📖 Sufi Teaching Stories

The deceptively simple parables and tales—often featuring Nasruddin or wandering dervishes—that encode layers of spiritual insight beneath their playful surfaces.

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

168

🕌 Sufi Spirituality 🧘 Contemplative Practice 🪞 Ego Work 🤝 Interfaith Harmony 💐 Death And Afterlife

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 💐 Death And Afterlife

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

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🔮 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

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

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🕌 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

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 91%

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

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 91%

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

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

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

The Alchemy of Happiness 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

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 89%

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 Book of Mirdad

by Mikhail Naimy • 1948

When the Ark's silent servant speaks, his words promise to flood the world, or save it.

4.30

3k+

📖 Spiritual Allegory 🕊️ Parable Collection ⛰️ Mountain Monastery 🧘 Transcending Ego ✝️ Biblical Retelling

The Book of Mirdad 89%

When the Ark's silent servant speaks, his words promise to flood the world, or save it.

by Mikhail Naimy 1948

4.30

3k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Allegory 🕊️ Parable Collection ⛰️ Mountain Monastery 🧘 Transcending Ego ✝️ Biblical Retelling

El hombre que calculaba

by Malba Tahan • 1938

A calculating prodigy arrives in medieval Baghdad and solves puzzles of camels, bread, and love.

4.10

7k+

🧮 Mathematical Fiction 🕌 Islamic Golden Age 🃏 Wise Fool 🧩 Episodic Puzzles 📜 Philosophical Fable

El hombre que calculaba 89%

A calculating prodigy arrives in medieval Baghdad and solves puzzles of camels, bread, and love.

by Malba Tahan 1938

4.10

7k+ ratings

🧮 Mathematical Fiction 🕌 Islamic Golden Age 🃏 Wise Fool 🧩 Episodic Puzzles 📜 Philosophical Fable

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 🌹 Modern Sufism

Secrets of Divine Love 88%

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 🌹 Modern Sufism

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 88%

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

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

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

Purification of the Heart 88%

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

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 88%

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

Zen Is Right Here

by Shunryu Suzuki • 2001

Awakening hides in dishwashing and bird calls, not in temples: a Zen master's anecdotes.

4.18

323

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🏯 Soto Zen 🌉 Modern Zen 📖 Teaching Stories 🧹 Everyday Practice

Zen Is Right Here 88%

Awakening hides in dishwashing and bird calls, not in temples: a Zen master's anecdotes.

by Shunryu Suzuki 2001

4.18

323 ratings

🧘 Zen Buddhism 🏯 Soto Zen 🌉 Modern Zen 📖 Teaching Stories 🧹 Everyday Practice

Wise and Otherwise

by Sudha Murty • 2006

A coolie's honest son and a tribal chief teach the real India about integrity and dignity.

4.03

13k+

🕉️ Indian Philosophy 🦉 Anecdotal Wisdom 📜 Moral Fables ⚖️ Everyday Ethics ❤️ Compassion And Empathy

Wise and Otherwise 88%

A coolie's honest son and a tribal chief teach the real India about integrity and dignity.

by Sudha Murty 2006

4.03

13k+ ratings

🕉️ Indian Philosophy 🦉 Anecdotal Wisdom 📜 Moral Fables ⚖️ Everyday Ethics ❤️ Compassion And Empathy

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 88%

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

The Tao of Daily Life

by Derek Lin • 2007

Taoist parables that reveal harmony hiding inside your grudges, your setbacks, and the mundane.

4.38

661

☯️ Taoist Philosophy 📖 Spiritual Parables 🧘 Mindful Living ✨ Applied Spirituality 🍂 Non-Attachment

The Tao of Daily Life 88%

Taoist parables that reveal harmony hiding inside your grudges, your setbacks, and the mundane.

by Derek Lin 2007

4.38

661 ratings

☯️ Taoist Philosophy 📖 Spiritual Parables 🧘 Mindful Living ✨ Applied Spirituality 🍂 Non-Attachment

Being Muslim

by Asad Tarsin • 2015

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

4.53

263

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

Being Muslim 88%

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

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 88%

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

The Arabian Nights

by Anonymous

A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.

