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A BRIEF HISTORY OF AL-FATH AL-MUBIN PUBLICATIONS
Al-Fath Al-Mubin Publications, named after the
introductory verse of Surah 49 of the Noble Qur'an,
Al-Fath, was formed in late 1999 to
facilitate the publication of Islamic literature by
providing the services of typesetting and graphic
design for book covers for Muslim Publishers.
Shortly thereafter, we launched the Islamic
Publishing House (www.iph.ca)
to oversee the graphic design and typesetting, while
maintaining the Al-Fath Al-Mubin Publications site
for the free distribution of our translation work.
EXPANSION OF OUR EFFORTS IN THE FIELD OF TABLIGH
Abu `Abdillah
(prayers be upon him) from his ancestors (the Imams
(prayers be upon all of them) has said the
following:
"A man once came to the Noble
Prophet (blessings of Allah be upon him and his
family) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah what
is knowledge?’ The Noble Prophet replied,
"It is silence." The man then asked,
"Then what?" The Noble Prophet said, "It is
listening." The man asked, then what?" The
Noble Prophet (blessings of Allah be upon him
and his family) said, "Then it is
memorizing." The man asked, "Then what?"
The Noble Prophet said, "Then it is to
practice according to what you have learnt."
The man then asked, "Then what O’ Messenger of
Allah?" The Noble Prophet said,
"Then it is to propagate what one
has learned."
Keeping the above hadith in mind, we expanded our
efforts, by the Mercy and Grace of Allah (سبحانه
و تعالى) by translating and publishing our
first work, Secrets of the Hajj written by
the great scholar of Irfaan and Akhlaaq,
Ayatullah al-`Uzma al-Hajj Shaykh Husain Mazaheri.
This
book has been widely appreciated - filling a gap in
the English language on material that expounds on
the mystical and unknown secrets of this spiritual
journey to ancient land of the Hijaz - where our
beloved Prophet and A'immah walked the streets.
OTHER ACTIVITIES AND PUBLICATIONS
Due to
the high cost of publishing books and magazines, it
was decided to launch this website by which we would
be able to reach out to a wider audience and thus,
it was decided to also publish articles on a weekly
basis as well as weekly ahaadith on various topics
and make them available on this site.
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To date, a selection of 42
hadith
have been translated and expounded upon in a
beautiful graphical poster format.
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A series of articles
called
Maarif
ad-Din was
also launched. These articles are translated
from the book of the same title of answers to
religious questions posed to Ayatullah al-`Uzma
al-Hajj Shaykh Lutfullah Saafi Gulpaygani.
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A
series of
Ethical Discussions
from the Ayatullah al-Uzma Hajj Shaykh
Nasir Makarim Shirazi which he gives
every week in the city of Qum are also being
translated and published on the website.
Other
articles and presentations on this website include
biographies of our Scholars, Supplications, A'maal
for important nights in the Islamic calendar and
other educational and inspiring writings. These can
all be seen via the appropriate links on the left
side of this page - articles and books can be found
in HTML and PDF format.
HOW TO CONTACT US
You can e-mail us at:
al-mubin@al-mubin.org
and we would be more than glad to help and assist
you in any way possible. | 
