The Encyclopaedia of Islam (EI) is a reference work that facilitates the academic study of Islam. It is published by Brill and provides information on...

Islam (/ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪzlæm/ IZ-la(h)m; Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized: al-Islām, IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit. 'submission [to the will of God]') is an Abrahamic...

plot against Islam—often refer to the enemies of Islam (as in al-Tawbah verses 9:1–15).: 9:1–15  According to the Encyclopaedia of Islam, the Quran states...

Shia Islam (/ˈʃiːə/) or Shi'a Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib (656–661...

The history of Islam concerns the political, social, economic, military, and cultural developments of the Islamic civilization. Most historians believe...

Shia Islam in Iraq (Arabic: الشيعة في العراق) has a history going back to the times of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first imam of Shia Islam and fourth caliph...

Pillars of Islam (arkān al-Islām أركان الإسلام; also arkān ad-dīn أركان الدين "pillars of the religion") are fundamental practices in Islam, considered...

Criticism of Islam can take many forms, including academic critiques, political criticism, religious criticism, and personal opinions. Subjects of criticism...

Encyclopedia of Islam. AltaMira Press. pp. 39–41. ISBN 0-7591-0189-2. Gleave, R. (2004). "Imamate". In Martin, R.C. (ed.). Encyclopaedia of Islam and the Muslim...

Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). Leiden: Brill Publishers. doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_1335. ISBN 978-90-04-16121-4. John Renard, Friends of God:...

Prophets in Islam (Arabic: ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء فِي ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized: al-anbiyāʾ fī al-islām) are individuals in Islam who are believed to spread God's...

ISBN 0-19-881078-4. Watt, W. Montgomery (1998). "Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume I (A-B): [Fasc. 1-22]". Badr. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Brill. pp. 867–8...

In Islam, Jesus (Arabic: عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ, romanized: ʿĪsā ibn Maryam, lit. 'Jesus, son of Mary') is believed to be the penultimate prophet and messenger...

(Arabic: غَيْبَة, ghayba) in Shia Islam refers to the eschatological belief that the Mahdi, a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, has already been...

Ideals and Realities of Islam (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1966), p. 42. Wensinck, A. J., “Lawḥ”, in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, First Edition (1913-1936)...

of National Education Hasan Âli Yücel sent a letter dated 9 May 1939 to the rector of Istanbul University requesting that the Encyclopaedia of Islam be...

The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume XI: W–Z. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 311. ISBN 978-90-04-12756-2. Lapidus, Ira M. (2014). A History of Islamic...

In Islam, Muḥammad (Arabic: مُحَمَّد) is venerated as the Seal of the Prophets and earthly manifestation of primordial divine light (Nūr), who transmitted...

"Pre-Islamic and agricultural calendars of the Arabian peninsula", The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition, X:260. A. Moberg, "NASI'", The Encyclopaedia of...

(ed.). Encyclopaedia of the Quran. Vol. 3. pp. 106–107. Benaouda Bensaid (2019). "Breastfeeding as a Fundamental Islamic Human Right". Journal of Religion...

Iqbal Encyclopaedia of Islam: Religious doctrine of Islam Commonwealth, 2005 ISBN 978-81-311-0052-3 p. 153 Austin P. Evans A commentary on the Creed of Islam...

Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam. London, England: Stacey International. pp. 141–143. Glassé, Cyril (1989). The Concise Encyclopaedia of Islam. London,...

Islamic schools and branches have different understandings of Islam. There are many different sects or denominations, schools of Islamic jurisprudence...

Conversion to Islam is accepting Islam as a religion or faith and rejecting any other religion or irreligion. The person who converts to Islam is often referred...

classical Islamic law, there are three major divisions of the world which are dar al-Islam (lit. territory of Islam), denoting regions where Islamic law prevails...

In Islam, God (Arabic: ٱللَّٰه, romanized: Allāh, contraction of ٱلْإِلَٰه al-’Ilāh, lit. 'the god') is seen as the creator and sustainer of the universe...

a matter of time.[citation needed] Political quietism in Islam Stiff upper lip "Ṣabr", Encyclopaedia of Islam "Shukr", Encyclopaedia of Islam. Hans Wehr...

al-Nadim. The name appears as Šahrazād in the Encyclopaedia of Islam and as Šahrāzād in the Encyclopædia Iranica. Among standard 19th-century printed editions...

of ṣūfī seems to have been "one who wears wool (ṣūf)", and the Encyclopaedia of Islam calls other etymological hypotheses "untenable". Woolen clothes...

). Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed.). doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_7018. ISBN 978-9004161214. Lecker, M. (2021). "Siffin". Encyclopaedia of Islam (2nd ed...