A reader’s guide to the books

Short summaries of each English edition, from the author’s own forewords.

The books of Sheihul Mufliheen M.S.M. Abdullah (Rah) are available to read online or download as PDF. Here is a short summary of each English edition, drawn from the author’s own forewords. Each has a Tamil original, linked from its page.

Do You Know the Truth of Iman (Faith)

Written after years of study of the Holy Quran, Hadith and classical Sufi writings, for the benefit of the middle class. It explains Iman (faith) through the Kalima — “There is nothing (creation) but Allah” — removes the “veils” of the mind, explains Shirk and Thowheed, answers common doubts, and corrects distortions the author found in popular teaching.

199 pages · 9 contents entries

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Holy Quran’s Judgement Part I

The first volume of Holy Quran’s Judgement. The author explains that the five principles — the Quran, Hadith, Ijma, Kiyas and common sense — make up the whole of Islam, and sets out his years of research as orations rather than chapters, with ideas deliberately repeated from different angles. It opens with a public announcement and challenge.

235 pages · 6 contents entries

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Holy Quran’s Judgement Part II

The second volume of Holy Quran’s Judgement. It examines the chief philosophies, the causes of Shirk (making partners with Allah) and the principles of Tawheed, discusses Fatwa, the concept of Kalimah and the nature of knowledge, and presents a public written challenge — a reward of one hundred thousand rupees to anyone who can show from the Quran and Hadith that there are Ilahs who are partners to Allah.

281 pages · 41 contents entries

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Holy Quran's Judgement Part III

A guide on prayer and on the question “What is meant by Sunnah?”, helping readers identify the Sunnathwal Jamaath foretold by Rasool (Sal). It explains the true meaning of Ibadah and its fundamental principles, and shows from the Quran and Hadith how the Kalima was misread, the first Bith-hath (novelty) introduced into Islam.

71 pages · 8 contents entries

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Al-Quran on Oneness of the Being

Written for seekers of union with the Creator. It asks whether the Quran can be understood by reasoning, then sets out the methods of understanding the Quran and Hadith, and explains Kalimah, Rooh, Qelb, Tajalli, Shariah and Tawheed (the Oneness of the Being). The author asks ordinary readers to read the book but not to debate its contents.

306 pages · 48 contents entries

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The Court of Reason

English translation of the Tamil book “Paguththarivin Neethimandram”. All people strive for peace, bliss and self-satisfaction; here the Court of Reason hears each school of thought in turn — the atheist, the evolutionist, the scientist, the dualist, the non-dualist and the Moulvi — before delivering its judgement.

147 pages · 12 contents entries

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The Whiplash of Truth to Bid’ah

Volumes 1 and 2 in one book. Published at the request of many Ulamas and other intellectuals, it answers distortions of the meaning of Kalimathuth Tayibah in order to reveal the truth, and includes evidence at its end to expose the distortions of A. Abdul Rauf.

102 pages

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