The Description of the Prophet ﷺ
The Prophet (sall Allāhu ʿalayhi wa sallam) said: “None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, his child and all the people.”[1] In this series we embark on a journey to...
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Abū’l-Muẓaffar al-Samaʿānī (d. 489), with additional notes from Abū Muḥammad al-Baghawī (d. 516) [Italics indicate an alternative, accurate translation. Normal font indicates a variant reading which is...
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VERSE 2 ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ “This is the Book in which there is no doubt, a guidance for those who are mindful [of Allāh].” “This is the Book,” Ibn ʿAbbās...
View ArticleSh Muhammad al-Amin al-Shanqiti’s Tafsir of the Fatiha
Aḍwāʾ al-Bayān, Muḥammad al-Amīn al-Shanqīṭī With the Name of Allāh, the All-Merciful, the Most Merciful. All praise (and thanks) belong to Allāh, the Lord of the worlds. The All-Merciful, the Most...
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أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّـهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِن قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ...
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