Contributors

The scholars behind the shelves.

From Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi’s many volumes to single translated essays — every name attached to a book in the collection.

Scholar in focus

Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi5 books in the library

Sayyid Rizvi was Imam of the Shi’a Muslim Community of BC, Canada, and in 1991 he attained an MA in History from Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada. From 1991 to 1996, he held the position of Director of Islamic Education and Information Centre in Toronto.

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Syed Ali Naqi NaqviImam Husayn & Karbala · General Collection151
ATAt-TabariHistory & Society · Imam Husayn & Karbala21
Syed QutbQur’an & Revelation17
Mohammad Ali ShomaliImam Husayn & Karbala · Theology & Doctrine14
Laleh BakhtiarQur’an & Revelation · Spirituality & Ethics10
Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni TihraniImam Husayn & Karbala · The Prophet & Ahl al-Bayt9

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Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi151 books
ATAt-Tabari21 books
Syed Qutb17 books
Mohammad Ali Shomali14 books
Laleh Bakhtiar10 books
Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tihrani9 books
HNSeyyed Hossein Nasr9 books
The World Federation9 books
Murtadha Mutahhari8 books
Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai8 books
Syed abul Ala Mawdudi8 books
Nooruddin Durkee7 books
Jafar Subhani6 books
Muhammad Baqir as-Sadr6 books
Jane Dammen McAuliffe5 books
Sayyid Mohammed Taqi al-Modaressi5 books
Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi5 books
Yasin T. al-Jibouri5 books
al-Ghazali4 books
BMBilal Muhammad4 books
KAIbn Kathir4 books
ALImam Ali4 books
Jerald F. Dirks4 books
Marshall G. S. Hodgson4 books
Ruhullah Musawi al-Khoemini4 books
Christopher Paul Clohessy3 books
John L. Esposito3 books
Mohamed Ali Albodairi3 books
MKMohammad Elahi Khorasani3 books
Muhammad Legenhausen3 books
Muhammad Muhammadi Rayshahri3 books
Muḥammad Taqi Miṣbāḥ Yazdī3 books
Nasir Makarim al-Shirazi3 books
MAabu Muhammad Zaynul Abidin2 books
ALAllama al-Hilli2 books
KHAyatollah Khomeini2 books
Carl W. Ernst2 books
Dawud Walid2 books
Deepa Kumar2 books
Fadhlalla Haeri2 books
Hashim Kamali2 books
ZAImam Zayn al-Abidin2 books
ISIrshad Sufi Siddiqui2 books
Jawadi Amuli2 books
Karen G. Ruffle2 books
Khaled A. Beydoun2 books
Khaled M. Abou El Fadl2 books
Khurram Murad2 books
Lynda Clarke2 books
Mahmoud Ayoub2 books
MCMuhammad ‘Ali Chanarani2 books
Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi2 books
Muhammad Mahdi Chamseddine2 books
SJS. H. M. Jafri2 books
AASayyid Ali as-Sistani2 books
Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim2 books
Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Fadhlalla2 books
Sayyid Mujtaba Musawi Lari2 books
Syed Akbar Hyder2 books
Wilferd Madelung2 books
AAA Asadi1 book
AEA. Ezzati1 book
AMA. Sachedina, M. Iqbal, M. Kalam Azad, Syed abul Ala Mawdudi1 book
AAA.J. Arberry1 book
ABAbbas Borhany1 book
Abd al-Razzaq al-Muqarram1 book
AAAbdul Adhim al-Muhtadi al-Bahrani1 book
ASAbdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina1 book
AbdulHamid AbuSulayman1 book
Abdullah Yusuf Ali1 book
Abrahim al-Zubeidi1 book
Abu Jafar Muhammad bin Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kulayni ar-Razi1 book
MIabu Mikhnaf1 book
MAAbu mohammed al-Hasan bin Ali bin al-Hussein bin Shu’ba al-Harrani1 book
Ahmad Thomson1 book
AAAl-Abbas Ibn Ali1 book
AAAl-Habib al-Janhani1 book
ALal-Saduq1 book
AAAl-Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khui’i1 book
AJAlan Jones1 book
Ali al-Hilli1 book
ARAli Asghar Ridwani1 book
ATAli Asgher Azizi Tehrani1 book
AIAli Durri Isfahani1 book
AHAli J. Hussain1 book
ASAli Namazi Sharudi1 book
AMAli Nazari Munfarid1 book
