Publications

The Stranger: The Spiritual Man in the Modern World

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“The modern man is exhausted not because he bears too much responsibility, but because he has abandoned it.”

In The Stranger: The Spiritual Man in the Modern World, Dr. Najmuddin Hasan and Ahmed Hammuda offer a penetrating critique of the modern worldview and a return to a timeless spiritual paradigm that once gave man meaning, coherence, and peace.

Drawing from Islamic theology, sacred scripture, history, philosophy, and modern social realities, this book exposes the deep fractures beneath contemporary civilisation, born out of forgetting God.

The Stranger confronts uncomfortable truths about modern man, modern society, and the myths that govern them.

‘The Stranger’ is the spiritual man who remains rooted in eternal truths while surrounded by a world obsessed with the temporary. He is misunderstood, often marginalised, yet connected to his Creator and purpose.

Through the stories of prophets, sacred history, and contemporary examples, from artificial intelligence and military paranoia to modern politics and social decay, the authors show that true success has never belonged to those who merely dominate the world, but to those who align themselves with truth.

Behind the Apartments: A Moment in the Sublime Ethics of Sūrat al-Ḥujurāt

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“The book uniquely links past with present, scripture and rationale, and classical Arabia with the modern, Western paradigm…” – Ali Hammuda

To call Sūrat al-Hujurāt (The Apartments) a University of Ethics, Manners and Realities is an understatement. From a humble corner ‘Behind the Apartments’, this book endeavours to take a glimpse into the extraordinary meanings, treasures and subtleties buried within the Qur’ān’s 49th chapter. In an age wherein many Muslims see ‘religiosity’ as detached from one’s conduct, “Behind the Apartments” extracts a handful of universal and vitalising Qur’ānic insights, revealing the indivisible, interdependency between ethics and Īmān.

This engaging and thought-provoking commentary shows how internalising al-Hujurāt’s ethics is the key to unlimited personal and societal benefit, extending to Muslims in their homes, local communities, and to the Ummah at large. Should that not be enough of a reward in itself, those who do this are granted Paradise in the Hereafter.