Ibrahim’s Supplication(s) in the Qur’an
The first element is an appeal to Allah for provision and security. In the fuller version, this appeal is combined with an appeal to…
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How to benefit from the Qur’an
Today I will be talking about different aspects of how we, as believers, can get from the Qur’an the benefit that, by the grace of God, it offers to us. That benefit is guidance. The…
Surat al-Takwir and Surat al Infitar
These surahs compel us to call to mind realities that we accept are true but which we almost-never include in our conscious, deliberate calculations…
Surah Nuh
This surah is a condensed overview of the themes found in more extended narration elsewhere in the Qur’an, of the story of Nuh `alayhi…
Informal notes for a tafsir class on Surat al-Muzzammil
The surah is named after the word in the opening verse. It is an important image. It first calls to mind someone wrapped up…
Printing translations of the Qur’an without the original Arabic text
Though the Qur’an was sent down in Arabic, its message is universal. This is very clearly stated in the Qur’an itself: ‘Say: O humankind!…
A Crystal Clear Book
By this link: Tell us about the Book of our Lord. I replied: It is the Book which God the Exalted revealed onto our…
Read in the Name of Thy Lord who Created
By this link: Explain the statement of God—”Read in the name of your Lord who created!”— and remove the shrouds of confusion from us,…
A Book Free of Aberration
By this link: You have mentioned in a previous article your particular care to ponder over the Book of God in the blessed month…
The Sunnah Explains the Qurʾān
By this link: Do you agree with those who say that the entirety of the Sunnah explains the Qurʾān? I replied: Who am I to…
Supplications in the Qur’an
In the Qur’an supplication is a special form of human speaking addressed to God. We say human speaking because the Qur’an tells us that…
Questions & Answers on Quran
View all Q&A →The meaning of ‘ummi’
Dr Amsha Nahid from Australia asked the following question: Assalamu ‘alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, Dear Shaykh, I read an article claiming that the word ‘Ummi’ in the Qur’an means “gentile” (non-Jew) or someone unfamiliar with the Law of Musa…
Surah Baqarah verse 62
My respected student, Mr Ali Rasul, from Dallas, USA, asked me the following question: As-salāmu ʿalaykum Ustād, In Ayah 62 of Sūrah al-Baqarah, Allah says: “Indeed, those who believed, and those who were Jews, Christians, or Sabians, whoever believes in…