Literature

Last updated on 2025-11-14

Literature is the main entry in fil-afaq. It is a published, written work of a muslim which brings benefits to the ummah as a whole.

Criteria #

In addition to the general criteria for inclusion, below are criteria which are specific to literature.

  1. Pass all the entity's inlusion criteria.
  2. Islamic-focused. The rule of thumb is that 50% of the content is about Islam or directly benificial for a Muslim in Islamic sense.
  3. Distributed in one of the media listed in edition.

Fields #

Language
The main language of the literature is written in.
Title
The title of the literature. If the literature is originally in non-latin script, then the proper transcription is applied.
Original script
This should only be filled when the literature contains non-latin script.
Description
Short description about the literature.
Edition cover
Which edition cover should be used as the literature entry cover. By default, it uses the first edition's cover.
Status
The current entry status in the DB. This only can be set by moderators.

Editions #

See the documentation for edition.

Literature tags #

[WIP]

Literature relations #

[WIP]

Literature entities #

[WIP]

Star #

[WIP]