(14) Recommended Reading/References

By Sodium

Introduction:
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Anyone who may be able to read and understand the following references listed below will,most likely,end-up an Islamic scholar with distinction.

The main purpose of the list given below is to provide the interested readers with reliable references to check and be certain what he or she may encounter about Islam is authentic,or at least is not erroneous information stems from either by ignorance,at best,or by Islamophobic propaganda against Islam and Muslims,at worst.

Even if one knows no Arabic,the English translation that is given below every Surat is extremely helpful. That is true about the Qur'an used as a reference in this series. As to the Hadith,Sahih al-Bukhari is given in English from beginning to end. Likewise,the books written by Karen Armstrong and Edward Said-So,there should be no problem using these references,in the English language.

As to "Tyseer El-tafseer's four volumes" and "Serat Al-Nabi's two parts",one must be very fluent in the Arabic language in order to use them as references. The intent of listing them,here,is for those interested readers who are fluent in the Arabic language.

The List of Recommended Reading / References:
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* Surat Al-Fatehah-The Holy Qur'an: After googling this Surat,as "SURAT AL-FATEHAH",every other Surat of the Qur'an is given with its corresponding English meaning,(translation),immediately below it,as Sahih International. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR BOTH GROUPS OF READERS,WHETHER THEY ARE FLUENT IN ARABIC OR NOT.

* Sahih al-Bukhari About the Hadiths: Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia provides excellent information about the Hadiths. It is imperative to review the history of the Hadiths in order to appreciate the importance of the AUTHENTICITY of every Hadith.

* Tyseer El-Tafseer(also,Tafsir),meaning: Making Interpretation(Qur'an)Easy/Easier,
Almujalad Al-Awal,meaning: The First Volume.
By
Ibrahim Qattan.

* Tyseer El-Tafseer(also,Tafsir),meaning: Making Interpretation(Qur'an)Easy/Easier,
Al-Mujalad Al-Thani,meaning: The second Volume.
By
Ibrahim Qattan.

* Tyseer El-Tafseer(also,Tafsir),meaning: Making Interpretation(Qur'an)Easy/Easier,
Al-Mujalad Al-Talet,meaning: The Third Volume.
By
Ibrahim Qattan.

* Tyseer El-Tafseer(also,Tafsir),meaning: Making Interpretation(Qur'an)Easy/Easier,
Al-Mujalad Al-Rabi',meaning: The Fourth Volume.
By
Ibrahim Qattan.

* Sirat Al-Nabi,meaning: Conduct of the Prophet,
Al-Juso' Al-Awal,meaning: The First Part or First Volume..
By
Abu(father of)Muhammad Abdel Malik ibn Hashim.

* Sirat Al-Nabi,meaning:The Conduct of the Prophet,
Al-Juso' Al-Thani,meaning: The second Part or The Second Volume.
By
Abu(father of)Muhammad Abdel Malik ibn Hashim.

* Muhammad: A Prophet For Our Time,
By
Karen Armstrong.

* Covering Islam,
By
Edward Said.

Final words from the Author of this Series:
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The author of this series apologizes for the length of time it took him to complete the series. some of the delay was beyond his control,due to some serious issuues with his health,plus the Arab Awakening,(misnomer,Arab Spring) of which some were peaceful and some bloody that have been occuring in the Arab world for the last consecutive 12 months and counting which compelled him to spend considerable amount of time watching Al-Jazeera out of sheer curiosity and profound interest whether the Arab youths were going to succeed in their revolutions or not.

However,he has promised some of his readers to complete the series,regardless how long it was going to take. One thing he is grateful for is the fact that he finally completed the series,as he has promised,with thanks to the patience of the interested readers.

The author of this series does hope that those readers who have followed the 14 topics-series from beginning to end feel comfortable with it,but above all they have learned something they have not known about Islam before following this series. May the future show that it is indeed the case.

THE SERIES HAS ENDED.

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