I happened to ponder over a few verses of Surah Taha today. It left me ruminating that we all recite and read the Qur’an, but maybe with a little less depth. Some of us masha Allah go through translations and tafseers and are able to adopt quite many lessons from the verses of the Holy …
A friend of mine once discussed with me about her professor calling out Islam as an oppressive religion to women. Of course she defended her faith as a Muslim. But, this isn’t something new for us. When I asked her what she truly feels about Islam as a muslim girl, she reluctantly admitted that deep …
Read Misconception 1 Misconception 2: “The Quran is not a science textbook.” science and religion to occupy “non-overlapping magisteria”, neither should meddle in the business of the other. This is true, of course. The Quran is certainly not a science textbook. But, when some Muslims make this claim, they implicitly mean something else. As we have …
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science is synonymous with truth, and, if a religious book is truly from God, then it ought to be compatible with science. Google “scientific miracles in the Quran” and you will get millions of results, including web pages, videos, and images. It is not surprising that, as Muslims, we would be keen to have our …
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Your Lord has not taken leave of you, [O Muhammad], nor has He detested [you]. (qur’an 93:3) Many of us know surah ad-duha off by heart and have probably read its meaning many times as well, which seems quite straightforward. How many of us, though, have actually gone into the reason behind its revelation and derived the …
Tafsir is basically trying to understand the Quran. Generally, most people who read the Quran can understand something from the Quran. However, there is a big difference between a person who reads a translation of the Quran and between person who can understand it through the Arabic language. So, lets say you want to understand …
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Below are 15 motivational verses from the Quran for when we need it, and of course we need it all the time in our lives. We all need a little motivation from time to time, because life can sometimes bring happiness as well as sorrows. Allah (swt) who has created us knows our nature very …
“Do they not see the birds suspended in mid-air up in the sky? Nothing holds them there except Allah. There are certainly signs in that for people who believe.”
[Al-Qur’an: Surat An-Nahl (The Bee) – 16:79]
Signs in the Letters – A reflection upon the first ayah of surah baqarah (the cow) Like every other thing in this universe, we humans, are also created by God with a purpose. God reveals knowledge in his books so that we may become aware of the meaning of life and death and whatever is before …
And (Be mindful of) the Day the wrongdoer will bite his hands saying, “Would that I had taken a path along with the Messenger (Salallahu Aleyhi Wasallam)! Woe to me! Would that I had not taken so-and-so for my friend! Indeed he led me astray from the advice (the Qur’an) after it had come to …
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