Tag: Islam

[Quran; 2:125] We have rendered the shrine (the Ka`aba) a focal point for the people, and a safe sanctuary. You may use Abraham's shrine as a prayer house. We commissioned Abraham and Ismail: "You shall purify My house for those who visit, those who live there, and those who bow and prostrate." The...

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. [69.1] The sure calamity![69.2] What is the sure calamity! And what would make you realize what the sure calamity is![69.4] Samood and Ad called the striking calamity a lie.[69.5] Then as to Samood, they were destroyed by an excessively severe puni...

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. [49.1] O you who believe! be not forward in the presence of Allah and His Apostle, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is Hearing, Knowing.[49.2] O you who believe! do not raise your voices above the voice of the Prophet, and do no...

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...

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...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [23.1] Successful indeed are the believers,[23.2] Who are humble in their prayers,[23.3] And who keep aloof from what is vain,[23.4] And who are givers of poor-rate,[23.5] And who guard their private parts,[23.6] Except before their mates or those ...

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...

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...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [50.1] Qaf. I swear by the glorious Quran (that Muhammad is the Apostle of Allah.)[50.2] Nay! they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves, so the unbelievers say: This is a wonderful thing:[50.3] What! when we are dead an...

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. [3.1] Alif Lam Mim.[3.2] Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting by Whom all things subsist[3.3] He has revealed to you the Book with truth, verifying that which is before it, and He revealed the Tavrat and the Injeel a...