Some
Books of Imam al-Suyuti (R.A.)
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1. Abwab
al Sa`ada Fi Asbab al-Shahada <1987> The Gates of Felicity in the Causes of the Witnessing to Oneness 2. Al-Ashbah wa al-Naza'ir fi Furu` al-Shafi`iyya Similarities in the Branches of the Law Within the Shafi`i School 3. Al-Ashbah wa al-Naza'ir fi al-`Arabiyya Similarities in Arabic 4. Al-Ahadith al-Hisan fi Fadl al-Taylasan <1983> The Beautiful Narrations Concerning the Merit of the Male Headcovering 5. Al-Fawz al-`Azim fi Liqa' al-Karim <1994> The Tremendous Victory in Meeting the All-Generous 6. Alfiyya al-Suyuti al-Nahwiyya <1900> The Thousand-Line Poem on Philology 7. Alfiyya al-Suyuti fi Mustalah al-Hadith <1988> The Thousand-Line Poem on Hadith Nomenclature 8. `Amal al-Yawm wa al-Layla <1987> Supererogatory Devotions for Each Day and Night 9. Al-Itqan fi `Ulum al-Qur'an <1996> Precision and Mastery in the Sciences of the Qur'an 10. Anis al-Jalis <1874> The Familiar Companion 11. Al-`Araj fi al-Faraj <1988> A Commentary on Ibn Abi al-Dunya's `The Deliverance', a work on hope and joy 12. Al-Arba`un Hadith fi Qawa`id al-Ahkam al-Shar`iyya <1986> Forty Narrations on Basic Legal Rulings 13. Asbab al-Nuzul <1983> Causes of Qur'anic Revelation (verse by verse) 14. Asbab Wurud al-Hadith <1988> Causes and Circumstances of Hadith 15. Isbal al-Kisa' ala al-Nisa <1984> Women and the Donning of Cover 16. Asrar Tartib al-Qur'an <1976> The Secret in the Ordering of the Qur'an 17. Al-Aya al-Kubra fi Sharh Qissa al-Isra' <1985> The Great Sign: Commentary on the Story of the Prophet's Night Journey 18. `Ayn al-Isaba fi Istidrak `A'isha `ala al-Sahaba <1988> Exactitude Itself in `A'isha's Rectification of the Companions 19. Azhar al-Mutanathira fi al-Ahadith al-Mutawatira <1951> The Most Prominent of the Reports Concerning the Narrations of Mass Transmission 20. Al-Bahir fi Hukm al-Nabi Salla Allah Alayhi wa Sallam <1987> The Dazzling Light of the Prophet's Rulings 21. Al-bahja al-mardiyya fi sharh al-alfiyya <1980> The pleasing beauty: commentary on Muhammad ibn `Abd Allah Ibn Malik's ("d. 1274 CE"). Alfiyya or thousand- line poem on grammar 22. Bulbul al-rawda <1981> Chronicle on al-Rawda, Egypt 23. Bushra al-Ka'ib bi liqa' al-Habib <1960> The consolation of the sad with the meeting of the Beloved 24. Al-Dibaj ala Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj <1991> Two-volume commentary on Sahih Muslim 25. Al-Durar al-Muntathira fi al-ahadith al-mushtahara <1988> The scattered pearls of famous narrations; also published as al-Nawafih al-`atira fi al-ahadith al-mushtahara <1992> The fragrant scents of famous narrations 26. Al-durr al-manthur fi al-tafsir bi al-ma'thur The scattered pearls: A commentary of Qur'an based on transmitted reports 27. Duruj al-munifa fi al-aba' al-sharifa <1916> The outstanding entries concerning the Prophet's ancestors 28. Fadd al-wi`a' fi ahadith raf` al-yadayn fi al-du`a <1985> The emptying of the vessel concerning raising the hands when making supplication 29. Al-ghurar fi fada'il `Umar <1991> The blazing highlights of `Umar's merits 30. Al-haba'ik fi akhbar al-malaik <1985> The celestial orbits or the reports concerning the angels 31. Haqiqa al-sunna wa al-bid`a aw al-amr bi al-ittiba` wa al-nahi `an al-munkar <1985> The reality of Sunna and innovation or the ordering of obedient following and the prohibition of evil 32. Al-Hawi lil-fatawi fi al-fiqh wa-`ulum al-tafsir wa-al-hadith wa-al-usul wa-al-nahw wa-al-i`rab wa-sa'ir al- funun <1933> The collected legal decisions in