

4k+

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🦅 Inner Freedom 🌱 Authentic Living 🍃 Non-Attachment 🧘 Present Moment

Freedom 90%

Real freedom isn't political. It's inner work: seeing through the beliefs society implanted in you.

by Osho 2004

4.09

4k+ ratings

🕉️ Eastern Spirituality 🦅 Inner Freedom 🌱 Authentic Living 🍃 Non-Attachment 🧘 Present Moment

Imaginal Love

by Tom Cheetham • 2015

A twelfth-century shift locked consciousness inside the skull, and only imagination breaks it out.

4.53

🧠 Depth Psychology 🌑 Islamic Mysticism ✨ Imagination As Cognition 📜 Spiritual Hermeneutics ⚗️ Alchemical Psychology

Imaginal Love 90%

A twelfth-century shift locked consciousness inside the skull, and only imagination breaks it out.

by Tom Cheetham 2015

4.53

91 ratings

🧠 Depth Psychology 🌑 Islamic Mysticism ✨ Imagination As Cognition 📜 Spiritual Hermeneutics ⚗️ Alchemical Psychology

In The Early Hours

by Khurram Murad • 2000

A guide to inner purification, constant remembrance of God, and living by the Prophet's example.

4.60

570

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 🧹 Spiritual Purification 🤲 Prophetic Example 📿 Devotional Practice ✨ Character Excellence

In The Early Hours 90%

A guide to inner purification, constant remembrance of God, and living by the Prophet's example.

by Khurram Murad 2000

4.60

570 ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality 🧹 Spiritual Purification 🤲 Prophetic Example 📿 Devotional Practice ✨ Character Excellence

El Filibusterismo Comics

by José Rizal • 2017

An illustrated treasury of Sa'di's timeless parables on justice, contentment, and the art of living.

3.81

135

🕌 Sufi Wisdom 📜 Persian Poetry 🎨 Illustrated Classic 📖 Moral Fables 🏰 Medieval Persia

El Filibusterismo Comics 89%

An illustrated treasury of Sa'di's timeless parables on justice, contentment, and the art of living.

by José Rizal 2017

3.81

135 ratings

🕌 Sufi Wisdom 📜 Persian Poetry 🎨 Illustrated Classic 📖 Moral Fables 🏰 Medieval Persia

The Spiritual Journey of Joel S. Goldsmith

by Lorraine Sinkler • 1992

He forgave his patients' debts. Then his inner voice told him thinking itself was powerless.

4.29

🧘 Modern Mysticism 📖 Spiritual Biography 🙏 Healing Ministry 💡 New Thought ✨ Christ Consciousness

The Spiritual Journey of Joel S. Goldsmith Summary

The Spiritual Journey of Joel S. Goldsmith 89%

He forgave his patients' debts. Then his inner voice told him thinking itself was powerless.

by Lorraine Sinkler 1992

4.29

34 ratings

🧘 Modern Mysticism 📖 Spiritual Biography 🙏 Healing Ministry 💡 New Thought ✨ Christ Consciousness

Communicating with Allah

by Bassam Saeh • 2018

The prayer you rush through was built to transform you. Learn what the pauses unlock.

4.39

138

🕌 Islamic Prayer 🌙 Islamic Spirituality 🔄 Spiritual Habits 🤲 Contemplative Prayer 🕊️ Worship And Character

Communicating with Allah 89%

The prayer you rush through was built to transform you. Learn what the pauses unlock.

by Bassam Saeh 2018

4.39

138 ratings

🕌 Islamic Prayer 🌙 Islamic Spirituality 🔄 Spiritual Habits 🤲 Contemplative Prayer 🕊️ Worship And Character

Nine and a Half Mystics

by Herbert Weiner • 1997

A Reform rabbi searches for living mystics and finds Kabbalah's ancient fire still burning.

4.03

🕍 Jewish Mysticism 🕯️ Hasidic Thought 🧭 Spiritual Quest 🤔 Faith And Doubt 🌉 Sacred And Secular

Nine and a Half Mystics 89%

A Reform rabbi searches for living mystics and finds Kabbalah's ancient fire still burning.

by Herbert Weiner 1997

4.03

68 ratings

🕍 Jewish Mysticism 🕯️ Hasidic Thought 🧭 Spiritual Quest 🤔 Faith And Doubt 🌉 Sacred And Secular

The Koran For Dummies

by Sohaib Sultan • 2004

A beginner's tour of the Koran: law, jihad, women, and the 23-year revelation story.

