Tag: Islam

Islam From The Beginning To 1300 Date: 2002 Conclusion In this chapter, we have examined the origins and meteoric development ofIslam - both the religion and the community. The great power of Muhammad'steachings enabled the creative but fragmented Arab tribes to unify and expandacross three continen...

Islam From The Beginning To 1300 Date: 2002 An Age Of Learning And Artistic Refinement The avid interest in Muslim ideas and material culture displayed byEuropean knights and merchants who journeyed to the centers of Islamiccivilization in this era cautions us against placing too great an emphasis o...

First Forty YearsBackground Moses means 'drawn out' probably because he was drawn out of the water and Israel was drawn out of Egypt. He is one of the greatest Old Testament figures standing next to Abraham and David in importance. While Moses is not mentioned outside the Old Testament there are vei...

Sura (Chapter) Table (click on the sura's English name to jump to a particular sura) Initialed SuraNo. OrderOfRevelation Verses English Arabic 1 5 7 The Key Al-Fatehah * 2 87 286 The Heifer Al-Baqarah * 3 89 200 The Amramites Ali-'Imran 4 92 176 Wo...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [94.1] Have We not expanded for you your breast,[94.2] And taken off from you your burden,[94.3] Which pressed heavily upon your back,[94.4] And exalted for you your esteem?[94.5] Surely with difficulty is ease.[94.6] With difficulty is surely ease...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [34.1] (All) praise is due to Allah, Whose is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and to Him is due (all) praise in the hereafter; and He is the Wise, the Aware.[34.2] He knows that which goes down into the earth and that which comes o...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [108.1] Surely We have given you Kausar,[108.2] Therefore pray to your Lord and make a sacrifice.[108.3] Surely your enemy is the one who shall be without posterity,...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [114.1] Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of men,[114.2] The King of men,[114.3] The God of men,[114.4] From the evil of the whisperings of the slinking (Shaitan),[114.5] Who whispers into the hearts of men,[114.6] From among the jinn and the men....

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [85.1] I swear by the mansions of the stars,[85.2] And the promised day,[85.3] And the bearer of witness and those against whom the witness is borne.[85.4] Cursed be the makers of the pit,[85.5] Of the fire (kept burning) with fuel,[85.6] When they...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [31.1] Alif Lam Mim.[31.2] These are verses of the Book of Wisdom[31.3] A guidance and a mercy for the doers of goodness,[31.4] Those who keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate and they are certain of the hereafter.[31.5] These are on a guidance from...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [14.1] Alif Lam Ra. (This is) a Book which We have revealed to you that you may bring forth men, by their Lord's permission from utter darkness into light-- to the way of the Mighty, the Praised One,[14.2] (Of) Allah, Whose is whatever is in the he...

[9.1] (This is a declaration of) immunity by Allah and His Apostle towards those of the idolaters with whom you made an agreement.[9.2] So go about in the land for four months and know that you cannot weaken Allah and that Allah will bring disgrace to the unbelievers.[9.3] And an announcement from A...