Ramadan Tips

Ramadan Tips for Western Muslims

Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. It is the most blessed month of the year. S ...

taqwa

Ramadan: The Month of Taqwa

Ramadan is the month of heightened Allah-consciousness, of attaining unto taqwa / God-conscious ...

Taqwa

Attaining Taqwa in Ramadan

Ramadan is the month of heightened Allah-consciousness, of attaining unto taqwa (piety), of tra ...

ramadan

Does Ramadan Have Any Impact on Us?

To my pleasant surprise, the Muslims we interviewed were highly positive about their Ramadan ro ...

Existence of God: Between Faith & Atheism

The early Muslim scholars did not even have to address the issue of the Existence of God, for i ...

Battle of Badr

Story of the Prisoners of the Battle of Badr

The Prophet (PBUH) exhorted the Muslims to treat the prisoners so well to such an extent that t ...

The Nervous System: Electricity’s Journey Through Our Bodies

Nerve cells possess exactly the same design as an electrical cable: Inside are very fine fibers ...

The Misconception about Macromutations

One rule, put forward by R. A. Fisher, one of the last century's best known geneticists, and ba ...

humor

The Companions’ Sense of Humor

Qarrah said: That he asked the Ibn Sirin if the companions of the Prophet (PBUH) played jokes o ...

paradise

Between Paradise and Hell-Fire

When God created the Prophet Adam (peace be upon him), the first man on earth, and his wife, He ...

Piety

Achieving Piety through Fasting

Unlike Prayers, charity, and pilgrimage, fasting is an invisible act. According to Islam, only ...

Muadh Ibn Jabal

Muadh Ibn Jabal: Life & Times

Among his many achievements, Muadh was one of six men who collected the Quran while Prophet Muh ...