The titles of the English
translations of the works of Maulana Maududi appear in Italics. We have provided in
parenthesis English translations of the titles of works of which there are no English
translations. These translated titles have not been italicized. Years of publication
appearing in square brackets may not indicate the original publication date. The
abbreviations appearing in square brackets after each work indicate translations into
various other languages. These abbreviations are:
A C Arabic K C Kannada
B C Bengali Ml C Malayalam
D C Danish Mr C Marathi
F C French P C Pashtu
G C Gujrati Po C Portuguese
Ge C German Pr C Persian
H C Hindi S C Sindhi
Hu C Hausa Sw C Swahili
I C Indonesian T1 C Telugu
It C Italian Tm C Tamil
J C Japanese Tr C Turkish
(1) "Abu Hanifa and Abu
Yusuf" in A History of Muslim Philosophy, ed. M. M. Sharif, Wiesbaden,
1963, vol. 1, pp. 673-703.
(2) Adabiyat-i Maududi (Literary
Writings of Maududi), ed. Khurshid Ahmad, Lahore, 1976.
(3) Banao aur Bigar, Lahore,
1947, tr. Nations Rise and Fall C Why?
(4) Come Let Us Change This
World, selections from the Writings of Maulana Maududi; tr. and ed. Kaukab
Sadducee, Karachi, 1971.
(5) Correspondence between Maulana
Maududi and Maryam Jameelah, Lahore, [1969].
(6) Dakan ki Siyasi Tarikh
(The Political History of [Hyderabad] Deccan), Hyderabad Deccan, [1944]. Also published
under the title Dawlat-e Asifiyah aur Hukumat-e Bartaniyah: siyasi
taalluqat ki tarikh par ek nazar (A Glance at the History of the Political
Relations between the Asifiyah Dynasty and the British Government), Delhi, [n.d.].
(7) Dasturi Sifarishat par
Tanqid: Islami aur Jamhuri Nuqta-e Nazar se (A Critique of the Constitutional
Proposals from the Islamic and Democratic Viewpoint), Karachi, [n.d.], [B].
(8) Dasturi Tajawiz
(Constitutional Proposals), Karachi, [n.d.].
(9) Dasturi Tajawiz par Tanqid-o
Tabsirah (Criticism of the Constitutional Proposals), Lahore, [1957].
(10) Dawat-e Islami aur us
ke Mutalibat (The Islamic Movement and its Requirements): Lahore, [1953], [P]
(11) Dawat-e Islami kiya
hay? (What is the Islamic Movement?): Hyderabad Deccan, [n.d.].
(12) Dawat-e Islami mein
Khawatin ka Hissah (Womens Role in the Islamic Movement), Rampur, [n.d.].
(13) Dawat-e Islami, us ke
Usul, Tariq-e ka aur Muqtadiyat (The Islamic Movement: Its principles, methodology and
requirements): Rampur, [1952].
(14) Daur-e Nao ka Chailanj aur
Nojawan, Lahore, 1976, tr. Challenge of the Modern Age and the Youth,
serialized in the Criterion, March-May, 1977, vol. 12, no. 5.
(15) Din aI-Haq, Lahore,
1952, tr. The Religion of Truth, Lahore, 1967. Also tr. The True Conduct of Life,
Delhi, 1962. [A, B, H, ML, MR]
(16) "Economic and Political
Teachings of the Quran" in A History of Muslim Philosophy, ed. M. M.
Sharif, Wiesbaden, 1963, vol. 1, pp. 178-198.
(17) Ek Nihayat aham Istifta
(A Highly Important Query), Lahore, [n.d.].
(18) Fadail-e Quran
(Excellence of the Quran), Lahore, 1977.
(19) Fasadat-e Panjab ki
Tahqiqat: Adalat ke samne Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi ka Bayan, Karachi,
[1953], tr. Statement of Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi before the Punjab Disturbances
Court of Enquiry: Karachi, [n.d.], [A, B, Ml, S].
