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Qari Abdul Basit (ra) and the Communists: A Story of a Miracle of the Qur’an Qari Abdul Basit (ra) and the Communists: A Story of a Miracle of the Qur’an

By Hadhrat Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad (db)
Extracted from The Treasure of this World and the Hereafter
In 1987, Qari Abdul Basit was visiting America, the same Qari Abdul Basit whose cassettes of the Holy Quran have become …

They Are Your Garments and You Are Theirs: Marital Relation and the Metaphor of the Garment, Reflections on Surat al-Baqarah They Are Your Garments and You Are Theirs: Marital Relation and the Metaphor of the Garment, Reflections on Surat al-Baqarah

By Mawlana Dr. M Mansur Ali
Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.
And though you seek in garments the freedom of privacy you may find in them a harness and …

Literary Aspects of the Qur’an: Al-Baydawi’s Interpretation of Alif Lam Mim Using the Rules of Tajweed Literary Aspects of the Qur’an: Al-Baydawi’s Interpretation of Alif Lam Mim Using the Rules of Tajweed

By Mawlana Dr M Mansur Ali 
The Qur’an, that inimitable symphony, the very sounds of which move men to tears and ecstasy, invigorated the barren hearts of camel shepherds and transformed them in to guiding stars …

A Survey of English Translations of the Quran A Survey of English Translations of the Quran

By Dr. Abdur Rahim Kidwai
Despite the historical fact that the early Muslim community’s stand on the translation of the Arabic text of the Quran was ambivalent, as indeed, the general Muslim attitude remains …

Sign’s of Allah’s Existence Sign’s of Allah’s Existence

By Imam Ibn Kathir
“Who has made the earth a resting place for you, and the sky as a canopy, and sent down water (rain) from the sky and brought forth therewith fruits as …

An Introduction to the Science of Tafsir An Introduction to the Science of Tafsir

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
The literal meaning of tafsir in the Arabic language is to open or to explain, interpret or comment. Technically, the science of tafsir is a branch of knowledge in which the …

Abrogation in the Quran: An Excerpt from al-Fawz al-Kabir Abrogation in the Quran: An Excerpt from al-Fawz al-Kabir

By Shah Waliullah al-Muhaddith al-Dahlawi
Translated by Shaykh Muhammadullah Khalili Qasmi
Edited by Saad Khan
One of the difficulties in the science of Qur’anic commentary is to know which are the abrogating verses (nasikh) and which are the …

Abrogation in the Quran Abrogation in the Quran

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Translated by Dr. Swaleh Siddiqui
Abrogation is translated from the Arabic word naskh which literally means “to erase; to compensate.” Its technical definition is “to repeal a legal order through legal argument”. …

The Preservation of the Quran The Preservation of the Quran

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Since the Quran was not revealed all at once but rather in piecemeal according to the needs and circumstances of the time it was not possible to preserve it as a …

The Chronology and Background of Quranic Revelation The Chronology and Background of Quranic Revelation

By Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Translated by Dr. Swaleh Siddiqui. Revised and Edited by Rafiq Abdur Rehman and Bilal Ali
The Noble Quran is Allah’s Divine Word. Hence it is secure in a Preserved Tablet about which …