5 Pillars of Knowledge: What Everyone Should Know About Islam
Source: Huffington Post By Andrea Oranday Student, Trinity University Let me preface this by saying I do not believe Islam can be fully captured in five main points. I believe […]
What happens when you read people the Bible and tell them it’s the Koran? Exactly what you expect
Source: i100 Independent If you’re not familiar with the Bible, there are some rather gory passages within its pages. For example: If you will not listen to me and carry […]
665. Commandment – He who alters it after he has heard it, the sin thereof shall surely lie on those who alter it
665. Commandment – He who alters it after he has heard it, the sin thereof shall surely lie on those who alter it [2:182] And he who alters it after he has heard it, the sin thereof shall surely lie on those who alter it. Surely, Allah is All-Hearing, All-Knowing.
Shariah and Constitution: A Personal Journey
Source: Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication of America, Winter 2013 volume By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times After my training of six years to […]
Could this Quranic translation curb extremism?
By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor CNN: On a warm November night in Washington, a small group of American Muslims gathered at Georgetown University to celebrate “The Study Quran,” new English […]
Historian Demolishes Idea The Quran Is More Violent Than Bible: Christians Have ‘Holy Amnesia’
Source: addictinginfo.org: AUTHOR: JAMESON PARKER To hear Fox News tell it, the Muslim faith – and therefore the 1.5 billion people who practice it – are inherently unable to integrate […]
For the Silenced Girls
Huff Post: by Zeena Mubarak — “And when the baby girl buried alive is asked For what sin was she killed” (81:8-9) These verses, which stop me hard every time I get to them and dance uneasily in my stomach, are part of a gorgeous eschatological passage in the 30th […]
643. Commandment – O ye who believe! be strict in observing justice,and be witnesses for Allah
Commandment – O ye who believe! be strict in observing justice,and bewitnesses for Allah, even though it be against yourselves or against parents and kindred [4:136] O ye who believe! be strict in observing justice, and be witnesses for Allah, even though it be against yourselves or against parents and kindred. Whether he be rich or poor, […]
641. Commandment – Do not take interest when you borrow money
Commandment – Do not take interest when you borrow money [2:279] O ye who believe! fear Allah and relinquish what remains of interest, if you are believers.
640. Commandment – O ye who believe! when you borrow one from another for a fixed period, then write it down
Commandment – O ye who believe! when you borrow one from another for a fixed period, then write it down [2:283] O ye who believe! when you borrow one from another for a fixed period, then write it down. And let a scribe write it in your presence faithfully; and no scribe should […]
The countless blessings of God
SHEIKH SALMAN AL-OADAH Published — Friday 6 November 2015 ALLAH Almighty says: “And if you were to count God’s favors, you would not be able to number them; most surely God is Forgiving, Merciful.” (Qur’an, 16:18) Our lives are a continuous succession of God’s gifts. Many people, due to their […]
637. Commandment – Take not, therefore, friends from among them (hypocrites) and treatment with hypocrites
Commandment – Take not, therefore, friends from among them (hypocrites) and treatment with hypocrites [4:89] What has happened to you that you are divided into two parties regarding the hypocrites? And Allah has overthrown them because of what they earned. Desire ye to guide him whom Allah has caused to […]
A Sexual Offender from ISIS: Is the Quran to Blame?
Epigraph: This day all good things have been made lawful for you. … And lawful for you are chaste believing women and chaste women from among those who were given the Book before you, when you give them their dowries, contracting valid marriage and not committing fornication nor taking secret […]
A Sexual Offender from ISIS: Is the Quran to Blame?
Epigraph: This day all good things have been made lawful for you. … And lawful for you are chaste believing women and chaste women from among those who were given […]
The Holy Quran as the Miracle of the Holy Prophet
Source: This article was originally published in Spring 2010 volume of the Muslim Sunrise: read online in the Muslim Sunrise. Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of […]
Compilation of the Holy Quran into a text
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times This is a short article to introduce the subject to fellow Christians. The Holy Quran says about […]
Every Thing You Wanted to Know about Compilation and Preservation of the Holy Quran
Epigraph: Indeed, We (Allah) Ourself have sent down this Quran, and most surely We will be its Guardian. (Al Quran 15:9/10) New Light on the History of the Quranic Text? Source: The […]
Samarkand Kufic Quran Manuscript
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Samarkand manuscript, now kept inTashkent The Samarkand Kufic Quran (also known as the Uthman Quran, Samarkand codex, Samarkand manuscript and Tashkent Quran) is an […]
Quran tops the list of the 12 most popular books of all time
Epigraph: As often as we approach the Quran, it always proves repulsive anew; gradually, however, it attracts, it astonishes, and, in the end forces admiration. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The […]
The Holy Quran and the 12 Most Popular Books of All Time
Our Source: The Independent Harper Lee’s new novel ‘Go Set a Watchman’, the follow-up to ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, is set to become one of the fastest-selling books of all […]