The Atlas

In-depth dossiers on the lands, causes, sacred places, and history of the Ummah and the wider world.

Creed & Prophethood

عقائد و انبیاء

Belief, the prophets, and the world of the unseen.

Isa (Jesus): Raised Alive, and Returning

عيسى عليه السلام

A sourced dossier on the Islamic belief that Isa (Jesus, peace be upon him) was not killed or crucified but raised alive to the heavens, and will return before …

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Khudi: The Self the Sahaba Lived, and Iqbal Named

خودی

Iqbal did not invent khudi and find Companions to illustrate it; he drew it out of them. This dossier traces the selfhood the Sahaba lived, the self raised thro…

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Ghulam Muhammad Ghotvi: The Muhaddith Who Ruled Against Qadianism

شیخ الاسلام غلام محمد محدّث گھوٹوی

A sourced life of Shaikh al-Islam, Shaikh-ul-Hadith Allama Ghulam Muhammad Muhaddith-e-Ghotvi (1885 to 1948): his lineage, his teachers, his oath at the hand of…

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The Bahawalpur Case Against Qadianism (1926 to 1935)

مقدمہ مرزائیہ بہاولپور

A detailed account of the nine-year Bahawalpur court case (1926 to 1935) in which Shaikh al-Islam Ghulam Muhammad Muhaddith-e-Ghotvi obtained the first judicial…

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The Ten Given the Glad Tidings of Paradise

العشرة المبشرون بالجنة

The Ashra Mubashra (العشرة المبشرون بالجنة), the ten companions of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (محمد) named in one narration as having been given the glad tidings of…

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Adam and the First Charge Given to Humankind

آدم عليه السلام

A study of Adam (آدم عليه السلام) and the charge given to humankind at the beginning: the naming of things, the fall and the words of return, and the office of …

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Lands & Causes

بلاد و قضایا

The lands, peoples, and living causes of the Ummah.

Civilization & History

تہذیب و تاریخ

Empires, eras, and the long arc of Islamic civilization.

The Five Thousand Benefits of the Human Body

خمسة آلاف منفعة

Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi wrote, in his tafsir of al-Fatiha, that the anatomists found "nearly five thousand kinds of benefit" (manafi wa masalih) that Allah pl…

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The Secrets of Surah al-Fatiha: the Treatise Attributed to Ibn Arabi

تفسير فاتحة الكتاب وأسرار بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

A complete English translation of "Tafsir Fatihat al-Kitab wa Asrar Bism Allah al-Rahman al-Rahim" (تفسير فاتحة الكتاب وأسرار بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم), the Sufi …

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The Marks of Pause in the Qur’an

الوقف في القرآن

A study of waqf (وقف), the marks of pause in the Qur’an: their types and symbols, the rules governing them, their lexical and grammatical basis, their place in …

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The Vowelling of the Qur’an

الإعراب في القرآن

A study of i’rab (إعراب) in the Qur’an: the unvowelled early codices, the work of Abu al-Aswad al-Du’ali (أبو الأسود الدؤلي) and al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi…

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ٹیپو سلطانؒ کو ہم یاد کیوں نہیں کرنا چاہتے؟

پروفیسر طاہر ملک کا یہ سوال کہ ٹیپو سلطانؒ کی یاد ہمارے ہاں کیوں مدھم پڑ گئی، اور اس کے ساتھ ان کی زندگی، حکومت، راکٹ ٹیکنالوجی، اصلاحات، سفارت کاری، اینگلو میس…

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مسلم سائنسی ورثہ اور انتساب کا سوال

ابن الہیثم، الخوارزمی، ابن سینا، الزہراوی، البیرونی، طوسی، ابن الشاطر اور دیگر کے کارناموں پر ایک بازیاب شدہ تحریر، اور یہ بحث کہ ان میں سے کئی دریافتیں بعد میں…

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The Ummah Today

امّت آج

Contemporary issues facing the Muslim world.