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Islamic Publishing House is a leading publisher of Islamic literature in the state of Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, India . It was founded in 1945 as the official publication division of Jama’at-e-Islami Hind

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind

Jamaat-e-Islami Hind is one of the influential and hardline Islamic organization and movement within Sunni Islam in India...

, Kerala chapter. Its headquarters is in Kozhikode

Kozhikode

Kozhikode During Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, Kozhikkode was dubbed the "City of Spices" for its role as the major trading point of eastern spices. Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom of the same name and later of the erstwhile Malabar District...

, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

History

IPH began publishing in 1945 at a small mosque at Irimbiliyam, near Valanchery

Valanchery

Valanchery is a town located in Malappuram district, Kerala, India.Valanchery is one of the most important business centres of Malappuram district. It is situated 63 km south of Kozhikode or Calicut and 62 km north to Thrissur, on the National Highway 17.Over 90% of the population are...

, Malappuram District.V. P. Muhammed Ali Haji (a.k.a Haji Sahib) lead the initiative in its early stages. The office was later shifted from Irimbiliyam to Valanchery

Valanchery

and then to Edayoor

Edayoor

-Demographics: India census, Edayoor had a population of 30462 with 14702 males and 15760 females....

and finally to Vellimadukunnu

Vellimadukunnu

Vellimadukunnu is a place in the city of Kozhikode in Kozhikode District, Kerala State, India.Vellimadukunnu is also known by the names Marikunnu. The post office of the surrounding area is also Named Marikkunnu. For a faster pronounciation some people use "vellyattummal"...

. Abul Jalal Moulavi, T. K. Ibrahim and T. Muhammed Sahib headed IPH at various times. Sheikh Muhammed Karakunnu

Sheikh Muhammad Karakunnu

Sheikh Mohammed Karakunnu is a prominent Islamic scholar and author from Kerala, India. He is the Assistant Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Kerala chapter...

has been the Director of IPH since 1982 till 2008. Current Director is T.K. Farooque

A translation of Abul A’la Mawdudi's Towards Understanding Islam (Urdu:Risal-e-Diniyat) by V. P. Muhammed Ali Haji (a.k.a Haji Sahib), titled ‘Islam Matham’ was the first book to be published by IPH. It also marked a significant shift of Islamic publications in Kerala from the hybrid Arabi-Malayalam

Arabi Malayalam

Arabi Malayalam is a system of writing Malayalam language language in a variant form of Arabic script.It is a blend of Malayalam grammatical base, Arabic script with special orthographic features, and vocabulary from Malayalam , Arabic, Tamil, Urdu and Persian...

script to the Malayalam script. It has since sold 67000 copies.

Growth and development

IPH is the biggest publisher of Islamic literature in the whole of South India. Apart from Calicut, it has branches at Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kannur, Malappuram and agencies at more than 20 places in Kerala and the Middle East. It has published almost 500 books so far and many of them have sold more than 50,000 copies. Namaskaram(Prayer) written by Abul Jalal Moulavi alone sold 1,34,000 copies. All IPH publications follow the International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

International Standard Book Number

The International Standard Book Number is a unique numeric commercial book identifier based upon the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering code created by Gordon Foster, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Trinity College, Dublin, for the booksellers and stationers W.H...

standard of book identification and are numbered ISBN 81-7204-XXX-X. Many of its publications have been published as e-books and are available for download at the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Kerala website. Lalithasaram, a Malayalam translation of the Qur'an, has also been published online.

In September 2008, IPH released the first electronic edition (DVD) in Malayalam of Tafheemul Qur’an, the commentary of Quran by Abul Ala Maududi

Abul Ala Maududi

Syed Abul A'ala Maududi , also known as Molana or Shaikh Syed Abul A'ala Mawdudi, was a Sunni Pakistani journalist, theologian, Muslim revivalist leader and political philosopher, and a major 20th century Islamist thinker. He was also a prominent political figure in Pakistan and was the first...

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IPH has been a regular presence at international book fairs like the Sharjah Book Fair and the International Book Fair in Riyadh.

Major works

Important books published by IPH include:

