"And pursue not that of which thou hast no knowledge. Verily the hearing, the sight, the heart: All of these shall be questioned." (17: 36)
With this in mind we provide here extensive resources so that one can go directly to the original source and verify for oneself matters and issues related to Islam rather than relying on second or third hand information or simply taking hearsay for the original as is common with most Muslims and even with some scholars. No one person, no matter how knowledgeable in Islam and no matter how popular among Muslims including past Imams, can be considered as the final authority on Islam The final authority on Islam must rest with the Quran and Quran alone.
This website does not promote one or the other view of Islam. It is purely meant for scholarly work. Whatever label (Modernist, Rationalist, Quran-only, Reformist, Anti-Hadith, Mutazila...) was attached in the past against one or the other group, it is important to study their writings and their sources and only then one should make independent judgment about them and about their work. Searching for resources sometimes becomes a hindrance in the search for truth. The resources provided here, it is hoped, will help ease that hindrance somewhat for those who are striving for the truth.
Classic Mutazila Literature
Abu Muslim Asfahani [d. AH]
Multaqat-o Jame-et Tavil li Mohkam-et Tanzil (Arabic)
Majmu-i Tafasir Abu Muslim Asfahani (Urdu)
al-Qadhi Abduljabbar al-Mu'tazili [d.1025]
al-Mughni fi al-Tawhid wa al-A'dl (Arabic)
Sharh Al-Usul Al-Khamsah (Arabic)
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari [d.1144]
al-Kashshaf an Haqa'iq at-Tanzil - Book I - Book II -1864 (Arabic)
Asas'ul Balagha - Book I - Book II (Arabic)
al-Mufasil fin Nahv -1859 (Arabic)
Qalaed'ul Adab fi Sharah Atwaq'ul Mazhab -1904 (Arabic)
Al-Mustaqsa fi Athnthal al-Arab - Book I - Book II (A Dictionary of Arabic Proverbs) (Arabic)
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan [1817-1898]
A Series of Essays on the Life of Muhammad and Subjects Subsidiary Thereto
Khutubat al-ahmadiyya fi al-arab wa al-sira al-Muhammadiyya (Urdu)
Selected Maqalat on Islam, Quran and Muslim History (Urdu) (16 Vol)
Maqalat-e-Sir Syed - Tafsiree Mizameens
Sir Syed's Akhari Mazameen
Tabyin al-kalam: The Mohamedan Commentary on the Holy Bible
Tafsir'ul Quran v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7 (Urdu)
Cheragh Ali (Chiragh Ali) [1844-1895]
Proposed Political, Legal, and Social Reforms in the Ottoman Empire -1883
A Critical Exposition of the Popular Jihad - 1885
A'zam al-Kalam -1910
Tahqiq-ul Jihad
Tahzeeb ulAkhlaq v3
Europe Aur Quran
Muhammad Abduh [1849-1905]
Risalat at-Tawhid -1898 (Arabic)
The Theology of Unity ('Risalat at-Tawhid')
Tafsir al-Manar v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7, v8, v9, v10, v11, v12 (Arabic)
Tafsir ul Quran ul Kareem - Tafsir juz Amma -1904 (Arabic)
Al Islam Wal Nasraniyat (Arabic)
Al Islam Aur Nasraniyat (Urdu)
Qasim Amin [1863-1908]
Tahrir al-mar'a (The Liberation of Women) Urdu Translation (12MB)
Nizam al-Hakem
Al-Mar'a al-Jadida (The New Woman)
