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El-HamduLillah, this is very, very beneficial booklet. Very small and easy to handle (2*3 inches). I use it every time when I pray Witr Sallath. The booklet is full of great dowas, and I think that every Muslim house should have it.

It is written in Arabic, Arabic-English pronounciation, and English translation.

InsAllah may Allah reward the author and all of us who read these Dowas

Shaykh Kabbani, again, succeeds in bringing to the Muslim and non-Muslim reader a clear presentation of the State of Excellence and Self-Purification (Sufism) in Islam. This Encyclopedia set is one-of-a-kind in the English Language. A renowned scholar's unmatched educational piece of work!

This is not an ordinary book by an ordinary writer, nor can it be critiqued by any ordinary means, and certainly not by myself, as you shall see. To me it is simply miraculous, and all praise must be due to Allah for this work. The author did not actually write this book but orated it literally, straight from the source. It reveals the state of the prophet Muhammad (Sal.- may God's peace be with him) as the world never knew him, from his inception and the mystical interplay into this world and what he actually represented to all of mankind. We are told he was not a fallible man and the stories (hadiz) about him and the events surrounding his life are to be understood only by one who possesses a rare wisdom, since it may be that some early Meccan accounts and those stories arising even after his death, cannot ultimately be authenticated except by one who fully has access to this knowledge. So, read this with the understanding of the heart, not the mind and intellect, and you may enter into an intimate relationship with the final Prophet of God, the one to whom all creation reveres, and in the process learn about aspects of your own soul-life. As it is written from God to the Prophet, "except for you Oh Muhammad, I would not have created anything". To truly understand this, the heart has to be opened, melted in a state of compassion, and your wisdom must be clear. You must be in the state of a young child. To truly understand the Prophet means to see all lives as your own, without any separation. This too was the state of the author's life for those of us who were privileged and immensely graced by His Holiness Bawa Muhaiyaddeen's presence and most exalted life.

This book set is considered by professional teachers in the field to be the ultimate Grammar written on the Urdu language. Urdu grammar is straightforward yet difficult to define in a comprehensive way as it has never been attempted in a linguistic fashion, as has been done for the Arabic language in English by Peter Abboud's outstanding "Elementary Modern Standard Arabic", Cambridge Publishers. So, if you want to understand the structure of the Urdu language, this is the book!

This book is great for all readers and is a great biography that puts you in the mind of a writer. You will feel like you are actually there witnissing these masterfull events.

The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad gives short, but detailed knowledge on a variety of topics. The most suprising for myself is when he states that the Mother Ship can be seen two days out of the week. Volumes 1 & 2 contain some repeated information, but review never hurt anyone. Check it out. Find out who you are, and also who you are not! Not a book for those who cant handle blatant truth. I leave with the words of peace--As Sallam A'laikum. All praises due to the Most High.

This book is the most authenticated collection of the tradition of the prophet Mohammed. It containes thousands of traditions. It's valiuable for people who want to understand Islam.

Nasr Arif has again excelled himself in this book. Not only does he abord very sensitive methological issues related to contemporary political thought, but he also discusses questions of relevance, correspondence and insightfully and subtlelly points out at loopholes forsaken by both western and middle eastern writers. Rebelious, but deeply rooted in classics of both legacies, western and eastern, Nasr Arif's book is a must read for any seriously concerned political thinker of our times. Truly fascinating...

I'm a big boxing fan, and am fascinated with both Muhammed Ali, how he evolved from Cassisus Clay, and Sonny Liston. There's a lot of great boxing writing, however, and I thought every angle of these two had already been covered, both in facts and in their roles as mythic figures. So it was with great pleasure (and surprise) I found David Remnick's book so terrific. Besides learning new facts that only a good investigative reporter could dig up 35 years after the fact, the book read like a great story. The prose really flowed, but not in a pretentious way that took away from the subjects, and I think even non-boxing fans would enjoy the tale of when these two tragic men (though Ali wouldn't become tragic for decades)met to fight for the heavyweight crown. I plan on buying a hardcover for my boxing book collection (a shelf I'm VERY discriminating about.)Thanks David Remnick!

This book was fascinating. I remember the grown-ups talking about these fights when I was a kid. I knew they were a big deal, but I didn't know why. Now I do. Mr. Remnick has illuminated the times and the political/racial atmosphere in which these fights took place. I found the short biographies of Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston especially enlightening. It's surprising to read how loathed Ali was at the time. And how lucky he was! If the first Liston fight hadn't been postponed because of Ali's hernia... when Liston had really trained and was ready... well, who knows? This has been the best sports book I've read in years, and I can't recommend it highly enough. What a wild ride!

David Remnick's biography of Muhammad Ali covers not just the career of one extraordinary fighter, but the widely encompassing sweep of his historical time. The book begins by sharply examining heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson and the unique qualities he brought to the America of his day, a quiet, soft spoken man who carried himself with dignity. Remnick then traces the rocky road to the championship for Sonny Liston, which was achieved after a stop at a federal penitentiary. Liston longed for acclaim from the public, and hoped he would get it after dispatching Patterson in their 1962 title fight in Chicago. A restless, brooding man, Liston would move from St. Louis, to Philadephia, then west to Denver and ultimately Las Vegas.

Ali's brash behavior in demanding a shot at Liston's title was part calculated strategy, part show business, boosting his recognition level all the while, building on the name value he began achieving after winning a gold medal in the light heavyweight class at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Eventually his loud bravado would convince Liston that he was actually crazy.

When Ali won the title from Liston in 1964 in Miami Beach many boxing authorities and fans thought his win a fluke. He then defeated Liston in a controversial rematch in Lewiston, Maine, a one round knockout many believed resulted from Liston lying down on the job. Remnick disagrees, quoting Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee and others in accepting that Liston happened to walk into a well-placed blow that traveled a short distance, but was substantial enough to accomplish its objective. Remnick also points out that Liston bore the fate of reaching the title after his prime, and might well have achieved a longer, more far reaching destiny as champion had the fates been kinder.

The high point of Remnick's dramatic account of a highly colorful American figure arrives when he tackles Ali's refusal to be drafted into the Army. Remnick does an excellent job of presenting and analyzing with sharp critical intelligence the forces at work during the sixties who admired Ali's stand along with those who opposed it, some of whom bitterly hated him. He does an excellent job of describing how African-Americans reacted to Ali as a fighter and a man, particularly at the critical moment when he stood up to political forces who sought to pressure him to be drafted into the Army during the highly controversial Vietnam War.

This is a book that provides a sociological panorama of Ali and his time. As such, this broad landscape is an invaluable work which enhances reader understanding of a controversial period of American history.