What do you think?
Rate this book
The Lofty Mountain
The Lofty Mountain contains the translation of perhaps the last book that Sheikh Abdullah Azzam wrote before he was assassinated. It is a unique biography of an individual that is not known to many people: the martyred Sheikh Tameem al-Adnani from Palestine, whose soul left this World in 1989.
158 pages, Unknown Binding
About the author
عبد الله یوسف عزام
48 books326 followersولد الشهيد عبد الله عزام رحمه الله في جنين عام 1360هـ. انهى دراسته الإبتدائية والثانوية في قريته ثم واصل تعليمه بكلية "خضورية الزراعية" ونال منها الدبلوم بدرجة إمتياز ثم عمل في سلك التعليم وواصل طلبه للعلم الشرعي حتى انتسب إلى كلية الشريعة في جامعة دمشق ونال منها شهادة الليسانس في الشريعة بتقدير جيد جدا عام 1386هـ.
وبعد سقوط الضفة الغربية عام 1387هـ عاد إلى فلسطين ليؤدي فريضة الإعداد والجهاد فشارك في العديد من المعارك. ثم انتسب إلى الأزهر فحصل على شهادة الماجستير في أصول الفقه عام 1389هـ بتقدير جيد جدا وعاد سنة 1390هـ إلى الأردن ليعمل مدرساً في كلية الشريعة بعمان وبعث من قبل الكلية إلى الأزهر للحصول على شهادة الدكتوراه في أصول الفقه حيث حصل عليها سنة 1393هـ.
وفي عام 1400هـ صدر قرار الحاكم العسكري الأردني بفصله من عمله في الكلية فانتقل إلى الجزيرة العربية للتدريس في جامعة "الملك عبد العزيز" بجدة. أعير سنة 1401هـ إلى الجامعة الإسلامية الدولية بإسلام آباد للتدريس حسب طلبه ليكون قريباً من الجهاد الأفغاني بعد انتهاء مدة الإعارة رفضت جامعة الملك عبدالعزيز تجديد العقد فقدم الشيخ استقالته وتعاقد مع الرابطة عام 1406هـ.
بدأ الشيخ في العمل الجهادي مع المجاهدين الأفغان عام 1402هـ وقد قام عام 1404هـ بتأسيس "مكتب الخدمات". ثم قد قدم استقالته من الجامعة الاسلامية بإسلام آباد وتفرغ للعمل الجهادي وتحريض الأمة. وفي 24 ربيع الآخر/1410هـ وبينما كان الشيخ في طريقه إلى مسجد سبع الليل في بيشاور لإلقاء خطبة الجمعة مرت سيارته من فوق لغم كان قد زرعته أيدي الكفر العالمي فقتل شهيداً.
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam was born in a village in the North of Palestine named Selat AI Harithia in Genine District in the year 1941. Sheikh Abdullah Azzam received his early elementary and secondary school education in his village, and continued his education at the agricultural Khadorri College where he obtained a Diploma. Although he was the youngest amongst his colleagues, he was the brightest and most astute. After he graduated from Khadorri College, he worked as a teacher in a village named Adder in the South of Jordan. Later he joined Shariah College in Damascus University where he obtained a B.A. Degree in Shariah in 1966. After the Jews captured the West Bank in 1967, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam decided to migrate to Jordan, because he could not live under the Jewish occupation of Palestine. The sacrilege of the Israeli tanks rolling into the West Bank without any resistance made him more determined to migrate, to learn the skills necessary to fight. In the late 1960's he joined the Jihad against the Israeli occupation of Palestine from Jordan. During that time he received a Masters Degree in Shariah from the University of AI Azhar. In 1970 when the Jihad came to a halt, and the PLO was forced out of Jordan, he assumed a teaching position in the Jordanian University in Amman. In 1971 he was awarded a scholarship to the AI Azhar University in Cairo at which he obtained a Ph.D. Degree in Ussul al Fiqh in 1973
وبعد سقوط الضفة الغربية عام 1387هـ عاد إلى فلسطين ليؤدي فريضة الإعداد والجهاد فشارك في العديد من المعارك. ثم انتسب إلى الأزهر فحصل على شهادة الماجستير في أصول الفقه عام 1389هـ بتقدير جيد جدا وعاد سنة 1390هـ إلى الأردن ليعمل مدرساً في كلية الشريعة بعمان وبعث من قبل الكلية إلى الأزهر للحصول على شهادة الدكتوراه في أصول الفقه حيث حصل عليها سنة 1393هـ.
