I was well aware that Allah’s mercy, the guidance of Islam, was the only reason I was now able to display such a self-possessed, unflappable calm as opposed to the transgressions of my impatient past. Not only had Islam satisfied my soul…

The Night is a short chapter towards the end of the Quran that was revealed in Makkah. It contains 21 short verses and it adds yet another dimension to the basic foundations of Islam that are found in all Makkan chapters.

Savoring the blessings of Ramadan allows us to transit into the month with spiritual zeal and excitement rather than dawdling through “obligatory” worship without understanding fully how they benefit our faith.

We see many people in society who had very humble beginnings but later achieved spectacular things. This is possible only with God’s guidance. God can convert our little steps into giant strides with His limitless knowledge. He guides the right soul to the right position.

I wrote an article about my journey to understanding the Quran. It was a process of years and a lot of reading, attending lectures, and studying complementary texts and a foreign language. And that journey is not even close to being over.

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…

Among the most amazing aspects is the fact that the Quran was actually a spoken word. It was spoken by the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) for over 23 years. And yet the whole book and each chapter have remarkable coherence…