jurisprudence, Qur'anic commentary, hadith, principles, language, and other sciences 33. Al-hujaj al-mubayyana fi al-tafdil bayna makka wa al-madina <1985> The proofs made manifest concerning the superexcellence of Mecca and Madina 34. Husn al-maqsid fi amal al-mawlid <1985> Excellence of purpose in celebrating the birth of the Prophet 35. Husn al-samt fi al-samt <1985> The merits of silence 36. Ihya' al-mayyit bi fadail ahl al-bayt <1988> Giving life to the dead, or: the merits of the Family of the Prophet 37. Ikhtilaf al-madhahib <1989> The divergences among the schools of law") 38. Al-iklil fi istinbat al-tanzil <1981> The diadem: the extraction of rulings from the revealed Book 39. Inbah al-adhkiya' fi haya al-anbiya <1916> Notice to the wise concerning the life of the Prophets [i.e. In the grave] 40. Al-iqtirah fi `ilm usul al-nahw <1978> The authoritative discourse concerning the science of philology 41. Al-izdihar fi ma `aqadahu al-shu`ara' min al-ahadith wa al-athar <1991> The flourishes of poets related to the Prophetic narrations and sayings of the Companions 42. Jam` al-jawami` al-ma`ruf bi al-jami` al-kabir <1970> The collection of collections, known as the Major Collection 43. Jami` al-ahadith al-jami` al-saghir wa zawa'idi <1994> The Minor Collection and its addenda 44. Jany al-jinas <1986> The genera of rhetoric 45. Jazil al-mawahib fi ikhtilaf al-madhahib <1992> The abundant gifts concerning the differences among the schools of law 46. Al-kanz al-madfun wa al-falak al-mashhun <1992> The buried treasure in the laden ship: An encyclopedia of Islamic history 47. Kashf al-salsala `an wasf al-zalzala <1987> The transmitted expositions concerning the description of the Earthquake of Doomsday 48. Al-Radd `ala man akhlada ila al-ardi wa jahila anna al-ijtihada fi kulli `asrin fard <1984> Refutation of those who cling to the earth and ignore that scholarly striving is a religious obligation in every age 49. Kitab al-shamarikh fi `ilm al-tarikh <1894> The book of date-heavy stalks: a primer on historiography 50. Kitab al-shihab al-thaqib fi dhamm al-khalil <1992> The piercing arrows, a commentary on `Ali ibn Zafir's (d. 1226? CE) The Healing of the Parched concerning the castigation of one's dear friend, a book on the ethics of friendship 51. Kitab al-tabarri min ma`arra al-ma`arri wa Tuhfa al-zurafa' bi-asma' al-khulafa' <1989> Poetry on the names of the Caliphs 52. Kitab al-tadhkir bi al-marji` wa al-masir <1991> Book of the reminder of the Return to Allah 53. Kitab asma' al-mudallisin <1992> The book of narrators who omit certain details while narrating 54. Kitab bughya al-wu`a fi tabaqat al-lughawiyyin <1908> The must of the sagacious concerning the biographical layers of lexicologists and philologists 55. Kitab ham` al-hawami` sharh jam` al-jawami` fi `ilm al-nahw <1973> The rushing floodgates, or commentary on the Collection of collections on the science of philology 56. Kitab husn al-muhadara fi akhbar misr wa al-qahira <1904> The excellent lectures concerning the chronicle of Egypt and Cairo 57. Kitab itmam al-diraya li qurra' al-nuqaya <1891> The perfection of knowledge for the elite among readers 58. Kitab lubb al-lubab fi tahrir al-ansab <1840> The kernel of kernels concerning the editorship of genealogies 59. Tazyin al-mamalik bi manaqib sayyidina Malik <1907> The adornment of slaves with the virtues of Imam Malik 60. Kitab tuhfa al-mujalis wa nuzha al-majalis <1908> The jewel of every fellow student and the pleasant gatherings 61. Laqat al-marjan fi ahkam al-jann <1989> The