Pillars of Islam

Narrated Ibn ‘Umar: Allah’s Apostle said: Islam is based on (the following) five (principles): 1. To testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and Muhammad is Allah’s Apostle. 2. To offer the (compulsory congregational) prayers dutifully and perfectly. 3. To pay Zakat (i.e. obligatory charity) . 4. To perform Hajj. (i.e. [...]

Interesting Facts about Quran

1. How many Suras are in Holy Qur’an? 114. 2. How many verses are in Holy Qur’an? 6236. 3. How many dots are in Holy Qur’an? 1015030. 4. How many fatha are in Holy Qur’an? 93243 5. How many kasra are in Holy Qur’an? 39586 6. How many Raque are in Holy Qur’an? 1000. 7. [...]

True Picture About Malak(Angel)

“Malak” literally means a “messenger”, which is translated farishta (angel). Angels are not mere abstract powers without personality; they are beings with personalities and are so to speak the agents of Allah, Who employs them for the administration of His Kingdom. Ignorant people mistook them for associates in Godhead; others thought they were related to [...]

why the believers of islam have been prohibited from marrying musrhik?

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abul-Aala Maudoodi The reason why the believers have been prohibited from marrying musrhik spouses is that `they invite you to the Fire’. This means that such marriage might mislead the Muslim spouses to the ways of shirk, for the relations between husband and wife are not merely sexual but spiritual and cultural [...]

Difference between Womans and Men’s Salah

There are some differences between how women and men’s way of performing Salat. 1) Men raise there hands all the way to the ear for Takbeer while women raise their hands only up to their shoulders. 2) In Qayam (the standing posture) Men place their hands below Navel while women place their hands on their [...]

Surah 001 Al-Fateha (The Opener)

Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abul-Aala Maudoodi Name This Surah is named Al-Fatihah because of its subject-matter. Fatihah is that which opens a subject or a book or any other thing. In other words, Al-Fatihah is a sort of preface. Period of Revelation It is one of the very earliest Revelations to the Holy Prophet. As a [...]

Do Not Eat Pork

Both the Bible and the Qur’an prohibit the eating of pork. Muslims are aware of this prohibition and observe it strictly. However, most readers of the Bible say they do not know where they can find this in the Bible. In the book of Leviticus, chapter 11, v. 7, it is recorded that God declares [...]

Woman in Islam

The status of woman in Islam constitutes no problem. The attitude of the Qur’an and the early Muslims bear witness to the fact that woman is, at least, as vital to life as man himself, and that she is not inferior to him nor is she one of the lower species. Had it not been [...]

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