Ali Quli Qarai1 book
ASAli Shariati1 book
AEAli-Reza Bhojani et al.1 book
ASAliah Schleifer1 book
ASAliyun Yunus Sakande1 book
AAAllamah Shaykh Abdul Hussain Amini1 book
Amin Maalouf1 book
AMAmir Nashid Ali Muhammad1 book
ABAmy C. Bard1 book
AUAshfaque Ullah Syed1 book
AAAun Hasan Ali1 book
Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi1 book
Azim Nanji1 book
AMAziz Mahdi1 book
Aziz Talbani1 book
BABaqir al-Irawani1 book
Baqir Sharif al-Qarashi1 book
Bashir A. Datoo1 book
Cyra Akila Choudhury1 book
Dalia Mogahed1 book
DHDar Rah Haqq1 book
DMDavid Matthews1 book
David Pinault1 book
Diane D'Souza1 book
AADr. Ali H. Al-Hakim1 book
EDEdith1 book
Edwin Arnold - Pearls of the Faith (99 Beautiful Names of God)1 book
EZEirini-Chrysovalantou Zempi1 book
Erik Love1 book
Farideh Mahdavi Damghani1 book
George Jordac1 book
Habib al-Kadhimi1 book
CKHajjah Chahnaz A. Kbaisi-Hazari1 book
HAHamed H. al-Abdullah1 book
Hanna E. Kassis1 book
Harvard University Study1 book
Hasan Askari1 book
Hatem Abu Shahba1 book
HMHossein Modarressi1 book
HMHusayn Alawi Mehr1 book
Husayn Ansariyan1 book
Husayni Behishti & Jawad Bahonar1 book
HAHussein Ali Abdulsater1 book
I. K. A. Howard1 book
Ibrahim Amini1 book
JAImam Jafar as-Sadiq1 book
Ingrid Ramberg1 book
Irene Zempi1 book
JCJ J. Cowan1 book
JHJ.G. Hava1 book
Jafar Murtadha al-Amili1 book
Javad Shomali1 book
Jawad Mughniyah1 book
Jinan Yousef1 book
John Stratton Hawley1 book
KFKamil Faghani1 book
Karrar Husain1 book
M. Iqbal1 book
Mahdi Asifi1 book
Mahmoud Farrokhpey1 book
Marzia Hassan1 book
MJMatin Joshua1 book
MPMatthew Pierce1 book
Mir Anis & Mirza Dabir1 book
MPMirza Mahdi Pooya1 book
Mohamed Nimer1 book
Mohamed Rida Beshir1 book
MAMohammad Ali Ansari1 book
MKMohammad Hashim Kamali1 book
Mohammad Hossein Ebrahimi1 book
MAMohammadreza al-Khaghani1 book
MAMohammed Taqi al-Modarresi1 book
Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi1 book
MMMuhammad Hadi Ma‘rifat1 book
Muhammad Hadi Marifat1 book
Muhammad Ibn Ishaq1 book
Muhammad Masjid-Jamei1 book
Muhammad Reza Fakhr Rohani1 book
MRMuhammad Ridha Fakhr Ruhani1 book
Muhammad Sadiq Ruhani1 book
MAMuhammad Saeed at-Tabatabai al-Hakim1 book
Muhammad Sarwar1 book
Muhammad Shirazi1 book
Mulla Bashir Hassanali Rahim1 book
MMMurtada Mutahhari1 book
MAMustafa al-Azami1 book
Mustafa al-Azimi1 book
Mutahhari, Taleqani, Shariati1 book
Nathan Lean1 book
NZNishat Zaidi1 book
PAPaul G. Anderson1 book
PCPeter J. Chelkowski1 book
Ridha al-Muzaffar1 book
Rizwa Arastu1 book
RGRobert Gleave1 book
Rosina-Fawzia al-Rawi1 book
SJS.H.M. Jafri1 book
SCSafaruk Z. Chowdhury1 book
Salma Abugideri, Mohamed Hag Magid1 book
Sayed Hassan al-Shirazi1 book
Sayed Moustafa Al-Qazwini1 book
ANSayyed Abbass Noureddine1 book
Sayyid Ali al-Hakeem1 book
AFSayyid Ali Farrahi1 book
Sayyid Ali Khamanei1 book
KISayyid Kamil Faghani Imani1 book
KASayyid Kashmiri1 book
MASayyid Mohammed Amir Imam1 book
Sayyid Mohammed Saeed al-Hakim1 book
MJSayyid Muhammad Husayn Jafari1 book
Sayyid Murtadha al-Askari1 book
RNSayyid Ridiā Housaynī Nasab1 book
Sayyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi1 book
HRSeyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor) Dagli, Dakake, Lumbard, Rustam1 book
Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi1 book
JAShaykh Abu Ja ‘far Muhammad Ibn Ya ‘qub al-Kulayni1 book
ALShaykh al-Mufid1 book
MPShaykh Mahdi Pishvai1 book
Shaykh Mahdi Shams al-Din1 book
Shaykh Muhammad M Khalfan1 book
MASyed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas1 book
Syed Muhsin Naqvi1 book
Syed Sulayman Nadwi1 book
Torsten Hylen1 book
Tosun Bayrek Jerrahi al-Helveti1 book
TPTravis Preston1 book
WTW.M. Thackston1 book
WKWali Ali Meyer, Bilal Hyde, Faisal Muqaddim, Shabda Kahn1 book
William Chittick1 book
YNYitzhak Nakash1 book
Yvonne Yazbeck Haddad1 book
Zafar Iqbal1 book
ZAZayn al-Din Ali Ahmad al Jabi' al-Amili1 book