Three Treatises: Mutual Reminders, Good Manners and the AphorismsThis volume contains three concise treatises of the venerable Imm al addd. The first treatise, Mutual Reminding, distils the ethic and content of offering good counsel to one another. The chief elements of counsel, says the Imm, are Taqw, an active fear and consciousness of God, and detachment from the material world. These elements connect with the topic of the second treatise, Good Manners, which discusses the manners recommended of the spiritual

John Philby

David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading

mezze style dining

though he also diverges from Ash'arism with his more rationalist approach to the Quran

such as the spiritual retreat

Change of Names

is the form of government best suited to promoting a set of social and political values central to Islam

Imam al-Ghazali's stories and metaphors offer an effective way for parents to communicate with their children

as well as the etiquette of visiting the Messenger of All

She provides both a broad philosophical and historical analysis of education in any republic and specific

self-discipline

and North African cooking