Outline Of Islamic Texts

The outline of Islamic texts gives readers many informative articles about Islam’s holy books.

The Quran and the Hadith are the two major texts of Islam. These books teach and illustrate Islamic beliefs, values, and practices. They are also important historical documents (especially the Quran), which tell the story of the origins of the Islamic faith.

The Holy Quran is the most sacred text, as it is believed to be the literal word of God (Allah) as revealed to Muhammad. The Hadith is a secondary text that records the sayings of Muhammad and his followers. These two texts form the basis for all Islamic theology, practice, and Sharia (Islamic law).

Sunnah denotes the practice of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar.

Al-sīra al-Nabawiyya (Prophetic biography) is the traditional Muslim biographies of Muhammad from which, in addition to the Quran and trustable Hadiths, most historical information about his life and the early period of Islam is derived.

Main articles

List of Islamic Texts Islamic Holy Books Islam’s Holy Books Islamic Literature Glossary of Islam Canonization Of Islamic Scripture Tawrat (Torah) Zabur (Psalms)

Injil (Gospel) Wahy Wahy and Ilham Revelation Women in the Quran and the Sunna The Quran, Hadiths, and Modern Science Tolerance and Dialogue in The Qur’an and The Sunnah

What Is Quran?

Qur’an The Qur’an The Holy Quran Islam’s The Holy Qur’an Is The Quran Word Of God? The Qur’an Is The Divine Word Is The Holy Book Word Of God? What Is Quran How Can It Be Defined? Did Muhammad Write The Holy Qur’an? The Holy Book Is A Divine Letter To You Comprehensiveness of Quran And Meaning Quotes About The Qur’an Best Prayers from the Glorious Quran

Surah List of surahs in the Quran Ayah Quran reading (Qira’at) Tajwid I’jaz Tarteel Ahruf Qāriʾ Hifz Asbāb al-nuzūl Divine inspiration Tanzil Ta’wil Tafsir

The Historicity Of The Quran

History of The Quran Chronological Order of The Quran Sources for The Quran Historical Reliability of The Quran Early Quranic Manuscripts Birmingham Quran Manuscript Sanaʽa Manuscript The Holy Quran Translations English Translations of The Quran Esoteric Interpretation Of The Quran On The Holy Quran And Its Interpretation

Biblical and Quranic Narratives Similar Passages From The Quran And The Torah Challenge of the Quran Criticism of the Quran Muhammad’s First Revelation The Qur’an’s Divine Authorship Quranism Satanic Verses Satan Regarding The Quran’s Authorship Respect For The Qur’an Divine Wisdom In The Quran’s Being Revealed In Stages Over 23 Years

Articles On The Quran

The Quran And Wisdom Quran and Miracles Prophets in the Quran Violence in the Quran Women in the Quran The Qur’an and The Sex Education Miraculousness Of The Quran The Story Of Saba As Narrated In The Quran The Virgin Mary In The Qur’an Jesus And Mary In The Qur’an-Christian Reflection List of Legends in The Quran Divine Authorship Of The Qur’an The Miraculousness of the Quran’s Eloquence The authenticity of The Qur’an What The Qur’an Says About Jihad

What Is The Holy Book And How Is Defined? As Time Grows Older Holy Book Gets Younger Deaf, Dumb, And Blind In The Quran The Holy Quran’s Invitation To Christians Alexander The Great In The Quran The Qur’an Open With Iqra The Quran And The Resurrection Qur’an On Non-Muslims Freshness Of The Quran Does The Quran Contain Everything? Quran’s Wisdom And Human Philosophies Five Mysteries Mentioned In The Qur’an Important Truths Of the Quran There Is No Compulsion In Religion Feud With Devil About The Holy Book

