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Islamic languages

Welcome - Merhaba - أهلا وسهلا - Hoşgeldiniz - خوش آمدید ! This guide focuses on useful sources for the study of the Arabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu Languages taught at the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies.

Dictionaries

Digital collections

Ganjoor is an online open access collection of Persian literature. This collection provides access to a diverse and extensive collection of the literary works of Persian poets. Ganjoor is the result of a collective effort whose purpose is to gather thousands of treasures from classical and modern Persian literature and to provide free access to this valuable collection.

Persian Online Grammar and Resources is a pedagogical reference grammar indexed alphabetically. Grammar points are explained in English and supported by examples in English and Persian.

NoorLib contains over 8000 titles of books on various aspects of Islamic subjects., such as the Qur’anic sciences and exegesis, hadith sciences, Du`as and ziyarats, Nahj al-Balaghah, theology and philosophy, geography, history and conduct, Islamic jurisprudence, usoul (legal theory), Islamic ethics and mysticism, literature, logic, and Islamic denominations and sects. This library is designed to provide scientific resources and tools for researchers and scholars. Different indexes and subject guides facilitate the search for resources, and books are full-text searchable.

Encyclopedias

Dāʼirat al-maʻārif-i buzurg-i Islāmī  is compiled and published by the center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia, it covers a wide range of Islamic topics and issues and aims to meet the scientific needs of Muslim communities. This encyclopedia is known to specifically  reflect the culture of Islamic world and thus covers a variety of subjects, such as: Quranic Studies, Doctrines, Theology (Kalam), Jurisprudence, Principles of Jurisprudence (fiqh), Hadith, Elements, Islamic figures, Ethics, Religions, Heresiography, Logic, Philosophy, Mysticism, Literature, art, anthropology, architecture and Islamic monuments, history, geography, mathematics, astronomy and medicine.

Journals

Journals

McGill Newspapers collection provides a complete list of electronically accessible Newspapers held by McGill University.

Magazines

NoorMags’s website provides access to specialized magazines on Islamic sciences and humanities tailored to meet the scientific needs of scholars and researchers. Various search features enable users to search for topics by Article titles, journal titles or the author names. Additionally journals are classified based on their academic ranking as well searchable by subject in the alphabetical order.

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