How to Prepare for Ramadan

Sr. Maryam A lot of us yearn to prepare for Ramadan, but we have no idea how to start. Below are a few tips to insha’Allah help prepare our minds and hearts for this upcoming Month of Mercy. 1. Making the Intention Simple to do and has a powerful impact. Maybe you want to prepare [...]

Ramadan & Eid ul-Fitr Announcement

http://www.isna. net/events/ Special-Announce ment/Ramadan- and-Eid-ul- Fitr-Announcemen t.aspx Ramadan and Eid ul-Fitr Announcement Special Announcement First day of Ramadan will be Wednesday, August 11, 2010 and Eid ul-Fitr on Friday, September 10, 2010, insha’Allah. “O you who believe, fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may (learn) self-restraint.” Qur’an 2:183 The Fiqh Council of [...]

The Quran’s Style

By Ahmad Von Denffer * To convey its message, the Qur’an employs various stylistic tools, including the following: 1. Narrative in the Qur’an The Qur’an contains many narratives (qisas, singular qissah), referred to in the Qur’an itself: [We do relate unto thee the most beautiful of stories] (Yusuf 12:3) These narratives, which illustrate and underline important aspects [...]

Rewards of Quran Recitation

Reciting Holy Qur’an, your knowledge about the world will improve drastically and you will be a better informed and enlightened person. Almighty Allah will shower his limitless blessings upon you and daily sustenance will be granted to you miraculously. Humans can never reckon the countless rewards of reciting Holy Qur’an. No doubt, the Holy Qur’an is a [...]

Quran Recitation

Quran Recitation story started in early 2005. A Muslim family had extreme difficulty in finding a qualified Qur’an teacher for study at home. Maryland, USA had pretty decent Muslim population but there no were no Qur’an teacher available to teach at home. There was Sunday program at Mosque but it was not one to one tutoring. [...]

The Islamic Golden Age

Muslim Contributions During Islam’s Renaissance May 19, 2009 Christine Benlafquih While Europe was entrenched in the Dark Ages, Muslims made historical contributions to art, architecture, medicine, astronomy, math, literature and other disciplines. During the Middle Ages, Muslim cities such as Baghdad, Istanbul, Cairo, Tripoli and Cordoba became cultural and intellectual centers where theologians, scholars, scientists, [...]

ANSWERS FROM THE QUR’AN 1

1) Who is the creator ? Allah, it is he Who has made for you the earth as a dwelling place and the sky as a canopy . and has given you shape and made your shapes good (looking) and has provided you with good things. That is Allah, your Lord : so Blessed be [...]

What is The Quran?

The Quran (“Qor-Ann”) is a Message from Allah (swt) to humanity. It was transmitted to us in a chain starting from the Almighty Himself (swt) to the angel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad (saw). This message was given to the Prophet (saw) in pieces over a period spanning approximately 23 years (610 CE to 632 [...]

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