On a Dog’s Tongue

Surah Al-A’raf (The Heights): Verses 175–176

“And recite to them, [O Muhammad], the news of him to whom we gave [knowledge of] Our signs, but he detached himself from them; so Satan pursued him, and he became of the deviators. And if We had willed, we could have elevated…

Beware the ‘I’ in idol

The only difference between the Arabic preposition ila (to) and the word for deity in Arabic, ilaah, is the final ha, the letter by which one exhales his breath. Thus, to seek a deity to worship is similar to seeking to release one’s breath: it is obligated by our very physiology…

On Surah al-Ikhlas (The Chapter of Sincerity)

“By Him in Whose Hand my life is, it is equal to one-third of the Quran.”…

On Jonah

Surah Al-Anbiya: Ayah 87- 88:

Revelation: A Love Letter from The Merciful

When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened them with a third…

Tawaf: A Lesson in Centripetal Acceleration?

The repentance (tawbah) accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in…

Thunder is often more vivid than lightning

One of often wonders what Allah meant behind the lightning and thunder of that famous…

Sorcery forgets the Source

قَالَ مُوسَىٰ أَتَقُولُونَ لِلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَكُمْ ۖ أَسِحْرٌ هَٰذَا وَلَا يُفْلِحُ السَّاحِرُونَ

“Moses said: Do you say [this] about the truth when it comes to you. Is this sorcery? And the sorceres will not prosper.” (Quran 10:77)

On Joseph and the Prisoners

Surah Yusuf: Verses 32- 52

Wisdom = Force X Distance?

It is perhaps universally understood that elders are not wise simply because they have been alive for a long time. They are wise because they have experienced more by virtue of the time they have been alive.