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Suhail Academy is a multidimensional publishing house founded in 1971 to produce works of traditional importance to the Islamic faith and its Culture, Arts and Sciences through high quality translations, reprints and research works on a wide array of subjects ranging from Qur’an Studies, Hadith Studies and Jurisprudence, Life of the Prophet, Biographies and History to Metaphysics, Cosmology, Trad

ition, Symbolism, Studies and Translations of the classics of Philosophy, Theology and Islamic Spirituality, represented through the Classical, Early and contemporary Works on Islamic Mysticism (Sufism) and the lives, ideas and writings of the towering figures of Islam.

02/10/2025

SUFI APHORISMS
₨850
SUFI APHORISMS
(Kitāb al-Hikam by Ibn ‘Atāullah)

SUFI API-IORISMS (Kitdb al-Hikam by Ibn `Ataullah) Victor Danner This attractive and eloquent little volume is one of the great basic texts of Islamic mysticism. A collection of 262 aphorisms that constitute a masterful summary of the truths of the Sufi Path, it combines the profound Sufi teachings and real charm of language that characterises the Hikam. The book unfolds the integral Sufi doctrine on all levels in a manner calculated to appeal to pious Muslims in general. It can be likened to a necklace of precious jewels. The jewel like independence of many of the aphorisms has conferred upon them, in the course of centuries, an existence of their own, and a fame of their own. Nevertheless it is illuminative gnosis, or ma`rifah, that constitutes the inner thread holding the many jewels in place and giving to the work its underlying perspective and unity.

01/10/2025

SUFISM AND TAOISM
Author:
Toshihiko Izutsu

₨1,600

SUFISM AND TAOISM
A Comparative Study of Key Philosophical Concepts of Ibn ‘Arabi, Lao-Tzu & Chuang-Tzu

A Comparative Study of Key Philosophical Concepts of Ibn ‘Arabi, Lao-Tzu & Chuang-Tzu Toshihiko Izutsu In Sufism and Taoism, Toshihiko Izutsu provides a masterful and lucid structural comparison between the world-view of Sufism as represented by Ibn ‘Arabi and the world-view of Taoism as represented by Lao-tzu and Chuan Tzu. Attempt has been made to lay bare the fundamental structure of each of the two world-views independently and as rigorously as possible. First part is entirely devoted to an attempt at isolating and analyzing the major ontological concepts which underlie the philosophical world-view of Ibn ‘Arabi, while in the second part exactly the same kind of analytic study is made concerning the world-view of Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, in such a way that both parts may constitute two entirely independent studies, one of Ibn ‘Arabi and the other of ancient Taoism. The third part compares and coordinates the key concepts of these two world-views without any regard to similarities and differences between them. The dominant motive running through the entire work is the desire to open a new vista in the domain of comparative philosophy and mysticism. Lao-tzu’s metaphysics of Tao presents a number of striking similarities to Ibn `Arabi’s conception of Being and it becomes more interesting because Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu represent a culmination point of a spiritual tradition which is historically quite different from Sufism.

27/09/2025

GOD AND MAN IN THE QUR’ĀN
Author:
Toshihiko Izutsu
₨1,400
GOD AND MAN IN THE QUR’ĀN
Semantics of the Qur’ānic Weltanschauung

GOD AND MAN IN THE QUR’AN Semantics of the Qur’anic Weltanschauung Toshihiko Izutsu • God and Man in the Qur’an constitutes not only a welcome addition to the existing literature on Islam but introduces a new approach to the understanding of Islam— particularly by non-Muslims— the linguistic approach. This book, coming from the pen of the first serious Japanese scholar on Islam, discovers the substantive structure of the Queanic teachings in a fourfold relationship between God and man, viz., (i) God is the creator of man; (ii) He communicates His Will to man through Revelation; (iii) there subsists a Lord-servant relationship between God and man and (iv) the concept of God as the God of goodness and mercy (for those who are thankful to Him) and the God of wrath (for those who reject Him). Dr Izutsu’s description of the historical evolution of these concepts in pre-Islamic Arabia upto the appearance of Islam is quite rich and valuable.
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“Combining the tools and method of semantics and the insight and vision of true philosophy, Professor Izutsu has made a fascinating excursus into the Islamic world-view as enshrined in the Qur’an. Deploying a wide range of material, God and Man in the Qur’an presents us with an inspiring example of the thematic approach to Quednic exegesis.” — Mohamed El-Tahir El-Mesawi, Int. Islamic University, Malaysia