3.71

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📖 Quranic Studies ☪️ Islamic Theology 📚 Scripture Guides ⚖️ Islamic Law 🧕 Women In Islam

The Koran For Dummies 89%

A beginner's tour of the Koran: law, jihad, women, and the 23-year revelation story.

by Sohaib Sultan 2004

3.71

117 ratings

📖 Quranic Studies ☪️ Islamic Theology 📚 Scripture Guides ⚖️ Islamic Law 🧕 Women In Islam

Great World Religions

by John L. Esposito • 2003

Islam's core beliefs unite 1.2 billion people. Its internal debates will define the next century.

3.72

378

🕌 Islamic Studies 🌍 World Religions 🏛️ Islamic Civilization 📖 Quranic Studies 🔄 Islamic Reform

Great World Religions 89%

Islam's core beliefs unite 1.2 billion people. Its internal debates will define the next century.

by John L. Esposito 2003

3.72

378 ratings

🕌 Islamic Studies 🌍 World Religions 🏛️ Islamic Civilization 📖 Quranic Studies 🔄 Islamic Reform

God Wears Lipstick

by Karen Berg • 2005

Kabbalah says women arrive spiritually whole. The work is learning to wield what you already have.

3.93

883

🕎 Jewish Mysticism 🌙 Women's Spirituality 💞 Spiritual Relationships ✨ Mystical Self-Help 👑 Sacred Feminine

God Wears Lipstick 89%

Kabbalah says women arrive spiritually whole. The work is learning to wield what you already have.

by Karen Berg 2005

3.93

883 ratings

🕎 Jewish Mysticism 🌙 Women's Spirituality 💞 Spiritual Relationships ✨ Mystical Self-Help 👑 Sacred Feminine

On the Duties of Brotherhood

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali • 2016

Al-Ghazali's manual for a brotherhood stronger than blood, where help arrives without being asked.

📜 Islamic Ethics 🤝 Islamic Brotherhood 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Spiritual Friendship 📖 Virtue Ethics 🕌 Classical Islam

On the Duties of Brotherhood 89%

Al-Ghazali's manual for a brotherhood stronger than blood, where help arrives without being asked.

by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali 2016

📜 Islamic Ethics 🤝 Islamic Brotherhood 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Spiritual Friendship 📖 Virtue Ethics 🕌 Classical Islam

Resistance

by Alastair Crooke • 2009

The Islamist revolution isn't about land: it's a fight over what a human being is.

4.00

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics ✊ Islamist Resistance 💰 Islamic Economics 🏛️ Western Modernity

Resistance 89%

The Islamist revolution isn't about land: it's a fight over what a human being is.

by Alastair Crooke 2009

4.00

36 ratings

🕌 Political Islam 🌍 Middle East Politics ✊ Islamist Resistance 💰 Islamic Economics 🏛️ Western Modernity

The Forty Rules of Love

by Elif Shafak • 2009

A housewife reads a novel about Rumi and a dervish, then her orderly life unravels.

4.11

207k+

🕌 Sufi Mysticism 🌅 Spiritual Awakening 💔 Forbidden Connection 🌸 Midlife Awakening ✨ Mystical Partnership

The Forty Rules of Love 89%

A housewife reads a novel about Rumi and a dervish, then her orderly life unravels.

by Elif Shafak 2009

4.11

207k+ ratings

🕌 Sufi Mysticism 🌅 Spiritual Awakening 💔 Forbidden Connection 🌸 Midlife Awakening ✨ Mystical Partnership

The Bible, the Qur'an, and Science

by Maurice Bucaille • 1976

A French doctor compares scripture to science: the Qur'an is uniquely accurate where the Bible errs.

4.00

2k+

🕌 Quranic Exegesis 🛡️ Islamic Apologetics 🔬 Scientific Miracles 📜 Comparative Scripture 📝 Textual Criticism

The Bible, the Qur'an, and Science Summary

The Bible, the Qur'an, and Science 89%

A French doctor compares scripture to science: the Qur'an is uniquely accurate where the Bible errs.

by Maurice Bucaille 1976

4.00

2k+ ratings

🕌 Quranic Exegesis 🛡️ Islamic Apologetics 🔬 Scientific Miracles 📜 Comparative Scripture 📝 Textual Criticism

Allah Loves

by Omar Suleiman • 2020

Repentance, small consistent habits, and kindness that costs you: the traits that earn divine love.

