Reference for Quranic Verses mentioned in this talk: Chapter (8) sūrat l-anfāl (The Spoils of War) O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life. And know that Allah intervenes between a m

TranslationHad We sent down this Quran upon a mountain, you would have certainly seen it humbled and torn apart in awe of Allah. We set forth such comparisons for people, so perhaps they may reflect. He is Allahthere is no god worthy of worship exc

TranslationThen after sorrow He sent down security upon you, a calm coming upon a party of you, and (there was) another party whom their own souls had rendered anxious; they entertained about Allah thoughts of ignorance quite unjustly, saying: We have n

Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth; a likeness of His light is as a niche in which is a lamp, the lamp is in a glass, (and) the glass is as it were a brightly shining star, lit from a blessed olive-tree, neither eastern nor western, the oil w

Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His; who is he that can intercede with Him but by His pe

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.1. Have you considered him who calls the judgment a lie?2. That is the one who treats the orphan with harshness,3. And does not urge (others) to feed the poor.4. So woe to the praying ones,5. Who are unm

1. When the heaven becomes cleft asunder,2. And when the stars become dispersed,3. And when the seas are made to flow forth,4. And when the graves are laid open,5. Every soul shall know what it has sent before and held back.6. O man! what has beguiled yo

1. I swear by the fig and the olive,2. And mount Sinai,3. And this city made secure,4. Certainly We created man in the best make.5. Then We render him the lowest of the low.6. Except those who believe and do good, so they shall have a reward never to be

1. I swear by the early hours of the day,2. And the night when it covers with darkness.3. Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor has He become displeased,4. And surely what comes after is better for you than that which has gone before.5. And soon will your

1. When the earth is shaken with her (violent) shaking,2. And the earth brings forth her burdens,3. And man says: What has befallen her?4. On that day she shall tell her news,5. Because your Lord had inspired her.6. On that day men shall come forth in su