26/09/2025

ETHICO-RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS IN THE QUR’ĀN
Author:
Toshihiko Izutsu
₨1,100
ETHICO-RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS IN THE QUR’ĀN
ETHICO-RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS IN THE QUR’A.N Toshihiko Izutsu In Ethico-Religious Concepts in the Qur’an, Toshihiko Izutsu provides a masterful and lucid exposition of the Quednic teachings. At the time of its original publication in 1959 as The Structure of Ethical Terms in the Koran— revised under the current title in 1966— it was one of the first studies of the Queanic worldview to have appeared in a Western language and its importance has not changed with the passage of time. Ethico-Religious Concepts consists of three parts: an exposition of the methodological principles of semantic analysis; the relation, positive and negative, that exists between the pre-Islamic tribal moral code and the Islamic— in our particular case, Qur’anic— ethics; and an analysis, by a consistent application of the methodological rules explained in the first section, of the major ethico-religious concepts in the Qur’an.
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“This work is a major contribution to the study of the theology of Islam, done not from a religious but from a scientific point of view.” — Aziz Ahmad, Int. Journal of Comparative Sociology ***
“His linguistic virtuosity, combined with penetrating insight into the underlying ideas and motivations of religious and mystical works, has given us a series of unparalleled studies of the Koran, Sufism, and Islamic philosophy.” —William C. Chittick

25/09/2025

UNIVERSAL MAN –
(Selections from the Al-Insān al-Kāmil by ‘Abd al-Karīm Jīlī)
₨550
Titus Burckhardt Jili was undoubtedly both an original theorist and a remarkable thinker and independent mystical writer related to the school of Ibn `Arabi. Mama Iqbal had remarked, “He combined in himself poetical imagination and philosophic genius.” Compared to the teaching of Ibn ‘Arabi, that of Jill is in certain respects more systematic; he contains a more apparent dialectical architecture, which is rather an advantage for the reader who is unfamiliar with this aspect of Sufism. The textss which are offered in this translation are extracts from the celebrated book al-Instin al-Ktimil (Universal Man). They refer to some of the fundamental aspects of the Sufi doctrine. These are the first chapters of al-Instin al-kinul representing a quarter of the entire work, but they contain the quintessence, in respect both of the doctrine and the spiritual applications. Universal Man (Al-Insan al-Ktimil) is an exposition of the appearances of Absolute Being as Essence, Names, Qualities and Divinity, and of the corresponding contemplative states in the path of Union. This is far from being merely a theoretical matter. J1 writes: “I will mention of all that only that which happened to me on my own journey to God; moreover, I recount nothing in this book neither of myself nor of another, without my having tested it at the time when I travelled in God by the path of intuition and direct vision”. Titus Burckhardt has also provided a full and illuminating introduction and commentary to Jill-‘s work.

24/09/2025

THE WISDOM OF THE PROPHETS –
(Selections from the Fusūs al-Hikam by Ibn ‘Arabi)
Author:
Ibn Arabi
₨900
The doctrinal work of Ibn ‘Arabi, ‘the greatest master’ imposes itself by its depths and by its synthesis as well as by the incisive form of certain formulations, which refer to the most elevated aspects of Sufism. Among his works the Fustis al-Hikam (`The Wisdom of the Prophets’) is the most celebrated. Modalities of human perfection is the basic issue that are described in terms of specific prophets and specific divine attributes. Twenty-seven chapters which refer to twenty-seven specific divine wisdoms bestowed on twenty seven prophets. These prophets— twenty five of whom correspond to the prophets mentioned in the Qur’an—represent the twenty-seven major prophetic types. This is an excellent translation of selections from the celebrated work.

