By Rania Awaad, MD, Taimur Kouser, BA, Osama El-Gabalawy, MD, & Belal Zia, MA Trigger Warning: This article discusses suicide, which some might find disturbing. If...
The buzz of Ramadan has come and gone, leaving us with already-fading memories of days of fasting and nights of worship. Caught up in the bustle...
The pearls of the Qur’an never truly fails to amaze the believer. Allah tells us in the Qur’an, إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَذِكْرَىٰ لِمَن كَانَ لَهُ قَلْبٌ...
Āyah 30 قُلۡ أَرَءَیۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَصۡبَحَ مَاۤؤُكُمۡ غَوۡرࣰا فَمَن یَأۡتِیكُم بِمَاۤءࣲ مَّعِینِۭ (My Prophet,) Say: “Just think and ask yourself: If out of nowhere, all the...
Āyah 29 قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنُ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ وَعَلَیۡهِ تَوَكَّلۡنَاۖ فَسَتَعۡلَمُونَ مَنۡ هُوَ فِی ضَلَـٰلࣲ مُّبِین (My Prophet,) Say: “He is Al-Raḥmān, the Infinitely Loving and Graceful....
Āyah 28 قُلۡ أَرَءَیۡتُمۡ إِنۡ أَهۡلَكَنِیَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن مَّعِیَ أَوۡ رَحِمَنَا فَمَن یُجِیرُ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ مِنۡ عَذَابٍ أَلِیمࣲ (My Prophet,) Say (to the disbelievers): “Just think –...
Āyah 27 فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهُ زُلۡفَةࣰ سِیۤـَٔتۡ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِیلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلَّذِی كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ But when they actually see it up close and approaching, the...
Āyah 26 قُلۡ إِنَّمَا ٱلۡعِلۡمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَاۤ أَنَا۠ نَذِیرࣱ مُّبِینࣱ (My Prophet,) Say: “That information is exclusively with Allāh. And I am only a clear...
Āyah 25 وَیَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هَـٰذَا ٱلۡوَعۡدُ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰدِقِینَ And they say and mockingly ask, “If you’re actually telling the truth, then when is this promise,...
Āyah 24 قُلۡ هُوَ ٱلَّذِی ذَرَأَكُمۡ فِی ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَإِلَیۡهِ تُحۡشَرُون (My Prophet,) Say: “No doubt, He, God, is The One who created, placed, scattered and spread...