(1) (1) [This is] a sūrah which We have sent down and made [that within it] obligatory and revealed therein verses of clear evidence that you might remember.

 

(2) (2) The [unmarried] woman or [unmarried] man found guilty of sexual intercourse[972] - lash each one of them with a hundred ...

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(1) (1) Certainly will the believers have succeeded:

 

(2) (2) They who are during their prayer humbly intent

 

(3) (3) And they who turn away from ill speech

 

(4) (4) And they who are observant of zakāh

 

(5) (5) And they who guard their private parts

 

(6) (6) Except from their wives or those their ...

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(1) (1) O mankind, fear your Lord. Indeed, the convulsion of the [final] Hour is a terrible thing.

 

(2) (2) On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people [appearing] ...

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(51) (51) And We had certainly given Abraham his sound judgement before,[891] and We were of him well-Knowing

[891]- i.e., before Moses. Allāh had guided him from early youth.

 

(52) (52) When he said to his father and his people, "What are these statues to which you are devoted?"

 

(53) (53) They ...

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(1) (1) Kāf, Hā, Yā, ʿAyn, Ṣād.[806]

[806]- See footnote to 2:1

 

(2) (2) [This is] a mention of the mercy of your Lord to His servant Zechariah

 

(3) (3) When he called to his Lord a private call [i.e., supplication].

 

(4) (4) He said, "My Lord, indeed my bones have weakened, and my head has ...

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(1) (1) [All] praise is [due] to Allāh, who has sent down upon His Servant [Muḥammad (ﷺ)] the Book and has not made therein any deviance.[779]

[779]- From the truth or the straight path.

 

(2) (2) [He has made it] straight, to warn of severe punishment from Him and to give good tidings to ...

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What is the ruling on appointing someone as an ameer when not travelling, such as when a group of young men are sharing a flat or in a camp that is held within the city or elsewhere?

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(1) (1) O mankind, fear your Lord, who created you from one soul and created from it its mate and dispersed from both of them many men and women. And fear Allāh, through whom[156] you ask one another,[157] and the wombs.[158] Indeed Allāh is ever,[159] over you, an Observer.[160]

[156]- In ...

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In a society that prides itself for freedom and liberty to attain maximum happiness, suicide ought to be the furthest from the mind?  Yet it is not an uncommon practice and may be someone who is close to you and opens up to you and you may be the only person who can help.  Suicide, resorted to ...

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Muslims going to America and Europe are faced with a flood of questions about Islam. People have many ways of asking these question and different motivations for doing so, but their questions are essentially as follows:

Why does Islam permit polygamy?

Why is a woman counted as half a man in ...

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Umm Sabrin joined IslamWay Sisters On 20 July 2003, she wrote her first post at the Non Muslim Forum in our discussion board saying:

"Dear sisters I have been studying Islam and reading Quran for over a year I understand Islam, the meaning and the Quran I have read several times (although I ... Continue Reading