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    • Hello San!

      I’m an IGCSE student myself and I will be giving Islamiyat (0493) this year. I feel that there is no perfect textbook for Islamiyat. But there are around 3 that can definitely help you get an A*.

      For the Life of the Prophet, use When The Moon Spilt by Safi al-Rahman Mubarakfuri.

      For the Prophet’s descendants and wives and for the Caliphates, Ten Blessed Companions, Extra Personalities, Scribes, Emigrants and Helpers, Appendix 1 and 2, use the Islamiyat Core Text for O Level textbook by Mustafa Draper and David Thomas.

      But I feel like the best definitely has to be the Islamiyat for Students textbook by Yasmin Malik. It’s quite helpful. I recommended the above textbooks because in the textbook used by Yasmin Malik, the Life of the Prophet is like a summary and summaries are not sufficient for the examination.

      And please keep in mind that the GCE O Level and IGCSE Islamiyat syllabi are the same so whichever textbook you use, it really doesn’t matter as long as it covers all the topics. 🙂

      I hope that my comment has answered your question.

  1. What books do you recommend for the subjects ‘Islamiyat’ and ‘Arabic as a foreign language’ to be taught from Elementary grades onwards in order to take the IGCSEs at the appropriate time.

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