Aids for Lowering One’s Gaze

The human self or soul does not get bored of moving, going around, demanding and laboring. Cons ...

The Prophet’s Mercy towards the Elderly (P. 1/2)

Prophet Muhammad was a pioneer in this field. He taught caring for the elderly irrespective of ...

The Importance of Education in Islam

One of the purposes of acquiring knowledge is to gain the good of this world, not to destroy it ...

The Ratio of the Sea to the Land

The ratio of the appearances of the words "sea" and “land" in the Qur’an is identical to the ra ...

The Status of Women in Islam (P. 3-3)

Islam granted women contractual rights, conjugal rights, the right to inherit, to initiate divo ...

Concept of Gender Equality in Islam (P. 2)

Islam recognizes that while men and women have some physical differences, spiritually they enjo ...

The Status of Women in Islam (P. 2-3)

Again, the Islamic conception of woman is radically different. The Qur’an clarifies that Satan ...

Kindness to Parents

Kindness to parents is one of the best and highest deeds in Islam. Abdullah bin Mas`ud (May All ...

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The Orbit of the Moon

The word “Qamar,” referred to as a heavenly body in the Qur’an and meaning “Moon” appears 27 ti ...

Islam and Environmental Ethics (Part 1/2)

In order to understand Islamic ethics we have to know that Islam is based on the paradigm of ta ...

Quitting Smoking: A Story Worth Telling

Which would not be a surprise to Dr. Andrew Pipe of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. H ...

Gender and the 23th Chromosome Pair

The Qur’an makes reference to the 23rd chromosome that determines the difference between male a ...