Category: The Holy Quran

 Chapter of Contemplation [Muraaqaba]      Shaikh/Muhammad bin Salih Al-Uthaymin . The verses concerning this are many and well known. After mentioning the chapter concerning Truthfulness and the verses and ahadeeth pertaining to it, the author follows this up with the chapter concerning Contemplation. There are two aspects to contemplation: 1. That you contemplate Allah, […]

“God: there is no true God but Him.  The Ever-Living, the Eternal Master of all.  Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him.  His is all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth.   Who is there that can intercede with Him, except by His permission?  He knows all that lies open before them […]

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 […]

God strikes a parable about His light within the heart of His servant, which only the learned understand: “God is the light of the heavens and the earth. The similitude of His light is a niche in which there is a lamp. The lamp is in a Glass, the Glass, like a glistening star, kindled […]

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 […]

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. […]