prophethood

Prophethood: The Perception of Realities

Just as the Qur’an is believed to be the revealed Word of Allah without any reservations, simil ...

Islam

11 Reasons to Explore Islam

Every tenet in Islam is subject to analysis and contention. No other religion is willing to sub ...

Civilization

Muslim Civilization is the Source of European Renaissance

Science is the most momentous contribution of Arab civilization to the modern world; but its fr ...

justice

Justice: Its Meaning and Significance

In Islam, justice stands for placing things in their rightful place. It stands also for dealing ...

advice

Conversion Story of Abdul Karim Germanus

During a summer vacation, I was lucky to travel to Bosnia, the nearest Oriental country adjacen ...

A Year Has Ended!

In all languages of the world, with all their similarities and discrepancies, it is a “disturbi ...

Assessing God Justly

Assessing God Justly

God manifests His infinite might and knowledge in everywhere. The perfection of every part of t ...

Surah At-Tariq

Surah At-Tariq (Chapter 86) (The Night Visitor)

This chapter opens with an oath. God swears by the heaven or the sky. The Arabic word used gene ...

The Cultural Alternative

The Cultural Alternative

Islam is not a culture. Whether we like it or not, the essence of Islam is religious. The centr ...

4 Wives for Muslims, 9 for the Prophet

4 Wives for Muslims, 9 for the Prophet (PBUH): Why?

Why did Allah the Almighty exempt the Prophet’s (peace and blessings upon him) wives from this ...

New Zealand Shooting

While the Dust is Settling in New Zealand

While the dust is settling in the aftermath of shootings at two mosques in New Zealand, some ra ...

Happiness

Happiness as Understood from the Sunnah

The faces of the old and young – and indeed even the trees and birds around us – rejoice when t ...