Amritha Vani ( Nectarine Voice) - K. G. Raghavan Nair
Bharatiya Samskarathinte Adiyozhukkukal ( Undercurrents of the Indian Civilization) - T. Muhammed
Prabodhanam Qur’anil ( The Qur'anic Model of Propagation) - K. C. Abdulla Moulavi
K C Abdullah Moulavi
K C Abdullah Moulavi [February 22, 1920- August 13, 1995] was a prominent Islamic scholar in modern Kerala. He has made tremendous contribution to the Islamic resurgence and Muslim educational reforms in Kerala. He was the former Ameer of Kerala chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind...
Ibadath: Oru Samagra Padanam ( Ibadah: A Comprehensive Study) - K. C. Abdulla Moulavi
K C Abdullah Moulavi
K C Abdullah Moulavi [February 22, 1920- August 13, 1995] was a prominent Islamic scholar in modern Kerala. He has made tremendous contribution to the Islamic resurgence and Muslim educational reforms in Kerala. He was the former Ameer of Kerala chapter of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind...
Vyvahika Jeevitham Islamika Veekshanathil ( Conjugal Life in the Islamic Perspective) - Sheikh Muhammed Karakunnu
Sheikh Muhammad Karakunnu
Sheikh Mohammed Karakunnu is a prominent Islamic scholar and author from Kerala, India. He is the Assistant Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Kerala chapter...
Qur’ante Munnil Vinayanwitham (Before the Qur'an, in Humility) - Vanidas Elayavoor
Daivam, Matham, Vedam : Sneha Samvadam ( God, Religion, Scripture : A Dialogue of Love) - Sheikh Muhammed Karakunnu
Sheikh Muhammad Karakunnu
Sheikh Mohammed Karakunnu is a prominent Islamic scholar and author from Kerala, India. He is the Assistant Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Kerala chapter...
The Islamic Encyclopedia (Malayalam) - Various Authors
Malabar Samaram: M. P. Narayana Menonum Sahapravarthakarum ( Malabar Struggle: M. P. Narayana Menon and Comrades) - Prof. M. P. S. Menon
Rashtra Sankalpam Islamil (The Concept of State in Islam)
Shariatum Indian Muslimkalum (Shariah and Indian Muslims) - V. A. Kabir
Zakath: Tathvavum Prayogavum ( Zakath: Theory and Practice) - K. Abdulla Hasan
Qur’an Lalita Saram (A Lucid Gist of Qur'an) - Sheikh Muhammed Karakunnu & Vanidas Elayavoor

Translations

Tafhimul Qur’an - Abul Ala Maududi
Qur’an Bhashyam (Tarjumanul Quran- An Interpretation on Qur'an) - Abul Ala Maududi
Fiqh-Us-Sunnah - Syed Sabiq Fiqh-Us-Sunnah
Islam: Prabodhanavum Pracharavum - Thomas Walker Arnold
Thomas Walker Arnold
Sir Thomas Walker Arnold was an eminent British orientalist and historian of Islamic art who taught at MAO College, Aligarh Muslim University, then Aligarh College, and Government College University, Lahore. He was a friend of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, and wrote his famous book "The preaching of Islam"...
Muhammad: Mahanaya Pravachakan (Muhammad: The Great Prophet) - Prof. K.S. Ramakrishna Rao
Islamika Samooham: Charitra Sangraham (Urdu:Millate Islamia Ki Mukhtsar Tareekh Eng:A Concise History of Islamic Society) - Sarvat Soulath
Khilafathum Rajavaychayum (Urdu: Khilafath our Mulukiyaath-Eng: Caliphs and Kings) - Abul Ala Maududi
Islam Matham Towards Understanding Islam (Urdu:Risal-e-Diniyat) - Abul Ala Maududi http://www.amazon.com/dp/0933511795
Islam: Rajamargam (Eng:Islam between East and West) - Alija Izetbegović
Alija Izetbegovic
Alija Izetbegović was a Bosniak activist, lawyer, author, philosopher and politician, who, in 1990, became the first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He served in this role until 1996, when he became a member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving until 2000...
Islamile Samuhya Neeti (Social Justice in Islam ) - Sayyid Qutub
Sayyid Qutb
Sayyid Qutb was an Egyptian author, educator, Islamist theorist, poet, and the leading member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and '60s....
Khutubat: Fundamentals of Islam - Abul Ala Maududi
Qur’anile Janthukathakal (Arabic: Qasasul Hayavani fil Quran, Eng:Animal Stories in Qur'an) - Ahmad Bahjat
Makkayilekkulla Patha (Eng: The Road to Mecca) - Muhammad Asad
Muhammad Asad
Muhammad Asad , was an Austrian Polish Jew who converted to Islam, and a 20th century journalist, traveler, writer, social critic, linguist, thinker, reformer, diplomat, political theorist, translator and scholar...
Malkam Exinte Athmakatha (Eng:The Auto Biography of Malcolm X)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X was published in 1965, the result of a collaboration between Malcolm X and journalist Alex Haley. Haley coauthored the autobiography based on a series of in-depth interviews he conducted between 1963 and Malcolm X's 1965 assassination...

- Alex O' Haley
Alex Haley
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an African-American writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family and the coauthor of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.-Early life:...
Murad Hoffmante Diary Kurippukal (Eng:A Diary of a German Muslim - The Diary Notes of Murad Hoffmann ) - Murad Hoffmann
Murad Wilfried Hofmann
Dr. Murad Wilfried Hofmann is a prominent German diplomat and author. He has authored several books on Islam, including Journey to Makkah and Islam: The Alternative . Many of his books and essays focus on Islam's place in the West and, after September 11, in particular, in the United States...

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History

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Major works

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