19/09/2025

Science of the Cosmos Science of the Soul
Author:
William C. Chittick
₨899
SCIENCE OF THE COSMOS SCIENCE OF THE SOUL –
The Pertinence of Islamic Cosmology in the Modern World
The Pertinence of Islamic Cosmology in the Modern Worl William C. Chittick Authentic Islamic thought is dying, or so argues Chittick in this profound new book. With academic courses either encouraging commercialism, or cultivating zealots, Chittick states that it is impossible to understand classical Islamic texts without the years of contemplative study that are anathema to the modem education system. Insisting upon a return to the ways of the ancient wisdom tradition, which saw the quest for knowledge of the soul, the world, and God as a unifying spiritual discipline, Chittick maintains that the study of Islamic texts cannot be treated separately from self-understanding. Fascinating, radical, and a true challenge to modem trends in academic study, this book opens a new debate in Islamic thought

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“One of the most original and thought-provoking contributions to genuinely Islamic thought in the past half-century.” —James W. Morris
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“Has the power of a complete re-evaluation of the Islamic intellectual tradition. Highly recommended.” —Ravi Ravindra, Dalhousie University *** Chittick is the most exciting writer on Sufism today, combining as he does a genuine passion for the subject with a scholarly objectivity that is truly impressive.” —Oliver Leaman, University of Kentucky.
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18/09/2025

MIRROR OF THE INTELLECT
Author:
Titus Burckhardt
₨980
MIRROR OF THE INTELLECT
Essays on Traditional Science and Sacred Art

MIRROR OF THE INTELLECT A Essays on Traditional Science and Sacred Art Titus Burckhardt Burckhardt wrote both in his native German and in French. The present volume represents a virtually complete collection of Burckhardt’s essays, originally published throughout his long life in a variety of German and French journals. Their range is tremendous: from modern science in its various forms, through Christianity and Islam, to symbolism and mythology. The essays fall naturally into one or other of these four main categories. The chief virtue of the present collection is precisely its comprehensiveness: both quantitatively and qualitatively, it is extremely rich, for there can be no doubt that Burckhardt blends in a masterly fashion a style that is eminently accessible with an insight of the utmost pe*******on. This book will make a considerable impact, and it is much to be welcomed that these writings are now made available in a single volume.
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17/09/2025

MOORISH CULTURE IN SPAIN
Author:
Titus Burckhardt
₨1,980
MOORISH CULTURE IN SPAIN

MOORISH CULTURE IN SPAIN Titus Burckhardt This is a unique study of the spirit and radiance of the eight hundred years of Muslim dominance of Southern Spain, from the time of the invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 711 until the Renaissance. It examines the manner of life and the achievements: in architecture, poetry, philosophy, religion and music that developed in Andalusia, the center of the North African Arab Empire on the European continent. The Arab contribution to human progress: astronomy, mathematics, cosmology, the variety and magnificent wealth of architectural form could fully develop in Spain and is a remarkable legacy of a people who entered the land as conquerors and became peaceful masters. From the establishment of the first mosque in Cordova in 785 until the time of their expulsion by the Catholic Kings in 1492, the Moors dominated the intellectual life of the area and had a profound impact on European civilization which assimilated many of their ideas. In this beautifully illustrated volume, Burckhardt unites the brilliant artistic florescence of Moorish culture with the spiritual and poetic expressions into a wonderfully comprehensive landscape, which no lover of art, no visitor to Spain, no one halfway interested in Spanish art and culture should be without. The volume contains nine colour plates, eighty-one monochrome plates and over hundred engravings, line drawings, and maps.

12/09/2025

A TRANSLATION OF THE MEANING OF THE NOBLE QUR’ĀN
Author:
T. B. Irving
₨2,200
A TRANSLATION OF THE MEANING OF THE NOBLE QUR’ĀN – The First American Version
A work of some twenty-five years of study and research, this is the first North American translation of the Qur’an. This is a remarkable effort to interpret the meaning of the Divine Word for the contemporary man. The translation is presented in a flowing and lilting prose that is thoroughly modern and relates to the contemporary man’s socio-cultural and literary sensibility. It makes the Qur’an accessible to all English-speaking readers, while retaining the poetic beauty of the original, through spinning a veneer of transparent and simple English that lets the original message gush forth, with so much meaning and so much awe. The result has been a document accessible to an understanding mind and mellifluous to the heedful soul. The Noble Qur’dn effectively deploys all the typographical and compositional resources of the present-day American English. Sometimes many sentences, or even more than one paragraph, relate one verse from the original. Sometimes many verses are carried over in a single sentence. The gigantic flow of the original continuum is organically sustained in the translation.

