• Fatihah
    • hah Name This Surah is named Al-Fatiha because of its subject-matter. Fatihah is that which opens a subject or a book or any other thing. In other words, Al-Fatihah is a sort of preface. Verses This Surah ...
    • The Collection of the Quran
    • Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful The Collection of the Qur'an n xstyle="font-family: tahoma">by Al-Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khui (Chapter VIII from his Tafsir Al-Bayan) The manner in which th...
    • Baqara
    • ara Name Why the name AL-BAQARAH? AL-BAQARAH (the Cow) has been so named from the story of the Cow occurring in this Surah (vv. 67-73). It has not, however, been used as a title to indicate the subject of the Su...
    • Bani Israel
    • srael (Children of Israel/The night journey) This Surah takes its name (Bani Israil) from v. 4. But this name is merely a distinctive appellation like the names of many other surhas and not a descriptive title and ...
    • al-Anam(Livestook)
    • stock) Name This Surah takes its name from verses 136, 138 and 139 in which some superstitious beliefs of the idolatrous Arabs concerning the lawfulness of some cattle and the unlawfulness of some others have b...
    • Al-Kahf (The Cave)
    • e Cave) Name This Surah takes its name from v. 9 in which the word (al-kahf) occurs. Period of Revelation This is the first of those Surahs which were sent down in the third stage of Prophethood at Mecca. We hav...
    • Al-Anfal (Booty)
    • ) Name The Surah takes its name AL-ANFAL (The Bounties) from the first verse. The Period of Revelation It was revealed in 2 A. H. after the Battle of Badr the first battle between Islam and kufr. As it contains a...
    • Araf (Heights)
    • s) Name This Surah takes its name from vv. 46-47 in which mention of A'araf occurs. Period of Revelation A study of its contents clearly shows that the period of its revelation is about the same as that of al-An'am, i....
    • Maryam (Mary)
    • m (Mary) Name It takes its name from v. 16. Period of Revelation It was revealed before the Migration to Habasha(Ethiopia). We learn from authentic Traditions that Ja'afar recited vv. 1-40 of this Surah in the ...
    • Science and Civilization in Islam
    • slam In the Name of God Most Merciful and Compassionate The Principles of Islam The history of science is often regarded today as the progressive accumulation of techniques and the refinement of quantitative...
    • The Interior Life in Islam
    • lam "O thou soul which are at peace, return unto thy Lord, with gladness that is thine in Him and His in thee. Enter thou among My slaves. Enter thou My Paradise." (Quran - LXXXIX; 27-30  trans. by ...
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