(20) Ghilaf-e Kabah, us ki Shari
Haysiyat, us ki Tarikh (The Cover of the Kabah, its legal position, its
history), Lahore, [n.d.].
(21) Hadith aur Quran
(Hadith and Quran), Deoband, [1953].
(22) Hamare Dakhili wa Khariji
Masail (Our Internal and External Problems), Karachi, 1951, [B].
(23) Haqiqat-e Hajj, Lahore,
[1946], tr. Pilgrimage in Islam, Lahore 1976. Also published as part of Khutbat.
[B, S].
(24) Haqiqat-e Imam, Lahore,
[n.d.], tr. (included in) The Essence of Islam, Lahore, 1976. Also published as
part of Khutbat. [B, Ml].
(25) Haqiqat-e Islam, Lahore
[1946], tr. (included in) The Essence of Islam, Lahore, 1976. Also published as
part of Khutbat. (B, G, Ml, P, S].
(26) Haqiat-e Jihad, Lahore,
[1946], tr. War in the Way of Islam, Lahore, 1976. Also published as part of
Khutbat. [B, S].
(27) Haqiqat-e Saum-o-Salat;
Lahore, [n.d.], tr. Worship in Islam, Lahore, 1976. Also published as part of
Khutbat, [B, G, S1].
(28) Haqiqat-e Zakat, Lahore,
[1963], tr. Charity in Islam, Lahore, 1976. Also published as part of Khutbat.
[B, G, S].
(29) Hidayaat (Directives [to
the workers of the Jamaat-e-Islami]), Lahore, [n.d.].
(30) Hindustan mein Muslim
Aqaliyat ka Mustaqbil (The Future of the Muslim Minority in India), Pathankot, [1947].
Also published under the title: Hindustan mein Tahrik-e-Islami ka Aindah
laiha-i Amal (The Future Strategy of the Islamic Movement in India).
(31) Human Rights in Islam,
Leicester, 1976.
(32) Huquq al-zaujain (The
Rights and Obligations of Spouses), Rampur, [1957].
(33) Id-i Qurban (The
Festival of Sacrifice), Lahore, [n.d.].
(34) Insan ka Maashi
Masalah aur us ka Islami Hal, Lahore, [1941]; tr. Eonomic Problem of Man and its
Islamic Solution, Lahore, 1947, [A, B, Ml, Mr].
(35) Insan ke Bunyadi Huquq
(Fundamental Rights of Man), Lahore, [1963].
(36) Ithbat-e Qurban ba ayat-e
Qurani (A Quranic Vindication of Animal Sacrifice on the Occasion of the
Festival of Sacrifice); Amritsar, 1937.
(37) Islam Asr-e Hadir mein,
Lahore, [n.d.], tr. Islam Today, Karachi, [1968].
(38) Islam aur Adl-e
Ijtimai (Islam and Social Justice), Lahore, [1963].
(39) Islam aur Jadid Maashi
Nazariyat (Islam and Modern Economic Ideologies), Delhi, [1963].
(40) Islam aur Jahiliyat,
Lahore, 1942, tr. Islam and Ignorance, Lahore, 1976 [A, B, Ml].
(41) Islam aur Khandani Mansuba
Bandi (Islam and Family Planning), Lahore, [n.d.].
(42) Islam aur Dabt-e Wiladat,
Rampur, [1951], tr. Birth Control: Its social, political, economic, moral and religious
aspects, Lahore, [1968].
(43) Islam ka Akhlaqi Naqta-e
Nazar, Lahore, [1955], tr. Ethical Viewpoint of Islam, Lahore, 1966. [A. H].
(44) Islam ka Nazariya-e Siyasi,
Lahore, [1939], tr. Political Theory of Islam, Delhi, [1964], [A, B, I, M1, S].
(45) Islam ka Nizam-e Hayat,
Lahore, [1948], tr. Islamic Way of Life, Lahore, 1950. [A, B, D, H, Tm, Tr].
(46) Islam ka Sarchashma-e Quwwat
(The Mainspring of Islam), Lahore, 1969. First Published in al-Jamiyat,
July-August, 1925.
