Who Is Free from Disbelief (Kufr)?
A position for an imam became vacant at a mosque here in England, so the mosque trustees engaged one of our friends to serve.…
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Different Approaches to Teaching Arabic Language
The debate within Nadwat al-ʿUlamāʾ Among the pedagogical questions that have occupied the educational mind of Nadwat al-ʿUlamāʾ, and have provoked a profound scholarly…
The Educational Institution Where the Questioner Is Hunted
The relationship between education and questioning is much like that between a lamp and its light. If a lamp exists but gives no light,…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 7
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim We set out at eight o’clock, with the breaking of morning, towards Srebrenica. Two coaches carried us, cutting through the mountains of Bosnia…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 2
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim A Morning of Tafsir I woke for the Fajr prayer weighed down by fatigue. After praying, I let myself rest a short while,…
Bosnia Journey 2026 — Day 1
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim This is my second journey to Bosnia. I had shared memories of the first journey in six articles, recording what I saw of…
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Islamophobia
Any phobia has two directions from which it arises. One direction is from the person himself who is suffering the phobia, some cause in…
A few thoughts on Surat al-`Ankabut
The surah begins with the question: “a hasiba n-nasu ‘an…” It is not right to translate hasiba as ‘think’/‘imagine’ or ‘suppose’/‘conjecture’. The meaning here…
Protest justly for justice
The Indian government has recently passed a law which offers citizenship to refugees and migrants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan provided that they are…
Al `Imran 121-130
The Qur’an is not revealed to human minds and hearts cut off from their pasts. It is not revealed to blank minds, but to…
Balaghah
Balaghah is generally understood to be the art of managing speech or writing so that it is persuasive. If the speaker or writer consciously…
The Virtue of Sūrah al-Kahf
By this link: What is the degree of authenticity of the Prophetic narrations found regarding the virtues of chapters (sūrahs) of the Noble Qur’ān?…
How do I study and what do I learn?
I was trained as an ‘alim in Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow India. I also did a doctorate in the University of Lucknow where I recently…
Some cautionary advice to women travelling for `umrah
It is important to do our religious obligations according to the norms and manners prescribed for those duties. But it is no less important…
Critical Reflections on Feminism
I have been told that on this occasion I will not be addressing only fellow-Muslims but also non-Muslims. I have tried therefore to present…
Surah Al `Imran: Overview
The tried and tested way of teaching the Qur’an is to work through it verse by verse, striving to deepen our experience of the…
The Standing on the Plain of ʿArafah
Translated by Dr. Abu Zayd Standing in ʿArafah is ṣalāh just as ṭawāf is ṣalāh, for Ḥajj combines all forms of ṣalāh together. Ṣalāh…
The Meaning of the Expression InshāʾAllāh
By this link: What is the meaning of the expression inshāʾAllāh? I replied: Can the meaning of this expression, which happens to be a…