Fasting-A Duty of Obedience to Allah
(Commentary by Sayyid Qutb. Translated by Adil Salahi) In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Believers, fasting is decreed for you as it was decreed for those before you, so that you may...
View ArticleBenefits of Fasting
In his “Treatise of the Bewildered Ecstatic Traveller” the noted Indian Sufi Shaykh Najmuddin Kubra outlines some of the benefits of fasting, including: * The restraining of the ego, which incites...
View ArticleThe Night of Power
We revealed it (the Quran) on the Night of Power. Would that you knew what the Night of Power is like. Better is the Night of Power than a thousand months. On that night, the angels and the Spirit...
View ArticleHastening the Last Hour – The Time That May Well Be Near
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful “It is Allah, Almighty who has bestowed revelation from on high, setting forth the truth, and established the balance. For all you know, the Last Hour...
View ArticleInevitable Tests for Believers
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful Alif. Lam. Mim. Do people think that once they say: We are believers’, they will be left alone and will not be put to a test? We certainly tested those...
View ArticleHappiness or Misfortune is Determined by God
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful Respond to your Lord before there comes, by God’s will, a day that cannot be put off. There shall be no refuge for you on that day, nor shall you be...
View ArticleRefuting Arguments of False Belief
Ha. Mim. By the Book that makes things clear! We have made the Qur’an a discourse in Arabic so that you may understand. It originates in the source of revelation kept with Us; it is indeed sublime,...
View ArticleDivision in religion
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful In matters of faith, He has ordained for you the same as He had enjoined on Noah, that which We have revealed to you (Muhammad) and as We enjoined on...
View ArticleCure for Social Ailments in the Quran
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful We bestow of the Qur’an from on high what serves as a healing and a blessing to true believers, while it only adds to the ruin of the evildoers. Yet...
View ArticleWitnesses on the Day of Judgement
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful On the day when God’s enemies will be gathered together before the fire, they will be driven onwards until, when they reach it, their ears, their eyes...
View ArticleFasting for Winning the Pleasure of God
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful Believers, fasting is decreed for you as it was decreed for those before you, so that you may remain God-fearing, Fast a certain number of-days. But...
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The Best Night of the Year
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful From on high have We bestowed it (i.e. the Qur’an) on the Night of Power. Would that you knew what the Night of Power is! The Night of Power is better...
View ArticleScenes of the Day of Judgement
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful Ya Sin. By the Qur’an, full of wisdom, you are indeed one of God’s messengers, pursuing a straight way. It is a revelation by the Almighty, the...
View ArticleAl-Quran Mission
Al-Quran Mission, launched by New Delhi-based Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, one of India’s best-known contemporary Islamic scholars, has been involved in setting-up Quran Distribution Centres around the...
View ArticlePilgrimage-A Duty Owed to Allah By All People!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful Pilgrimage to the House is a duty owed to Allah by all people who are able to make the journey. As for those who disbelieve, Allah is in no need of...
View ArticleGod’s Great Act of Mercy
We have always sent messages (of guidance) as a mercy from your Lord. He alone is the One who hears all and knows all, the Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, if only you...
View ArticleGod’s Control Over People’s Hearts
In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful We have assigned to the unbelievers companions who made their past and present seem goodly to them, but the sentence has fallen due upon them together...
View ArticleSole Ownership of the Universe
In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful Ha. Mim. Ayn Sin. Qaf. Thus has God, the Almighty, the Wise, sent revelation to you, Prophet, and to those who preceded you. His is all that is in the...
View ArticleDetailed Commandments for Human Life
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Beneficent Say: Come, let me tell you what your Lord has forbidden to you: Do not associate partner with Him; (Do not offend against but, rather,) be kind to your...
View ArticleGuiding People is God’s Will
In the name of God, the Merciful, the Beneficent Can you (Prophet) make the deaf hear? Or guide the blind or those who are in manifest error? Even If We take you away from the world, We shall inflict...
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