Tag: ABRAHAM

The Likeness of Abraham ﷺ

"I saw Abraham (ʿalayhi al-Salām) and the person who resembles him most is your companion..."

Legacy of a Giant: The Prophet Ibrahim ﷺ

Pilgrims from all around the world are making their way to Mecca in order to fulfil their fifth pillar of Islam – Hajj – a pillar that has countless objectives and today I will be focusing on just one of them. Shaykh Ahmad Ibn ‘AbdulHaleem Ad-Dahlawi said, ومن مقاصد الحج

“I won’t be eating Qurbani meat this year, will you?”

  Sacrifice is an offering whereby that which is offered is given to your Lord while you are in total submission and obedience. With that said what does giving a sacrifice mean to you? The greatest illustration of sacrifice is in Ibrāhīm (ʿalayhi al-Salām) from whom the Islamic tradition of

What is al-Aqsa?

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَى بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آَيَاتِنَا إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ Glory be to Him Who made His servant to go on a night from the Sacred Mosque to al-Aqsa Mosque A beautiful verse from Sūrat Al-Isrā where Allāh the

Unveiling History: The Qur’an’s Remarkable Insight into the Past

A popular trend among some Orientalists is to try and attack the Qur'ān by casting doubt on its historical reliability. What should we as Muslims make of these claims? It is important to understand the way historians view history. Much like detectives, they work by piecing together clues that they