The Digital Library is an open access platform that provides cross-search and specialised research tools across a wealth of scholarship and hidden treasures of the Islamic written heritage. It offers a continuously growing repository of bibliographic information about manuscripts and manuscript collections worldwide, inviting its users to delve into a wide range of sources, including: published and unpublished catalogues of Islamic manuscript from over 106 countries, an unprecedented comprehensive bibliography within the field of the objectives of Islamic law (Maqāsid al-Sharīah), and access to a reference library with specialised collections in a wide range of languages.
Ibrahim Chabbouh
In the vast terrain of the Muslim world there lived people of many races and many creeds; people who - it is said – inherited the cultures and civilizations of the ancients. Across centuries of histor...
Roshdi Rashed
Islamic manuscripts have received intensive and renewed interest over the last five decades. During that period, institutes specifically concerned with manuscripts have been established, and collections ...
Ḥamad Al-Jāsir
God has favoured the Muslims by His promise to eternally preserve the Book of Islam. ‘We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and we will assuredly guard it (from corruption)’ (15:9)......
Ahmed Raissouni
Acceptance of ta‘līl is the starting point for acceptance of the science of maqāšid al-sharī‘ah, i.e. it is the fundamental basis for the legitimacy......
