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Separated and Joined Writing in Uthmani Script — Distinguishing "an laa" from "alaa"

Definition of Separated and Joined: Maqtoo (separated): written in the Mushaf as two separate words even though pronounced as one — like …

Contemplation Basic Trust in Allah

There Is No Creature on Earth But Its Provision Is Upon Allah — The Responsibility of Provision

Verse: "There is no creature on earth but its provision is upon Allah." (11:6) "Upon Allah" (ala Allah): The preposition "ala" indicat…

Contemplation Basic Trust in Allah

There Is No Creature on Earth But Its Provision Is Upon Allah

Verse: "There is no creature on earth but its provision is upon Allah." (11:6) — "Upon Allah" — obligation. From the worm in the rock to t…

Contemplation Basic Stories

When Our Command Came We Saved Hud and Those Who Believed With Him

Verse: "When Our command came We saved Hud and those who believed with him — by a mercy from Us." (11:58) — Salvation "by a mercy from Us"…

Reasons for Revelation Intermediate Monotheism

The Question About the Soul — Al-Isra 85

Occasion of Revelation (Sahih — Agreed Upon): Abdullah ibn Masud said: "I was walking with the Prophet ﷺ in some farmland in Medina. He p…

Reasons for Revelation Intermediate Makki Events

Surah Al-Kahf — Quraysh Tests the Prophet with a Jewish Question

Occasion of Revelation (Sahih — Bukhari, Muslim & Ahmad): The Meccan disbelievers sent Al-Nadr ibn Al-Harith and Uqbah ibn Abi Mu'ayt to …

Reasons for Revelation Intermediate Madani Events

Ibn Salam and the Question of His People

Verse: "Say: Have you considered if it is from Allah and you disbelieve in it?" (46:10) Occasion (Hasan): Ibn Abbas narrated: Abdullah…

Reasons for Revelation Intermediate Madani Events

"They Ask You About the Spirit" — Jews Testing the Prophet

Verse: "They ask you about the spirit — say: the spirit is from the command of my Lord, and of knowledge you have been given only a little…

Quranic Stories Basic Other Prophets

Hud and the People of 'Ad — The Violent Wind and Destructive Arrogance

Verse: "And such was 'Ad — they denied the signs of their Lord, disobeyed His messengers, and followed the command of every obstinate tyra…

Quranic Stories Basic Ibrahim

Ibrahim and His Guests — The Glad Tidings of Isaac and Sarah's Amazement

Quranic context: Hud 69-74; Adh-Dhariyat 24-30 Context: The angels came to Ibrahim in the form of guests — he hastened with a roasted …

Quranic Stories Basic نوح

Nuh and Those With Him on the Ark — The Cosmic Lesson

Quranic context: Nuh (peace be upon him) called his people for nine hundred and fifty years — yet only a few believed. Then Allah commande…

Fiqh Rulings Advanced Hudud

Hadd of False Accusation and Adultery — Protecting Honor

Hadd of adultery: "Flog each one of them with a hundred lashes" (24:2) — hundred lashes for the unmarried; majority position: stoning for …

Fiqh Rulings Basic Special Topics

Fulfilling Covenants and Pledges — The Foundation of Trust

Verse: "O you who believe, fulfill your contracts." (5:1) "Al-uqud" (contracts) includes: Commercial contracts, covenants with Allah (…

Quranic Rhetoric Advanced Eloquence

Fasaha and Balagha — Distinction and Levels

Fasaha: Clarity and transparency. Technically: speech free from verbal defects (jarring letters, weak structure, obscurity). Balagha: …

Quranic Rhetoric Advanced I'jaz

O Earth, Swallow Your Water — The Most Eloquent Sentence in Literary History

Verse: "And it was said: O earth, swallow your water; and O sky, cease — and the water subsided, the matter was decided, and it settled up…

Quranic Rhetoric Advanced I'jaz

Elliptical Story Narration — A Whole Story in Three Words in the Quran

Definition of elliptical story narration: Ijaz al-qasr is the highest level of ijaz — when a complete story or massive event is compresse…

Quranic Readings Intermediate Specific Words

"Adhab yawm alim" in Hud 26 — A Disputed Reading Among the Reciters

The verse: "Indeed I fear for you the torment of a painful day." (Hud: 26) The disagreement: "Alim" (genitive, adjective for "…

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