(47) Islami Dastur ki Bunyddein,
Lahore, 1952, tr. Fundamentals of the Islamic Constitution, Lahore , 1952, also
included in Islamic Law and Constitution, Lahore, 1960. [A, B].
(48) Islami Dastur ki Tadwin,
Lahore, 1952, tr. First Principles of Islamic State, Karachi, [1953]. Also included
in Islamic Law and Constitution. [A, B].
(49) Islami Hukumat kis Tarah
Qaim hoti hay, Lahore, [1941], tr. The Process of Islamic Revolution,
Lahore, 1947. Also published under the title Islami Nizam kis tarah Qaim hota hay,
Rampur, [n.d.].
(50) Islami Hukumat mein
Dhimmiyon ke Huquq, Lahore, [1948], tr. Rights of Non-Muslims in an Islamic State,
Lahore, 1961. Also included in Islamic Law and Constitution. [B, Tm].
(51) Islami Ibadat Par ek Tahqiqi
Nazar (An Analytical Study of Worship in Islam), Rampur, [1955], [S], tr. serialized
in the Criterion, Karachi, December 1973, (vol. 8, no. 12), September-October,
1976, (vol. 9, no. 9-10).
(52) Islami Maashiyat ke
Usul (The Principles of Islamic Economics), Lahore, [n.d.].
(53) Islami Nizam Aur Maghribi
Ladini Jamhuriyat (Islam and the Western Secular Democracy), Lahore, 1974.
(54) Islami Nizam-e Talim
(Islamic System of Education), Lahore, [1963].
(55) Islami Nizam-e Talim
aur Pakistan mein us ke nifadh ki Amali Tadabir (Islamic System of Eduction and
its Introduction in Pakistan), Lahore, [1957], [B].
(56) Islami Nizam-e Zindagi aur
us ke Bunyadi Tasawwurat (Islamic Way of Life and its Fundamental Concepts), Lahore,
[1962].
(57) Islami Qanun, Hyderabad
Deccan, [1948], tr. Islamic Law, Lahore, 1953. Revised edition, 1960. Also included
in Islamic Law and Constitution. [A].
(58) Islami Qanun aur Pakistan
mein us ke nifadh ki Amali Tadabir, Lahore, 1948, tr. Islamic Law and its
Introduction in Pakistan, Lahore, 1955.
(59) Islami Riyasat (Islamic
State), Lahore, [1962].
(60) Islami Tahdhib aur us ke
Usul-o-Mabadi (The Foundations of Islamic Culture), Lahore, [1955]. [A], tr.
serialized in the Criterion, Karachi, May-June, 1971 (vol. 6, no. 3), October, 1973
(vol. 8, no. 10).
(61) Islamic Law and Constitution,
tr. and ed. Khurshid Ahmad, Lahore, 1955, 1960.
(62) Ittihad-e Alam-e Islami,
Lahore, [n.d.]; tr. Unity of the Muslim World, Lahore, (1948). Also tr. Charles J.
Adams "The Necessity of Divine Government for the Elimination of Oppression and
Injustice," Lahore, 1967.
(63) Jamaat-e-Islami ke 29
Sal: Taqrir 26 Agast 1970, Lahore, 1970, tr. "Twenty-nine Years of
Jamaat-e-Islami", in the Criterion, Karachi, November-December, 1970.
(64) Jamaat-e-Islami ki
Dawat, Rampur, 1948, tr. The Message of Jamaat-e-Islami: A Contribution
Towards Islamic Constitution Making, Lucknow, [1948].
(65) Jamaat-e-Islami ki
Intikhabi Jiddo-o Jahd, us ke Maqasid, aur Tariq-e Kar (Jamaat-e-Islamis
election efforts, its aims and its course of action), Karachi, [n.d.], [B].
(66) Jamaat-e-Islami, us ka
Maqsad, Tarikh aur Laiha-i Amal (The Jamaat-e-Islami, its aim,
history and programme), Lahore, 1953, [S].
