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How The Quran Shapes The Brain

February 28, 2012 in Quran

“If it wasn’t for their political problems and constant fighting between each other, the Muslims would have been on the moon by the 1400’s” was the statement made by a non-Muslim professor in a 400-level undergraduate class on the history of science. It seems that the rate of discovery and advancement in science achieved by the Muslims was quite impressive and has yet to be replicated. What was it that they were doing that allowed for their fast progress? Read the rest of this entry →

Ten Letter

August 22, 2011 in General Islam, Purification of the heart, Quran

Make life with 10 words

1. The most selfish one-letter word ‘I’ avoid it (Surah Al-Kahf 18:34)

2. The most satisfying two-letter word ‘WE’ use it (Surah Al-An’am 6:71-72)

3. The most poisonous three-letter word ‘EGO’ kill it (Surah Al-Qasas 28:78)

4. The most used four-letter word ‘LOVE’ value it (Surah Al-Rum 30:21)

5. The most pleasing five-letter word ‘SMILE’ keep it (Surah Al-Najm 53:43)

6. The fastest spreading six-letter word ‘RUMOUR’ ignore it (Surah Al-Hujurat 49:12)

7. The Hardest working seven-letter word ‘SUCCESS’ achieve it (Surah Al-Nur 24:37-38)

8. The most enviable eight-letter word ‘JEALOUSY’ distance it (Surah Yusuf 12:8-9)

9. The most powerful nine-letter word ‘KNOWLEDGE’ acquire it (Of Allah & The Holy Qur’an) (Surah Yasin 36:2) (Surah Yusuf 12:2)

10. The most essential ten-letter word ‘CONFIDENCE’ trust it (Trust in Allah’s Guidance – Surah Yunus 10:9 Surah Al-Tawbah 9:51)

Tarawih Recitation: A message to all Imams

August 5, 2011 in Quran, Ramadan

By Shaikh (Dr) Haitham Al-Haddad

I call upon committee members and Imams to seek the pleasure of Allah and not the pleasure of their congregation.

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Imams should respect the Quran when leading the Tarawiḥ Prayer

The greatest favour bestowed upon humanity is the revelation of the Quran as it is the only way human beings can be in continuous touch with their Creator. People can easily measure their level of attachment to their Lord by measuring their level of attachment to the Quran – recitation, study and contemplation of it. This divine writ was not revealed to be a book of hymns for aural enjoyment, but instead as a book of guidance, for Allah says in the Quran, “(This is) a Book (the Quran) which We have sent down to you, full of blessings that they may ponder over its verses, and that men of understanding may remember.”[1]

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500-year-old Quran bigger than a flatscreen TV!

August 4, 2011 in News, Quran


A rarely-seen manuscript of one of the world’s most important copies of the Qur’an is to be published online. The hand-written holy book, estimated to be around 500 years old, is so precious and fragile have been unable to put it on display. It is believed to have originated from Cairo from the library of Kansuh al-Ghuri, one of the last Mamluk Sultans of Egypt. The Mamluk Sultanate was a regime composed of mamluks who ruled Egypt from the mid-13th century to the early 16th century. Mamluk means “owned”. Read the rest of this entry →

Beautiful Recitation of Surah At-teen by Muhammad Salah Nafea

August 3, 2011 in Quran, Videos

Surah at-Teen translation:

By the fig, and the olive, By Mount Sinai, And by this city of security (Makkah). Verily, We created man of the best stature (mould). Then We reduced him to the lowest of the low. Save those who believe (in Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous deeds, then they shall have a reward without end (Paradise). Then what (or who) causes you (O disbelievers) to deny the Recompense (i.e. Day of Resurrection)? Is not Allah the Best of judges?
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The Excellence of Reciting the Quran

May 11, 2011 in Quran

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From Imam Al-Nawawi’s Riyad-us-Saliheen (Chapter 180)

991. Abu Umamah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) saying, “Read the Qur’an, for it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection.”
[Muslim].
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