gleanings of coral: rulings concerning the jinn 62. Lubab al-nuqul fi asbab al-nuzul <1981> The best of narrations concerning the circumstances of revelation") 63. Al-luma` fi khasa'is yawm al-juma` <1986> The merits of The day of jum`a 64. Ma rawahu al-asatin fi `adam al-maji' ila al-salatin <1992> The reports concerning not appearing at the courts of rulers, together with Dhamm al-maks - The blame of taxes and tolls 65. Manahil al-safa fi takhrij ahadith al-shifa <1988> The Springs of Purity: Documentation of the hadiths mentioned in Qadi `Iyad's `The Healing' 66. Manaqib al-khulafa' al-rashidin <1890> Virtues of the well-guided Caliphs") 67. Manhaj al-sawi wa al-manhal al-rawi fi al-tibb al-nabawi <1986> The straight path and quenching spring: the Prophet's medicine 68. Al-maqamat al-sundusiyya fi al-nisba al-mustafawiyya <1916> The resplendent stations concerning Prophetic ancestry") 69. Al-masabih fi sala al-tarawih <1955> The lanterns of the "prayer of rests" [Tarawih] 70. Masalik al-hunafa' fi waliday al-mustafa <1993> Method of those of pure religion concerning the parents of the Prophet 71.Al-matali` al-sa`ida sharh al-suyuti `ala al-alfiyya al-musamma bi al-Farida fi al-nahw wa al-tasrif wa al-khatt <1981> Suyuti's commentary on his own thousand-line poem entitled "The unique pearl" on philology, conjugation, and calligraphy 72. Matla` al-badrayn fiman yu'ta ajrahu marratayn <1991> The rising of the two full moons: those who are rewarded twice [i.e. Sincere Christians who accept Islam] 73. Miftah al-janna fi al-i`tisam bi al-sunna <1993> The key to paradise which consists in clinging to the Sunna of the Prophet 74. Mufhimat al-aqran fi mubhamat al-qur'an <1991> The elucidations of the peers for the obscurities of the Qur'an 75. Al-muhadhdhab fi ma waqa`a fi al-Qur'an min al-mu`arrab <1988> The emendation concerning the foreign words and phrases in the Qur'an 76. Mu`jiza ma`a karama fi kitab al-Sharaf al-muhattam : fima manna Allah ta`ala bihi `ala waliyyihi Ahmad al -Rifa`i <1965> The miracle and gift concerning the book of "The paramount honor" [by al-Rifa`i] and what Allah has bestowed in it upon His Friend Ahmad [ibn `Alu] al-Rifa`i [d. 1182 CE] 77. Mukhtasar sharh al-jami` al-saghir li al-munawi <1954> The abridged commentary of the minor collection by al-Munawi 78. Muntaha al-`amal fi sharh hadith innama al-a`mal <1986> The goal of all practice, or the commentary on the hadith: "Actions are according to intentions" 79. Musnad fatima al-zahra' radiya allah anha wa ma warada fi fadliha<1994> The narrations traced back to Fatima the Radiant and the reports concerning her virtues") 80. Mustazraf min akhbar al-jawari <1989> The graceful reports concerning women slaves") 81. Mutawakkili fima warada fi al-Qur'an bi al-lugha al-Habashiyya wa al-Farisiyya wa al-Rumiyya wa al -Hindiyya wa al-Siryaniyya wa al-`Ibraniyya wa al-Nabatiyya wa al-Qibtiyya wa al-Turkiyya wa al-Zanjiyya wa al-Barbariyya My reliance concerning what has been mentioned in the Qur'an in Ethiopian, Farsi, Greek, Hindi, Syriac, Hebrew, Nabatean, Coptic, Turkic, African, and Berber 82. Nashr al-`alamayn al-munifayn fi ihya' al-abawayn al-sharifayn <1916> The proclamation to the two outstanding worlds [mankind and jinn] concerning the resuscitation of the Prophet's parents 83. Natija al-fikr fi al-jahr bi al-dhikr <1950> The conclusion of reflection upon loud remembrance of Allah 84. Nazm al-iqyan fi a`yan al-a`yan <1927> Who's who in the ninth Hijri century 85. al-Nukat al-badi`at `ala al-mawdu`at <1991> Suyuti's critique of Ibn