Mecca the Blessed & Medina the Radiant (Bilingual) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mecca the Blessed & Medina the Radiant (Bilingual) write by Seyyed Hossein Nasr. This book was released on 2015-11-24. Mecca the Blessed & Medina the Radiant (Bilingual) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant is an unprecedented photographic exploration of the most holy cities of Islam and the Hajj, or annual pilgrimage during Ramadan, when more than a million faithful journey to Mecca's Great Mosque to commemorate the first revelation of the Qur'an (Koran). This book allows both Muslims and those unfamiliar with the Islamic faith complete access to the holiest sites of one of the world's major religions, practiced by a quarter of the world's population but often misunderstood in the West. Photographer Ali Kazuyoshi Namachi, a Muslim convert from Japan, garnered the full support of Saudi Arabian authorities--rarely given--to shoot in cities where photography is strictly controlled and non-Muslims are not allowed. An expansive work of photojournalism, Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant includes: 140 full-color, never-before-seen photographs Mystical places and scenes of Islam Breathtaking aerial photographs of the Arabian terrain Vistas of teeming crowds of worshippers surrounding the Kacbah, Mecca's sacred center Intense portraits of faithful Muslims in prayer Magnificent architecture reflecting the faith of the believers Archival illustrations Text by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the most highly regarded scholars of Islam, enhances the stunning Islamic holy city photographs to illuminate many aspects of Islamic belief that have remained enigma to non-Muslims--until now.
The Blessed Cities of Islam, Mecca-Medina
The Blessed Cities of Islam, Mecca-Medina - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Blessed Cities of Islam, Mecca-Medina write by Omer Faruk Aksoy. This book was released on 2007. The Blessed Cities of Islam, Mecca-Medina available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Mecca and Medina are the two sanctuaries of Islam, places which every Muslim dreams of visiting at least once in a lifetime. Mecca is believed to be the very first location of human settlement and it was the birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. The Ka'ba, found in Mecca, was raised by the Prophet Abraham from its foundations to become the direction of prayer for believers. Medina is the city in which Islamic civilization was centralized and flourished religiously, politically, and socially. Faruk Aksoy, a BBC cameraman, took hundreds of photographs of these blessed cities from the most spectacular angles. This album includes over 160 select pictures shot by Aksoy since 1980s. He provides for us a picturesque pilgrimage experience and gives us an opportunity to share in the blessings of a lifetime journey as we browse through the pages accompanied by inspirational text. Features: The Ka'ba and the Golden Gutter; The Prophet's Mosque and the Rawda; Cemeteries of Jannat al-Mualla and Jannat al-Baqi; Mount Nur; Mina, Mount Arafat.
The Holy City of Medina
The Holy City of Medina - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Holy City of Medina write by Thomas Henry Robert Munt. This book was released on 2014-07-31. The Holy City of Medina available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines the emergence of Medina as a holy city, focusing on the historical developments of the first three Islamic centuries.
The Siege of Mecca
The Siege of Mecca - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Siege of Mecca write by Yaroslav Trofimov. This book was released on 2008-08-07. The Siege of Mecca available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 20 November 1979: as morning prayers began, hundreds of hardline Islamist gunmen, armed with rifles smuggled in coffins, stormed the Grand Mosque in Mecca. With thousands of terrified worshippers trapped inside, the result was a bloody siege that lasted two weeks, caused hundreds of deaths, prompted an international diplomatic crisis and unleashed forces that would eventually lead to the rise of al Qaeda. Journalist Yaroslav Trofimov takes us day-by-day through one of the most momentous – and heavily censored – events in recent history, interviewing many direct participants in the siege and drawing on secret documents to reveal the truth about the first operation of modern global jihad.
The Crucible of Islam
The Crucible of Islam - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Crucible of Islam write by G. W. Bowersock. This book was released on 2017-04-10. The Crucible of Islam available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Little is known about Arabia in the sixth century, yet from this distant time and place emerged a faith and an empire that stretched from the Iberian peninsula to India. Today, Muslims account for nearly a quarter of the global population. A renowned classicist, G. W. Bowersock seeks to illuminate this obscure and dynamic period in the history of Islam—exploring why arid Arabia proved to be such fertile ground for Muhammad’s prophetic message, and why that message spread so quickly to the wider world. The Crucible of Islam offers a compelling explanation of how one of the world’s great religions took shape. “A remarkable work of scholarship.” —Wall Street Journal “A little book of explosive originality and penetrating judgment... The joy of reading this account of the background and emergence of early Islam is the knowledge that Bowersock has built it from solid stones... A masterpiece of the historian’s craft.” —Peter Brown, New York Review of Books