11/09/2025

AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA
Author:
Dr. Mehdi Aminrazavi
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
₨3,800
AN ANTHOLOGY OF PHILOSOPHY IN PERSIA-
(Three Volumes Set)
Yet until today there has not appeared an anthology in any European language that would make available at least a selection of the works in the long tradition of philosophy in Persia for the Western audience. This anthology fills the gap and has been compiled with the goal of better introducing the rich philosophical traditions of Persia to the scholars and students of other cultures and demonstrates that Islamic philosophy is a living tradition in Iran and did not come to an end in the seventh/thirteenth century after Ibn Rushd. Furthermore, it provides a variety of writings to show that the edifices of Persian philosophy are diverse, in both content and format; it makes available in English the actual thought, reasoning, and exposition of most of the major philosophical figures of Persia in matters that are either of general philosophical significance or of interest to an understanding of the philosophical world of the author in question. The materials selected for the anthology are not limited to philosophy in its rationalistic sense only but also in a wider sense to include certain aspects of theological debate, philosophical Sufism, philosophical narratives, and even philosophical hermeneutics excluding, however, pure Sufi texts and other materials that cannot be classified as philosophy in terms of both their content and their format. The contents have been arranged in such a way as to bring about a rapprochement between chronology and philosophical periods, as well as diverse schools of thought. Furthermore, the anthology provides a variety of writings to show that the edifices of Persian philosophy are diverse, in both content and format; it makes available in English the actual thought, reasoning, and exposition of most of the major philosophical figures of Persia in matters that are either of general philosophical significance or of interest to an understanding of the philosophical world of the author in queftion. The first volume is inclusive of philosophical treatises of both pre-Islamic and early Islamic Persia and covers the whole tradition of philosophy in Persia from the time of Zoroaster to Hakim Umar Khayyam. The second volume deals with some major schools of thought in the early history of Islamic Persia that were not treated in the first volume and covers the period that spans from Jabir bin Hayyin to Nash al-Din Tasi. The third volume, Philosophical Theology in the Middle Ages, deals with philosophic theology in the middle ages and beyond, from Mu`tazili and Ash`ari to Shi`i texts that were not treated in the first and second volumes.

10/09/2025

SADR AL-DIN SHIRAZI AND HIS TRANSCENDENT THEOSOPHY
Author:
Seyyed Hossein Nasr
₨850
SADR AL-DIN SHIRAZI AND HIS TRANSCENDENT THEOSOPHY – Background, Life and Works
This is the pioneering work not only on the life and works of Sadr al-Din Shirazi, one of the greatest Islamic sages and philosophers, but also marks the dawn of a wider perspective on Islamic philosophy; a perspective that corrects the classical view held in the West that Islamic philosophy constituted a passing phenomenon and was merely a bridge between the late antiquity and the Latin High Middle ages. It provides a scholarly and serious introduction of Mulla Sadra against the backdrop of the rich Islamic philosophic tradition and presents his essential teachings in a contemporary idiom. This extensive work on Mulla Sadra serves to delineate the contours of this outstanding intellectual figure in relation to the vast panorama of the Islamic tradition, introduces his life, and works and analyses the most important aspects of his doctrines.

In six densely written chapters the books covers the Intellectual Background, Life and Works, The A..rfar, The Sources of Mulla Sadra’s Doctrines and Ideas, the question of What is ‘Transcendent Theosophy”?, The Metaphysics of Sadr al-Din Shirai and its Influence on Qajar Persia. The last chapter, The Qur’dnic Commentaries of Mulla Sadra, is added to this edition.

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