A lot of people have asked themselves this question, including myself. And that is one of the hardest questions to answer. Because Allah is able to guide who he wants. He mentions this himself in the Quran: Those who associated with Allah will say, "If Allah had...
Another reason why people don’t believe in the message that the prophet Muhammad (or any other messenger for that matter) was sent with, is that he was a man. And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allah; you have no deity other than...
Sadly, now that Ramadan is practically over, we are preparing ourselves to happily celebrate Eid: feasting, visiting family… enjoying a lawful celebration that Allah has bestowed upon us by His mercy. But the end of Ramadan is not about preparing for Eid,...
The month of Ramadan is an annual occurrence for all Muslims. It is the month of fasting, the month of dedication, and the month of the Quran. It is also the month of mercy. Just the fact that the Quran was brought down in that month and the prophet Muhammad (ppuh),...
The nice thing about bedtime stories is that they are a fiction of our imagination. So, I would like to share one with you; and please, get your pillow ready, your teddy and read it before going to sleep. Once upon this same Earth, beneath this same sun, long before...
You know how Google has its daily doodle… Well, for no good reason, I was browsing through them, and April Fools popped up. So, as I was looking into the origins of this day, Atheist Day came up (I can’t believe that I didn’t have this date circled on my calendar)....
Ayat Al-Kursy is the 255th Ayat in the longest Surah (Al-Baqara, the Cow) and is also the only place that Kursy is mentioned in the Quran. Kursy is often translated as chair or throne; but it is more like a “tabouret”, a kind of stool, a pouf. It is also known as the...
In order to have great speech, three components are necessary: timing, content, and style. The moment must be opportune, the meaning must be of value and the wording and structure must melt together like honey on butter. Nothing else but this is found in the Quran!...
We have mentioned a few weeks ago, the arguments as to why the Quran would be revealed in Arabic. However, we did not visit this argument on the guidance aspect. Since the Arabic language is extremely precise in its vocabulary, rich in its linguistic content,...
Once again, tradition innovation and invention enters the realm of religion. Saint-Valentine, the supposed patron saint of lovers, right… Completely false! As far as we know, he was a Christian bishop during the Roman empire and was martyred in the 3rd century. The...
The only one apt to fully answer that question is the One who revealed the Quran to the prophet Muhammad (ppuh) in the first place. All we can do is presume why via verses in the Quran. And We did not send any messenger except [speaking] in the language of his people...
In the Quran, many Surahs (29 out of 114) start with seemingly random letters, some scholars profess that these letters have hidden meaning; yet, there is nothing in the Quran nor the Hadiths that tend towards this. Others say that each letter contains a numerical...