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  • Were woman created from a rib?

    Can you please clarify to me what exactly does God mean when He Says that "Women are made from the ribs of men" does it mean that we women are made out of skeletal ribs that encloses their lungs and heart is made of men? Or does it have some deep meaning? What about the women who get divorce later on? And also the girls/women who die before they.. More

  • Implementing the Quran is more important than reading it

    My question is I wrote a letter and put it on a wall in the mosque as a kind of Da'wah. Saying its no art to sit and recite the Quran and Hadeeth but the real art is to follow the path of the Quran and the Sunnah. Was I wrong in this statement because some Muslim told me otherwise?.. More

  • Her husband prevents her from going to the mosque to learn Quran

    My question is, I want to go to the mosque to learn the Quran, but the lessons are during the day when my husband is at work so he cannot take me. The mosque is 20 minutes away or shorter by bus. Is at Halaal for me to go by myself? Considering my husband allows me to go shopping by myself to buy food, etc., for the house. He says that shopping.. More

  • Two correct ways of reading the verse: 4:94

    Verse: 94 of Surah Nisaa, Hafs reads "Fatabaiyanu" and Khalaf from Hamzah reads "Fatasabbatu". Please confirm it... More

  • Transliteration of the Quran

    We have someone in the community who does not speak Arabic (he speaks English) and regardless of that he is making a transliteration for the Holy Qur'an. Do you think someone who cannot read the Holy Qur'an in Arabic is able to make perfect transliterations. Do you think that the transliteration will lead to isolate Muslim from the language.. More

  • Reading Qur'an in Arabic and German for understanding

    I have the Qur'an in Arabic and in opposite on the same sheet in German. Is it permissible to read it in Arabic and if I don't understand words to read the German text? Please give me one answer and one result only. .. More

  • Questions about Quran

    I want to know that every letter of Quran has a makkal. What is a makkal? Is it an angel? People who undergo Tark-e-jamali and jalali can capture them. They are noorani and any ordinary Muslim cannot capture them. They come in the face of a pious man and fulfil every desire of a man which is sharai with the will of Allaah. I want to know the spirit.. More

  • Explanation of Tafseer

    Can you please explain this verse: "The snake was sent down to Asbahan"? Tafseer Ibn Katheer: volume: 1, page: 199-200. .. More

  • Interpretation of Quran 17:110

    The verse 17:110 says: "Neither speaks thy Prayer aloud, nor speaks it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between." In the above verse, it is mentioned that the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, should not pray neither aloud nor be silent. I read that the scholars say that the verse is specific to Tahajjud. On what basis do the scholars.. More

  • Meaning of the letters at the beginning of some Quranic chapters

    Some people says about the letters mentioned in the beginning of some verses that Allaah alone knows their meanings while some other interpret them like the letter Alif means Allaah, the letter Meem means Muhammad and the letter Laam means the angel Jibreel. Can you enlighten me on this topic? .. More

  • She received a copy of Quran before she became a Muslim

    I am recently married to a Muslim man. I myself am not yet converted to Muslim. My husband wants me to wait to take Shahadah until he can be with me. I read here that the Quran should not be given to a non-believer. I had already been reading online about Islam prior to my husband seeking my hand in marriage and already felt in my heart that.. More

  • Wants explanation of Quran (53:38)

    I have a question about something I read in the Quran verse: 38 part 27, "That no burdened person (with sins) shall bear the burden (sins) of another." So, how is that possible if Aadams some who was the first to kill, he will take sins from everyone who kills after him? And how can someone who wears revealing clothes take sins for someone.. More

  • Questions about the Quran

    I am not Muslim but have question about the Quran and would appreciate if you can provide me with some info. Question: If the Quran hasn't been altered by man, then how come there are so many different interpretations of the same passage? The Quran and the Bible can be taken either literally, figuratively or both. Which one is it? Can both interpretatio.. More

  • Phones used for listening to Quran

    There is a new mobile phone that you can listen to Quran, MP3 and PDA. When at the Masjid and one needs to go to the toilet, not wanting to leave the phone outside as it will get stolen, is it ok to take it inside the toilet? (Switching it of) the point in this question is as the phone is used only for listening to Quran. Phones used for listening.. More

  • Explanation of Quranic verse

    Please refer Holy Quran 2:62 "Ennalladeena Amanoo Walladeena Hadoo wa Nnasaara wa Sabiyeena man Aamana Billaahi wal Yaumil Aaqhiri wa Amila Saalihan Falahum Ajruhum Entha Rabbihim wala Qaufun alayhim walaahum yahsinoon." Please explain this Ayah. Some Christian clerics are justifying their belief by quoting this Ayah and they argue they will.. More