4.74

2k+

🕌 Islamic Spirituality ❤️ Divine Love ✨ Spiritual Excellence 🔄 Consistent Deeds 🤲 Supplication And Prayer

Allah Loves 89%

Repentance, small consistent habits, and kindness that costs you: the traits that earn divine love.

by Omar Suleiman 2020

4.74

2k+ ratings

🕌 Islamic Spirituality ❤️ Divine Love ✨ Spiritual Excellence 🔄 Consistent Deeds 🤲 Supplication And Prayer

Muhammad

by Karen Armstrong • 2006

The prophet as peacemaker: how Muhammad's greatest victories were the wars he refused to fight.

4.08

3k+

🕌 Prophetic Biography 📜 Early Islamic History ☪️ Interfaith Dialogue ✨ Religious Reform 🕊️ Peacebuilding

Muhammad 89%

The prophet as peacemaker: how Muhammad's greatest victories were the wars he refused to fight.

by Karen Armstrong 2006

4.08

3k+ ratings

🕌 Prophetic Biography 📜 Early Islamic History ☪️ Interfaith Dialogue ✨ Religious Reform 🕊️ Peacebuilding

The New Orientalists

by Ian Almond • 2007

Postmodernism attacked Orientalism. Then, from Nietzsche to Žižek, it built a subtler one.

3.41

🌀 Postmodern Philosophy 🕌 Orientalism 🌍 Postcolonial Theory 🏛️ Continental Philosophy ☪️ Islam And The West

The New Orientalists 89%

Postmodernism attacked Orientalism. Then, from Nietzsche to Žižek, it built a subtler one.

by Ian Almond 2007

3.41

41 ratings

🌀 Postmodern Philosophy 🕌 Orientalism 🌍 Postcolonial Theory 🏛️ Continental Philosophy ☪️ Islam And The West

The Fakir

by Ruzbeh Nari Bharucha • 2020

Daily rituals with a mysterious master reveal to a seeker that the divine lives within.

4.56

🧘 Master And Disciple 🌌 Astral Journeying 🙏 Seeking The Divine 🕊️ Spiritual Surrender 😌 Contemplative And Calm

The Fakir 89%

Daily rituals with a mysterious master reveal to a seeker that the divine lives within.

by Ruzbeh Nari Bharucha 2020

4.56

34 ratings

🧘 Master And Disciple 🌌 Astral Journeying 🙏 Seeking The Divine 🕊️ Spiritual Surrender 😌 Contemplative And Calm

The Hadith

by محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري

The Qur'an is the constitution; this is the case law: 2,600 authenticated sayings of the Prophet.

4.59

2k+

📜 Hadith Studies 📖 Islamic Scripture ☪️ Sunni Islam ⚖️ Islamic Law 🤲 Islamic Ethics

The Hadith 89%

The Qur'an is the constitution; this is the case law: 2,600 authenticated sayings of the Prophet.

by محمد بن إسماعيل البخاري

4.59

2k+ ratings

📜 Hadith Studies 📖 Islamic Scripture ☪️ Sunni Islam ⚖️ Islamic Law 🤲 Islamic Ethics

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A thousand years of philosophy across three continents, argued by Muslims, Christians, and Jews.

4.33

242

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A thousand years of philosophy across three continents, argued by Muslims, Christians, and Jews.

by Peter S. Adamson 2015

4.33

242 ratings

🕌 Islamic Philosophy 🏰 Medieval Philosophy 🤝 Interfaith Exchange 📜 Baghdad School 🧠 Rational Theology

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by Erdağ M. Göknar • 2012

Pamuk's novels defy Turkey's secular state, resurrecting the Islamic past the nation tried to bury.

4.13

📚 Turkish Literature 🏛️ Turkish Secularism 📜 Religion And Literature 🚩 Literary Nationalism 🌍 Orientalism Critique

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Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy 89%

Pamuk's novels defy Turkey's secular state, resurrecting the Islamic past the nation tried to bury.

by Erdağ M. Göknar 2012

4.13

16 ratings

📚 Turkish Literature 🏛️ Turkish Secularism 📜 Religion And Literature 🚩 Literary Nationalism 🌍 Orientalism Critique

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by Barbara Brown Taylor • 2019

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

4.39

6k+

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Religious Humility ⛪ Progressive Christianity

Holy Envy 89%

A Christian theology built on admiring other faiths, tested by students in the Bible Belt.

by Barbara Brown Taylor 2019

4.39

6k+ ratings

☸️ Interfaith Dialogue 📚 Comparative Religion 🕊️ Spiritual Memoir 🙏 Religious Humility ⛪ Progressive Christianity

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