Islamic Publishing House


Islamic Publishing House is a leading publisher of Islamic literature in the state of Kerala, India. It was founded in 1945 as the official publication division of Jama’at-e-Islami Hind, Kerala chapter. Its headquarters is in Kozhikode, Kerala.

History

IPH began publishing in 1945 at a small mosque at Irimbiliyam, near Valanchery, Malappuram District.V. P. Muhammad Ali Haji lead the initiative in its early stages. The office was later shifted from Irimbiliyam to Valanchery then to Edayoor and finally to Vellimadukunnu. Abul Jalal Moulavi, T. K. Ibrahim and T. Muhammed Sahib headed IPH at various times. Sheikh Muhammed Karakunnu has been the Director of IPH from 1982 till 2008. The current director is VK Ali.
A translation of Abul A’la Mawdudi's Towards Understanding Islam by V. P. Muhammad Ali Haji, titled 'Islam Matham' was the first book to be published by IPH. It also marked a significant shift of in Kerala from the hybrid Arabi-Malayalam script to the Malayalam script. It has since sold 67000 copies.

Growth and development

IPH is the biggest publisher of Islamic literature in the whole of South India. Apart from Calicut, it has branches at Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kannur, and Malappuram and agencies at more than 20 places in Kerala and the Middle East. It has published almost 500 books so far and many of them have sold more than 50,000 copies. Namaskaram written by Abul Jalal Moulavi alone sold 1,34,000 copies. All IPH publications follow the International Standard Book Number [International Standard Book Number|] standard of book identification and are numbered with ISBN starting with 817204. Many of its publications have been published as e-books and are available for download at the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Kerala website. Lalithasaradsm, a Malayalam translation of the Qur'an, has also been published online.
In September 2008, IPH released the first electronic edition in Malayalam of Tafheemul Qur’an, the commentary of the Quran by Abul Ala Maududi.
IPH has been a regular presence at international book fairs like the Sharjah Book Fair and the International Book Fair in Riyadh.

Major works

Important books published by IPH include: