[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Kaaba (Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة, lit. ’The Cube’) sometimes referred to as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah (Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة, lit. ’Honored Ka’bah’), is a building at the centre of Islam’s most important mosque, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims to be the… Read More
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[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The qibla (Arabic: قِبْلَة, lit. ’direction’) is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca – Saudi Arabia, which Muslims use in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the salah. The Kaaba is a sacred site built by the prophets Abraham a.s. and Ishmael a.s, and… Read More
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Salah (Arabic: صَلاة, lit. ‘prayer’), also known as namāz (Persian: نماز) and also spelt salat, solat, sholat; are prayers performed by Muslims. Facing the qibla, the direction of the Kaaba for those praying, Muslims pray first standing and later kneeling or sitting on the ground, reciting from the Al-Quran and glorifying… Read More
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The Prophets
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Muslims believe that the first prophet was also the first human being, Adam a.s, created by God. In the Al-Quran, a total of twenty-five prophets are mentioned, including Ayyub a.s. (Job), Sulaiman a.s. (Solomon) and others. There are four Arab prophets mentioned in the Al-Quran, namely Hud a.s., Saleh a.s., Shuaib… Read More
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Seal of the Prophets
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Khatam an-Nabiyyin (Arabic: خاتم النبيين) translated as Seal of the Prophets, is a title used in the Al-Quran and by Muslims to designate the prophet Muhammad s.a.w as the last of the prophets sent by God. It is synonymous with Arabic: خاتم الأنبياء (khātam al-anbiyā’).
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The Al-Quran
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The Al-Quran (Arabic: القرآن, lit. ’the recitation’) is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (surah (سور; singular: سورة, sūrah)), which consist of verses (āyāt (آيات; singular: آية, āyah)). Muslims believe that God orally revealed the Quran to… Read More
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People of the Book
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم People of the Book (Arabic: أهل الكتاب, ahl al-kitāb) is an Islamic term which refers to Jews, Christians, and Sabians. It is also used in Judaism to refer to the Jewish people and by members of some Christian denominations to refer to themselves. The Al-Quran uses the term in reference to… Read More
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The virtue of patience
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم “And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient” Surah Al-Baqara Verse 155
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The Five Pillars of Islam
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم The five duties incumbent on every Muslim: shahādah, the Muslim profession of faith; ṣalāt, or prayer, performed in a prescribed manner five times each day; zakāt, the alms tax levied to benefit the poor and the needy; ṣawm, fasting during the month of Ramadan; and hajj, the major pilgrimage to Mecca, if financial and physical conditions… Read More
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The Six Articles of Faith
[ < 1 min read ]بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيم Faith (iman) breaks down into six axioms: Belief in the existence and oneness of God (Allah s.w.t.). Belief in the existence of angels. Belief in the existence of the books of which God is the author: the Al-Quran (revealed to Muhammad s.a.w.), the Gospel (revealed to Jesus a.s.), the Torah (revealed to Moses a.s.), and Psalms (revealed to David a.s.). Belief in the existence of all Prophets: Muhammad s.a.w.… Read More