Hadith Hadith History of Hadith Hadith terminology Categories of hadith Hadith studies Criticism of Hadith Biographical evaluation The Wisdom in Islam: in Muhammad’s Words Muhammad SAV Sunnah Sunnah The Sunnah of Muhammad Establishing The Sunnah Women in the Quran and the Sunna Tolerance and Dialogue in The Qur’an and The Sunnah The Sunnah And Its Place In Islamic Legislation Practices In The Torah Compatible With The Sunnah Of The Prophet Muhammad Prophetic biography Seerah (Prophetic biography) Companions of Muhammad The Companions And The Tabi‘Un Biographical Evaluation of Hadith Narrators List of Biographies of Muhammad Hadith Collections

Hadith collections List of hadith collections List of hadith authors and commentators List of Sunni Books Sunni Hadith Collections – Kutub al-Sittah Sahih Bukhari Sahih Bukhari (English) Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim (English) Sunan Abu Dawood Sunan Abu Dawud (English) Jami al-Tirmidhi jami-at-tirmidhi-vol-1-ahadith-0001-0543 jami-at-tirmidhi-vol-2-ahadith-0544-1204 jami-at-tirmidhi-vol-3-ahadith-1205-1896 jami-at-tirmidhi-vol-4-ahadith-1897-2605 jami-at-tirmidhi-vol-5-ahadith-2606-3290 jami-at-tirmidhi-vol-6-ahadith-3291-3956 Sunan an-Nasa’i Sunan-an-Nasa-i-Vol-1-English Sunan-an-Nasa-i-Vol-2-English Sunan-an-Nasa-i-Vol-3-English Sunan-an-Nasa-i-Vol-4-English Sunan-an-Nasa-i-Vol-5-English Sunan ibn Majah Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 1 – 1-802 Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 2 – 803-1782 Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 3 – 1783-2718 Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 4 – 2719-3656 Sunan Ibn Majah Vol. 5 – 3657-4341 Muwatta Malik Muwatta Malik (English) Other hadith Collections The Book of Al-Fitan by Sahih Bukhari Kitab Al-Fitan wa Ashrat As-Sa’ah by Sahih Muslim Kitab Al-Fitan Wa Al-Malahim by Sunan Abu Dawud List of Shia Books Shia – Al-Kutub Al-Arb’ah Kitab al-Kafi Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih Tahdhib al-Ahkam Al-Istibsar Ibadi Jami Sahih Tartib al-Musnad

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Islamic Sacred Texts from Internet Sacred-Text Archive

Qur’an

The Qur’an is the primary text of Islam, revealed to the Prophet Muhammed beginning in the year 610 C.E. It was canonicalized between 644 and 656. The Qur’an is required reading for anyone who wants to understand Islam. Qur’an means “The Recital” in Arabic; according to the story, the angel Gabriel commanded Muhammed to “Recite!”.

• Hypertext Qur’an
  This page links together all of the Qur’an versions at this site.
• Unicode Qur’an
  The Arabic text of the Qur’an presented using Unicode. For more information on Unicode see this file. Includes a parallel transliteration into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
• The Holy Qur’an: Arabic Text, Pronunciation Guide, Yusuf Ali English Text
  A merged version of the excellent Yusuf Ali English translation in parallel with Arabic. Arabic script is presented using GIF image files.
• The Qur’ân, Part I
  tr. by E.H. Palmer [1880] (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 6)
  This is a completely new etext of the first volume of the Palmer Quran traslation, with full introduction and footnotes.
• The Qur’ân, Part II
  tr. by E.H. Palmer [1880] (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 9)
  A completely new etext of the second volume of the Palmer Quran translation, with full footnotes and the text of the index for Part I and Part II.
• The Koran
  translated by J.M. Rodwell [1876]
  Another major Quran translation from the 19th century.
• The Qur’an
  by Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall (1875-1936) [1930]
  A modern and sympathetic English rendering of the Quran.
• The Holy Quran
  by Abdullah Yusuf Ali [1934]
  One of the first modern English editions of the Quran, still in wide use today.

