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Books to Translate This Year (2023)

by Mansoor Limba | January 31, 2023 | No Comments

After getting feedback from you, my dear friends, readers, or members of the ElziStyle Books Family, last 2 weeks and for which I’m truly grateful, here will be the next books to translate: * Murtada Mutahhari, ISLAM WA NIYAZ-HA-ye ZAMAN (Islam and the Exigencies of Time), Volumes 1-2 Of the 4 titles, it earned the greatest number of suggestions – 50%. My target is to finish translating the 1st volume in less than 4 months; that is, from February 20-March
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Which Title Do You Want to Read First This Year?

by Mansoor Limba | January 18, 2023 | No Comments

Al-hamdulillah, as shown in MindaNews’ latest report on 2022 Mindanao books (https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2023/01/mindanao-2022-at-least-50-mindanao-books-published-19-more-than-2021-harvest), ElziStyle Bookshop tops the list of indie publishers for having the most number of published titles (8 books) in 2022. Now, below are the 4 titles in the pipeline of 2023-24 translation projects: * Murtada Mutahhari, HAJJ (Hajj: A Philosophical Exposition) * Murtada Mutahhari, NAZARI BEH NIZAM-e IQTISADI-ye ISLAMI (A Glance at the Islamic Economic System) * Murtada Mutahhari, ISLAM WA NIYAZ-HA-ye ZAMAN (Islam and the Exigencies of
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Translation of ‘Banking and Insurance in Islam’ Finished!

by Mansoor Limba | December 29, 2022 | No Comments

Al-hamdulillah, the translation into English of Shahid Murtada Mutahhari’s BANKING AND INSURANCE IN ISLAM that started last November 21 has finally come to a close on December 23 at exactly 6:40 pm. 32 days instead of the usual three months period. This unusual translation speed can significantly be attributed to my application of POMODORO TECHNIQUE, which can be summed up as “calling myself to account every after 25 minutes”. (For details, see Francesco Cirillo, THE POMODORO TECHNIQUE: THE ACCLAIMED TIME-MANAGEMENT
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Translation of ‘Banking and Insurance in Islam’ Kicks Off Today

by Mansoor Limba | November 21, 2022 | No Comments

With the sending of the files (book manuscript, cover, and bookmark) of THE MYSTICISM OF HAFIZ (Amazon https://amzn.to/3XfkSoT and preorder ) to the press, the translation of BANKING AND INSURANCE IN ISLAM by Shahid Murtada Mutahhari also kicks off today. Having 186 pages in its original Persian version, translation of the book will usually take 3 months, but since my target, as I declared last February (https://www.elzistyle.com/next-books-to-write-and-translate) was to finish it within this year, let me set December 31, 2022,
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My Writing and Translation Journey in April 2022

by Mansoor Limba | May 1, 2022 | No Comments

As soon as I embarked on my current book writing – HOW TO SHARI’AH-COMPLIANTLY INVEST IN THE PHILIPPINE STOCK MARKET – on the first day of March, I had already mentioned that it will be resumed in May and to be finished in June, insha’ Allah (https://www.elzistyle.com/clarify-your-book-writing-goal). Although ideally, writing should be done continuously without any interruption, I had no option because, firstly, this year’s Ramadan fell mostly in the month of April, and I have an ongoing long-term translation
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Next Books to Write and Translate

by Mansoor Limba | February 28, 2022 | 3 Comments

After getting feedback from you, my dear friends, readers, or members of the ElziStyle Books Family, last week and for which I’m truly grateful, here will be the next books to write or translate: * HOW TO SHARI’AH-COMPLIANTLY INVEST IN THE PHILIPPINE STOCK MARKET: BEGINNER’S STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE Of the three titles, it earned the greatest number of suggestions. My target is to finish writing it in 3 months; that is, March, May, and June, insha’ Allah. (Don’t count April as
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Better Late Than Never

by Mansoor Limba | February 2, 2022 | No Comments

Let me confess to you something. As I was really, really engrossed with preparing the draft of my forthcoming book, ‘MBAYUKA TANU! to be sent to the reviewers, I totally didn’t find time to make this announcement yesterday (February 1 – World Hijab Day). Here is it: This book, REPLIES TO CRITIQUES OF THE BOOK ‘THE ISSUE OF HIJAB’ by Shahid Murtada Mutahhari, which is worth $9.99 in paperback (https://amzn.to/3gf7GMo) you can now get its digital copy for… FREE. Yes,
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Murtada Mutahhari in the Eyes of His Teacher

by ElziStyle | August 15, 2021 | No Comments

A close scrutiny of the Sahifeh-ye Imam’schronological and descriptive accounts of Mutahhari shows that the martyred Ayatullah Professor Murtada Mutahhari undoubtedly occupies a distinct station in the sight of the Great Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Idol-Breaker of the 20th Century. In the words of Ayatullah Dr. Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Beheshti, “I think the reason for the Imam to hold such Professor Mutahhari in such high esteem and respect was not only because the Professor had been a student of
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Mutahhari’s Replies to 5 Critiques on ‘The Issue of Hijab’

by ElziStyle | February 19, 2021 | No Comments

Text, page 382 Does Islam advocate women behind the veil, just as the word ḥijāb means “covering”? Or, does Islam advocate woman to cover her body in front of a stranger man without forcing her not to attend a gathering? And concerning the second case, what is the extent of the covering? Should the face and two hands up to the wrist be covered as well? Or, is it that the head and the two arms must be covered while
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Fiṭrah and Ibn Athīr’s View

by ElziStyle | September 15, 2020 | No Comments

The word fiṭrah Now, we shall begin with the first issue. What kind of word is the word fiṭrah as it appears in the Qur’an? فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ …the origination of Allah according to which He originated mankind. (30:30)
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Mutahhari’s Unabridged THE ISSUE OF HIJAB eBook to be Available SOON!

by Mansoor Limba | August 20, 2020 | No Comments

Salamun ‘alaykum! I’m glad to share with you that with the onset of the month of Muharram, I’m so much engrossed with the translation of the remaining pages of Shahid Murtada Mutahhari’s “Mas’aleh-ye Hijab” (The Issue of Hijab). Obviously, this book is NOT the same, and MUCH THICKER than, the one by the same author, which has been published many years ago under the title ON THE ISLAMIC HIJAB or ISLAMIC MODEST DRESS. Hopefully, THE ISSUE OF HIJAB will be published
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The Natural and the Moral Action

by ElziStyle | February 15, 2020 | No Comments

Now, in general, what is akhlāq or, in the expression of the Noble Messenger, akhlāq mukarramatī? From where should we begin? We have said that we shall begin from the admitted opinions and indisputable facts. For the meanwhile, we are not concerned with doubtful issues which one school of thought may regard as ‘moral’ while another school of thought may not regard the same as ‘moral’. What is certain is that most of the human actions are natural actions and
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Iqbāl and the Revival of Religious Thought

by ElziStyle | July 29, 2019 | No Comments

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, the Creator of all existents. May salutations and peace be upon Allah’s servant, Messenger, beloved, favorite, the keeper of His secret, and the propagator of His message—our Chief, Prophet and Master Abū’l-Qāsim Muḥammad (ṣ). I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Satan. “O you who have faith! Answer Allah and the Apostle when he summons you to that which
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