Book Recommendations
The Links to the "IslamicBookStore.com" are just to give you an idea of what the book looks like - i am in no way recommending that online store. In fact you may get a better service or a cheaper price elsewhere. Also there maybe other editions/translations that might be more reputed - this list is just to get you started.
Ancient Authors
Imam Ali (May Allah Be Pleased With Him)
Nahjal Balagha (The Peak Of Excellence)
http://store.yahoo.com/islamicbookstore-com/b3188.html
This Author was one of the Prophet's (SAW) greatest companions and his own nephew and he was a great Imam of the muslim ummah. Alhumdu Lilliah.
Al-Muwatta of Imam Malik Ibn Anas
The First Formulation of Islamic Law
Ibn Taymiyya
Al-Kalim al-Tayyib (The Goodly Word)
Imam Ghazali
Ihya Ulum ud-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences)
This book is comprised of many books of which a few that I’ve found are listed below.
Al – Ghazali The inner dimensions of Islamic worship
Al- Ghazali on Invocations and Supplications
Al- Ghazali on Disciplining the Soul and Breaking the Two Desires
Al- Ghazali on the Ninety-Nine (99) Beautiful Names of God
Al-Ghazali on Intention, Sincerity and Truthfulness
Al-Ghazali on the Remembrance of Death & the Afterlife
http://www.its.org.uk/alghazali.html
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Muhammad Ibni Jarir Abu Jafar Al-Tabari (838-923 AD)
The Exhaustive Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafsir of Tabari)
Good luck finding an English translation – if you come across any let me know
Muhammad Ibni Jarir Abu Jafar Al-Tabari (838-923 AD)
"Tarikh-ur-Rasul wal Maluk" (Annals of Apostles and Kings)
You can buy these individually or all 39 volumes together.
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Ibn Kathir
Al-Sira, Al-Nabawiyya (The Life of the prophet muhammed (SAW))