Khwaja Altaf Hussain Hali [1837-1914]
Musaddas e-Madd o-Jazr e-Islam (Urdu)
Maqalat-e-Hali (Urdu)
Dwaan-e-Hali (Urdu)
The Musaddas (Urdu)
Hayat-i-Javed - Volume I, Volume II (Urdu)
Muhammad Tawfiq Sidqi [d.1920]
Ad-Din fi Nazar al' Aql as-Sahih -1905 (Arabic)
al-Islam huwa al-Quran wahdahu (al-Manar 9 [1906]:515-524) (Arabic)
Justice Sayyid Ameer Ali [1849-1928]
The Spirit of Islam -1891 - Roh-e-Islam (Urdu Translation)
Ethics of Islam -1893
Islam - 1906
The Legal Position of Women in Islam - 1912
A Short History of Saracens -1916 - Tarikh-e-Islam (Urdu Translation)
Hamiduddin Farahi [1863-1930]
Tafsir Quran ke Usool (Urdu)
Asbaqh Ul Nahu - Book I (Urdu)
Muqaddama Tafsir Nizaam-ul Quran (Urdu)
Tafsir Min Nizam Quran Taweel Al Furqaan Bal Furqaan - Sura Lahab -1916 (Arabic)
Amaan Fi Aqsam Ul Quran -1922 (Arabic)
Tafsir Nizaam-ul Quran - Tafsir Bismillah wa Sura Fatiha (Urdu)
Abdullah Chakralawi [d.1930]
Burhan al'furqan ala salat al-Quran (Urdu)
Tarjamah-e Qur'an bi-ayat al-furqan -1904 (Urdu)
Tafsir'ul Quran bil Quran by Idara Balagh al-Quran - Introduction - Volume I, Volume II, Volume III, Volume IV (Urdu)
Balagh al-Quran Journal (Urdu)
Khawaja Ahmed Din Amritsari [1861-1936]
Tafsir bayan li al-nas ma'a tarjamah (Urdu) v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7 (Amritsar 1915)
Mu'jizat al-Qur'an (Urdu)
al-Balagh - al-Bayan (Journal) (Urdu)
Dr. Muhammad Iqbal [1873-1938]
The Development of Metaphysics in Persia
The Reconstruction of the Religious Thought in Islam
Mistri Muhammad Ramadan [1875-1940]
Aqimu al-salat -1938 (Urdu)
Balagh al-Quran Journal (Urdu)
Ubaidullah Sindhi [d.1945]
Tafsir Muqam-e-Mahmood (ilhaam-ul-Rahman) (Urdu)
Tarikh-e-Islam (Urdu)
Qurani Sha'ur-e-Inqilaab (Urdu)
Shah Waliullah aur unki Siasi Tahreek (Urdu)
Shah Waliallah aur un ka Falsifa (Urdu)
Abdullah Al-Imadi [d.1946]
Muhka'mat (Urdu)
Syed Muhibul Haq Azeemabadi [1852-1954]
Dawat-ul Haq -1907 (Urdu)
Shara-ul Haq -1918 (Urdu)
Minhaj-ul Haq -1919 (Urdu)
Balag-ul Haq (Urdu)
Ahmad Amin al-Misri [1886-1954]
Fajr al-Islam (Arabic)
Zuhr al Islam (Arabic)
Asr al Islam (Arabic)
Dhuh al Islam v1, v2, v3 (Arabic)
Qisa Falsifa Yunaniya (Arabic)
Muhammad Aslam Jayrajpuri [1881-1955]
Risala Mahjub il Irs -1923 (Urdu)
Tarikh al-Ummat (Urdu)
Talimat al-Quran -1934 (Urdu)
Humaray Deeni Ulooma (ilm-i-Tafsir), (Tafsir b'il rawayat), (ilm-i-Hadith), (Haqiqat-i hadith), (ilm-i-Fiqh) (Urdu)
Tarikh al-Quran -1941 (Urdu)
Tarikh-e-Islam ka Jai'za -1944 (Urdu)
Nikat al-Quran -1952 (Urdu)
Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi [1888-1963]
Quranic System of Law -1954
Tadhkira (Tazkira) - Volume I, Volume II (Urdu)
Hadis'ul Quran (Urdu)
Maulvi ka Galat Mazhab (Urdu)
as-Salaat aur os kay Takazay (Urdu)
Qoul-e-Faisal
Maqalaat
God, Man and Universe
Quran and Evolution
Man's Destiny
Ali Abd al-Raziq (Razaaq) [1888-1966]
Al-Islam wa Usul al-Hukm -1925 (Arabic)
Al-Ijma' Fi Ash-Shariah Al-Islamiyyah (Arabic)
Mahmud Abu Rayya [1889-1970]
Adwa' 'ala al-Sunna al-Muhammadiya (Arabic)
Ziauddin Kirmani [1904-]
The Last Messengers with Lasting Message
Akbar Shah Khan Najeebabadi [d.]
