“I am near” says Allah.
And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So, let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided. 2:186 When a believing person faces any difficulty and calls upon Allah, Allah Himself has already given the assurance in the Quran through His [...]
Message of the Quran
What is the message of the Quran? We have brought few verses from the Quran, these verses convey important message for the mankind. In this article we will read those verses first and then we will discuss about the messages in those verse and at the end we will summarize the whole message. Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. 3:2 Message here [...]
How Old is Islam?
How Old is Islam? There are many misconceptions about Islam. One of them is that, most of the people think Islam came into existence some 1400 years ago in modern day Saudi Arabia, and prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was the founder of Islam. This is not correct, in fact prophet Muhammad is the last messenger of the Islam, numerous messengers came before who preached Islam. Islam came into [...]
What is Islam?
Islam – Definition and Explanation Normally we try to understand a religion, simply by its rituals, but this is not sufficient. Rituals are outward actions through which a follower of a religion tries to implement the philosophy and the teachings of the religion. When we pay attention only to the rituals, we will not find the real reason, the real teaching or philosophy for that action. We [...]
Allah and Time and Space
And to Allah belongs the east and the west. So, wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah. Indeed, Allah is all-Encompassing and Knowing. 2-115 This verse is a kind of assurance for the seekers of God. Allah is not restricted by space and time, for those who want to connect with Allah, any particular place or time will not be a constraint. Allah is everywhere. Wherever a [...]
Patience of believers.
Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. 2:156 Quran mentions the characteristic of the believers, when they are struck by hardships, they are not disturbed, rather they say that all power belongs to Allah. He deals with us as He wills, and we will return to Him on the Day of Judgement. And it is He Who created us [...]
O Mankind Verses part 4
Quran was revealed some 1440 years ago as guidance to entire mankind. In the Quran Allah, God- Almighty, has addressed to different groups of people, which we have seen in our earlier post – “Audience of the Quran”. In that discussion One of the groups discussed was “mankind”, and we have studied few verses on O mankind in some of our earlier posts, we will study some more verses today. [...]
