The Great Shelf

رف الكتب الكبرى

A trail through ten books that changed the community.

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6steps · 30min · newcomer · student

  1. The two Sahihs

    البخاري ومسلم: أصح ما صنف بعد القرآن.

    Sahih al-Bukhari · Sahih Muslim

  2. The Muwatta

    مالك يجمع عمل المدينة أول المدونات.

    Muwatta of Imam Malik · Malik ibn Anas

  3. The Ihya

    الغزالي يحيي علوم الدين: كتاب القراءة كلها.

    Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din · Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

  4. The Muqaddima

    ابن خلدون يؤسس علم العمران.

    The Muqaddima · Ibn Khaldun

  5. Kashshaf and Shifa

    الزمخشري في التفسير وعياض في حقوق المصطفى.

    al-Kashshaf 'an Haqa'iq al-Tanzil · al-Shifa bi-Ta'rif Huquq al-Mustafa

  6. The Nights

    حكايات الشعوب تدخل التراث العالمي.

    A Thousand and One Nights (Hazar Afsana) · al-Itqan fi Ulum al-Qur'an

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Overview

A path through ten books that changed the community: the two Sahihs, al-Muwatta', al-Ihya', al-Muqaddima, al-Kashshaf, al-Shifa' and A Thousand and One Nights.

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islam.museum contributors. “The Great Shelf”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-books-shelf/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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