What are you currently reading?

['Abd Al-Maajid]

My orgo textbook

You mean organic chemistry? ^o)

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

^^Yeap, organic chem.


Other than that I still have so many Islamic books to read...just sitting there :/

 

['Abd Al-Maajid]

^^Yeap, organic chem.

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

^^Lol. I love organic chem..cause its not boring and its challenging.

 

['Abd Al-Maajid]

^^Lol. I love organic chem..cause its not boring and its challenging.

Good. Organic chem. class for me was a sleeping hour during higher secondary schooling...

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

Higher secondary school? Is that supposed to be high school? :/

 

['Abd Al-Maajid]

Higher secondary school? Is that supposed to be high school? :/

No, that's different here. High school or secondary schooling here is upto 10th standard and 11th and 12th standard is called higher secondary or intermediate. :hmm:

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

Yea India/Pakistan/UK have high school up until 10th, whereas here in the US, its up to 12th and then college/uni lol.

Anyways, uni hasnt bothered giving me the time to do any other kind of reading...:s. whatever books I have..still sitting there.

 

[syed1]

I love this book. I got this on hardback for only £6. I have to say, I read the first three chapters over and over again, because the explanation/exegesis (tafsir) is just so good. I still need to finish the book but I have to admit, it was one of my better purchases last year.

I too read this book and finished it not too long ago. Very good and insightful...

you paid 6 euroS?? wow...I got scammed. I paid about 2.5 times that

 

[zakirs]

Recently finished a book called "Cypress tree". It was a good book about an iranian who left his country during the revolution.

 

[Ghazalah]

The creed of the four imams. By Br Moosa Richardson.

Don't be said (La Tahzan). Having read the Arabic version I'm now reading the English, cannot get enough of it. Excellent book.

The Five Languages of Love-Gary chapman. Another epic book.

 

[MustafaMc]

There's another book i think it's called the 'Eight Scroll' and I've heard it's pretty good! Someone correct me if the name's wrong.

I have read the 'Eight Scroll' by Laurence Brown and really liked it. If you have ever seen and liked action packed adventure movies like 'Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark', 'The DaVinci Code', and 'National Treasure' you would love this book. It is a novel but with a religious twist.

 

[sis muslimah]

Lol. I love organic chem..cause its not boring and its challenging.

me 2 lol

started reading 'The Sealed Nectar'

 

[Tyrion]

Hey, anyone have any experience with 'Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet' by Karen Armstrong?

 

[Scimitar]

I too read this book and finished it not too long ago. Very good and insightful...

you paid 6 euroS?? wow...I got scammed. I paid about 2.5 times that

yeh bro, £6 which is approx 6 euro... hardback too. With a sleeve lol. Bargain, came wrapped in plastic too.... fresh off the press. The only book I've bought sealed lol.

I forgot to mention i'm also reading Dajjal The King with no Clothes by Ahmad Thomson (1986). I thought Shaikh Imran Hosein was the originator of most of the opinions abour eschatology re: dajjal and end times, but seems that Ahmad Thomsom got there first. A very important and interesting book, and considering that it was first published in 1986 (when I was an 11 yr old brat) I find that it has withstood the test of time and almost all of what I've read so far coincides with what has happened in the world in accordance with the global agendas he has mentioned in the book.

I do wonder if Imran Hosein has read this book.

Scimi

 

[joyous fairy]

Hey, anyone have any experience with 'Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet' by Karen Armstrong?

Assalam alaykum,

I have read this. It is good mashaAllah, but it seems to be aimed at non-Muslims or people who have not read a Seerah before. I read it a long time ago though so I have kind of forgotten and I remember reading the Biography written by Barnaby Rogerson about the same time. That one has a lot of political background in it.

I still have both on my bookshelf so might pick one up and read again soon inshaAllah.

I love reading The Biographies of the Prophet (saw)!

 

[Tyrion]

Assalam alaykum,

I have read this. It is good mashaAllah, but it seems to be aimed at non-Muslims or people who have not read a Seerah before. I read it a long time ago though so I have kind of forgotten and I remember reading the Biography written by Barnaby Rogerson about the same time. That one has a lot of political background in it.

I still have both on my bookshelf so might pick one up and read again soon inshaAllah.

I love reading The Biographies of the Prophet (saw)!

:wa:

Good to know. I picked it up the other day when I passed by it in a bookstore, since I've been meaning to check it out. I've heard she's a bit more objective with her book, which is what I was looking for since many of the biographies that are aimed exclusively at Muslims tend to make things a little too flowery, and sometimes turn into hagiographies (Something I wanted to avoid this time). :

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

me 2 lol

started reading 'The Sealed Nectar'

lol hehe
Great book mashaAllaah...excellent. You will like it hopefully..inshaAllaah.

 

[joyous fairy]

:wa:

Good to know. I picked it up the other day when I passed by it in a bookstore, since I've been meaning to check it out. I've heard she's a bit more objective with her book, which is what I was looking for since many of the biographies that are aimed exclusively at Muslims tend to make things a little too flowery, and sometimes turn into hagiographies (Something I wanted to avoid this time). :

Lol, Thats what happened to me! I was walking through HMV and I noticed some books, and these biographies were on offer so I brought them.

True about Muslims 'flowering' things up. I noticed that in quite a few. When you read the different versions you notice differences in their descriptions of certain events. But MashaAllah, May Allah (SWT) reward the writers.

 

[sis muslimah]

lol hehe
Great book mashaAllaah...excellent. You will like it hopefully..inshaAllaah.

indeed its a brilliant book mashallah