In Allah’s Name, the All-Merciful, the Beneficent All praise to Allah, Lord of the Worlds, and blessings and peace be upon our leader and our master, Muhammad, the Seal of the Prophets, and on his progeny and all his companions, and all who follow them in excellence to the Day of Recompense.

Allah, the Creator, has not only brought about the creation, but continues to sustain and direct it. He has provided many forms of guidance, indeed, a system of guiding principles, a part of which are the laws of nature.

Tilawah is the word that the Qur’an uses to describe the act of its reading. No single word in English can convey its full meaning. ‘To follow’ is the closest to its primary meaning. ‘To read’ is only secondary, for in reading too, words follow each other, one closely behind the other, in an orderly […]

According to scientists and philosophers man is considered as the major factor in disturbing the natural balance of the universe.

Allah has created everything with a fixed life span. The Qur’an states:

The crux of the Islamic worldview is the primordial principle of justice, which is represented in the Qur’an mainly by three terms: `adl, qist, and mizan. Although the first two are synonymous, the former is generally interpreted as justice and the latter as equity or fairness. Mizan is the scale or balance that determines the […]

The belief in the words of “Laa ilaaha illAllah Muhammadun Rasoolullah” cause one to enter Islam, to refute all deities and accept Allah (Subhaana-hu Wa Ta’aalaa) as the only God and Lord of the Universe and what it contains. No one can be a Muslim without believing and adhering to the tenets of this pledge: […]

During the time of `Uthman ibn `Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) differences in reading the Qur’an became obvious, and after consultation with the Companions, `Uthman had a standard copy prepared from the suhuf of Abu Bakr that were kept with Hafsah at that time.

The Jews sought constantly to exploit the question of changing the direction of Muslim prayer (qiblah) which meant that the Muslims faced the Ka`bah in prayer instead of turning towards Jerusalem.

It is impossible to understand the Qur’an if one approaches it with ulterior motives and prejudice.