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Hadith

The Hadith, second only to the Qur’an in importance and authority, are collections of Islamic traditions and laws (Sunna). This includes traditional sayings of Muhammed and later Islamic sages. By the ninth century over 600,000 Hadith had been recorded; these were later edited down to about 25,000.

• A Manual of Hadith
  Translated by Maulana Muhammad Ali [1944].
• Hadith of Bukhari
  An extensive collection of Hadith.

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Sufi Texts

Sufism is a mystical Islamic belief system. It is renowned for its contributions to world literature: beautiful symbolic poetry and devotional story-telling, much of which was translated in the 19th century by European scholars and travellers.

• The Rubayyat of Omar Khayyam
  by Omar Khayyam, tr. by Edward Fitzgerald [1859]. 16,814 bytes
• Oriental Mysticism
  by E.H. Palmer [1867]
  Decoding the cloaked Sufi narrative of the journey to God.
• Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans
  by H. G. Raverty [1867]
  Anthology of later Sufi poets from Afghanistan, many translated directly from rare manuscripts.
• The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî
  by Sir Richard Burton [1880]
• The Mesnevi (Book I) of Rumi,
  with Acts of the Adepts by Eflaki
  Translated by James W. Redhouse [1881]
  One of the first extensive English translations of Rumi, with a collection of legendary tales of the Sufi masters.
• Bird Parliament
  by Farid ud-Din Attar, Translated by Edward Fitzgerald [1889]
  Also known as the ‘Conference of the Birds,’ this 12th century Sufi poem is a allegorical journey to the summit of enlightment.
• Poems from the Divan of Hafiz
  by Hafiz, tr. by Gertrude Lowthian Bell [1897].
• The Masnavi of Rumi
  Abridged and Translated by E.H. Whinfield [1898]
  The primary 19th century translation of Rumi’s masterwork.
• The Gulistan of Sa’di
  tr. by Edwin Arnold [1899] 333,563 bytes
• Salaman and Absal
  by Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami, Translated by Edward Fitzgerald [1904]
  A mystical Sufi allegory by the renowned Persian poet, Jami.
• Sadi’s Scroll of Wisdom
  by Sadi, tr. by Arthur N. Wollaston, [1906]
  A short collection of Sufi poems on moral themes by the renowned Persian poet.
• The Alchemy of Happiness
  by Al-Ghazzali, tr. by Claud Field [1909].
• The Enclosed Garden of the Truth
  (The Hadîqatu’ l-Haqîqat of Hakîm Abû’ L-Majd Majdûd Sanâ’î) tr. by J. Stephenson [1910] A text by the Sufi poet and philosopher Sana’i.
• The Bustan of Sadi
  by Sadi, tr. by A. Hart Edwards [1911].
  A Persian Sufi poet’s legacy of wisdom.
• The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq
  by al-Arabi, tr. by Reynold A. Nicholson. [1911]
  The Sufi quest for God, encoded in a cycle of amatory poetry.
• The Diwan of Zeb-un-Nissa
  by Zeb-un-Nissa, translated by Magan Lal and Duncan Westbrook [1913]Sufi poetry by an accomplished Mughal woman.
• The Mystics of Islam
  by Reynold A. Nicholson. [1914]. 267,991 bytes
• A Sufi Message of Spritual Liberty
  by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan [1914]
• Songs of Kabîr
  tr. by Rabindranath Tagore, Introduction by Evelyn Underhill; New York, The Macmillan Company; [1915]
• The Secret Rose Garden
  of Sa’d Ud Din Mahmud Shabistari, Translated by Florence Lederer [1920]
  Exquisite Sufi poetry.
• The Secrets of the Self
  by Muhammad Iqbal, tr. by Reynold A. Nicholson [1920]
  A philosophical poem by the intellectual founder of the nation of Pakistan.
• Studies in Islamic Mysticism
  by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, [1921].
  The lives and writings of three early Sufi masters.
• The Mishkât Al-Anwar
  (The Niche for Lights) by Al-Ghazzali, translated by W.H.T. Gairdner [1924].

