Category: Qur’an
Letter From A King
𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗿’𝗮𝗻 …… Imagine the king of China sends YOU a personal letter with certain instructions. But you don’t understand Chinese, so what do you do? Do you start memorising the Chinese letter? Or do you go to a translator to find out...
View DetailsThunder Glorifies God
Al-Qur’an: وَيُسَبِّحُ ٱلرَّعْدُ بِحَمْدِهِ “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲.” [13:13]....
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What the story of Moses and Khidr actually shows us is that nothing is what it seems ... عندما يكون خرق السفينة هو قمة النجاة - 𝗗𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹. وقتل الغلام هو قمة الرحمة - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹...
View DetailsEnemies & Friends
Not every family member is a friend, and not every stranger is an enemy…….. The 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 of Yusuf threw him in a well and said: ٱقْتُلُوا۟ يُوسُفَ ‘𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗬𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗳!’ [12:9]. A 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 bought Yusuf and said to his wife: أَكْرِمِى مَثْوَىٰهُ ‘𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 ...
View DetailsQur’an Gathering Dust
Imam Dhahaak said: يأتي على الناس زمان يعلّقون المصحف حتى يعشش فيه العنكبوت لا يُنتفع بما فيه ‘A time will come when people will store the Qur’an on a shelf until a spider nests on it, without them benefitting from it.’ [‘Jami Ba...
View DetailsThe Shariah Is Like An Ocean
Do we need this many books to understand the Qur'an? Imam al-Subki, ash-Shafi'ii said 700 years ago: الشريعة كالبحر كل وقت يعطي جواهر "The Shariah is like an ocean which continuously produces pearls." ["Fatawa al-Subki", 5/51]. The hundreds ...
View DetailsAbode Of Peace
Al-Qur'an: وَاللَّهُ يَدْعُو إِلَىٰ دَارِ السَّلَامِ "God invites to the Abode of Peace." [10:25]....
View DetailsImportance Of Consultation
The importance of consultation - أهمية الشورى Imam Ibn Aashur al-Maliki says in his Tafsir: ولذلك قرن الله تعالى خلق أصل البشر بالتَّشاور في شأنه إذ قال للملائكة: { إني جاعل في الأرض خليفة } [البقرة: 30]، إذ قد غَنِي الله عن إعانة المخلوقات في الرأ...
View DetailsThe Great Qur’an
Al-Qurtubi writes: وَكَرِهَ أَبُو الْعَالِيَةِ أَنْ يُقَالَ : سُورَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ أَوْ كَبِيرَةٌ ; وَقَالَ لِمَنْ سَمِعَهُ قَالَهَا : أَنْتَ أَصْغَرُ مِنْهَا ، وَأَمَّا الْقُرْآنُ فَكُلُّهُ عَظِيمٌ Abu 'Aaliyah disliked people saying: "a smal...
View DetailsQur’an Reading Reward
It is often asked: if Surah Ikhlas is equal to 1/3 of the Qur'an in reward, why do we still need to read the entire Qur'an? Ibn Taymiyah said: كمن معه ثلاثة آلاف دينار وآخر معه طعام ولباس ومساكن ونقد يعدل ثلاثة آلاف دينار فإن هذا معه ما ينتفع به في...
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