The Night of the Jinn – Do Not Cross This Line Ibn Mas’ud!

قُلۡ أُوحِیَ إِلَیَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسۡتَمَعَ نَفَر مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ فَقَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعۡنَا قُرۡءَانًا عَجَبا   The reason for the revelation of this verse, as reported by Saʿīd bin Jubaīr  from IbnRead more..

No One Can Write Something Similar to the Quran – ash-Shawkani

Imām Muḥammad bin Alī ash-Shawkānī: an-Naqqāsh mentioned that the companions of the philosopher al-Kindī said to him: “O’ wise one, make for us something similar to the Qurʾān” to whichRead more..

The Virtues of Surah al-Asr – Shaykh Hammad al-Ansari

Shaykh Ḥammād al-Anṣārī said,  If a person were to analyse Sūrah al-ʿAṣr, he would increase in certainty that the Qur’ān is the Speech of Allāh, the Most High. This isRead more..

Whoever Stands at Night for Prayer…

Verse: Our Lord, We Certainly Obeyed Our Masters and Our Elite, and They Misled Us From the Right Path.

  يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِي النَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَا لَيْتَنَا أَطَعْنَا اللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا الرَّسُولَا  ۞ وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَاءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا السَّبِيلَا  ۞ رَبَّنَا آتِهِمْ ضِعْفَيْنِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَالْعَنْهُمْ لَعْنًاRead more..

The Islam of Yahya ibn Aktham and the Preservation of the Quran

Yaḥyá ibn Aktham reported; “At a time when al-Mamūn was a prince, a Jewish man entered one of his gatherings. He was well-dressed, handsome looking with a profound aroma, and when heRead more..

The English Translation of the Quran (PDF)

A translation of the Noble Qurʾān into the modern English Language by the Salafī Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī al-Maghrabī (read about him here) & Dr. Muḥammad Muḥsin Khan. Read here.

A Brief Explanation of Surah al-Asr – Shaykh ʿAbdullah ibn Muhammed ibn ʿAbd al-Wahāb

Shaykh ʿAbdullāh ibn Muḥammed ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (d.1242 AH) was asked about the interpretation of Sūrah al-ʿAsr (The Declining Day). He responded; The speech regarding this is lengthy but we areRead more..