About

Why this library exists

Qurb-e-Ilahi means nearness to the Divine. The library began as a shelf of scanned Urdu books shared between friends, and grew into a place where readers in three languages can find sound titles without paywalls, pop-ups, or noise.

Every book is reviewed before it is published. We record the author, translator and edition, and we keep the reading experience as quiet as a library should be.