Tag: Islam

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [82.1] When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,[82.2] And when the stars become dispersed,[82.3] And when the seas are made to flow forth,[82.4] And when the graves are laid open,[82.5] Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.[82....

Islam From The Beginning To 1300 Date: 2002 Western Intrusions And The Crisis In The Arab Islamic Heartlands By the early 1800s, the Arab peoples of the Fertile Crescent, Egypt,coastal Arabia and North Afric had lived for centuries under Ottoman-Turkishrule. Though most Arabs resented Turkish domina...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [90.1] Nay! I swear by this city.[90.2] And you shall be made free from obligation in this city--[90.3] And the begetter and whom he begot.[90.4] Certainly We have created man to be in distress.[90.5] Does he think that no one has power over him?[9...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [60.1] O you who believe! do not take My enemy and your enemy for friends: would you offer them love while they deny what has come to you of the truth, driving out the Apostle and yourselves because you believe in Allah, your Lord? If you go forth ...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [45.1] Ha Mim.[45.2] The revelation of the Book is from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise.[45.3] Most surely in the heavens and the earth there are signs for the believers.[45.4] And in your (own) creation and in what He spreads abroad of animals there a...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [64.1] Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah; to Him belongs the kingdom, and to Him is due (all) praise, and He has power over all things.[64.2] He it is Who created you, but one of you is an unbelieve...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [4.1] O people! be careful of (your duty to) your Lord, Who created you from a single being and created its mate of the same (kind) and spread from these two, many men and women; and be careful of (your duty to) Allah, by Whom you demand one of ano...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [1.1] All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.[1.2] The Beneficent, the Merciful.[1.3] Master of the Day of Judgment.[1.4] Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.[1.5] Keep us on the right path.[1.6] The path of those upon whom...

Islam From The Beginning To 1300 Date: 2002Spread Into Africa The spread of Islam, from its heartland in the Middle East and NorthAfrica to India and Southeast Asia, revealed the power of the religion and itscommercial and sometimes military attributes. Civilizations were alteredwithout being fully ...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [29.1] Alif Lam Mim.[29.2] Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We believe, and not be tried?[29.3] And certainly We tried those before them, so Allah will certainly know those who are true and He will certainly know the liars.[29.4...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [78.1] Of what do they ask one another?[78.2] About the great event,[78.3] About which they differ?[78.4] Nay! they shall soon come to know[78.5] Nay! Nay! they shall soon know.[78.6] Have We not made the earth an even expanse?[78.7] And the mounta...

A Bridge of Stories - Marlies ter Borg You have before you a unique anthology of stories told in both the Bible and the Qur'an. It starts obviously with creation, which in both books took six Days or divine periods. It continues to describe the creation of man and woman, who in both books dwell in t...