Formation of thoughts
Thoughts are formed independently of reason and before they are articulated in some form of language. Thoughts arise…
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Al-Mu’allaqat and Balagah with Shaykh Akram Nadwi at Al-Salam Institute this October 2018 | London
Al-Muallaqat, or ‘The Suspended Odes’, is one of the most famous collections of pre-Islamic poetry to date, with…
Informal notes for a tafsir class on Surat al-Muddaththir
In my lecture I will go through the surah in detail. In these notes I take the opportunity…
Children,s Drawing
In my judgement, Muslims should not be presenting the Qur'an to children in a form designed to compete…
Authenticating the Ascription of Ṣaḥiḥ al-Bukhārī to its Author
(Part 1 of a series of articles covering the authentication of the ascription of Ṣaḥiḥ al-Bukhārī to its…
Benefiting from our differences
The clear command of God is that when the believers are in dispute over a matter, they should…
On the Statement “Acquire Knowledge from the Cradle to the Grave”
By Shaykh ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ Abū Ghuddah The phrase “The acquisition of knowledge is from the cradle to the…
Forty hadith
There is a reason why, when you a read a very technical text, you don’t understand it. Even…
Surah Nuh
This surah is a condensed overview of the themes found in more extended narration elsewhere in the Qur’an,…
Informal notes for a tafsir class on Surat al-Muzzammil
1. The surah is named after the word in the opening verse. It is an important image. It…