Islamic books in clear English

The Garden of Purity, Volume 1

The life of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ as told by the fifteenth-century Persian historian Mīrkhwānd in his Rawḍat al-Ṣafā, in clear modern British English. This volume follows the story from the Prophet's ancestry and the Year of the Elephant, through the years in Makkah and the Hijrah, to the battles of Badr and Uḥud.

• Based on Edward Rehatsek’s 1893 translation, rendered into plain modern English
• Several hundred editorial footnotes that identify people and places and note where the account differs from the early sources

The Garden of Purity, Volume 2

Volume 2 takes up the story after the Battle of Uḥud: the Battle of the Trench, the Treaty of Ḥudaybiyyah, Khaybar, the conquest of Makkah, Ḥunayn and Tabūk, the Year of Deputations and the Farewell Pilgrimage, to the passing of the Prophet ﷺ. It closes with an account of his household from the Ḥabīb al-Siyar of Khwāndamīr, Mīrkhwānd’s grandson.

• Over three hundred editorial footnotes that give the usual form of names and say plainly where a point could not be confirmed

Odes and Litanies in Praise of the Prophet ﷺ

Three of the best-loved devotional works in Islam in one volume: the Burdah of Imam al-Būṣīrī, Bānat Suʿād of Kaʿb ibn Zuhayr, and the Dalāʾil al-Khayrāt of Imam al-Jazūlī in its eight ḥizbs, with poems of Ḥassān ibn Thābit and Ṭalaʿa al-Badru ʿAlaynā. Every verse is set in clear Arabic script with an English translation beneath it.

My First Seerah Colouring Book

Twenty-five scenes take your child on a journey from Makkah to Madinah through the life of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. Each picture comes with a short, gentle story, a “Did You Know?” fact and a “Virtue in Action” reflection to talk about together.

🖍️ Free sample pages to print (PDF, 4 MB): three scenes with their stories, free for home, school and madrasah use.