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...

' A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported that Sahla bint Suhail came to Allah's Apostle (may peace be eupon him) and said:...

S 22:47 And they ask you to hasten the torture. But Allah will not abandon his promise. And a day with your lord is like 1,000 years of...

Have you ever been to the zoo and had to get out of the way fast when a monkey threw its excrement at you? The Quran speaks of rijs....

There are three verses that speak of the 'People of the Dhikr'. S 16:43 And we did not send before you but men. We inspire them. So ask...

Muslims will often say that the Quran speaks of the female bee, pointing to the word nahlah, which is of feminine grammatical gender. But...

Musaylima 'the Liar' was one of a number of 'prophets' operating in 7th Century Arabia. One of his verses goes: لقد أنعم الله على الحبلى...