Qur'an

Q1) Interpretation is one of the most standard tools used in reading religious text. Every person has a unique thought process and mode of interpretation; when reading religious text like the Qur’an, however, this poses some consistency issues and creates conflict among believers in different interpretations. However, interpretation, regardless of conflict it may cause, is critical to the entire concept of personal faith and strengthening spiritual bonds. Hadith are a mode of interpretation…

Belief in Qadar is essential for Muslims. They must believe that everything that happens to us in this dunya is because Allah because he is in control and knows about the future. Therefore both good and bad things. Muslims have a believe that everything that happens to them in their lives and in this world is under Allah’s control since Allah is all powerful and he can do whatever he needs. Similarly Allah has given all mankind a free will, which means that mankind have free to choose whether…

The word Sharī’ah was mentioned only once in the Quran 45:18 addressing Prophet Mohammad. “[O Muhammad,] We have set thee on a way by which the purpose [of faith] may be fulfilled”. In the verse, the Prophet is being identified as a messenger to fulfill a purpose of faith. What is the purpose of faith that Sharī’ah is set to fulfill? An Islamic vision for a divine-human relationship is concerned with the higher objectives (Maqāṣid) of the Lawgiver (al-Sharī’). Linguistically, Sharī’ah is…

to the Qur’an “Allah will be the judge, and each person will be sent to heaven or hell. Heaven is a place of sensual pleasure. Hell is for those who oppose Allah and his prophet Mohammed” (Ridenour 2001). In fact, because Muslims believe when a person dies their soul is separated from their body, but later reunited when the body goes to the grave, Muslims go to extensive lengths to prepare a body after death, including washing the body and wrapping it in a…

figures of the Old Testament Muhammad was a prophet. According the the Qur’an because earlier prophets had corrupted his revelations, Allah sent his complete revelation through Muhammad (The Essential World History Pg 170-171). The Qur’an with its basic message that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet; consists of 114 suras or chapters drawn together by a committee established after Muhammad’s death. The Qur’an is not only the sacred…

THE SCOPE OF MUSLIM WELFARE Introduction Islam highly emphasizes the concept of welfare in appreciating the true way of life and perfectly intertwined with the life of society, namely the concept of social responsibility among people whose caring attitude amongst each other as the sayings of Prophet .SAW which means: "Anyone who is not concerned over the affairs of the Muslims, then he was not among them. And anyone who on the morning of prioritizes things other than Allah, not from those people…

they became the Qur’an, the holy book of Islam. Muhammad’s death was a turning point in history because he begun an important movement towards the religion of Islam. The Qur’an, meaning “recitation,” is broken up into different parts, called the suras; each part is believed to be God’s revelations as told to Muhammad by archangel Gabriel. The religion of Islam, meaning “submission to God”, is practiced by Muslims which means “those who submit to Islam.” For Muslims, the Qur’an the legal and…

Merchants were very respected in the Islamic World because it spread the religion and Muhammed was born in a merchant family. Anyway, money is very important today, but it was also very important back then. During the Islamic World, they used money called "Dinar and Dirham" for trading goods. However, that was not always the case. When caravans had to travel a very far distance and have to carry thousands and thousands of dinar and dirham and goods, it is very difficult. So, they came up with an…

Islam spread throughout North Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia rapidly after it was founded. Due to Islam discouraging the use of figurative images in religious contexts, pushing Islamic artists to create and develop a rich decoration style of non-figural images, consisting of such ornament that make a hallmark of Islamic work. Islamic decoration includes complex geometric patterns, calligraphy and scrolling vines better known as arabesques. Islam has affected Islamic architecture…

gives the reasons behind the rise of conservative and violent misconceptions that accompany Islam now, in addition to the fall of liberal ideologies within Islamic states. In order to underline the principles and foundation of Islam, Akyol uses the Qur'an to…