Videos: The Marvel of Space and Time and the Quran
Epigraph: The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day the measure of which is fifty thousand years. (Al Quran 70:4) He will plan the Divine Ordinance from […]
Video: Without Afterlife, Life is Meaningless and without Purpose
Epigraph: وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ “We have created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two in accordance with a sublime purpose, the perfect truth, wisdom and mathematics.” (Al Quran 15:85) “As often as we approach the Quran, it always proves repulsive […]
They say. We are only peacemakers.
For more details see Holy Quran, Sura 2 … go to … https://www.alislam.org/quran/app/2:1
Video: Shaikh Hamza Yusuf about Jinn and Sexual Intercourse with Them?
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comments At the end of the day Islam is either a rational religion or an irrational one like so many others? This is why we […]
The Quranic Verses about Math and Is It Discovered or Invented?
Epigraph: هُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ ضِيَاءً وَالْقَمَرَ نُورًا وَقَدَّرَهُ مَنَازِلَ لِتَعْلَمُوا عَدَدَ السِّنِينَ وَالْحِسَابَ ۚ مَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ ذَٰلِكَ إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ ۚ يُفَصِّلُ الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ إِنَّ فِي اخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ […]
Innā li’llāhi wa-Innā ilayhi Rāji‘ūn
Innā li’llāhi wa-Innā ilayhi Rāji‘ūn Ismaili Ta’wilat (Esoteric Interpretations) on the Spiritual Meaning of Belonging and Returning to God KHAYAL ʿALY AND ISMAILI GNOSIS MAY 5 READ IN APP Inna li’llahi Dream (Original: 7/18/17 – Updated: 5/5/24)Ta’wil of 2:156: Reciting Innā li’llāhi wa-Innā ilayhi to Hakim Nasir-i Khusraw’s explanation below, a believer can and […]
Videos: Epistemology: How Do We Know?
… Is Revelation also a Source of Knowledge? Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Modern philosophers often do not mention revelation, intuitions and eureka […]
What are abstract objects and do they make God necessary?
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
Origins of fundamentalism and the revival movement of Islam Ahmadiyyat – Part I
Ayesha Naseem, UK Many people think they understand the term fundamentalism; however, when asked to define it, they are unable to do so. A century after it was first used, […]
If Free Will Exists, So Does Purpose in Our Lives and Our Universe
Epigraph وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ We have created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two in accordance with a sublime purpose, […]
The books that lay hidden behind a wall for five centuries in Spain
HISTORY Two decades have passed since the discovery of the manuscripts that the imam of Cútar hid in a wall in his home around the year 1500, one of them […]
How Even a Single Profound and True Revelation Defeats Materialism or Physicalism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times If God exists strict materialism or physicalism is not true. What is a true dream? If the content […]
The Quran: Allah has bound the sun and the moon into service, each running its course for an appointed term
Written by Zia H Shah MD Yes, the Sun – in fact, our whole solar system – orbits around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. We are moving at an average velocity […]
Videos: The Quran: His Are the Most Beautiful Names
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Video: Atheists’ Obsession of the Question of Evil, Is the Glass Half Full?
Epigraph And We will try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives, and fruits; but give glad tidings to the patient, who, when a […]
Young Americans are picking up the Qur’an ‘to understand the resilience of Muslim Palestinians’
This article is more than 5 months old (but still interesting and acute) Readers find themes that align with their values as they seek to ‘grow empathy’ for a religion […]
Upholding true faith: A wake-up call for Muslims
Upholding true faith: A wake-up call for Ahmadi Muslims 27th April 2024 Editor’s Note. In the headline I omitted the word ‘Ahmadi’ as of course this really addresses all Muslims, […]
The best proof against atheism is to imagine what they profess: What if nothing exists, no God a total blank!
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
An example of the Holy Quran’s stylistic brilliance
26th April 2024 Jalees Ahmad, Al Hakam To read, ponder, and recite the Holy Quran, is what Muslims are regularly encouraged to do, making it a central focal point in their […]
Rare Münire Sultan Qur’an sets record at Sotheby’s Islamic art auction
BY DAILY SABAH WITH IHA ISTANBUL APR 26, 2024 EDITED BY BURCU ÇAKMAK The elaborately illuminated Qur’an commissioned by Sultan Abdülmecid I.’s daughter Münire Sultan in 1860 was sold for a […]