وفي عام 1400هـ صدر قرار الحاكم العسكري الأردني بفصله من عمله في الكلية فانتقل إلى الجزيرة العربية للتدريس في جامعة "الملك عبد العزيز" بجدة. أعير سنة 1401هـ إلى الجامعة الإسلامية الدولية بإسلام آباد للتدريس حسب طلبه ليكون قريباً من الجهاد الأفغاني بعد انتهاء مدة الإعارة رفضت جامعة الملك عبدالعزيز تجديد العقد فقدم الشيخ استقالته وتعاقد مع الرابطة عام 1406هـ.
بدأ الشيخ في العمل الجهادي مع المجاهدين الأفغان عام 1402هـ وقد قام عام 1404هـ بتأسيس "مكتب الخدمات". ثم قد قدم استقالته من الجامعة الاسلامية بإسلام آباد وتفرغ للعمل الجهادي وتحريض الأمة. وفي 24 ربيع الآخر/1410هـ وبينما كان الشيخ في طريقه إلى مسجد سبع الليل في بيشاور لإلقاء خطبة الجمعة مرت سيارته من فوق لغم كان قد زرعته أيدي الكفر العالمي فقتل شهيداً.
Abdullah Yusuf Azzam was born in a village in the North of Palestine named Selat AI Harithia in Genine District in the year 1941. Sheikh Abdullah Azzam received his early elementary and secondary school education in his village, and continued his education at the agricultural Khadorri College where he obtained a Diploma. Although he was the youngest amongst his colleagues, he was the brightest and most astute. After he graduated from Khadorri College, he worked as a teacher in a village named Adder in the South of Jordan. Later he joined Shariah College in Damascus University where he obtained a B.A. Degree in Shariah in 1966. After the Jews captured the West Bank in 1967, Sheikh Abdullah Azzam decided to migrate to Jordan, because he could not live under the Jewish occupation of Palestine. The sacrilege of the Israeli tanks rolling into the West Bank without any resistance made him more determined to migrate, to learn the skills necessary to fight. In the late 1960's he joined the Jihad against the Israeli occupation of Palestine from Jordan. During that time he received a Masters Degree in Shariah from the University of AI Azhar. In 1970 when the Jihad came to a halt, and the PLO was forced out of Jordan, he assumed a teaching position in the Jordanian University in Amman. In 1971 he was awarded a scholarship to the AI Azhar University in Cairo at which he obtained a Ph.D. Degree in Ussul al Fiqh in 1973
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews
May 30, 2026
The last book of Sheikh Abdullah Azzam before he was blasted & martyred in Peshawar on his way to lead the Jummah prayer along with his 2 young sons.
The book is actually translation 3 different manuscripts,
1) the first one being “the lofty mountain”, its a booklet on Sheikh Tameem al Adnani, one of the companions of Abdullah Azzam from the times in Afghanistan against Soviets.
2) the second is a booklet about the Battle of Lions Den, the last battle which finally made the Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan
3) the third is about some conversation and comments of Abdullah Azzam and Osama bin Laden
The state of Muslim affairs is the same as was in 1980s, the following excerpts are testament to it:
In Islamic terms, this existent status quo in the Gulf is not permissible. The kings of these oil rich states have sold their lands and taken the disbelievers as friends and protectors. There is no other word for this other than disbelief, which causes the one guilty of such to exit from the fold of Islam
the Pakistani region of Balochistan had been invaded intellectually by the Soviet Union as a result of the activities of the local Communist Party. There was not a village, town or city, from Quetta to the Gulf of Oman, except that the red flag of the local Communist Party fluttered menacing ly in the air. The pictures of Kamal, Lenin and Stalin were placed on the walls of the meeting points of tribal leaders.
Had Allah not blessed this Ummah and bestowed His Favour upon the Muslims of Afghanistan, the Soviets would have taken the Arabian Gulf states effortlessly. The Afghans were able to repel the largest invasion in recent times, by the forces of disbelief against Islam. However, this victory did not come without a price. Afghanistan's infrastructure was destroyed.
Having seen the Soviet Army defeated, in a move of amazing treachery and cold heartedness, the Gulf states turned their backs to Afghanistan. They left the Afghans to fend for themselves and to cope alone, whereas this was the crucial time that this proud and resourceful nation needed the support of the Islamic World.
The Communist Party had arisen in Afghanistan and began to invite people to clear and manifest disbelief. Some of the scholars and youth tried to respond to this with Dawah activities, but their financial resources were very limited and they were unable to repel this threat. Therefore, Allah blessed the Mujahideen leadership with the ability to raise the banner of Jihad. Hence, it is important to acknowledge the important role played by the leaders of the Jihad such as Hekmatyar, Sayyaf, Rabbani, Yunus Khalis, Sheikh Muhammadi and Mujadidi. Even though they may have erred afterwards, credit must be given to where it is due.
