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By Tonje Hagen Bible and Quran My quest for truth started with reading all the gospels in the Bible. I spent several hours every weekend just to learn about this by myself. As time went by I found more and more signs and the Bible slowly but surely lost all credibility as the words inspired … Read more

By Tonje Hagen (You can find Part I of this article here.)  A Muslim Friend In November  of 2011 I had a “moment of frustration”. It was the last year of high school. My best friend in class, a wonderful Albanian Muslim, was very happy and certain about her own religion and wanted to know where … Read more

Allah calls Himself Al-‘Azeez— The Almighty, The Strong– on 92 occassions in the Quran. He is the One who overcomes everything. Al-‘Azeez is the incomparable source of all strength and might, and His power cannot be overcome or resisted. He gives honour, dignity, and strength to whomever He wills! The Powerful, Noble, Invincible, and Incomparable … Read more

by Khawlah bint Yahya Allah the All-Wise has shared a beautiful piece of advice with us in Surah Qaaf (Chapter 50) of the Quran, a counsel that can make us more productive. This advice is only for special people like you and describes a way to: lift your emaan when you feel low; get to know Allah ‘azza … Read more

Allah calls Himself Al-Muhaymin— The Guardian, The Witness, The Overseer — on one occasion in the Quran. He is the One who ensures the wellbeing of creation. Al-Muhaymin observes, guards, and protects His creation! The Overseer, Protector and Guardian Muhaymin comes from the root haa-meem-noon , which points to three main meanings. The first main … Read more

Hear to Know, Know to Act, Act to Receive Mercy If you hear, then you will know. If you know then you will act. And if you act well, Allah (swt) will have mercy. So Talk About the Quran! You  talk of thousands of things each day, so why not just talk at least one minute … Read more

The Ranks of  Jannah The Prophet (pbuh) said, The one who was devoted to the Quran will be told on the Day of Resurrction: “Recite and ascend (in ranks) as you used to recite when you were in the world. Your rank will be at the last Ayah you recite.” [Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi] There … Read more

The Elevated and the Abased Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (saw) said, Verily, Allah elevates some people with this Quran and abases others. [Muslim] This is to say that some people who read this will get glory— elevation in this world and in the hereafter. As for those who … Read more

The Blessing of Sound Hearing is a huge blessing; in the Quran, creation of hearing is mentioned first, before seeing. You can find many blind scholars but not a single deaf one because the deaf don’t know what sound represents. Use this gift for good things. Fill Your Ears with Good Sounds Shaikh Abdulkareem Parekh … Read more