Ainah Haqiqat Numa Part 1 (Urdu)
Fasal al-Khitab (Urdu)
Miyar ul Ulma (Urdu)
Nizame Saltanat Part 2 (Urdu)
Qoul e Haque (Urdu)
Tarikh e Islam Volume I, Volume II, Volume III (Urdu)
Tarikh Ziwal-e-Ummat e-Islamia (Urdu)
Syed Hayatul Haq Muhammad Mohi-ud-Din (Tamanna Imadi) [1888-1972]
Jama'ul Quran (Urdu)
Imam Tabri aur Imam Zuhri (Urdu)
Intezar-e-Mahdi wa Maseeh (Urdu)
Ijaz'ul Quran aur Mahaz-e-Riwayat wa Mahaz-e-Tafsir (Urdu)
Ekhtee'laf-e-Quraat aur Qura Hazraat (Urdu)
Talaq Mirtun (Urdu)
Kya Ektilaf-e-Ummat Rahmat hay? (Urdu)
Mazakara (Urdu)
Musnad Ahmed ki Haqeeqat (Urdu)
Wasiat, Virasat aur Kalala (Urdu)
Mislay Ma'ou ki Haqeeqat (Urdu)
Taha Hussain [1889-1973]
Adab'ul Jahili (Arabic) (Urdu Translation - 17MB)
El Fitna Al Kubra (The Great Upheaval) -1947 (Arabic)
Mura at al-Islam -1959 (Arabic)
Al-Shaikhan (Abu Bakr and Umar ibn al-Khatab) -1960 (Arabic)
Hadis ul-Arbae (Arabic)
G. A. Parwez [1903-1985]
Urdu Books
Urdu Articles
Tolu-e-Islam 1935 to Present (Journal) (Urdu)
Islam: A Challenge to Religion
Quranic Laws
Kitab-ul-Taqdeer (Book of Destiny)
Quranic Permanent Values
Ghulam Jilani Barq [1901-1985]
Do Quran -1943 (Urdu)
Do Islam -1949 (Urdu)
Haraf-i-Muhrimana -1953 (Urdu)
Europe per Islam kay Ahsanaat (Urdu)
Islam: The Religion of Humanity
Habibur Rahman Kandhalvi
Mazhabi Dastanein Volume I, Volume II, Volume III, Volume IV (Urdu)
Shab-e-Baraat aik Tahqeeqi Jaiza (Urdu)
Suhaba Karam Quran ki Nazar mein (Urdu)
Aqeeda Zahoor-e-Mahdi (Urdu)
Aqeeda Eisale Sawab Quran ki Nazar main (Urdu)
Tahqiq Omar-e-Aisha
Religious Tales: Facts and Fiction
Age of Aisha
Dr. Fazlur Rahman [1919-1988]
Islam
Muhammad Hussain Arshi Amritsari [d.]
Quran say Quran Tuk (Urdu)
Umar Ahmad Usmani [d. 1991]
Fiq'ul Quran (Urdu)
Rahmat'ullah Tariq [d.]
Mansookh'ul Quran (Urdu)
Burhan'ul Quran (Urdu)
Maizaan'ul Quran -1996 (Urdu)
Danishwaran-e-Quran -2000 (Urdu)
Qatl-e-Murted ki Shari Haisiat -2001 (Urdu)
Qurbani ki Shari Haisiat -2002 (Urdu)
Dr. Sayed Abdul Wadud [d. 2001]
Conspiracies Against the Quran
Quranocracy
Gateway to the Quran
The Heavens, the Earth and the Quran
Phenomena of Nature and the Quran
Islamic Way of Living
Dr. Mir Mustafa Husain [-]
The Holy Quran and our Daily Life
Hassan Abbas Rizwi [d.]
Qibla-e'Awwal -1988 (Urdu)
Khawaja Azhar Abbas
Quran Fahmi kay Qurani Qawaneen (Urdu)
Shabbir Ahmad Azhar Mirthi
Sahih Bukhari ka Mutaliaa Part 1 - Book I - Book II (Urdu)
Sahih Bukhari ka Mutaliaa Part 2 (Urdu)
Ahadis-e Dajjal Ka Tehqiqi Mutalia (Urdu)
Qazi Muhammad Ali
Shama-e-Haqiqut (Urdu)
Dr. Shabbir Ahmed
The Qur'an As It Explains Itself
The Criminals of Islam
Islam: The True History and False Beliefs
Karbala: Fact or Fiction
Hashish From Qadian
Dual Islam
When Is The Messiah Coming?
Mohammad Abdul Malek
A Study of the Quran
The Islamic Tradition of "Moon Sighting" and its implication
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Miscellaneous Books/Articles on Quran, Hadith, History and other subjects
Quran aur Aql (Urdu Translation) by Dr. Fatima Ismail Misri
A Study of Islamic Writings in Pakistan by Mohammad Iqbal Chawla
Muqtul al-Hussain aka Maqtul Abi-Mikhnuf (Urdu Translation) by Prof. Hakim Ali Ahmad Abbasi
Hazrat Zaid by Khaja Mohd Ibadullah Akhtar
Islam aur haqooq Insani by Khaja Mohd Ibadullah Akhtar
Sahabiyat by Niyaz Fathahpuri
Tarikh Doulatayen by Niyaz Fatehpuri
Islam ka Nazaria Tarikh by Mohd Mazharuddin Siddiqi
Hayat Abdu by Mohd Mazharuddin Siddiqi
Jaezah Tarajim Qurani by Mohd Salim Qasmi
Dunya ke Bade Mazahib by Imad-ul Hasan Azad Faruqi
Shahadat-ul Furqan ala Jama-ul Quran by Ataullah
Al-Fauz al-Kabir Fi Usul al-Tafsir by Shah Waliullah (Urdu Translation) [1702-1763]
Arabi Tanqid - Mutalia aur Jaiza by Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Hussain Nadvi
Tahqiq Syed wa Sadaat by Mahmud Ahmed Abbasi
The Manifesto of Islam by Dr. Muhammad Rafi-ud-din
Tarikh al-Arab Qabl al-Islam (Arabic) by Dr. Jawad Ali - v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7, v8, v9, v10
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