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Islamic History and Culture

• The Diwan of Abu’l-Ala
  tr. by Henry Baerlein [1911]
  A delighful selection of poems by a 10th century Syrian rationalist philosopher.
• The Religion of the Koran
  by Arthur N. Wollaston [1911]
  A short introduction to Islam with topical quotes from the Qur’an.
• Arabic Thought and Its Place in History
  by De Lacy O’Leary [1922]
  How Islamic philosophers preserved and built on ancient Hellenic ideas, and passed that legacy to the kindlers of the European Renaissance.
• The Glory of the Shia World
  by P. M. Sykes and Khan Bhadur Ahmad din Khan [1910]
  Travel to one of the holiest Shiite shrines, Mashhad in Iran, in this rare 19th century literary collaboration between an Englishman and a Persian.
• Arabian Poetry
  by W. A. Clouston [1881]
  Rare 19th century translations of Arabian poetry, mostly pre-Islamic or contemporary with Muhammed. Includes the Hanged Poems, and a synopsis of the Antar Saga.
• The History of Philosophy in Islam
  by T. J. De Boer [1903]
  A short summary of the flowering of Islamic philosophy in the late middle ages.
• Arabian Wisdom
  by John Wortabet [1913]
  Islamic wisdom literature from the Quran, Hadith and traditional proverbs.
• The Maqámát of Badí‘ al-Zamán al-Hamadhání
  translated by W.J. Prendergast [1915]
  A masterpiece of medieval Islamic literature.
• Islam
  by John A. Williams [1962, not renewed]
  An anthology of some key texts across the entire spectrum of Islamic tradition.
• The Philosophy of Alfarabi
  by Robert Hammond [1947]
• Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and Constitutional Theory
  by Duncan B. MacDonald [1903]
  A survey of the history of Islamic thought, by a sympathetic Western scholar.
• The Bible, The Koran, and the Talmud
  or, Biblical Legends of the Mussulmans. By Dr. G. Weil [1863]
• The Hanged Poems
  Translated by F.E. Johnson and Sheikh Faiz-ullah-bhai [1917]
  Translations of the earliest (pre-Islamic) Arabic poetry known, poems originally displayed (“hanged”) in the Kaaba, the holiest shrine of Mecca.
• Folk-lore of the Holy Land
  by J. E. Hanauer [1909]
  Moslem, Christian and Jewish tales from old Palestine.
• Christ In Islâm
  by Rev. James Robson [1929].
• The Gospel of Barnabas
  trans. Lonsdale and Laura Ragg [1907].
• Shiite Documents
• Ismā‛īlī materials

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IMPORTANT NOTE

It is our policy to preserve the original text and titles of books transcribed for this site. This has some theological implications in this section. Some Muslims do not believe that any text other than the actual Arabic text of the Quran (even a transliteration or an Arabic text with vowels) can strictly be called ‘the Qur’an’. This is because the Arabic text is considered canonical and there can be no other versions of it. The phrase ‘the meaning of the Quran’ is typically used to describe texts which would otherwise be described as ‘translations’. Please be aware of this issue where this site presents or refers to a ‘translation,’ ‘translator’ or ‘transliteration’ of the Quran. In addition, many of these books were originally written by Europeans during the 19th century and use the term ‘Mohammedan’ to refer to Muslims (by analogy with ‘Buddhist,’ ‘Christian’ etc.) Most Muslims deprecate this term today because the founder of Islam is considered a human prophet, rather than an entity to be worshipped, as the term could be taken to imply. In the interest of archival accuracy this terminology has been retained in the etexts; in text that we’ve written, we have attempted to avoid it, except in quotations. No disrespect to Islam or Muslims is intended thereby.