440. Al-Bara ibn Azib, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, commanded us to visit the sick, follow funeral processions, bless those who sneeze, fulfill our vows, help the wronged, accept invitations and make the greeting commo
Continue Reading →437. Anas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “A man said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, when one of us meets his brother or his friend, should he bow to him?’ He said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Should he embrace him and kiss him?’ He said, ‘No.’ He said, ‘Should he take his hand and shake it?’ He r
Continue Reading →Interpretation In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful 1.For favor of concord and security to the Quraysh, 2.Their concord and security in their winter and summer journeys, 3.Let them worship the Lord of this House, 4.Who has provided them with food against hunger, and made
Continue Reading →Interpretation In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate, Have you considered how your Lord dealt with the people of the Elephant? Did He not bring their evil scheme to nothing? He sent down upon them flocks of birds. Shooting them with bullet-like stones of baked
Continue Reading →Interpretation In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate, By time, Most certainly, human is in loss, Except those who believe and do good, righteous deeds, and exhort one another to truth, and exhort one another to steadfast patience. Surah al-Asr was revealed in M
Continue Reading →Interpretation 1.In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate, 2.All praise and gratitude are for Allah, the Lord of the worlds, 3.The All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate, 4.The Master of the Day of Judgment. 5.You alone do we worship, and from You alone do we seek he
Continue Reading →In the same way that there were no vowel signs and diacritical points on the scripts gathered during the period of Caliph Abu Bakr, there were no vowel signs or diacritical points in the Qur’an that were copied and sent to the major Islamic cities during the period of Uthman, becaus
Continue Reading →The meaning of the word “ayah” is miracle, a sign or evidence. The terminological meaning of the word “ayah” is a revelation comprising of one or more sentences. The order of the ayahs, the beginning, end, and instruction of which ayahs belonged to which surah was again related pers
Continue Reading →THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD “SURAH” (CHAPTER), THE SEQUENCE AND NUMBER OF CHAPTERS IN THE QUR’AN The technical term of the word surah is the title given to each individual division or chapter of the Qur’an. Surah as a word can also mean rank, honor, position and sign. The plural of sur
Continue Reading →During the period of Caliph Uthman, the Islamic state expanded, and the numbers of Muslims were increasing daily. Teachers of the Qur’an were sent to the settlements within the Islamic state. These teachers taught the recitation in their own particular style. This caused controversy a
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