Algar, Hamid

Overview

Works:	147 works in 631 publications in 4 languages and 9,596 library holdings
Genres:	History Poetry Constitutions Constitution Commentaries Criticism, interpretation, etc Lectures Biographies
Roles:	Author, Translator, htt, Contributor, Editor, Annotator, Other, Composer, wat, tra
Classifications:	DS318, 297.1978

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Hamid Algar

Islam and revolution : writings and declarations of Imam Khomeini by Rūḥ Allāh Khumaynī( Book )

25 editions published between 1980 and 2002 in 3 languages and held by 919 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Writings and speeches made by Ayatullah Khomeini

Religion and state in Iran, 1785-1906 : the role of the ulama in the Qajar period by Hamid Algar( Book )

33 editions published between 1969 and 2021 in English and held by 917 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The perfect guide to the sciences of the Qurān by Suyūṭī( )

14 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 752 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Imam Jalal-Al-Din Al-Suyuti (849-911 AH / 1445-1505 AD) was born, lived and was buried in Cairo. The ascription 'Al-Suyuti' is a reference to Asyut, a town in Upper Egypt from which his family hailed. Known as the 'son of books' from the numerous books he studied and referred to in his works, he could equally be called the 'father of books' because of the many books he produced. From his early years, Al-Suyuti devoted his life to learning, reading, writing and teaching, holding notable positions in those fields in the city of Cairo at a time when it was the center of Islamic learning par excellence. He was an outstanding scholar, second to none in the field of Quranic Sciences ('Ulum Al-Qur'an), in which he produced many well-known works. However, being the all-round scholar that he was, his contributions covered almost all the fields of Arabic, the Qur'an, the Traditions (hadith) and History. His works were of such superb quality that they earned him the respect of his generation and the generations that followed to the present day. Most important of these in the field of Quranic Sciences was his "Al-Itqan". The work found its way to many circles both near and far in the Islamic world. It was first published in the years 1271, 1278, 1279, 1306, 1317 and 1318 AH, in two volumes, but the translation presented here is of a publication of four volumes published in 1387 AH (1967 AD). The translation at hand is of the first volume. "Al-Itqan" is perhaps the most outstanding work of its kind in the field of Qur'anic Sciences. Exhaustive in its sources and its subjects, thoughtfully and lucidly written, the work is also well arranged. Readers will be taken by the depth, breadth, scope and mastery of the author while noting how much Muslim scholars have devoted to the study of the Qur'an and how varied and diverse were the fields in which those studies were made. A must to the specialist of Quranic Studies, the work is highly recommended to the initiate

An anthology of modern Arabic poetry by Mounah Abdallah Khouri( Book )

20 editions published between 1974 and 2020 in English and held by 694 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fundamentals of Islamic thought : God, man, and the universe by Murtaḍà Muṭahharī( Book )

7 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 606 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the sociology of Islam : lectures by 'Ali Shari'ati( Book )

7 editions published between 1979 and 2000 in English and held by 550 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In preparing the way for the unparalleled surge of Islamic revival in Iran, many factors have been at work. One of the most important is the legacy of Dr. Ali Shari'ati (1933-1977). A teacher, scholar and writer, Shari'ati and a dynamic influence on the young people of Iran with his classes, discussions, free lectures and articles during the 1960's and 1970's. Shari'ati was a sociologist, educated in Mashhad and Paris, as well as a student of history and philosophy. He subjected contemporary society to careful examination, using the terms, experiences and concepts found in Islamic philosophy and culture for his analysis. He formulated and presented to his students and readers a coherent Islamic world-view and an ideology of social, political and economic change. His views have contributed much to the Iranian Islamic revolution. Shari'ati works are constantly reprinted and eagerly studies through-out Iran. This anthology is the first systematic presentation in English of some of his major ideas. -- Back cover

The Seal of the Prophets and his message : lessons on Islamic doctrine by Mujtabá Mūsavī Lārī( Book )

41 editions published between 1977 and 2008 in English and held by 438 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book explains the Islamic view of Prophet hood and the particular role played by the Prophet of Islamic as the Seal of the Prophet. It also includes a summary account of the life of the Prophet of Islam

Mīrzā Malkum Khān; a study in the history of Iranian modernism by Hamid Algar( Book )

8 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 396 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wahhabism : a critical essay by Hamid Algar( Book )

10 editions published between 2001 and 2015 in English and held by 340 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Iran( Book )

8 editions published between 1980 and 2015 in English and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

God and his attributes by Mujtabá Mūsavī Lārī( Book )

15 editions published between 1989 and 2010 in English and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Occidentosis : a plague from the West by Jalāl Āl Aḥmad( Book )

10 editions published between 1983 and 1984 in English and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

God and his attributes : lessons on Islamic doctrine by Mujtabá Mūsavī Lārī( Book )

5 editions published between 1989 and 2000 in English and held by 264 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The path of God's bondsmen from origin to return = (Merṣād al-ʻebād men al-mabdāʼ elāʼl-maʻād) : a Sufi compendium by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad Najm al-Dīn Rāzī( Book )

14 editions published between 1980 and 2003 in English and Arabic and held by 263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Society and economics in Islam : writings and declarations of Ayatullah Sayyid Mahmud Taleghani by Maḥmūd Ṭāliqānī( Book )

8 editions published between 1978 and 1982 in English and held by 252 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

At the time of his death in 1979, Ayatullah Taleghani was chairman of Iran's Revolutionary Council, a member of the Assembly of Experts elected to draft a constitution for a new Islamic Republic, and also leader of Friday prayers in Tehran. He had just delivered seven lectures on the Qur'an for television. He had recently travelled to northern Iran to mediate in conflicts with the Kurds. A fe months before that, in what were the final weeks of the old regime, he had arranged mourning ceremonies for masses of dead civilians and headed demonstrations calling for a new governmnet under the leadership of Khomeini. All this Taleghani accomplished in the space of mere ten months - - his release from prison for the last time had only come in November 1978. A foremost religious scholar with a reputation for independent thought, Taleghani spent most of his life in Tehran, where his outspoken opposition to the Pahlavi rulers resulted in his spending many years behind bars. There, with an inordinate amount of time for reflection and talk, he worked ceaselessly, writing his most notbale works and lecturing he fellow inmates. The prisons were packed with political dissenters, and many who have figured prominently in revolutionary Iran received theri schooling in Islam fro Taleghani

Islam and revolution by Ruhollah Khomeini( Book )

19 editions published between 1981 and 2015 in English and held by 212 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This unprecedented collection in English of notable works by Imam Khomeini, ranging in date from 1941 to 1980, makes it possible for non-Iranians to become directly acquainted with his ideas and to examine the convictions that underlay his indomitable mien. He was undeniably one of the most important figures of the age, not only for his roles as principle strategist of a successful revolutionary movement and supervisor of the Islamic order it ushered in, but also for his unhesitating promotion of what he saw as a global Islamic mission -- the union of all Muslim peoples

Imamate and leadership : lessons on Islamic doctrine (book four) by Mujtabá Mūsavī Lārī( Book )

17 editions published between 1996 and 2006 in English and held by 182 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Seal of the Prophets and his message by Mujtabá Mūsavī Lārī( Book )

18 editions published between 1986 and 2012 in English and Italian and held by 180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Roots of the Islamic Revolution in Iran : four lectures by Hamid Algar( Book )

9 editions published between 2001 and 2015 in English and held by 173 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jami by Hamid Algar( )

7 editions published in 2013 in English and held by 172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the life and works of Jami, 1414-1492, Persian poet