I am aiming to show that Muhammad was not the last prophet of God to Muslims, not more than that. Of course many of you know that I have a particular prophet in mind, but I will not seek to prove that that prophet is the next prophet of God to Muslims. I carefully gleaned the following from a...
This is not such an easy subject to address in a post.
Textual criticism is the study of what the original author or writer of the book actually said. It does not address if what he said was correct or not, just the assessment of text to identify what the author actually said.
Qur’anic...
Nay, but whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Alláh while doing good, his reward is with his Lord; and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdu’lláh, "The Meaning of the Glorious Qur’án", 2:112
But they who set their face with resignation Godward, and do...
Nay, but whosoever surrendereth his purpose to Alláh while doing good, his reward is with his Lord; and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve.
Muḥammad ibn ‘Abdu’lláh, "The Meaning of the Glorious Qur’án", 2:112
But they who set their face with resignation Godward, and do...
1. The Jews claim they killed Jesus (Doesn't say Romans), yet they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him says the Qur'an - 4:157
2. Jesus was called the "Messiah". - 3:45
3. Jesus had followers, him, and his followers preached a theology - 61:14
4. He spoke to the Jews - 5:46, 72
Rather...
The case of Jonah, the man swallowed by the fish, could be realistic. In other words, Qur’an didn’t use any superficial or unscientific statement to describe the story of Jonah. Qur’an didn’t mention at all about the duration of stay of Jonah inside the fish, which qualified it’s central...
I came to understand and appreciate the beauty of Islam by studying it through the lens of the Hadith of Jibreel and then reading a translation of the Qur'an. And thank goodness for the podcasts on Muslim Central and SeekersHub. I am looking for suggestions of other resources, in print or...
It is reported in Hadith that Prophet Muhammad had voyaged in heaven to meet Almighty GOD and brought down the ruling of 05 times Prayers for Muslim . This story is famous as 'Isra and Miraj ' among Islamic literature . Though this night journey of Prophet Muhammad to heaven is not factual and...
The first revelation was "Read" and included the statement "God teaches by means of the pen" (96:1-4), and the second revelation was "The Pen" (68:1). The only function of the pen is to write.
Muslim scholars of the first two centuries after the revelation of the Quran could not understand the...
Contrary to the popular beliefs and religious sentiments about Palestine and Israel conflict among Muslims, Qur’an affirms that Israel is the land for Jews which was promised to them during the time of Prophet Moses and Almighty GOD Himself would permit to gather them again in this land as it...
It is important for Muslims to be more attached to the Qur'an, and to better understand its meanings.
This is a new series of talks this Ramadan by brother Nouman Ali Khan where he introduces selected chapters from the Qur'an, starting from Al-Fatihah:
Episode 1 - Surah Al-Fatihah (Chapter 1)...