Child Fears
Under The Angry Sounds
Shedding Tears Of Fear,
Trying To Believe It's Weird. ---
When The Night Passes By...
Another Plan Of Crime
Making Kids All Cry,
Till The Sun All Rise.
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Another Day Has Began ...
No Reason To Go On
Keeping Faith All ...
William, Ex-Jew, USA
My name is William, and I live in a large Midwestern city in the United States. I am a typical American in many ways that are reflected in both my professional and personal lives. Professionally, I am a supervisor with a major police department, and I have been in the military, both active duty ...
Continue ReadingPlacement of the hands in prayer between Ahl al-Sunnah and others
Q: I am confused between the way a Sunni prays and the way a Shi'te prays. My father is a Shi'te and he has taught me to pray with my hands on my sides but I do not know what is the differnce. Why is there such difference between the two? Also, I would be very grateful if you tell me which form ...
Continue ReadingTranslation of the meanings of surah Taa-Haa (2)
(83) (83) [Allāh said], "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"
(84) (84) He said, "They are close upon my tracks, and I hastened to You, my Lord, that You be pleased."
(85) (85) [Allāh] said, "But indeed, We have tried your people after you [departed], and the Sāmirī[847] has ...
Continue ReadingTranslation of the meanings of surah Al-Israa (1)
(1) (1) Exalted[722] is He who took His Servant [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] by night from al-Masjid al-Ḥarām to al-Masjid al-Aqṣā,[723] whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing,[724] the Seeing.[725]
[722]- Above any imperfection or ...
Continue ReadingTranslation of the meanings of surah Al-Kahf (1)
(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 ...
Continue ReadingTranslation of the meanings of surah Yusuf (1)
(1) (1) Alif, Lām, Rā.[582] These are the verses of the clear Book.
[582]- See footnote to 2:1.
(2) (2) Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’ān[583] that you might understand.
[583]- i.e., revealed in the Arabic language.
(3) (3) We relate to you, [O Muḥammad], the best of stories ...
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Translation of the meanings of surah Al-Kahf (2)
(51) (51) I did not make them witness to the creation of the heavens and the earth or to the creation of themselves, and I would not have taken the misguiders as assistants.
(52) (52) And [warn of] the Day when He will say, "Call My 'partners' whom you claimed," and they will invoke them, but ...
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What a Bad Servant We Are!
Concerns of the Islamic Scholar
Translation of the meanings of surah Al-Hajj (1)
(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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