When the Western World saw that the Afghan people had high resolve, they decided to finance the Afghans to fight against the Russians. America sent out instructions to its agent states in the Middle East to begin publicising the news of the Afghan Mujahideen. The government newspapers and publications in the Gulf began to give extensive coverage to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, to the extent that Saudi radio would cover the topic in its five daily broadcasts, speaking about the heroic stance of the Mujahideen fighters . Consequently , charity organisations were established throughout the Saudi Kingdom, to gather money for the people of Afghanistan and the Mujahideen. Orders were sent to all organisations to support this Jihad effort and fatawa were issued by scholars, regarding the obligation of Jihad. However, this was only done after the permission of the Wali-ul-Amr (leader of the country/authority) of Saudi Arabia, King Fahd, who in turn had received the go ahead from his Wali-ul-Amr, Jimmy Carter. Saudi Arabian Airlines were given orders to give a 75% discount to anyone flying to Pakistan with the intention of fighting in the Jihad.
Usama Bin Ladin used to donate about half a million rup ees for the Off ice 's mon thl y expenditure (i.e. approximately US$25,000 per month). However, when the rent increased in 1985 - 1986, he decided to have a permanent building built for the purpose. He only used to visit now and again, but he preferred to undertake actual projects that would help the Mujahideen infrastructure, rather than simply giving monetary contributions to the Jihad. Thus, he set about building roads through the mountains, and digging tunnels and huge hideouts to protect the Afghan Mujahideen from Soviet aerial attacks. These projects were in co-ordination with his brothers in Saudi Arabia, who were the owners of the huge Bin Ladin Corporation, and who helped him by sending digging equipment, huge Caterpillar bulldozers and electricity generators to Afghanistan
What is even worse is that the small body of courageous Muslims who join the path of Jihad are labelled as extremists, rebels, bandits and terrorists by their own Muslim brethren. It is true that mistakes have been committed in the path of Jihad by some people of Islam, but this is true for many of the acts of worship of Islam. People commit Shirk whilst praying and performing Hajj (this Shirk being the most grave transgressio n in the Sight of Allah) yet our response to this is not to stop praying or performing Hajj, but to engage in these acts of worship which are the pillars of the religion and purify them from innov ation and Shirk and invit e the peopl e to perform these acts of worship in the proper way.
do not have pessimism and despair and do not approach this path of jihad in the Capitalist mindset. We too frequently hear Muslims (both scholars and ignorant ) saying that this path has achieved nothing. Patience, as some believe, is not to sit at home and do nothing in the face of clear transgression and Kufr Bawah (clear and manifest dis bel ief ). This, in fact, is nothing more than cowardice and humiliation. Patience is to fight in the Path of Allah, accepting Martyrdom or victory.
The book is actually translation 3 different manuscripts,
1) the first one being “the lofty mountain”, its a booklet on Sheikh Tameem al Adnani, one of the companions of Abdullah Azzam from the times in Afghanistan against Soviets.
2) the second is a booklet about the Battle of Lions Den, the last battle which finally made the Soviets to withdraw from Afghanistan
3) the third is about some conversation and comments of Abdullah Azzam and Osama bin Laden
The state of Muslim affairs is the same as was in 1980s, the following excerpts are testament to it:
In Islamic terms, this existent status quo in the Gulf is not permissible. The kings of these oil rich states have sold their lands and taken the disbelievers as friends and protectors. There is no other word for this other than disbelief, which causes the one guilty of such to exit from the fold of Islam
the Pakistani region of Balochistan had been invaded intellectually by the Soviet Union as a result of the activities of the local Communist Party. There was not a village, town or city, from Quetta to the Gulf of Oman, except that the red flag of the local Communist Party fluttered menacing ly in the air. The pictures of Kamal, Lenin and Stalin were placed on the walls of the meeting points of tribal leaders.
Had Allah not blessed this Ummah and bestowed His Favour upon the Muslims of Afghanistan, the Soviets would have taken the Arabian Gulf states effortlessly. The Afghans were able to repel the largest invasion in recent times, by the forces of disbelief against Islam. However, this victory did not come without a price. Afghanistan's infrastructure was destroyed.
Having seen the Soviet Army defeated, in a move of amazing treachery and cold heartedness, the Gulf states turned their backs to Afghanistan. They left the Afghans to fend for themselves and to cope alone, whereas this was the crucial time that this proud and resourceful nation needed the support of the Islamic World.
