List of Islamic texts

Name	Period (CE)
Muwatta Imam Malik
Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal	780–855
Sunan Al-Darimi	868
Shama'il Muhammadiyah; (Shamaail Tirmidhi)	9th century
Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah	923
Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān	965
Al-Mustadrak Alaa Al-Ṣaḥīḥaīn
Al-Mawdū'āt Al-Kubrā	1128–1217
Rīaḍ As-Ṣāliḥīn	1233–1278
Mishkat Al-Masabih	1340
Talkhis Al-Mustadrak	1274–1348
Majma Al-Zawa'id	1335–1405
Bulugh Al-Maram	1372–1449
Kanz al-Ummal	16th century
Zujajat al-Masabih	19th century
Muntakhab Ahadith	20th century

Quran

The Quran is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims believe to be a revelation from God.[1] It is widely regarded as the finest work in classical Arabic literature.[2][3][4][5] The Quran is divided into chapters (Arabic: سورة sūrah, plural سور sūwar), which are subdivided into verses (Arabic: آية āyāh, plural آيات āyāt).

Text of the Quran

The text of the Qur'an of 114 chapters of varying lengths, each known as a surah. Each sura is formed from several verses, each called an ayah.

Commentaries and exegesis (tafsīr)

A body of commentary and explication (tafsīr), aimed at explaining the meanings of the Quranic verses.

Reasons of revelation (asbāb al-nuzūl)

The science which describes the reason, circumstances, and events surrounding the revelation of verses.

Sunnah

Sunnah denotes the practice of Islamic prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar.[6] The sources of sunna are usually oral traditions found in collections of Hadith and Sīra (prophetic biography). Unlike the Qur'an, Muslims naturally differ on the set of texts or sources of sunnah, and they emphasize different collections of hadith based on to which school of thought or branch they belong.

Hadith (Traditions of the prophet)

Hadīth are sayings, acts or tacit approvals ascribed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Biographical evaluation (ilm ar-rijal)

The science which explores the narrators of hadith.

References

Nasr, Seyyed Hossein (2007). "Qurʼān". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2007-11-04.
Margot Patterson, Islam Considered: A Christian View, Liturgical Press, 2008 p. 10.
Mir Sajjad Ali, Zainab Rahman, Islam and Indian Muslims, Guan Publishing House 2010 p. 24, citing N.J. Dawood's judgement.
Alan Jones, The Koran, London 1994, ISBN 1842126091, opening page.
"Its outstanding literary merit should also be noted: it is by far, the finest work of Arabic prose in existence."
Arthur Arberry, The Koran Interpreted, London 1956, ISBN 0684825074, p. 191.
"It may be affirmed that within the literature of the Arabs, wide and fecund as it is both in poetry and in elevated prose, there is nothing to compare with it."
Islahi, Amin Ahsan (1989) [tr:2009]. "Difference between Hadith and Sunnah". Mabadi Tadabbur i Hadith [Fundamentals of Hadith Interpretation] (in Urdu). Lahore: Al-Mawrid. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

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[Britannica-1] Nasr, Seyyed Hossein (2007). "Qurʼān". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2007-11-04.

[2] Margot Patterson, Islam Considered: A Christian View, Liturgical Press, 2008 p. 10.

[3] Mir Sajjad Ali, Zainab Rahman, Islam and Indian Muslims, Guan Publishing House 2010 p. 24, citing N.J. Dawood's judgement.

[4] Alan Jones, The Koran, London 1994, ISBN 1842126091, opening page.
"Its outstanding literary merit should also be noted: it is by far, the finest work of Arabic prose in existence."

[5] Arthur Arberry, The Koran Interpreted, London 1956, ISBN 0684825074, p. 191.
"It may be affirmed that within the literature of the Arabs, wide and fecund as it is both in poetry and in elevated prose, there is nothing to compare with it."

[6] Islahi, Amin Ahsan (1989) [tr:2009]. "Difference between Hadith and Sunnah". Mabadi Tadabbur i Hadith [Fundamentals of Hadith Interpretation] (in Urdu). Lahore: Al-Mawrid. Retrieved 1 June 2011.