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…

On Joseph and the Prisoners

Surah Yusuf: Verses 32- 52

Breath saves us from Death. So inspire yourselves!

“…Indeed I have come to you with a sign from your Lord in that I design for you from clay [that which is] like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird by permission of Allah…” (Quran 3:49)

True effacement is to face God

“And who is better in religion than one who submits his face to Allah while being a muhsin and follows the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth? And Allah took Abraham as an intimate friend.” (Quran 4:125)