Contemplation Basic Ethics & Manners

Cooperate in Righteousness and Piety, Not in Sin and Aggression

Verse: "And cooperate in righteousness and piety, and do not cooperate in sin and aggression." (5:2) The Islamic cooperation principle:…

Contemplation Basic Stories

When the Angels Said: O Maryam, Allah Has Chosen You — A Woman Without Prophethood But With Prophetic Status

Verse: "When the angels said: O Maryam, indeed Allah has chosen you, purified you, and chosen you above the women of the worlds." (3:42) …

Contemplation Basic Al-Maidah

We Made You Nations and Tribes to Know One Another — Diversity Is Mercy Not Conflict

Verse: "And We made you nations and tribes so that you may know one another — indeed the most honored of you before Allah is the most righ…

Contemplation Basic Social Conduct

O People Fear Your Lord Who Created You From One Soul — The Origin of Human Equality

Verse: "O people, fear your Lord who created you from one soul." (4:1) — The surah of human rights opens with the principle of common orig…

Contemplation Intermediate Social Conduct

Do Not Let Hatred of a People Cause You Not to Be Just — Justice Even Toward Enemies

Verse: "Do not let hatred of a people cause you not to be just. Be just — it is nearer to taqwa." (5:8) — "Shana'an" = intense hatred. The…

Contemplation Intermediate The Hereafter

If He Is Among the Foremost — Then Rest Fragrance and a Garden of Delight

Verse: "If he is among the foremost — then rest, fragrance, and a garden of delight." (56:88-89) — Three categories in Al-Waqiah: the fore…

Contemplation Basic The Hereafter

Close Friends That Day Will Be Enemies to Each Other Except the Righteous

Verse: "Close friends that day will be enemies to each other — except the righteous." (43:67) — "Akhill" = intimate lifetime friends who s…

Contemplation Basic Hastening to Good

And Hasten to Forgiveness from Your Lord — Racing to Good as an Investment

Verse: "Hasten to forgiveness from your Lord and a garden whose width is the heavens and earth, prepared for the righteous." (3:133) — "Ha…

Contemplation Basic Trust in Allah

Whoever Fears Allah — He Will Make a Way Out and Provide From Where They Do Not Expect

Verse: "Whoever fears Allah — He will make a way out for them, and provide for them from where they do not expect." (65:2-3) — "A way out"…

Contemplation Basic Justice

Be Just — It Is Closer to Taqwa — Justice Above Personal Interests

Verse: "O believers, be persistently standing firm for Allah, witnesses in justice, and do not let hatred of a people lead you to be unjus…

Contemplation Basic Social Conduct

Cooperate in Righteousness and Piety and Do Not Cooperate in Sin and Aggression

Verse: "Cooperate in righteousness and piety and do not cooperate in sin and aggression." (5:2) — One of the greatest Islamic social princ…

Reasons for Revelation Intermediate Madani Events

Righteousness Is Not That You Come to Houses from Their Backs — A Precise Legal Occasion

Verse: "And righteousness is not that you come to houses from their backs, but righteousness is who fears Allah." (2:189) Occasion (Sah…

Reasons for Revelation Basic Madani Events

"O People We Created You From Male and Female" — Khabbab Seeking Preferment

Verse: "O people, We created you from male and female and made you nations and tribes so that you may know one another — the most honorabl…

Reasons for Revelation Intermediate Madani Events

"Do Not Marry Polytheist Women" — Marthad Al-Ghanawi and Anaq

Verse: "And do not marry polytheist women until they believe. A believing slave woman is better than a polytheist woman even if she please…

Quranic Stories Basic Yahya

Yahya of Refined Speech — "O Yahya, Take the Scripture with Strength"

Quranic context: Maryam 12-15 Context: Allah gave Zakariyya the miraculous glad tiding of Yahya — while his wife was barren and he had…

Fiqh Rulings Basic Fasting

The Obligation of Fasting — Conditions and Breaking

Verse: "O you who believe, fasting is prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before you." (2:183) Conditions for fasting obl…

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