The Communist Party had arisen in Afghanistan and began to invite people to clear and manifest disbelief. Some of the scholars and youth tried to respond to this with Dawah activities, but their financial resources were very limited and they were unable to repel this threat. Therefore, Allah blessed the Mujahideen leadership with the ability to raise the banner of Jihad. Hence, it is important to acknowledge the important role played by the leaders of the Jihad such as Hekmatyar, Sayyaf, Rabbani, Yunus Khalis, Sheikh Muhammadi and Mujadidi. Even though they may have erred afterwards, credit must be given to where it is due.
When the Western World saw that the Afghan people had high resolve, they decided to finance the Afghans to fight against the Russians. America sent out instructions to its agent states in the Middle East to begin publicising the news of the Afghan Mujahideen. The government newspapers and publications in the Gulf began to give extensive coverage to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, to the extent that Saudi radio would cover the topic in its five daily broadcasts, speaking about the heroic stance of the Mujahideen fighters . Consequently , charity organisations were established throughout the Saudi Kingdom, to gather money for the people of Afghanistan and the Mujahideen. Orders were sent to all organisations to support this Jihad effort and fatawa were issued by scholars, regarding the obligation of Jihad. However, this was only done after the permission of the Wali-ul-Amr (leader of the country/authority) of Saudi Arabia, King Fahd, who in turn had received the go ahead from his Wali-ul-Amr, Jimmy Carter. Saudi Arabian Airlines were given orders to give a 75% discount to anyone flying to Pakistan with the intention of fighting in the Jihad.
Usama Bin Ladin used to donate about half a million rup ees for the Off ice 's mon thl y expenditure (i.e. approximately US$25,000 per month). However, when the rent increased in 1985 - 1986, he decided to have a permanent building built for the purpose. He only used to visit now and again, but he preferred to undertake actual projects that would help the Mujahideen infrastructure, rather than simply giving monetary contributions to the Jihad. Thus, he set about building roads through the mountains, and digging tunnels and huge hideouts to protect the Afghan Mujahideen from Soviet aerial attacks. These projects were in co-ordination with his brothers in Saudi Arabia, who were the owners of the huge Bin Ladin Corporation, and who helped him by sending digging equipment, huge Caterpillar bulldozers and electricity generators to Afghanistan
What is even worse is that the small body of courageous Muslims who join the path of Jihad are labelled as extremists, rebels, bandits and terrorists by their own Muslim brethren. It is true that mistakes have been committed in the path of Jihad by some people of Islam, but this is true for many of the acts of worship of Islam. People commit Shirk whilst praying and performing Hajj (this Shirk being the most grave transgressio n in the Sight of Allah) yet our response to this is not to stop praying or performing Hajj, but to engage in these acts of worship which are the pillars of the religion and purify them from innov ation and Shirk and invit e the peopl e to perform these acts of worship in the proper way.
do not have pessimism and despair and do not approach this path of jihad in the Capitalist mindset. We too frequently hear Muslims (both scholars and ignorant ) saying that this path has achieved nothing. Patience, as some believe, is not to sit at home and do nothing in the face of clear transgression and Kufr Bawah (clear and manifest dis bel ief ). This, in fact, is nothing more than cowardice and humiliation. Patience is to fight in the Path of Allah, accepting Martyrdom or victory.
November 20, 2023
"Indeed, the manuscripts of history are not scribed except with the blood of these martyrs, except with the stories of these martyrs, and except with the examples of these martyrs."
May Allah have mercy on those who came and left before us.. an eye opener in many senses, this is one for the masses to read and learn from. Learn what the objective always was for Muslims in the contemporary age and understand it well, all we wanted was freedom.
This is a pertinent read, as the issue of Palestine rages on, may Allah take our hearts away from love of this worldly life and open them to the guidance of what needs to happen for the freedom of all our brothers and sisters.
This is the biography of a passionate man, then the story of a great battle, and then a short mention of another man of humility and selflessness.
May Allah have mercy on those who came and left before us.. an eye opener in many senses, this is one for the masses to read and learn from. Learn what the objective always was for Muslims in the contemporary age and understand it well, all we wanted was freedom.
This is a pertinent read, as the issue of Palestine rages on, may Allah take our hearts away from love of this worldly life and open them to the guidance of what needs to happen for the freedom of all our brothers and sisters.
This is the biography of a passionate man, then the story of a great battle, and then a short mention of another man of humility and selflessness.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews