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Materials and Surfaces Used for Writing the Qur’ān


Sources mention various surfaces on which Qur’ānic revelations were recorded in the times of the Prophet (sws). These surfaces can be classified into the following:
1. Saddle Wood
2. Stone Tablets
3. Bone Tablets…......

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The Beard and Isbāl-i Izār


Men have been known to keep beards. The Prophet (sws) too had kept one. If someone among his followers keeps it to express his affiliation to him or merely to follow his ways,......

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Morals and Morality (Part 1/4)


After faith, the second important requirement of religion is purification of morals. This means that a person should cleanse his attitude both towards his creator and towards his fellow human beings. This is what is termed as a righteous deed.… Read More ...

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Excellence and Inherent Limitations of the Isnād

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Any Hadīth of the Prophet (sws), in its first instance, is reported by, at least, one of his Companions (rta). Passing through the chain of narrators down the subsequent generations,......Any Hadīthof the Prophet (sws), in its first instance, is reported… Read More ...

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The Truth

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Truth needs no armour! Her unshielded breast

May be exposed to calumny and wrong

By the mean malice of the ignoble throng –

Bondmen of vice who, virtues power detest –

But pierced and bleeding, it will yet attest

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  • Excellence and Inherent Limitations of the Isnād


    Imam Amin Ahsan Islahi

    Any Hadīth of the Prophet (sws), in its first instance, is reported by, at least, one of his Companions (rta). Passing through the chain of narrators down the subsequent generations,......Any Hadīthof the Prophet (sws), in its first instance, is reported by, at least, one of his Companions (rta). Passing through…

  • The Truth


    Administrator

    Truth needs no armour! Her unshielded breast

    May be exposed to calumny and wrong

    By the mean malice of the ignoble throng –

    Bondmen of vice who, virtues power detest –

    But pierced and bleeding, it will yet attest

  • Punishment for Blasphemy against the Prophet (sws[1])


    Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

    The law for punishing blasphemy against the Prophet (sws) that is invoked in Pakistan has no foundation in the Qur’ān or Hadīth.

  • The Right to Divorce


    Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

    Marriage is not just about bringing the physical relationship between man and woman within the bounds of law.

  • Sūrah Qalam (Part 1/2)


    Imam Amin Ahsan Islahi

    This sūrah forms a pair with Sūrah Mulk, the previous sūrah. Thus there is no principal difference between the central themes and topics of the two.

  • Sūrah Qalam (Part 2/2)


    Imam Amin Ahsan Islahi

    What happened in the orchard is attributed to God and this alludes to two things: firstly, the calamity arrived without the slightest expectation that it would, and secondly, it was so devastating in nature that it miraculously routed the orchard to nothingness in the wink of an eye.

  • Punishment for Apostates


    Moiz Amjad

    It is narrated that the Prophet (sws) said: “[From among the Banū Ishma‘il,] whoever changes his religion, kill him.

  • Your Questions Answered


    Dr. Shehzad Saleem

    We know that we cannot call the present day non-Muslims kāfir since the truth of Islam is not presented to them the way it was done by the Prophet (sws) through itmām al-hujjah (conveying the truth conclusively).

  • Sūrah Jumu‘ah


    Imam Amin Ahsan Islahi

    There is no basic difference between the central theme of Sūrah Saff and Sūrah Jumu‘ah. Only the style and arguments of both are different.

  • What the West borrowed from the Middle East


    Administrator

    In the broadest sense, the West’s borrowings from the Middle East form practically the whole basic fabric of civilization; and they date from the earliest times, long before history began to be recorded some 5000 years ago.

  • The Beard and Isbāl-i Izār


    Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

    Men have been known to keep beards. The Prophet (sws) too had kept one. If someone among his followers keeps it to express his affiliation to him or merely to follow his ways,......

  • Sūrah Ma‘ārij (Part 1/2)


    Imam Amin Ahsan Islahi

    This sūrah is the counterpart of Sūrah Hāqqah, the previous sūrah. There is no basic difference in the central themes of the two: warning people of the Day of Judgement and the punishment that they will face on that day. The apparent style of the two sūrahs also has great…

  • Materials and Surfaces Used for Writing the Qur’ān


    Dr. Shehzad Saleem

    Sources mention various surfaces on which Qur’ānic revelations were recorded in the times of the Prophet (sws). These surfaces can be classified into the following:
    1. Saddle Wood
    2. Stone Tablets
    3. Bone Tablets…......

  • The Prophet’s Time for Zuhr Prayers during Summers and Winters


    Moiz Amjad

    It is narrated that the approximate time of the Prophet’s zuhr prayer was [when the shadows were] three to five feet long during summers and five to seven feet long during winters.

  • Shackled in the Bazaar March


    Administrator

    The tearful eye, the soul distressed, suffice not
    Indictment for love suppressed, a price not
    Today, with shackled feet, in the bazaar march!

  • Distribution of Inheritance


    Javed Ahmad Ghamidi

    The Islamic law of inheritance is mentioned in the eleventh and twelfth verses of Sūrah Nisā’.

  • Surah Fatihah (3)


    Administrator

    This is the sūrah of the ṣalāh for the ummah which has practically adhered to it by reciting it in every offering of ṣalāh.

  • Sūrah Taghābun


    Imam Amin Ahsan Islahi

    Central Theme and relationship with the Preceding Sūrah
    The previous sūrah ended on the warning that the love of wealth and children should not make people indifferent to the remembrance and rights of God….....

  • Explanation of Some Qur’ānic Words


    Dr. Shehzad Saleem

    1. َالْمَعْرُوف (ma‘rūf)
    The word ma‘rūf in the Qur’ān has two meanings:
    1. The good and the equitable.
    2. The norms and customs of a society.

  • Seasonal Variations in Prayer Timings


    Moiz Amjad

    It is reported that the Prophet (sws) used to offer his prayers early in the severe cold [of winters], while he would cool his prayers [delaying them] during the severe heat [of summers].

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