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Qur'an

Ant communication

The Qur'an indicates, when recounting Prophet Sulayman's (A.S) life, that ants have a communication system: hen, when they reached the Valley of the Ants, an ant said: "Ants! Enter your dwellings, so that Sulayman and his troops do not crush you unwittingly." (Qur'an, 27: 18)

Hajj

The Necessity of Attending to Qur'an During Hajj

Spiritual Reform in Ramadhan

With time, we have become more and more immune to inhumanity. We are becoming indifferent to injustice, corruption, and un-brotherly behaviour.

The masahif of the companions

There are numerous indications in the literature of hadith that several of the Companions of the Prophet had prepared their own written collections of the revelations. [Suyuti. Itqan, I, p 62] The best-known among these are from Ibn Mas'ud, Ubay bin Ka'b and Zaid bin Thabit. [See Dodge, B, The Fihrist of al-Nadim,New York, 1970 (abbr. as fihrist), pp 53-63.]

Surat al'Ankabut The Spider

The sura has been named Ankabut because of ayat no.41 which talks of the fraility of the false gods, comparing them to the web of a spider.

Transmission of the written text

What is meant by Jam' al-Qur'an?The general meaning of jam' al-qur'an is to 'bring together the Qur'an'

An introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'an (Ulum al Qur'an) By: Ahmad von Denffer

The Qur'an contains the revelations of Allah, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe, to mankind. It is the message from God to man and therefore of utmost importance to us.

Fasting in the Qur'an

2:183 O ye who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint, -

AL-FALAQ

Although these two Surahs of the Qur'an are separate entities and are written in the Mushaf also under separate names, yet they are so deeply related mutually and their contents so closely resemble each other's that they have been designated by a common name Mu'awwidhatayn (the two Surahs in which refuge with Allah has been sought). Imam Baihaqi in Dala'il an-Nubuwwat has written that these Surahs were revealed together, that is why the combined name of both is Mu'awwidhatayn. We are writing the same one Introduction to both, for they discuss and deal with just the same matters and topics. However, they will be explained and commented on separately below.

Al-ZILZAL (The Earthquake)

It is derived from the wordzilzal in the first verse.

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