The Qur’an Open With Iqra Why Does The Qur’an Open With Iqra (Recite, Read)? The Divine command to proclaim Islam opens with the sublime imperative: Iqra’. Usually translated as “recite,” it also means to “rehearse aloud” or to “read.” It is addressed to humanity, as the Prophet represents humanity in...
Why We Refer To Science And Scientific Facts! We refer to science and scientific facts when explaining Islam because some people only accept scientific facts. Materialists and both non- and anti-religious people have sought to exploit science to defy religion and give their ideas more prestige than they deserve. Through...
What Is A Miracle? A miracle is an extraordinary accomplishment, which God Almighty brings about at the hands of a Messenger in order to prove his Messengerhood, strengthen the faith of believers, and break the obstinacy of unbelievers. The universe operates according to fixed laws that God has determined. But...
Prophet Muhammad’s Compassion This article covers Prophet Muhammad‘s compassion toward living beings. The adage nowadays is that we all need love. So many people are talking about this. Islam teaches us that God’s act of creating humanity was an act of mercy and compassion. Compassion represents the love between parents...
His Predictions Prove Muhammad’s Prophethood This article covers His Predictions Prove Muhammad’s Prophethood. Normally, no one can know exactly what will take place in the future, even a few minutes later. Scientists are not certain about even natural events, which take place according to ‘deterministic’ laws; they state that they...
Prophet Muhammad’s Predictions This article covers the Islamic Prophet Muhammad’s predictions. Normally, no one can know exactly what will take place at some future date. Scientists are not even sure about natural events that occur according to so-called deterministic laws, and state that they cannot guarantee that the world will...
Story Of Isaiah Among the prophets between David and Zachariah is Isaiah, son of Amisiah. Isaiah appeared before Zachariah and John the Baptist. He is among those who prophesied about Jesus and Muhammad. The king during his time was called Hezekiah (Hazkia). He listened and was obedient to Isaiah in...
What Is The Role Of Prophethood And Of Prophets? This article covers the answer to the question: “What is The Role of Prophethood and of Prophets?“ Prophethood is the highest rank and honor that a man can receive from God. It proves the superiority of that man’s inner being over...
What Is Messengerhood? Messengerhood is the highest rank, the highest honor, possible. It proves the superiority of a man’s inner being to that of others. A Messenger is like a branch, which arches out from the Divine to the human realm. He is the very heart and tongue of creation....
Table Of Prophets Of Abrahamic Religions This is the table of prophets of Abrahamic religions collected from the sacred texts. The prophets are sometimes called messengers. Table of prophets in Abrahamic religions See all in Prophets And Messengers Judaism Christianity Islam — — Adam (ʾĀdam) — Abel Abel (Hābīl) Seth (Sheesh) — Enoch...
If Jesus Is Only Savior Who Will Save Before Him? If Jesus is the Only Savior what will happen to those who lived before him? What will happen to the prophets before him? Were they wrong? Or We are wrong? Would all those people burn in Hell? Who will save...
I Have Trouble To Understand Gospels Dear brothers and sisters I have a very troublesome question to understand the following scenes from the Gospels; It is meant sincerely and not sarcastically, the purpose for it is first and foremost to be educational, not insulting or attacking. It will be FUN and...
Who Created God? The Great Messenger on one occasion he said: “A day will certainly come when some people will sit with their legs crossed and ask: ‘Given that God created everything, who created God?” The purpose of the question is to avoid the responsibility owed by a creature to...
How Does God Permit Infinite Ugliness and Awesome Calamity? This article covers the answer to the question: “How Does God Permit Infinite Ugliness and Awesome Calamity?“ Question: The creation of devils, who are pure evil, and their harassing the people of belief, and many people not believing and going to...
New Religious Movements And Cults In Popular Culture New religious movements and cults have appeared as themes or subjects in literature and popular culture, while notable representatives of such groups have themselves produced a large body of literary works. Beginning in the 1700s authors in the English-speaking world began introducing members of...
Cult The term cult has come to usually refer to a social group defined by its unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs, or its common interest in a particular personality, object or goal. This sense of the term is controversial and it has divergent definitions in both popular culture and academia and it also has been an ongoing source of...
Timeline Of Religion The timeline of religion is a chronological catalogue of important and noteworthy religious events in pre-historic and modern times. This article reaches into pre-historic times, as the bulk of the human religious experience pre-dates written history. Written history (the age of formal writing) is only c.5000 years...
Ethics In Religion This article covers ethics in religion. Ethics involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior. A central aspect of ethics is “the good life”, the life worth living or life that is simply satisfying, which is held by many philosophers to be more important than traditional moral conduct....
Tell Us About Our Creator, Our Teachers Do Not Speak Of Him A group of high-school students came to me, saying: “Tell us about our Creator, our teachers do not speak of Him.” And I said to them: “All the sciences you study continuously speak of Him and make known the...
The Generations Of Hope The generations of hope, which are, with respect to the present, the representatives of science, knowledge, faith, morality, and art, are also the architects of the spirits of the people who will succeed us. They will pour out to the needy hearts the purest inspirations of...