Musa comes across the Allah-guided unnamed Al-Khidr. S 18:65-82 Then they found a slave of our slaves whom we had given mercy from us and...

In S 91:8 we read: فَأَلْهَمَهَا فُجُورَهَا وَتَقْوَاهَا And he inspired it {the soul} with its licentiousness (fujur} and its taqwa....

"Kinana ibn al-Rabi' ibn Abu al-Huqayq was a leader/chief of the Jews of Khaybar and husband of Safiyah, who later became one of...

A number of passages speak of permission. S 2:97 Say: He who was an enemy to Jibril, he sent it down upon your heart with Allah’s...

According to the Quran a woman is only your mother if she gave birth to you. S 58:1-2 Allah has heard the speech of the one who argues...

Waraqah ibn Naufal refers to the founder of Islam's visitor as the Namus/namus, a word that means LAW. Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ)...

Has Allah died or is it dying? S 28:88 And do not invoke another god with Allah. There is no god but him. Everything is perishing except...

It was narrated from Abu Malik Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “People among my nation will drink wine, calling it by...

Sam Shamoun In some of our previous articles (1; 2; 3; see also this article) we looked at the depiction of Allah as found in the Quran...

The Quran speaks of an incident involving 'Lut's people'. S 7:80-81 And Lut when he said to his people: Do you come to fahishah that...

S 36:13-14 And coin for them a similitude of the companions of the village, when the commissaries came to it, When we sent two to them...

Many Muslims think that their lord (S 39:53) Another Stray Say: Are Muslims the Slaves of Muhammad? was illiterate on account that he is...

Narrated Jubair bin Haiya: `Umar sent the Muslims to the great countries to fight the pagans. When Al-Hurmuzan embraced Islam, `Umar said...

Female Genital Mutilation. Aishah narrated that : the Prophet said: "When the circumcised meets the circumcised then Ghusl is required."...

In this year a raiding party led by Zayd b. Harithah set out against Umm Qirfah in the month of Ramadan. During it, Umm Qirfah (Fatimah...

S 7:148 And Musa’s people took a calf from their ornaments after him--a body having lowing. Did they not see that it does not speak to...

S 18:92-99 Then he followed a cable Until when he reached between the two bars he found a people instead of them not almost comprehending...

Narrated AbudDarda': I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If any of you is suffering from anything or his brother is suffering, he...

The Quran mentions one Qarun. The form of the name may or may not be based on Harun, but whom does it represent? S 28:76 Qarun was of...

S 2:62 Those who have believed and those who were Jewish and the Nasara and the Sabians--those who have believed in Allah and the last...