Eid al-Adha is celebrated in the Islamic month of Zul Hijjah. ‘Eid al-Adha’ literally means ‘Eid of sacrifice’, as Muslims symbolically sacrifice an animal as an act of ‘qurbani’. It is a symbolic…
The Prophet Muhammad was asked: "What is sacrifice, O Prophet of God?" and The Prophet replied: "It is a tradition of your forefather, Abraham." Sacrifice started with the Prophet Abraham, who came 2…
In the earlier Makkan period of the Prophet’s life, Tufail bin Amr from the Dous tribe accepted Islam and then returned to his people. There he presented the message of Islam to his tribe and tried…
The man Islam aims to build is one in whom a two-fold activity is set in motion at the same time, one form of activity being internal and the other external. The result of this twin activity is that…
A tradition recorded in the books of Hadith is set forth here in the words of Musnad Ahmad: “On the Day of Judgement, when all the people of Paradise have entered Paradise and all the people of Hell…
As stated in the second chapter of the Quran, one of the duties of the Prophet vis-à-vis his contemporaries was “to teach them the Scripture and wisdom, and purify them” (2:129). It is necessary for…
The believer, according to the Quran, must be a traveler (al-saihoon) (9:112). This is not just in the sense of one who goes on journeys: it actually means one who learns spiritual lessons through…
The Quran lays great emphasis on learning—through greater experience, more profound study and keener observation. In the chapter Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) of the Quran, one of the verses elaborates…
One principle of scientific study has been described in the Arabic words tu’rafal ashya’ bi azdadiha, that is, ‘things are known by their opposites’. It is through comparison that we understand…
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