Given the centrality of the Qur’an to the lives of the majority of the more than one billion Muslims of the world, the critical question is: What, if anything, does [...]
From Taqwa to FatwaFrom Taqwa to Fatwa
What drives the Islamic civilization today? Does it have a focus? What accounts for the tribulations of the global Islamic community for the last two hundred years? A civilization is [...]
Music and IslamMusic and Islam
(The author of this article is the Editor in Chief of Al-Balaagh, a bi-monthly published from Lenasia, South Africa. He is a widely known Muslim writer, author of several books, [...]
Surah AsrSurah Asr
Surah Asr or Surah Wal Asr as it is also known is the 103rd chapter of the Quran. It speaks of the fact that all human beings are in a [...]
SURAH AL QASASSURAH AL QASAS
طسٓمٓ ١ Ṭâ-Sĩn-Mĩm. تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْمُبِينِ ٢ These are the verses of the clear Book. نَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكَ مِن نَّبَإِ مُوسَىٰ وَفِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِقَوْمٍۢ يُؤْمِنُونَ ٣ We narrate to you [...]
SURAH AR RUMSURAH AR RUM
الٓمٓ ١ Alif-Lãm-Mĩm. غُلِبَتِ ٱلرُّومُ ٢ The Romans have been defeated فِىٓ أَدْنَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ غَلَبِهِمْ سَيَغْلِبُونَ ٣ in a nearby land.1 Yet following their defeat, they will triumph [...]
surah namlsurah naml
طسٓ ۚ تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْقُرْءَانِ وَكِتَابٍۢ مُّبِينٍ ١ Ṭâ-Sĩn. These are the verses of the Quran; the clear Book. هُدًۭى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٢ ˹It is˺ a guide and good news [...]
surah al ankabutsurah al ankabut
الٓمٓ ١ Alif-Lãm-Mĩm. أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ ٢ Do people think once they say, “We believe,” that they will be left without being put [...]
Surah QariahSurah Qariah
Surah Qariah is one of the chapters of the 30th part of the Quran and focuses on one of the principles of faith, i.e. Qiyamah and some of the calamities that will take place on [...]
SURAH LUQMANSURAH LUQMAN
الٓمٓ ١ Alif-Lãm-Mĩm. تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ ٢ These are the verses of the Book, rich in wisdom. هُدًۭى وَرَحْمَةًۭ لِّلْمُحْسِنِينَ ٣ ˹It is˺ a guide and mercy for the [...]