(67) Al-Jihad fi al-Islam (Jihad
in Islam), Azamgarh, India, 1930, pp.89-91 of 2nd ed. Lahore, 1948, tr. Charles J. Adams,
"The Necessity of Divine Government for the elimination of Oppression and
Injustice," in Muslim Self-Statement in India and Pakistan, ed. by Aziz Ahmad
and G.E. von Grunebaum, wiesbaden, 1970, pp. 156-7.
(68) Jihad fe Sabil Allah (The
Concept of Jihad in the Way of God), Lahore, [1962],
[A, B, S].
(69) Khatm-e Nubuwat (The
Finality of the Prophethood), Lahore, [1963], [A, Hu].
(70) Khilafat-o Mulukiyat (Caliphate
and Monarchy), Delhi, [1967].
(71) Khutba-e Taqsim-i Isnad,
Delhi, [1962], tr, Convocation address, Delhi, [1962].
(72) Khutbat (Lectures),
Lahore, [1957], tr. Fundamentals of Islam, Lahore, 1975, [A, B, P, S].
(73) Khutbat-e Haram
(Lectures in the Haram), Lahore, [1964], tr. serialized in the Criterion entitled
"The Hajj: Significance of the Rites", November-December 1972, November 1973,
vol. 8, no. 11.
(74) Kitab al-Sawm (The Book
of Fasting), Lahore, 1973.
(75) Libas ka Musalah,
Lahore, 1975, tr. The Question of Dress, Lahore, 1976, [A].
(76) Maashiyat-e Islam
(Islamic Economics), Karachi, [1970].
(77) Makatib-i Sayyid Abul
Ala Maududi (Letters of Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi), ed. Asim
Numani, Lahore, vol. I, 1970; vol. II, 1972.
(78) Makatib-i Zindan
(Letters from Prison), ed. Hakim Nuhammad Sharif, Karachi, vol. I, 1952, II, 1970,
(79) Makhlut Intikhab,
Lahore, [n.d.], tr, Joint Electorate - An Objective evaluation, Lahore,
[n,d,].
(80) Makhlut Intikhab kiyawn aur
kiyawn nahin?, Lahore [n.d.], tr, Joint Electorate - Why and Why Not?
Lahore, [n.d.].
(81) Masala-e Jabr-o Qadr
(The Problem of Free-Will and Predestination), Lahore, [1962].
(82) Masala-e Khilafat
(The Question of Caliphate), Delhi, 1922.
(83) Masala-i Milkiyat-i
Zamin (The Problem of Land-Ownership), Lahore,
[1950], [A].
(84) Masala-i Qawmiyat
(The Problem of Nationalism), Lahore, 1939, tr. in part as Nationalism and India,
Delhi, [1965]. Also pub. as part of Tahrik-e Azadi-e Hind aur musalman.
(85) Masala-i Qurbani:
SharI aur Aqli Nuqta-i Nazar se (Animal Sacrifice on Id al-Adha:
in the light of Revelation and Reason), Lahore, [1960].
(86) Mashriqi Pakistan ke Halat-o
Masail ka Jaizah aur Islah ki Tadabir, Lahore, [1960].
(87) Maulana Maududi ke Interview
(Interviews of Maulana Maududi), Lahore, 1977.
(88) Maulana Maududi ki Taqarir
(Speeches of Maulana Maududi), ed. Tharwat Sawlat, vol. I - from August, 1941-May, 1948,
vol. II from August, 1948-May, 1955, Lahore, 1976.
(89) Maulana Sayyid Abul
Ala Maududi ka Tahqiqati Adalat men Dusra Bayan (Sayyid Abul Ala
Maududi second statement before the Judicial Enquiry Committee), Lahore, [1954], [A, B].
(90) Maulana Sayyid Abul
Ala Maududi ka Tahqiqati Adalat men Tisra Bayan (Sayyid Abul Ala
Maududis third statement before the Judicial Enquiry Committee), Lahore, [1954], [A,
B].