4.01

4k+

🖋️ Frame Narrative 🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore 🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps 🦊 Clever Tricksters 💰 Rags To Riches

The Arabian Nights 88%

A bride delays her execution by spinning stories a murderous sultan cannot bear to leave unfinished.

by Anonymous

4.01

4k+ ratings

🖋️ Frame Narrative 🌙 Middle Eastern Folklore 🧞 Genies And Magic Lamps 🦊 Clever Tricksters 💰 Rags To Riches

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 88%

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

Meetings With Remarkable Men

by G.I. Gurdjieff • 1960

A young seeker crosses Central Asia, finding teachers who upend everything he thought he knew.

4.10

3k+

📜 Spiritual Memoir 🔮 Esoteric Traditions 🕉️ Wisdom Traditions 🧘 Inner Search 🛤️ Fourth Way

Meetings With Remarkable Men 88%

A young seeker crosses Central Asia, finding teachers who upend everything he thought he knew.

by G.I. Gurdjieff 1960

4.10

3k+ ratings

📜 Spiritual Memoir 🔮 Esoteric Traditions 🕉️ Wisdom Traditions 🧘 Inner Search 🛤️ Fourth Way

A History of Islam in 21 Women

by Hossein Kamaly • 2021

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

3.38

501

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History 📚 Collective Biography 👑 Women Rulers

A History of Islam in 21 Women 88%

Islam's history included women who led, judged, and built empires. The standard version erased them.

by Hossein Kamaly 2021

3.38

501 ratings

🕌 Islamic History 🧕 Women In Islam 🔍 Hidden History 📚 Collective Biography 👑 Women Rulers

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

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

The Forty Rules of Love 88%

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

Let Me Tell You a Story

by Jorge Bucay • 1994

A struggling young man learns the mental secrets of wealth from a millionaire's parables.

4.10

16k+

💰 Financial Parables 🧠 Wealth Mindset 🧑‍🏫 Teacher Student Bond 🧘 Practical Spirituality 💭 Unconscious Reprogramming

Let Me Tell You a Story 88%

A struggling young man learns the mental secrets of wealth from a millionaire's parables.

by Jorge Bucay 1994

4.10

16k+ ratings

💰 Financial Parables 🧠 Wealth Mindset 🧑‍🏫 Teacher Student Bond 🧘 Practical Spirituality 💭 Unconscious Reprogramming

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 88%

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 Content of Character

by Al-Amin bin Ali Mazrui • 2005

What Muhammad taught about character, and the method scholars used to verify it.

4.64

201

🕌 Hadith Studies ☪️ Islamic Ethics 🌱 Character Development ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 💝 Compassion Practice

The Content of Character 88%

What Muhammad taught about character, and the method scholars used to verify it.

by Al-Amin bin Ali Mazrui 2005

4.64

201 ratings

🕌 Hadith Studies ☪️ Islamic Ethics 🌱 Character Development ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 💝 Compassion Practice

Stranger by the River

by Paul Twitchell • 1978

By a river, a restless man meets a mystic who reveals the divine within.

4.37

158

📖 Spiritual Allegory 🧘 Guru And Disciple 🌌 Astral Projection 🌿 Contemplative 💖 Divine Love

Stranger by the River 88%

By a river, a restless man meets a mystic who reveals the divine within.

by Paul Twitchell 1978

4.37

158 ratings

📖 Spiritual Allegory 🧘 Guru And Disciple 🌌 Astral Projection 🌿 Contemplative 💖 Divine Love

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 88%

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

Succession – Season Three

by Jesse Armstrong • 2023

A Lebanese poet speaks of love, loss, and a god found in the heart, not the temple.

