Quran uses the word بعل in three passages. This is a word meaning 'husband' in ordinary usage but is also the name of a deity. S 4:128...

The word رقيب raqib occurs five times. S 4:1 People, fear your lord who created you from one soul and created from it its husband and...

In this post we shall be looking at occurrences of the expression   أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ, 'Didn't you (singular) know?' S 2:106  What we...

The following is an extract from my post Love ly Islamic Language Abu Bakr to a man: امْصُصْ بَظْرَ اللاَّتِ، Suck Al-Lat's clitoris!...

What follows is an extract from my post Love ly Islamic Language 'Utayy ibn Damura said, "I saw with Ubay a man who was attributing...

Translated from Arabic: Ali b. Muhammad told us, Waki' told us, from Al-'Amash, from Khaythamah, from 'Adi b. Hatim. He said: The...

S 21:91  And the one who guarded her private part and we blew into her from our spirit and we made her and her son a sign to the ‘alamin....

In S 53:3 we read: Nor does he speak from desire. But 'Allah' seems very keen on pleasing its boss: S 2:144 It may be we see the turning...

In this post we shall be looking at occurrences of the word repentance. S 4:17 Repentance is only on Allah for those who do evil in...

This expression is found twice in quran. S 4:171 People of the Book, do not exceed in your religion nor say about Allah but the truth....

S 2:47 Banu Isra’il, remember my grace that I bestowed upon you and that I preferred you to the ‘alamin. S 2:122 Banu Isra’il, remember...

The author says that Allah is the best deceiver and that it misguides. There are good deceivers but Allah is the best. Allah misguides,...

In this short post we shall be looking at occurrences of the words Innahu min, 'he is of' or 'it is of', according to context. S 12:24...

In the Bible, priests make atonement for the Israelites. See especially Hebrews 2:17. In quran, Allah atones for Muslims. S 2:271 If you...

Allah is a believer, prays, is on a straight path and repents. S 2:37 Then Adam received words from his lord. So he repented for him. He...

S 5:78 Those who disbelieved of the Banu Isra'il were cursed by the tongue of Dawud and Isa son of Maryam. That was because they...

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If anyone of you rouses from sleep and performs the ablution, he should wash his nose by...

S 20:102 On a day it is blown on the trumpet and we gather the criminals on that day blue. Now, it's not clear from the 'clear' quran...

Narrated `Aisha: The Prophet (ﷺ) in his ailment in which he died, used to say, "O `Aisha! I still feel the pain caused by the food I ate...

S 2:50 And when we parted the sea for you we saved you and drowned Fir’awn’s family while you look. S 2:164 In the creation of the skies...