al-Jawzi's collection of forged narrations 86. Nuzha al-julasa' fi ashhar al-nisa' <1986> The recreation of student gatherings concerning famous women poets 87. Nuzha al-muta'ammil wa-murshid al-muta'ahhil: fi al-khatib wa-al-mutazawwij <1989> The recreation of the fiancÈ and the guide of the married 88. Nuzha al-`umr fi al-tafdil bayna al-bid wa al-sumr <1931> The recreation of life about establishing preference between the white and the black in complexion 89. Nuzul `Isa ibn Maryam Akhir al-Zaman <1985> The descent of `Isa ibn Maryam at the end of time") 90. Al-qawl al-jali fi fada'il `ali <1990> The manifest discourse on the virtues of `Ali ibn Abi Talib - Allah be well-pleased with him 91. Al-rahma fi al-tibb wa al-hikma <1970> Arabic medicine and wisdom") 92. Al-rasa'il al-`ashr <1989> The ten epistles 92. Rasf al-la'al fi wasf al-hilal <1890> The stringing of the pearls in describing the new moon 93. Al-rawd al-aniq fi fadl al-Siddiq <1990> The beautiful garden of the merit of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq - Allah be well-pleased with him 94. Risala al-sayf al-qati` al-lami` li ahl al-i`tirad al-shawa'i` <1935> Epistle of the sharp and glistening sword to the Shi`i people of opposition 95. Al-riyad al-aniqa fi sharh asma' khayr al-khaliqa sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam The beautiful gardens: explanation of the names of the Best of Creation [the Prophet Muhammad] 96. Sawn al-mantiq wa al-kalam `an fann al-mantiq wa al-kalam <1947> Manual of logic and dialectic theology 97. Shaqa'iq al-utrunj fi raqa'iq al-ghunj <1988> The citron halves: or, the delicacy of women 98. Sharh al-sudur bi sharh hal al-mawta wa al-qubur <1989> The expanding of breasts or commentary on the state of the dead in the grave 99. Sharh al-urjuza al-musamma bi `uqud al-juman fi `alam al-ma`ani wa al-bayan <1955> The commentary in rajaz ["surging"] meter entitled: The pearl necklaces related to the world of meanings and precious discourse 100. Sharh shawahid al-mughni <1904> Commentary on the proof-texts of `Abd Allah ibn Hisham's (d. 1360CE) Mughni al-labib or The sufficient knowledge of the sensible one 101. Shurut al-mufassir wa adabuh <1994> The criteria to be met by commentators of Qur'an and their ethics 102. Siham al-isaba fi al-da`awat al-mustajaba <1987> The arrows that hit their target: About the prayers that are fulfilled 103. Subul al-jaliyya fi al-aba' al-`aliyya <1916> The manifest paths concerning the lofty ancestors [of the Prophet] 104. Ta`aqqubat al-Suyuti `ala mawdu`at Ibn al-Jawzi <1886> Suyuti's critique of Ibn al-Jawzi's collection of forged narrations 105. Tabaqat al-mufassirin <1976> The biographical layers of Qur'an commentators 106. Tabyid al-sahifa bi manaqib al-imam abi hanifa <1992> The whitening of the page: or, the virtues of Imam Abu Hanifa 107. Al-tadhyil wa al-tadhnib `ala al-Nihaya fi gharib al-hadith wa-al-athar <1982> Marginal annotations on Ibn al-Athir's `The goal' 108. Tadrib al-rawi fi sharh taqrib al-nawawi <1994> The training of the hadith transmitter: an exegesis of Nawawi's `The facilitation' 109. Tahdhib al-khasa'is al-nabawiyya al-kubra <1989> The emendation of al-Suyuti's book entitled `the awesome characteristics of the Prophet 110. Tahdhir al-khawass min akadhib al-qussas <1932> Warning the elite against the lies of story-tellers 111. Takhrij ahadith sharh al-mawaqif fi `ilm al-kalam <1986> The documentation of the hadiths mentioned in "The commentary of the stopping-places in dialectical theology," a work by al-Qadi `Adud