List of Islamic texts

Name	Period (CE)
Muwatta Imam Malik
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal	780–855
Sunan Al-Darimi	868
Shama'il Muhammadiyah; (Shamaail Tirmidhi)	9th century
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah	923
Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān	965
Al-Mustadrak Alaa Al-Ṣaḥīḥaīn
Al-Mawdū'āt Al-Kubrā	1128–1217
Rīaḍ As-Ṣāliḥīn	1233–1278
Mishkat Al-Masabih	1340
Talkhis Al-Mustadrak	1274–1348
Majma Al-Zawa'id	1335–1405
Bulugh Al-Maram	1372–1449
Kanz al-Ummal	16th century
Zujajat al-Masabih	19th century
Muntakhab Ahadith	20th century
Kitab Al-Kafi; (الكتاب الكافي‎)
Man La Yahduruhu Al-Faqih; (من لا يحضره الفقيه‎)
Tahdhib Al-Ahkam; (تهذیب الاحکام‎)
Al-Istibsar; (الاستبصار‎)

Qur'an

The Qur'an is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God and the final divine revelation. It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language.^[1]^[2] Muslims believe that the Qur'an was verbally revealed through the angel Jibrīl (Gabriel) from God to Muhammad over a period of approximately twenty-three years beginning in 610 AD. Furthermore, Muslims believe that the Quran was precisely memorized, recited and exactly written down by Muhammad's companions, the Sahaba.

Text of the Quran

The text of the Qur'an consists of 114 chapters of varying lengths, each known as a sura. Each sura is formed from several verses, called ayats.

Commentaries and exegesis (tafsīr)

A body of commentary and explication (tafsīr), aimed at explaining the meanings of the Quranic verses.

Reasons of revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl)

Asbāb al-nuzūl is a secondary genre of Qur'anic exegesis (tafsir) directed at establishing the context in which specific verses of the Qur'an were revealed.

Translations

Sunna

Sunna denotes the practice of Islamic prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar.^[3] The sources of sunna are usually oral traditions found in collections of Hadith and Sīra (prophetic biography). Unlike the Qur'an, Muslims do not agree on the same set of texts or sources of Sunnah, and they emphasize different collections of hadith based on to which Islamic school or branch they belong.

Hadith (Traditions of the prophet)

Hadīth are sayings, act or tacit approval, validly or invalidly, ascribed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Prophetic biography (Sīra)

Notes

↑ Alan Jones, The Koran, London 1994, ISBN 978-1-84212-609-7, opening page.
↑ Arthur Arberry, The Koran Interpreted, London 1956, ISBN 978-0-684-82507-6, p. x.
↑ Islahi, Amin Ahsan (1989 (tr:2009)). "Difference between Hadith and Sunnah". Mabadi Tadabbur i Hadith (translated as: Fundamentals of Hadith Intrepretation) (in Urdu). Lahore: Al-Mawrid. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |year= (help)

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[1] Alan Jones, The Koran, London 1994, ISBN 978-1-84212-609-7, opening page.

[2] Arthur Arberry, The Koran Interpreted, London 1956, ISBN 978-0-684-82507-6, p. x.

[3] Islahi, Amin Ahsan (1989 (tr:2009)). "Difference between Hadith and Sunnah". Mabadi Tadabbur i Hadith (translated as: Fundamentals of Hadith Intrepretation) (in Urdu). Lahore: Al-Mawrid. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |year= (help)