The month of Ramadhan is the only month mentioned by name in the Qur’an. It is the holiest of all the months and the month in which fasting has been ordained by...
Verse 30 of Chapter 30 is a powerful reminder of something profoundly natural to us. In this verse, God directs us: “So set your face toward the religion in an upright...
In Chapter 29 of the Qur’an, named as “The Spider”, God invokes the stories of seven prior prophets and their nations to illustrate that testing people...
Traditions from Sunni sources state that the opening verses of Chapter 80 (“He Frowned”) were revealed about a blind man called Ibn Umm Maktum who came in...
The Qur’anic story of al-Khidr and Moses (peace be upon them) is one of the most challenging stories to fully comprehend, as it appears to conflict with conventional...
One of the clearest victories that God granted to His Prophet is the signing of the treaty of Hudaybiya. It is also considered as one of the causes for the conquest of...
There are five qualities mentioned in verse 7:157 that form the criteria for a true religion. God says: Those who follow the Messenger, the unschooled prophet...
The claim that faith is nothing more than knowledge is false because according to the Qur’an, knowledge can co-exist with disbelief. God says: Indeed those who turned...
O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority from among you; then if you quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Messenger, if...
This discussion appears in the recent published English Volume 39 and it is a discussion of rare excellence by Allamah Tabataba’i. Below is the gist of the...