The following paper was submitted as a homework assignment for the AlMaghrib Heavenly Hues course taught by Shaykh Yaser Birjas in Houston. The assignment was to search through the ayaat
I was visiting the community in Macon, Georgia yesterday and a friend asked me the difference between two very interesting words in the Qur’an, both of which are used for
Writing about the literary dimension of the Qur’an for an audience that may or may not have background in Arabic grammar and rhetoric can be rather challenging. I’m going to
The Qur’an; A Literary Marvel There is enough academic work on the literary beauty of the Qur’an from grammatical, rhetorical, linguistic & other perspectives to take up several lifetimes to
Since the time of year is upon us where we are frequenting the masaajid more than usual, I thought this supplication would be an important one for us to learn
Part of the Ramadan plan at MuslimMatters is to post a small sunnah every day that we can work towards implementing. Inshallah if after 30 days we can implement these
One of the goals I have for this blog is to start a small series of posts aimed at reviving Sunnah’s that are insha’Allah easy to implement – but easily
The source material for this article are some notes I took from an excellent lecture by Dr. SalÄh al-SÄwÄ«. Unfortunately, my notes were brief and so I am not able
Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, salla Allahu alayhi wa sallam, said, “There is no believing slave [of Allah] except that he has a
Everyone loves a catchy phrase, especially one that sends us off to the Asian tiger, China. Considering that there isn’t really any knowledge to get for English-speaking folks, either Islamic