In Mecca, Muslims could not openly follow the religion their Prophet ﷺ brought to them. The believers had to bear endless prosecution for conforming to the tawhid of la ilalha illa Allah. Having attained that freedom in Yathrib, the Prophet ﷺ with the believers engaged in constructing a mosque. A suitable place was searched and the work began. The idea …
One day the Holy Prophet ﷺ knocked at the door of Abu Bakr R.A. The time has come. The Prophet ﷺ informed him that he has been granted the permission to migrate to Yathrib by Allah ﷻ . Abu Bakr, who has been preparing for this days in advance, could only shed tears at the Prophet’s ﷺ welcoming words. …
While I stress over my problems with my hair turning grey, My heart is at ease, for Allah’s help is just a prayer away. As I mourned over my painful defeats and sorrowings, I battled them believing, “..surely Allah has power over all things.” .. .. When drenched in financial distress and constant insecurity, Qur’an …
This article was first published at islam21c.com “I don’t know if you can help me; I don’t even know where to start. My life is a mess. I’ve been a Muslim for 5 years and each Ramadan instead of increasing in my emaan, I question whether I can continue living as a Muslim. The loneliness …
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 …
“You may be shocked by these words coming from me. However, on this pilgrimage, what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought-patterns previously held, and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions.”
Read misconception 1 Read misconception 2 Misconception 3: Historical Inaccuracies and Progressivism Finally, we arrive at the silliest class of misconceptions. Recall that the linchpin of “scientific miracles” in the Quran is the assumption that, 1400 years ago, all of humanity was ignorant about the truth of “scientific facts” contained in the Quran, and only …
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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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Haven’t we heard, you and I, of the numerous incidents from the life of our Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم when while praying for his Ummah his beard would be soaked with tears. Haven’t we all heard this so many times? Gone through it, skipped it. What was it that moved him to tears? Why …
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