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Sheikh Salman al-Oadah

A person's need to feel import is something perfectly natural, something instilled in human nature. It may well be that this feeling is behind many of humanity's greatest inventions, achievements, and noble acts.

This is why Allah mentions to us that Abraham (peace be ...

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When I converted to Islam, learning prayer was such a struggle. For me praying in a language I did not understand was almost unthinkable. "How could I have prayed to Allah, when I did not know what was I saying?" - many times I was thinking. But, knowing that we must say our prayers in Arabic, ... Continue Reading

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(1) (1) Alif, Lām, Rā.[668] These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur’ān [i.e., recitation].

[668]- See footnote to 2:1.

 

(2) (2) Perhaps those who disbelieve will wish[669] that they had been Muslims.

[669]- On the Day of Judgement or at the time of death.

 

(3) (3) Let them eat and ...

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(1) (1) Alif, Lām, Rā.[648] [This is] a Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], that you might bring mankind out of darknesses into the light by permission of their Lord - to the path of the Exalted in Might, the Praiseworthy -

[648]- See footnote to 2:1.

 

(2) (2) Allāh, to whom ...

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(1) (1) Alif, Lām, Rā.[510] These are the verses of the wise[511] Book.

[510]- See footnote to 2:1. [511]- The adjective "wise" expresses the qualities of will, purpose, discrimination and precision.

 

(2) (2) Have the people been amazed that We revealed [revelation] to a man from among them, ...

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(1) (1) Alif, Lām, Meem.[1124]

[1124]- See footnote to 2:1.

 

(2) (2) Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?

 

(3) (3) But We have certainly tried those before them, and Allāh will surely make evident those who are truthful, and He will surely ...

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(105) (105) The people of Noah denied the messengers[1054]

[1054]- See footnote to 25:37.

 

(106) (106) When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?

 

(107) (107) Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.

 

(108) (108) So fear Allāh and obey me.

 

(109) (109) And I do not ask ...

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(1) (1) Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -

 

(2) (2) He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and who has not taken a son and has not had a partner in dominion and has created each thing and determined it with ...

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