The chapter of Light contains the verse of light; one of the most commented upon verses in the Qurโan. In verse 35, Allah sets forth a...
By Fatima Barkatulla It was the day after the second Paris attack. Our local Muslim school sent parents a text-message telling them that security guards would...
By Hooyo Said (a pseudonym) I write this on the evening that I told my daughterโs Qurโan teacher that I wanted my child to quit memorising...
Byย Umm Yusra Have you ever spent all your nights and days making dua for one specific thing? I mean crying your eyes dry in the darkness...
As mentioned in a previous article, Sลซrah al-Fฤtiแธฅah revolves around discussing the three basic principles of Islam. Namely, belief in Allah , following the Prophet ,...
Last week, the Washington Post published an article by Asra Nomani and Hala Arafa, in which they asked women not to wear headscarves in the name...
This week, the verses are flying. โThe Qurโan teaches violence! See these verses?โ โNo, it teaches peace! See what came before that one? See these other...
Sorrow, sadness for what has come to pass, anxiety and uncertainty of the future, are not things we need to escape. ย More and more we struggle...
By Asmaa Hussein There are three kinds of worshipers in this world: The one who only worships God when he or she is in difficulty It...
By Sh Ahsan Hanif Sลซrah al-Fฤtiแธฅah is described as the ‘Mother of the Qur’an’ and the ‘Seven oft-repeated verses’. It is recited in every unit of...