Sûrat Al-‘Asr,The Time CIII.

1. By Al-‘Asr (the time).      2. Verily, man is in loss,      3. Except those who believe (in Islâmic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to the truth [i.e. order one another to perform all kinds of good deeds (Al-Ma‘ruf) which Allâh has ordained, and abstain from all kinds of sins and […]

Lessons from the Story of the Cave.

Does the story about the cave, and the pious young men sleeping for hundreds of years sound familiar to you?  It forms part of a chapter of the Quran known as ‘The Cave’ and it is also an unauthenticated Christian tradition known well in the more Orthodox areas of Christendom.  It takes up a little […]

Sûrat Al-Munâfiqûn (The Hypocrites) .

In the Name of Allâh, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful      1. When the hypocrites come to you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), they say: “We bear witness that you are indeed the Messenger of Allâh.” Allâh knows that you are indeed His Messenger, and Allâh bears witness that the hypocrites are liars indeed. […]

The Amazing Quran.

One thing which surprises non-Muslims who are examining the book very closely is that the Quran does not appear to them to be what they expected.  What they assume is that they have an old book which came fourteen centuries ago from the Arabian desert; and they expect that the book should look something like […]

The Beauty and Eloquence of the Quran .

The first audiences of the Quran were the desert-dwellers of Arabia, who were proud of their language skills.  Their material possessions were meager, but their language was far in advance of their culture.  They earned their livelihood by trading and took many trips abroad to buy and sell goods.  Their long journeys across the desert […]

The Authenticity and Preservation of the Holy Quran.

Although it is proven that the text of the Quran has remained intact till today, how are we sure that the words actually originated from God and not some other source?  This takes us to look at the authenticity, authority, or source of the Quran. Concerning the authorship of the Quran, Muslims believe that it […]

Did Muhammad Author the Quran?

Who authored the Quran?  Someone must have produced it!  After all, how many desert men have stood up in the history of man and given the world a book like the Quran?  The book has amazing details of past nations, prophets, and religions as well as accurate scientific information unavailable at the time.  What was […]