To wear a Ring, Twine, or anything similar to them for prevention or lifting of Harm or Affliction, is an act of Shirk Allaah the Almighty said: “Say: Tell me then, the things that you invoke besides Allaah, -if Allaah intended some harm for me, could they remove His harm, …
Read More »Ramadan : Recite, Learn & Teach the Quran
Abu Umama said he heard Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) say: “Recite the Quran, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for those who recite It. Recite the two bright ones, al-Baqarah and Surah Ali ‘Imran, for on the Day of Resurrection they …
Read More »The Precedence of Reading the Quran in Ramadan
Abu Umama (radhiallahu anhu) said he heard Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) say: “Recite the Quran, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for those who recite It. Recite the two bright ones, Al Baqarah and Surah Ali ‘Imran, for on the Day …
Read More »In Love with the Word
In Love with the Word It never ceases to intrigue us when we actually meet a hafiz. Someone who has committed the entire Quran to memory, word for word. “But We have indeed made the Qur’an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?” (Surah …
Read More »The Quran : Allah will assuredly guard it (from corruption)
Recording and Preservation of the Quran The very first word revealed to Muhammad (pbuh) was ‘iqra’ meaning read or recite (Surah Al ‘Alaq 96:1). Thus it is not surprising that as soon as a verse was revealed, prophet Muhammad (pbuh) would memorize it so that he could recite it to …
Read More »Why We Read The Quran Even If We Don’t Understand It
Why Do We Read the Quran Even though We Don’t Understand A Single Arabic Word? An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Quran. His grandson wanted …
Read More »Al-Fatihah (The Opening) : The Essence of the Quran
Quran Chapter 1 – English Translation of Surah Al-Fatihah (1-7) 1 – In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. 2 – Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; 3 – Most Gracious, Most Merciful; 4 – Master of the Day of Judgment. 5 – …
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