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 ...

(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 ...

Taken from Ibn al-Jawzee's Talbees Iblees, p. 393

"Satan has mislead the masses to believe that attending of religious discourses and raising a wail of woe are highly meritorious acts and the sole purpose of delivering these sermons. This is perhaps because the people have been told ...

(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 ...

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 ...

(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] ...

(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 ...

(38) (38) Indeed, Allāh defends those who have believed. Indeed, Allāh does not like everyone treacherous and ungrateful.

(39) (39) Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought,[929] because they were wronged. And indeed, Allāh is competent to give them victory.

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