How can we be sure that God’s words have not be changed or lost? How can we be sure that the Quran we hold in our hands today is authentic? Muslims have no doubt that Quran is exactly the same today as it was more than 1400 years ago when it was first revealed...
I have met some Muslims who were too forceful in explaining Islam, not realizing that not everyone who asks about Islam is ready to be a Muslim, and that sometimes gaining the respect of non-Muslims is just as precious as gaining a new Muslim...
The people of Sheba had two marvelous gardens, one to the right and one to the left. God told them to eat from what He provided and to be grateful and give thanks. They refused and turned away. God punished them by causing the dam to break, flooding them completely.
One of the miracles of God’s creation is the formation of a baby within its mother’s womb. God allows an entire human being to form from a tiny drop inside the safe and cozy environment of a woman’s body.
If you want money from a rich person, you need to make him an investor, you need to make him convinced that you are worthy of an investment and he shares the profit and the loss. In Islam, guaranteed profit is a big problem, because no body knows...
So begins the history of racism. Satan thought himself superior to Adam on account of his origins. Since that day, Satan has misled many of Adam’s descendants into also believing themselves superior to others, causing them to persecute and exploit their fellow man.
What are the benefits of giving? We always hear that "when you give you receive." Zakah is actually referred to as alms to the poor and needy, or charity. Generally, it is a small percentage, perhaps two and a half percent. Allah calls it “habbah” (a seed).
God is Wise and He is the just Judge. In Islamic beliefs, no one is ever understood to bear the sin of another. No one is ever wronged by God. No sinner is ever punished for more than the magnitude of the sin committed and no good deed ever goes without a reward.
I mentioned earlier that I did not think that freedom from racism, for example, was a human right. By this, I meant that I did not believe it to be anyone's guaranteed right, that is by mere dint of being human, that they not be looked upon...
Death is neither obliteration nor is it the end. It is a transition from one state of being to another. It is being born anew into another world. Though it looks like the plug has been pulled on an electrical appliance, it is a fleeting, transitory state.
David was an unimportant person in the community, he was with the army only to keep his father informed of the fate of his brothers. Suddenly overnight he was thrust into an exalted position. The people expected David to be the successor of King Saul...
They were the best of generations of this nation. They learned the Quran directly from the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). And yet they differed in explaining meanings of the verses. How come?
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