Understanding ‘and strike them’
Men have charge over women by that [with which] God has favoured some among them over others, and…
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Short Course: Asbab al-Nuzul | Shyakh Akram Nadwi | 26th June
Introducing 'Asbab al-Nuzul', a new one-day short course on the contexts of revelation of the Quran! This exciting…
The Qur’anic translations
(Revised version) By Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi Oxford Q. Mr Haider Ali Nadwi, an `alim from Bhopal in…
A Muslim should refrain from frequently saying ‘this is Halal, this is Haram’
Qurtubi said in his Tafseer of the verse (Q16:116): ‘And do not say, asserting falsely with your tongues,,…
The Qur’an should not be valued as merely a sacred object
1. Allah says in the Qur’an about the Qur’an, that it is a self-consistent, coherent message from the…
Last chance to save £75 studying The Quran Intensive with Shaykh Akram Nadwi this Ramadan! | offer ends 30th April 2020!
We need to learn what the Quran wants from us, what Allah wants from us, if it is…
Al `Imran 121-130
The Qur’an is not revealed to human minds and hearts cut off from their pasts. It is not…
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…
Surah Al `Imran: Overview
The tried and tested way of teaching the Qur’an is to work through it verse by verse, striving…
How do we be with the People of the Book?
This weekend the Tafsir of Surah Aal ‘Imran is all about the Muslim-Christian-Jewish relationship. We live among the…