If you were marooned on a desert island...

of course i could just as well have chosen:

1. Masvani e Ma'anavi of Mawlana Rumi
2. Kulliyat e Iqbal
3. The Lord of the Rings

and many other combinations!

 

1) some kind of survival guide
2) Encyclopedia Britannica (is this cheating?)
3) a comprehensive number theory text book. complete with famous unsolved unproven problems, to pass the time

 

What if you had to pick three non-religious books?

 

Hans-Wehr; it is the best dictionary for beginners of the language, although it is lacking in technical/specialized vocabulary.

 

brother which Arabic-English dictionary are you talking about?

 

1) Quran with Tafsirul Jalalayn
2) Arabic-English Dictionary
3) Reliance of the Traveller (has aqidah, fiqh, tasawwuf, adab, a bit of everything)

 

I was sorely tempted to put in the Ihya at No. 3 too...

 

Believe me IHya is certainly life! The Proof of Islam, the inheritor of our Master :sas: has passed down to us the life, the precious life of our Master :sas: that Allah ta'ala has promised us to have preserved until reckoning.

I cannot imagine how close the Word of Allah comes closer to one's heart when one reads the IHya!

I had chosen the same two books after the Qur'an al-Karim that Sidi Abu Hasan had chosen. subHanAllah!

 

i hope i can take more than three books - atleast in three figures. may Allah ta'ala never make us suffer such a calamity, but if i were to choose they'd be:

1. the Qur'an al-karim [w. tafsir ibn kathir if counted as one]
2. iHya ulum ad-din [w. it'Haf as-sadah if counted as one]
3. iqadh al-himam fi sharH al-Hikam

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[one would be tempted to put in the fiqh books - ibn abidin or fatawa rizwiyyah, but when you are deserted and are alone, iHya is more important].

 

Wah!!!!subHanAllah!!!!

 

and had to take just 3 islamic books with you which ones would they be?

1. Kanz ul Iman fi Tarjamatul Qur'an by Ala Hazrat.
2. Muhammad by Martin Lings
3. Hadaiq e Bakhshish by Ala Hazrat