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Lessons on Interpretation of the Hamd Surah (part 2)

There are those who say that infinite space existed from the very beginning and that within infinitude, forms came into existence, followed first by vapors and gases and then by forms of life.

Lessons on Interpretation of the Hamd Surah (part 1)

I take refuge in God from Satan the accursed. In the Name of God, the Lord of Compassionate, the Merciful.

A Commentary on the Hamd Surah (part 16)

An illuminative notice and a gnostic illumination

Ḥadith

What is hadith?

Wadi al-Salam in Najaf, Iraq

Wadi al-Salam (وادي السلام) is an extensive historic cemetery, situated in Najaf, a city of Iraq.

Meaning of Hadith

Hadith which is also called "riwaya" is a word in Islamic terminology and religious sciences which refers to sayings quoted from the Prophet (s) and Imams (a) and their conduct.

Interpretation of surah At-Tin (The Fig): part 2

However about the olive, the great nutritionists and the scholars who spend their most of the years of life in studying the specialities of various fruits, for the olives and its oil, gave a specific importance and they believe that those who want to live a healthy life must use this elixir of life, a preparation believed to be capable of prolonging a life.

Quran and Ahl-ul-Bayt

The Qur'an is the Muslim sacred scripture, and Ahl al-Bayt (a) means members of a household or a family of the Holy Prophet (s).

Old manuscripts of the Quran

Most of the early original Qur"an manuscripts, complete or in sizeable fragments, that are still available to us now, are not earlier than the second century after the Hijra. The earliest copy, which was exhibited in the British Museum during the 1976 World of Islam Festival, dated from the late second century. [Lings, M. and Y. H. Safadi: The Qur"an, London, 1976, No. 1A. However, there are also a number of odd fragments of Qur"anic papyri available, which date from the first century. [Grohmann, A.: Die Entstehung des Koran und die altesten Koran-Handschriften", in: Bustan, 1961, pp. 33-8.]There is a copy of the Qur"an in the Egyptian National Library on parchment made from gazelle skin, which has been dated 68 Hijra (688 A.D.), i.e. 58 years after the Prophet"s death.

Eighteen reasons why a Muslim Fasts

Every year the month of Ramadhan comes and goes; every year we fast, yet without proper appreciation of the potentials of character building that the fasts hold for us. We find ourselves as spiritually backwards after the fast are over as when the month began. In fact our lack of knowledge of the real objectives of fasts often tends to produce an adverse effect in us, for, as is well known, the best of medicines could have ill effects if not taken in accordance with the physician"s directives and instructions.

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