The Islamic Art of Persia edited by A.J. Arberry is an illustrated volume that explores the many ways Persian culture, including its art, has influenced the world. It is a collection of essays from various experts on different aspects of Persian civilization.

The Life, Works and Teaching of Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio

This scholarly work focuses on the establishment in 1809, in what is today Northern Nigeria, of the celebrated Sokoto caliphate by Shehu (Sheikh) Usman Dan Fodio, which may well have been the last complete re-establishment, anywhere in the world, of Islam in its entirety, comprising all its many and varied dimensions.

The author of this treatise is al-Hafidh as-Suyuti. He was pure, kind, righteous, pious and observant of his sustenance. The wealthy leaders would come and visit, him and present wealth to him which he would reject. Towards the end of his life he secluded himself away in his homes and occupied himself with knowledge and authoring until he was afflicted with an illness which ended with his death in 911 AH (1505 CE), may Allah have mercy on him, May Allah reward the editor of this work with the best of rewards and increase him in success in order to produce more of the likes of these valuable treatises from the books of the Sunnah which are a light and blessing for the Muslims. We ask Allah, the Most Blessed, to make this work sincerely for His Noble Countenance and our last supplication is that all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.

Spanish Islam: A History of the Muslims in Spain by Dutch scholar Reinhart Dozy is a seminal 1913 historical work detailing the 800-year Islamic presence in Iberia (711–1492). It covers the Umayyad conquest, cultural peak, and decline, utilizing primary Arabic and Christian sources to analyze political, social, and cultural impacts. 

Words from Shaykh Hasan Al-Banna to the Muslims

Muslim Brethren!

Do not lose hope, as hopelessness is infidelity. What was a dream yesterday, is a reality today. What is a dream today, tomorrow it shall be a reality. And there is a vastness in time. Although the roots of mischief and riot are very strong, but the elements of health and security in the Muslim nations are very healthy and tremendous. Then weak does not always remain weak. The power of the powerful does also not always last forever.