In the name of Allah, all praise is for Allah, and may His peace and blessings be upon His final Messenger Muhammad (sallAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam). A Pew Research Center survey of more than 38,000 Muslims around the world shows widespread observance ...

Tafsīr Sūrat Al-Hadīd Part 1 | Part 2 This article is the second article in a series that will explore the abundance of wealth contained in Sūrat Al-Hadīd—“Iron.” In each article, we will carefully inspect the verses of this magnificent ...

Introduction “…And We sent down iron, wherein is mighty power and benefits for mankind, and so that Allāh may test those who support Him and His messengers though unseen. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful, Almighty.”[1] Sūrat al-Hadīd is known only by ...

Removing the Conflict Between Reason & Revelation The theological discussion relating to submission towards the Sacred Texts often sparks a long-standing debate over the possible conflict between what the Sacred Texts say and other influential factors such as preconceived ideas, ...

Yā Sīn takes the believer on a voyage of endless lessons. It begins by confirming the veracity of the Messenger (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam), leaving no doubt, and outlines his purpose. It provides stories of those who passed and ...

Of the branding levelled at worshippers of the Al Mighty is that they are ‘backward’, incapable of intellectualising, ‘brought up to accept’ a Deity or forcefully separated from their own cognition. But in a world that demands a beginning to ...

Expelled, then washed off or thrown away. It is such a despised fluid, and yet it is the biological building block of the human. That same human will grow to contempt from where he emerged, almost instinctively belittling his own ...

Man is innately coded desiring to submit to a grander entity. The religion-less or atheists are no exception to this, but rather, they look to satiate this innate craving by deifying other animate or inanimate entities by the dictates of ...

It needs only a living heart, clean from the blemishes of pride and conceit, to see how much we have fallen short of gratitude to Allah. A horse’s swinging hoof has the power to crush the body of man to ...

When put against the templates of Arabic poetry and literature, the Qur’an was wholly different. By the admittance of one of the most influential enemies of the Prophet (sall Allahu ʿalayhi wa sallam), “What the Qur’an is saying can never ...