S 34:12-14 And to Sulayman the wind. Its morning errand a month and its afternoon errand a month and we caused the spring of qitr to flow...

Is there an unforgivable sin in Islam? Most would refer to shirk as being the one unforgivable sin in Islam. S 4:48 Allah does not...

S 2:218 Those who have believed and those who have emigrated and waged jihad in the way of Allah, those hope for Allah’s mercy. And Allah...

S 16:43 And we did not send before you but men. We inspire them. So ask the People of the Dhikr if you do not know. S 21:7 And we did not...

The author of S 13:13 speaks of thunder. And the thunder glorifies with his praise and the angels for fear of him. And he sends the...

S 2:125 And when we made the House a resort for people and security. And take from the station of Ibrahim a musalla. And we covenanted to...

This post, whose title is taken from a Right Said Fred song by the way, is about the Islamic notion of an angel's putting his mouth on...

Zaid bin Khalid Al-Juhani (May Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Do not revile the rooster for it wakes...

We read a number of odd passages regarding 'Allah's religion'. Approved S 5:3 Forbidden to you have been dead animals and blood and pork...

S 12:109 And we did not send before you but men. We inspire them from the people of the villages. So have you not travelled in the Earth...

In this short post we shall be looking at characters in the Quran that have the Divine Name in their name. Zakariya. Zecharia. This is...

The Quran has a number of passages allowing sexual assaults on women. S 4:24 And the muhsanat of the women except what your right hands...

The Quran a number of times speaks of the Banu Isra'il. A number of translators render it as 'Children of Israel'. The Hebrew Bible calls...

In this post we shall look at the Quran as a hadith. S 4:78 Wherever you are death overtakes you even if you are in constructed towers....

فِتْنَة : - سِحْر - Action or power of attracting - Great charm or divinely power - Physical attractiveness or exciting beauty - A...

In Islam there is no free will, all is predestined. So man is not the author of his actions and he cannot will unless Allah wills. Any...

S 24:43 Have you not seen that Allah drives clouds then unites between them then makes them a cumulus cloud then you see the rain come...

Soul in Arabic is نفس nafs, from the root ن ف س n-f-s, related to the self and breathing. Its Hebrew cognate is nephesh, primarily used...

We are told that there are rivers of water, of wine, of milk and of honey. S 47:15 A similitude of the Jannah which the fearers have been...

S 2:67-73 And when Musa said to his people: Allah commands you to slaughter a cow. They said: Do you take us as a quip? He said: I take...