(91) Miraj ki rat (The
Night of Miraj), Lahore, [n.d.]. Also included in Nashri Taqriren.
(92) Munir riport par
Jamaat-e-Islami ka Tabsirah, Karachi, [1956], tr. An Analysis of the Munir
Report: A Critical Study of the Punjab Disturbances Enquiry Report, Karachi,
[1956].
(93) Murtadd ki Saza Islami Qanun
men (The Punishment of Apostasy in Islamic Law), Lahore, [1953].
(94) Musalman aur maujudah siyasi
kashmakash 3 vols. (Muslims and the Present Political Crisis [in India]), Lahore,
1937-39. Also pub. as part of Tahrik-i-azadi Hind aur Musalman. [2 vols.].
(95) Musalmanon ka madi-o hal aur
Mustaqbil ke liya Laiha-i amal (The Past and Present of the Muslims, and a
Programme for the Future), Karachi, 1951, [A, B].
(96) Muslim Khawatin se Islam ke
Mutalabat (The Demands of Islam from Muslim Women), Rampur, [1955].
(97) Muslims and the Christian
World: Factors Responsible for Discord and Tension, Karachi, 1968, tr. Of a
letter written to His Holiness Pope Paul VI, Vatican, Italy.
(98) Mutalaba-e Nizam-e Islami
(Demand of the Islamic System), Lahore, [1948].
(99) Nashri Taqriren (Radio
Talks), Lahore, [1961].
(100) Naya Nizam-e Talim
(The new system of education), Lahore, [n.d.], [A].
(101) Nishan-e Rah
(Milestones), Lahore, [n.d.].
(102) Nubuwat-i Muhammadi ka
Aqli Thubut, Lahore, [n.d.], tr. The Prophet of Islam: Lahore, 1967. Also
included in Tafhimat.
(103) Pardah, Lahore,
1939, tr. Purdah and the Status of Women in Islam, Lahore, 1972. [A].
(104) "Political Thought in
Early Islam", in A History of Muslim Philosophy, ed. M. Sharif, Wiesbaden,
1963, vol. I, pp. 656-672.
(105) Qadiyani Masalah,
Karachi, [1953], tr. The Qadiani Problem, Karachi, [1953], [A].
(106) Quran aur Payghambar
(Quran and the Prophet), Rampur, [1954], [H].
(107) Quran Fami ke Bunyai
Usul (The Basic Principles of Understanding the Quran), Lahore, [n.d.], also
included in Tafhim al-Quran, vol. I, tr. Included in The Meaning of the
Quran, vol. I.
(108) Quran ki Char Bunyadi
Istilahen: Ilah, Rabb, Ibadat, Din (Four Basic Concepts of the Quran: ilah,
rabb, ibadat, din), Rampur, [n.d.], [A], tr. serialized in the Criterion, from
January, 1976 (vol. 11, no. 1) - February, 1977 (vol. 12, no. 2).
(109) Quran ki Maashi
Talimat (Economic Teachings of the Quran), Lahore, [1969].
(110) Rasail-o Masail,
4 vols. (Queries and Responses), Lahore, 1951-1965.
(111) Risala-i Diniyat,
Hyderabad Deccan, 1932, tr. Towards Understanding Islam, Lahore, 1940. [A, B, F,
Ge, H, I, It, J, P, Po, Pr, S, Tm].
(112) Salajiqah, 2 vols. (The
Seljuqs), Lahore, 1954.
(113) Salamat ka Rastah:
Lahore, 1940, tr. The Road to Peace and Salvation, Lahore, 1966, [A, B, G, H, K,
M1, Mr, P, S, T1, Tm].
(114) Samarna men Yunani Mazalim
(Greek atrocities in Smyrna [Izmir]), Delhi, 1919.
(115) Saniha-i Masjid-e Aqsa
(The Masjid Agsa Tragedy), London, 1971.
(116) Sarmayadari aur
Ishtirakiyat (Capitalism and Communism), Rampur, [1953]. Also included in Islam aur
Jadid Maashi Nazariyat.