al-Din `Abd al-Rahman ibn Ahmad Ayji al-Shirazi ("d. 756") 112. Tamhid al-farsh fi al-khisal al-mujiba li-zilal al-`arsh <1990> The characteristics that guarantee the shading of the Throne 113. Tanbih al-ghabi fi takhti'a ibn `Arabi <1990> Warning to the ignorant who imputes error to Muhyi al-Din Ibn `Arabi [a reply to al-Biqa`i's `Warning of the ignorant that Ibn `Arabi is a disbeliever] 114. Tanwir al-hawalik sharh `ala muwatta' malik <1969> The enlightenment of intense blackness. Commentary on Malik's 'Trodden path', together with: Is`af al-mubatta' fi rijal al-muwatta' The succor of the stalled concerning the narrators of Malik's 'Trodden Path' 115. Tanwir al-miqbas min tafsir ibn `abbas <1951> The enlightenment of torchlights from the Qur'anic commentary of Ibn `Abbas 116. Tanzih al-anbiya' `an tashbih al-aghbiya' <1916> Declaring the Prophets far above the comparisons ignorant people make of themselves with them 117. Taqrir al-istinad fi tafsir al-ijtihad <1983> Establishing authoritative ascription in the course of scholarly striving 118. Al-ta`rif bi adab al-ta'lif <1989> The etiquette of authorship 119. Tarikh al-khulafa <1993> History of the Caliphs 120. Tartib suwar al-qur'an <1986> The disposition of the suras of the Qur'an 121. Tasliya al-aba' bi-fuqdan al-abna' al-musamma al-Ta`allul wa al-itfa' li-nar la yutfa' <1987> The consolation of parents who have lost their children, also known as: The extinction of the fire that cannot be extinguished 122. Tawq al-hamama <1988> The flight of the dove 123. Ta'yid al-haqiqa al-`aliyya wa tashyid al-tariqa al-shadhiliyya <1934> The upholding of the lofty truth and the buttressing of the Shadhili sufi path 124. Al-ta`zim wa al-minna fi anna abaway rasul alla fi al-janna <1916> That the Prophet's parents are in Paradise 125. Tuhfa al-abrar bi nukat al-adhkar li al-nawawi <1990> Commentary on Nawawi's 'Supplications' 126. Tuhfa al-`Ajlan fi Fada'il `Uthman <1991> The merits of `Uthman ibn `Affan 127. Tuhfa al-Nujaba' <1990> The gem of patricians [a work on language] 128. `Uqud al-Zabarjad `ala Musnad al-Imam Ahmad <1987> The chrysolite necklaces on Imam Ahmad's collection of narrations traced to the Prophet 129. `Uqud al-Zabarjad fi I`rab al-Hadith al-Nabawi <1994> The chrysolite necklaces on the grammatical analysis of the Prophet's narrations 130. Al-Wasa'il fi Musamara al-Awa'il <1986> The means for conversation with the ancients; also published as: al-Wasa'il ila Ma`rifa al-Awa'il <1990> The means to the acquaintance of the ancients") 131. Wusul al-Amani bi Usul al-Tahani <1987> The attainment of one's hope in the etiquette of well-wishing 132. Al-Zajr bi al-Hijr <1950> The reprimand by means of the reminder of what is unlawful 133. Zubda al-Laban Fawa'id Lughawiyya wa Hadithiyya <1989> The cream of the milk: miscellaneous benefits related to language and hadith 134. Akhlaq Hamala al-Qur'an <1987> Manners of the carriers of Qur'an 135. Badhl al-Himma fi Talab Bara'a al-Dhimma Directing one's energies to pursue clearness of conscience; contained in the collective volume entitled: Thalath Rasa'il fi al-Ghiba <1988> Three epistles on slander 136. Al-la'ali' al-Masnu`a fi al-Ahadith al-Mawdu`a <1960> The artificial pearls or forged hadiths 137. Daqai'q al-akhbar fi dhikr al-janna wa al-nar <1961> The subtleties in the reports that mention Paradise and the Fire 138. Al-ithaf bi hubb al-ashraf <1900> The present concerning love of the nobility [i.e. Descendants of the Prophet] 139. Hay'a al-saniyya fi al-hay'a al-sunniyya <1982> Treatise on astronomy |