What can you practically learn from Prophet Noah today? An incredible yet intricate linguistic nuance highlights a fascinating lesson from the story of Noah a.s in the Qur’an. In Suratul Isra’ Aayah no. 3, Nooh (Noah) a.s is desribed by Allah as: “إِنَّهُ ۥ كَانَ عَبۡدً۬ا شَكُورً۬ا” *Rough translation: “No doubt about it, he was …
What do we mean when we say the Quran is the final miracle? One of many reasons is down to its literal brilliance which blows your mind. What I’m about to present to you will leave you in awe. Just try to pay attention to truly appreciate what Allah says. This is heavy! There is …
This will blow your mind! Allah says in the Qur’an “Rome was dominated in the lowest of the earth” [Surah Room] At the Prophet’s time (peace & blessings upon him) the Arabs lived in the desert, where there was nothing worthy of conquering. It wasn’t an interesting place, just desert. On one side there was …
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Not only was prophet Ibrahim’s father a disbeliever, rather he endorsed, manufactured and sold idols of shirk. A perfect example of the epitome of antithesis between father and son. These particular set of Aayaat is about Ibrahim a.s as he converses with his father about his beliefs in Allah. After Ibrahim a.s contends with his …
Surah Furqaan, in which Allah describes the Prophet SAW (in another opinion, the Quran also) in the first Aayah as “لِلْعَالَمِينَ نَذِيرًا” ‘For every nation, a warner’ The word Allah uses that I want to highlight is نذير, which comes from the literal meaning of ‘the sound a bow makes after it has shot the …
What would be the reason the prophet (peace & blessings upon him) emphasised and encouraged us to recite Suratul Kahf every Friday? Aside from the spiritual and virtuous aspect . . . It is for us to on a weekly basis review, revise, reflect and ponder upon its Aayaat because it is all relevant. The …
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When Allah wanted to create the human being, the Angels were shocked and surprised. They literally asked Allah, why he was creating this creature when we, the Angels are already here to do your Tasbeeh/Declare your perfection The word Tasbeeh that I’m translating as ‘Declaring the perfection of Allah”, comes from the word ‘SabaaHah’ (سباحة), …
A lot of times Balagha, Grammar, Linguistics, Dictionary meanings and all of that . . . it can give you stuff. . . But at the end of the day. Communication and language is also a language of emotion. There are elements of emotion that words have great difficulty in capturing. Now. I’ll give you …
Here’s something crazy about the letter ” ط ” ? Some historians argue that the Arabic script was inspired and developed by different historical origins; Ancient Syriac, Egyptian Hieroglyphics . . . Things like that. So the letter ط is actually argued to be from Egyptian Hieroglyphics by some historians. The letter ط is drawn …
Before we start looking into the lessons found embedded in the Quran, we need to first understand what an “Aayah” is. What is an “Aayah?” (Very Loosely translated as ‘Verse’?) We’ll have a brief philosophical look at the word from a linguistic perspective of what an ‘Aayah’ really is. An “Aayah” is many things in …