4.82

216

🕊️ Spiritual Fiction 🛐 Religious Hypocrisy 💔 Forced Marriage 😢 Sorrow As Teacher ✨ Lyrical Prose

Succession – Season Three 88%

A Lebanese poet speaks of love, loss, and a god found in the heart, not the temple.

by Jesse Armstrong 2023

4.82

216 ratings

🕊️ Spiritual Fiction 🛐 Religious Hypocrisy 💔 Forced Marriage 😢 Sorrow As Teacher ✨ Lyrical Prose

The Prophet

by Kahlil Gibran • 1923

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

4.23

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🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature 🧙 Sage And Seeker 🔮 Parting Wisdom

The Prophet 88%

After twelve years of exile, a prophet's ship arrives, and the city gathers for his parting truths.

by Kahlil Gibran 1923

4.23

332k+ ratings

🕊️ Mystical Poetry 📜 Prose Poem 📖 Wisdom Literature 🧙 Sage And Seeker 🔮 Parting Wisdom

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

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

Misquoting Muhammad 88%

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

Philosophy in the Islamic World

by Peter S. Adamson • 2015

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

4.33

242

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

Philosophy in the Islamic World 88%

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

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 88%

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

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 87%

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 Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO

by Robin Sharma • 2003

A shattered man meets a saint, a surfer, and a CEO who guide him to truth.

4.04

7k+

🧘 Parable Self-Help ✨ Mind-Body-Spirit 💼 Business With Heart 👤 Wise Mentors 🔑 Authentic Living

The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO Summary

The Saint, the Surfer, and the CEO 87%

A shattered man meets a saint, a surfer, and a CEO who guide him to truth.

by Robin Sharma 2003

4.04

7k+ ratings

🧘 Parable Self-Help ✨ Mind-Body-Spirit 💼 Business With Heart 👤 Wise Mentors 🔑 Authentic Living

Is There Still Sex in the City?

by Candace Bushnell • 2019

A burned-out CEO finds a mystic who teaches him seven life lessons through the metaphor of seeds.

3.16

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📖 Spiritual Fable 💼 Business Parable 🎓 Guru And Student 🧘 Meditation Practice ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Is There Still Sex in the City? 87%

A burned-out CEO finds a mystic who teaches him seven life lessons through the metaphor of seeds.

by Candace Bushnell 2019

3.16

4k+ ratings

📖 Spiritual Fable 💼 Business Parable 🎓 Guru And Student 🧘 Meditation Practice ⚖️ Work-Life Balance

Taking Flight

by Anthony de Mello • 1988

Parables that dismantle the ego's spiritual games and return you to what is actually happening.

4.22

996

🪷 Spiritual Growth 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌅 Present Moment Awareness 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🍃 Non-Attachment

Taking Flight 87%

Parables that dismantle the ego's spiritual games and return you to what is actually happening.

by Anthony de Mello 1988

4.22

996 ratings

🪷 Spiritual Growth 🧘 Contemplative Spirituality 🌅 Present Moment Awareness 🔍 Self-Inquiry 🍃 Non-Attachment

Stumbling Into Infinity

by Michael Fischman • 2009

A breathing workshop was supposed to be casual. The man onstage dismantled his life.

4.46

482

🕉️ Guru-Disciple Path 🤲 Selfless Service 💥 Ego Dissolution 🧭 Spiritual Seeking 👤 Ordinary Mysticism

Stumbling Into Infinity 87%

A breathing workshop was supposed to be casual. The man onstage dismantled his life.

by Michael Fischman 2009

4.46

482 ratings

🕉️ Guru-Disciple Path 🤲 Selfless Service 💥 Ego Dissolution 🧭 Spiritual Seeking 👤 Ordinary Mysticism

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

by Robin Sharma • 1999

After a heart attack, a lawyer sells his Ferrari for a monk's secret to meaningful living.

3.89

188k+

🪷 Allegorical Self-Help 🧘 Eastern Wisdom 🌹 Mindfulness Practice ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🎯 Life Purpose

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari 87%

After a heart attack, a lawyer sells his Ferrari for a monk's secret to meaningful living.

by Robin Sharma 1999

3.89

188k+ ratings

🪷 Allegorical Self-Help 🧘 Eastern Wisdom 🌹 Mindfulness Practice ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🎯 Life Purpose

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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 87%

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

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