[Note: This article makes some use of the administrative term “Xinjiang”, not in recognition of China’s claimed sovereignty but as...
After having my first, and only, child a week before Ramadan a couple years ago, the whole idea of what Ramadan meant to me was completely...
Verse 10: And they will lament, “If only we had listened and reasoned, we would not be among the residents of the Blaze!” In this verse,...
Verse 9: They will reply, “Yes, a warner did come to us, but we denied and said, ‘Allah has revealed nothing. You are extremely astray.’” Just...
Verse 8: almost bursting in fury. Every time a group is cast into it, its keepers will ask them, “Did a warner not come to you?”...
Verse 7: When they are tossed into it, they will hear its roaring as it boils over, Meaning, when the non-believers, those who consciously choose to...
Verse 6: Those who disbelieve in their Lord will suffer the punishment of Hell. What an evil destination! This verse is connected to the last part...
Verse 5: And indeed, We adorned the lowest heaven with ˹stars like˺ lamps, and made them ˹as missiles˺ for stoning ˹eavesdropping˺ devils, for whom We have...
Verse 4: Then look again and again—your sight will return frustrated and weary. After telling us to look towards the sky, Allah ﷻ is literally telling...
Verse 3: ˹He is the One˺ Who created seven heavens, one above the other. You will never see any imperfection in the creation of the Most...
Verse 2: Who created death and life to test you [people] and reveal which of you does best––He is the Mighty, the Forgiving; Meaning, Allah ﷻ...
