For four years there appeared a periodical bulletin, Que sais-je de l'Islam, in which Malek Bennabi wrote fourteen articles. The guideline, in these articles, of this essential French-speaking Muslim thinker of the 20th century is clear: ...

The vices of the soul which are born of the passions, in particular, draw their source from the attraction that life here below exerts on the soul. These passions might very well have been inconsequential if they had not been stirred up by the Evil Demon, the very one who swore to mislead Adam's offspring. Lyess Chacal, relying, to do this, on the thought of Abu...

The vices of the soul are legion and yet, their knowledge is essential for who wants to gain eternal happiness and not expose himself to a painful punishment. This is in essence what Abu Hamid al Gazali considers who wrote, among other things, his no less famous lhya' 'ulum al din (Revivification of the sciences of religion) and in which al Gazali devoted an...

After pride (kibr), ostentation (riya') was another of the vices of the soul condemned by Islam. It occupies a unique place there in the sense that devotion imbued with hypocrisy excludes from the circle of believers anyone who devotes himself to it. This is at least the judgment of Abú Hamid al Gazali (1058-1111) famous thinker and theologian who wrote, among...

If, pride is the most known vice and the most condemned by the different monotheistic religious Traditions, it is also the most widespread vice. The Islamic Tradition is rich in writings of all kinds on this subject and the author has chosen here to focus more particularly on the thought of Abu Hamid al Gazali who wrote, among other things, his no less famous...

The Quranic Assemblies - Group study of the messages of the conceptual guidance of the Noble Quran, from reception to transmission. Practical example of Sura The Criterion In this book, professor Farîd al Ansâri, highlights, with force...

Unlike one of his "disciples", who titled an article "A book not to be read", Bennabi , who disapproved of this text, did not advise against reading the work of orientalists. He proposed to study the publications of non-Muslims on Islam according to the...

To illustrate his thesis on "the social value of the Koranic notion", Malek Bennabi preferred to write a novel on "the pilgrimage of the poor" where he makes known the experience of the colonized Algerian Muslim. While in French literature, the consumption of alcohol was often supposed to be a sign of "emancipation", Bennabi underlines the possibilities of...

AT-TAJWID AL-MOUSSAWAR+ QR-code embed . Under the direct supervision of Dr. Ayman Roshdi Sweïd, the first French translation of AT-TAJWID AL-MOUSSAWAR - التجويد المصور - came to light Grace a Dieu. Sheikh Farid OUYALIZE, a pupil of Dr. Ayman Sweïd, was responsible...

To live up to the hopes it raised, the Afro-Asian movement launched at the Bandoeng conference in April 1955 had to carry out a major project. Because “only great goals can arouse great energies”. Linking "event and history", Bennabi ...

Arabic title: الجنة والنار , Translated by: Nasiruddin al-Khattab Nothing is more important to the believer than attaining admittance to Paradise and avoiding Hell. This will be the fruit of a person's deeds in this life. The descriptions here of Paradise and Hell and their inhabitants will make every reader more conscious of the ultimate goal in life.

by Dr. 'Umar S. al-Ashqar, Arabic title: القيامة الصغرى , Translated by: Nasiruddin al-Khattab What happens after death? When will the end of the world be? Are we really living in the 'last days'? These are questions which concern everyone, no matter what his or her background...Islam brings us clear answers about what happens after death. This book...