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Divine Revelation as Source of Knowledge
Mohd Shah Jani & Raudlotul Firdaus Fatah Yassin
ISBN : 978-967-491-018-1
Pages : Forthcoming
Price : RM 84.00 / € 40.00
Year : 2019

This book is a composition of many unpublished articles that we
have written as lecture notes of an Elective Course, RKQS1030:
Revelation as Source of Knowledge, offered by Department of Qur’ān
and Sunnah Studies, Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and
Human Sciences. Throughout the years, many have been done to
revise the articles including some of the relevant views raised by
the Distinguished Prof. Dr. Tan Sri Mohd. Kamal Hassan, who was
the Advisor of CENTRIS, and former rector of IIUM, particularly on
fundamental issues related to the application of Divine Revelations, namely the Qur’ān and
Sunnah, as a source of knowledge in our efforts towards Islamisation of human knowledge and
sciences. The book is a humble effort not only to incorporate pertinent new findings pertaining
to the subject matters covered in the course, but also to make it a humble contribution in the
realisation of the University’s vision of knowledge.

From Mosques to Khanqahs: The Origins and Rise of Sufism
and Sufi Institutions
Spahic Omer
ISBN 978-967-418-414-8
Pages : 226
Price : RM 45.00 / € 20.00
Year : 2016
This book critically examines the theme of the evolution of Sufism
and Sufi institutions from the realm of the mosque institution, which
since its inception functioned as a community development centre,
to independent and self-governing bodies and establishments which
catered to the needs of the ever-proliferating Sufi community. The
religious, social and educational functions of such institutions are
scrutinised; as their impact on the overall development of Islamic
society and culture. The relationships between Sufi institutions
and other Islamic socio-political, educational and religious institutions, such as mosques
and madrasahs (schools or colleges), are also explored. As they are essential for properly
conceptualising and contextualising Sufi establishments and their societal and cultural
significance, the meaning and birth of the Sufism phenomenon and its division into authentic
and pseudo, or theosophical, Sufism, are scrutinised in the first segment of the book.
The study of the origins and rise of Sufism and Sufi institutions is very important as it helps us
understand more than a few aspects of the identity of Islamic urbanism, art and architecture
as well; such is the significance and scope of the theme at hand. Just as the Sufi movement
played a prominent role in shaping the identity of Islamic culture and civilisation, it likewise
played a role in shaping the identity of Islamic built environment, too, in that the latter signifies
the physical locus of the former.