Prophet Yusuf (alayhis salaam) The noble one, son of the noble one, son of the noble one. About whom Allaah sent down a long Surah relating his noble life to us, and its stages, from his childhood to his death, and how his circumstances changed, and the difficulties that he …
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The goal of the Jihadist sects is one and the same: rebellion against those in authority and a desire to rule over the Muslim lands. They may alter their names and titles but their ideology remains the same. Islam itself, despite what these sects assert, forbids open censure and rebellion …
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The State of the Region of Najd, Arabia in the Time of Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhab and the First Saudi State The Turkish Ottoman Empire had pockets of sovereignty in the Arabian lands. It became little more than a shell in Egypt, Syria and Iraq by the eighteenth century. As for the …
Read More »Friday Khutbah (Sermons) : Defending the Honor of the Prophet Muhammad (salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam)
Friday Khutbah (Sermons) : Defending the Honor of the Prophet Muhammad (salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) – by Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda | Transcribed by Sameera | Source : muslimmatters.org [The following is the video and transcript of Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda’s khutbah “Defending the Honor of the Prophet Muhammad (salallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam).” The transcript …
Read More »Mocking the Prophet, How Should We React??
How should we Muslim react to mockery of our Prophet Muhammad or should we even react at all? Just like the cartoons few years ago, the Muslim response to the recent film has been very diverse. From the very mild of responses to the very violent ones, what’s most noteworthy is the enormity of …
Read More »A Gift for the 27th Night : Ramadan Du’a with English Translation
A Gift for the 27th Night : Ramadan Du’a with English Translation Many of us spend a good portion of our Ramadan nights with our hands raised in du`a’ (supplication), listening to the heart-felt words of our imam or shaykh calling on Allah in the witr prayer. For those of us who don’t …
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The Conversion of the Mongols : The Power of Da’wah – By ‘Allamah Abu ‘l-Hasan ‘Ali al-Nadwi Islam was about to be submerged in the whirlpool of the Mongol ardor of slaughter and destruction, as several Muslim writers had then expressed the fear, wiping it out of existence, but Islam …
Read More »An Aspect of the Quran’s Miraculous Nature
An Aspect of the Quran’s Miraculous Nature Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips For a scripture to qualify as divinely revealed it must be totally accurate in its descriptions of reality: the past, the present and the future. The Quran has many stories about previous prophets and their peoples. Some of …
Read More »Out of Egypt: The Story of Pass-over in the Quran
Out of Egypt: The Story of Pass-over in the Quran – By Prof. Shahul Hameed Many Jews may be surprised to learn that Islam as preached by Muhammad (peace be upon him) was the same religion preached by Abraham, as well as of all other prophets mentioned in the …
Read More »Honourable in Allah’s Sight : Prophet Musa (Moses) (AS)
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