Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 1505 CE) was an Egyptian polymath who wrote several hundred works on Qur'anic sciences, hadith, law, history and language. His Itqan on the Qur'anic sciences and the Tafsir al-Jalalayn, completed with his teacher, are among the most widely studied books in the Muslim world.
Islam Central has 10 summaries of works by Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti, each in short audio and text chapters with a free preview on its page.
Al-Suyuti’s History of the Caliphs, covering nine centuries of rulers from Abu Bakr to the Abbasids of Cairo, with lessons on leadership and accountability.
12 chapters · 28 min
Al-Suyuti’s collection of the occasions of revelation, the true stories behind verses of the Qur’an that came down into real lives and real moments.
12 chapters · 26 min
Al-Suyuti’s short treatise on Fatimah, the Prophet’s daughter: her simple life, marriage, children, her grief at her father’s death and her place among the people of the House.
12 chapters · 37 min
Al-Suyuti gathers the honours Allah gave to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ alone: from his station before creation to the intercession and the Praised Station.
12 chapters · 27 min
Al-Suyuti gathers the poetry of Muslim women across centuries, from al-Andalus to Marrakesh, answering those who doubted that women could write great verse.
12 chapters · 32 min
Al-Suyuti shows that the order of the surahs is not random: each surah connects to the one before and after it through themes, openings and endings.
12 chapters · 29 min
Al-Suyuti gathers seventy deeds that earn Allah's shade on the Day of Judgement, from the famous seven to easing debts, feeding the hungry and comforting the grieving, grading every report.
12 chapters · 26 min
Al-Suyuti's good news about death for believers and the grieving: angels at the deathbed, the soul's welcome, the questioning, the grave as a garden, and where the souls rest.
12 chapters · 26 min
Al-Suyuti gathers the sayings of the Prophet, his companions, sages and poets on silence: why it saves, how the early believers trained for it, and when speaking is better.
12 chapters · 26 min
A guide to Islamic marriage from a work attributed to al-Suyuti: the virtue and benefits of marriage, its dangers, choosing a spouse for faith and character, the rights of husband and wife, the wedding feast, and welcoming and raising children.
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