(117) Sarwar-i Alam, Lahore,
[n.d.], tr. The Birth of the Prophet and the Leader of the World, Delhi, 1970, [B,
H, K, Mr, T1, Tm]. Also included in Nashri Taqriren.
(118) Shahadat-e Haqq,
Rampur, [1957], tr. The Evidene of Truth, Lahore, 1976. [A, G].
(119) Sirat-e Khatm al-Rusul
(Biography of the last Prophet), Karachi, [n.d.].
(120) Sirat-e-Pak (The Sirah
of the Prophet) serialized in the Tarjuman al-Quran, June, 1973, vol. 79. no.
4ff. Two volumes of this work are scheduled to be published late in 1978.
(121) Sirat ka Paygham (The
Message of the Prophets Sirah), in the Tarjuman-al Quran,
Lahore, 1976, vol. 84, no. 6, tr. serialized in the Criterion, May, 1976, (vol. 11,
no. 5) - June, 1976, (vol. 11, no. 6).
(122) Sud, 2 vols.
(Interest), Lahore, 1948-1952. [A, B, Tr].
(123) Sunnat ki Aini
Haythiyat (The Status of the Sunnah in Islam), Lahore, [1963].
(124) Tafhim al-Quran,
6 vols. Lahore, 1949-1972, tr. The Meaning of the Quran (incomplete), Lahore,
1967, [A, B, Tr, incomplete].
(125) Tafhimat, 3 vols.
(Elucidations), Lahore, 1940-1965.
(126) Tahrik-e Azadi-e Hind aur
Musalman, 2 vols. (Freedom Movement in India and the Muslims), Lahore, 1964.
(127) Tahrik-e Islami: Kamyabi ki
Sharait (The Islamic Movement: prerequisites of success), Karachi, [1967].
(128) Tahrik-e Islami ka
Aindah Laiha-i amal (The Future Strategy of he Islamic Movement), Lahore
1966.
( 129) Tahrik-e Islami ki Akhlaqi
Bunyaden, Lahore, 1945, tr. The Moral Foundations of the Islamic Movement,
Lahore, 1976, pp. 3-47 of the 5th ed. (Karachi/Lahore, 1954), tr. by Charles J. Adams as
"The Moral Foundations of the Islamic Movement" in Muslim Self-Statement in
India and Pakistan 1957-1968, ed. Aziz Ahmad and G. E. von Grunebaum:
Wiesbaden, 1970, pp. 158-166, [A, B].
(130) Tahrik-e Jamhuriyat, us ke
Asbab aur us ka Maqsad (The Movement for [the Restoration of] Democracy), Lahore,
1968.
(131) Tajdid-o Ihya-i Din,
Lahore, 1952, tr. A Short History of the Revivalist Movement in Islam, Lahore,
1963, [A. Tr, (part)].
(132) Talimat (On
Education), Lahore, [1963].
(133) Tanqthat: Islam aur
Maghribi Tahdhib ka Tasadum aur us ke Paydah-shudah masail par Mukhtasar Tabsire
(Explications; the conflict between the Islamic and Western culture), Lahore, 1939, tr. of
a part pub. as The Sick Nations of the Modern Age, Lahore, 1966, [A].
(134) Tarjuma-e Quran Majid
Ma Mukhtasar Hawashi (Translation of the Glorious Quran with brief notes),
Lahore, 1396/1976.
(135) Tarjuman al-Quran
(monthly magazine in Urdu, ed. Maulana Maududi), Hyderabad Deccan, 1933-1938, Lahore,
1938.
(136) Turki men
Isaiyyon ki Halat (The Condition of Christians in Turkey), Delhi, 1922.
(137) Tawhid-o Risalat aur
Zindagi bad Maut ka Aqli Thubut, Lahore, 1962, tr. Vitals of Faith,
Lahore, 1976.
(138) Zindagi Ba-d-i Maut,
Lahore, [1954], tr. Life after Death: Delhi, [1967], [A, B, G, H, K, T1].