171 results for “ayat”
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88 hadith in this book.
...stodian of the Ka'bah and provider of water to pilgrims (siqaya), felt the absence of this sacred source acutely. Accordin...
...ur chest?" The literal and spiritual meanings merge in this verse, as the physical procedure enacted the spiritual reality of...
...rdanian highlands exposed travelers to Byzantine markets, diverse peoples, and the remnants of ancient civilizations. For the...
...tion. He climbed Abu Qubays hill and called out publicly in verse — the traditional Arab method of shaming a wrongdoer — nami...
... appeared, embraced him three times, and revealed the first verses of Surah al-Alaq — the beginning of the twenty-three-year ...
...three times. On the third release, Jibril recited the first verses of Surah al-Alaq (96:1-5): "Read in the name of your Lord ...
...eturned home trembling and asked Khadijah to cover him. The verses of Surah al-Muddaththir (Chapter 74) were then revealed: "...
...which the entire practice of salah is organized. The seven verses of al-Fatiha — "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, t...
...phet ﷺ transmitted and explained the newly revealed Quranic verses and began instructing his companions in the practice of Is...
... duress to voice false words of disbelief — after which the verse was revealed: "Whoever disbelieves in Allah after belief — ...
...eading, washed as directed by Fatimah, and read the opening verses of Surah Ta-Ha: 'We have not sent down this Quran upon you...
...inue to seek forgiveness for his uncle until forbidden. The verse revealed in response — Surah al-Qasas 28:56 — spoke directl...
...ve naqibs — nine from the Khazraj, three from the Aws — to oversee their peoples' commitment to the oath. The pledge was mad...
...the story of Bani Israel's covenant and its violations, and Ayat al-Kursi — which the Prophet ﷺ himself identified as the gr...
...et ﷺ had been turning his face toward the sky, waiting. The verse came: 'We have certainly seen the turning of your face towa...
...aradise are opened, the gates of Hell are closed, and the shayatin are chained.' He also established the non-negotiable cond...
Ayat al-Kursi — verse 255 of Surah al-Baqarah — is identified by...
...id good among them and feared Allah is a great reward.' The verse explicitly names the injury (qar') of Uhud and the response...
...nefit. Many companions stopped drinking immediately at this verse. Stage two (Surah al-Nisa' 4:43) forbade approaching prayer...
...ment of martyrdom. The Quran is reported to have revealed a verse about the Bi'r Ma'una martyrs — 'Convey to our people: we h...
...ess and for gender interaction in the Muslim community. The ayat al-hijab (Surah al-Ahzab 33:53), revealed in 5 AH at the oc...
...ooked like retreat to be victory. The surah closes with the verse (48:29) that has served as the portrait of the companions i...
... hundred pilgrims. Shortly after his departure, the opening verses of Surah al-Tawbah were revealed: a declaration that disso...
...ds meant. On the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah at Arafat, the final verse of Quranic legislation was revealed: 'Today I have perfecte...
...idah 5:3 contains one of the most theologically significant verses in the Quran: 'Today I have perfected for you your religio...
The question of which Quranic verse was revealed last is among the most carefully studied in th...
.... Umar said: 'By Allah, it was as if I had never heard this verse before. My legs went out from under me.' The final illness ...
...' Umar said: 'By Allah, it was as if I had never heard this verse before. My legs went out from under me.' The companions bu...
...ah said: 'Indeed, I know that which you do not know.'" This verse establishes Adam's role as the first khalifah — a vicegeren...
...by seven years of famine, and was immediately appointed to oversee Egypt's agriculture and grain reserves — rising from slave...
...ssion of one's own error — is known in Islamic tradition as Ayat al-Karim, and scholars consider it among the most powerful ...
... and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive." This verse describes Yahya as being given wisdom (hukm) from childhood...
...hem for what they earn" (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:79). While this verse was revealed in the context of earlier deviations, it captu...
.... The earliest Gospel texts show a simpler, more human portrayal of Isa AS. Later texts show an increasingly elevated theol...
...doctrine centuries before the council was even convened, in verses revealed to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: "Say: He is Allah, [wh...
...ipture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night and prostrating [in p...
...through a seemingly mundane errand. His father sent him to oversee some work on the family's land, and on the way Salman pass...
... The congregation dug up the hidden jars, confirmed the betrayal, refused to give the bishop an honorable burial, and cruci...
...er, surviving the death of each, and enduring the final betrayal that should have destroyed any lesser man's hope. Yet his ...
...d fire of Isfahan to the dying bishop's prophecy to the betrayal and enslavement. The Prophet ﷺ listened and commanded his ...
... contain among the earliest extant Quranic texts, including verses from Surah Al-Isra and passages affirming Islamic theologi...
...he new coins carried purely epigraphic decoration — Quranic verses and statements of tawhid — abolishing the human imagery th...
...n Sayyar (who was relatively enlightened) made efforts to reverse discriminatory policies but too late and against resistance...
...ng army under Godfrey of Bouillon and Raymond of Toulouse reversed the situation, and the Seljuk cavalry, unable to withstand...
...d devastating both sides. The city finally fell through betrayal when an Armenian guard opened one of the towers to Bohemon...
...anuscript. Zayd ibn Thabit was tasked with collecting every verse, requiring two witnesses for each. The completed manuscript...
Often called the fifth Rightly Guided Caliph. He reversed Umayyad excesses, stopped the cursing of Ali from pulpits,...
...al-Jahiz, the prolific Basran polymath, died. His Kitab al-Hayawan is a pioneering work of zoology containing observations ...
... for its use of hadith to explain Quranic verses. His al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah is a comprehensive history from creation to his...
... hallmark of Ottoman governance for centuries and allowed diverse communities to coexist.
Malaya gained independence from Britain. Malaysia later developed ...
...verthrew the Shah and established an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Khomeini. While a Twelver Shia political event, it had...
Son of Yaqub whose story of patience through betrayal, imprisonment, and rise to power fills an entire surah.
...ed Caliph for his justice and piety. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz reversed oppressive policies, established state welfare, and commis...
...obber before his dramatic repentance upon hearing a Quranic verse. Al-Fudayl settled in Makkah and became one of the most rev...
...urisprudence in six foundational texts known as Zahir ar-Riwayah. Also studied under Imam Malik in Medina.
Andalusian Maliki jurist and philosopher, author of Bidayat al-Mujtahid on comparative fiqh.
Author of al-Hidayah, the most studied Hanafi fiqh text in the world.
Author of an-Nihayah fi Gharib al-Hadith, a comprehensive dictionary of rare had...
Author of Tafsir Ibn Kathir and al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, among the most widely used references.
...'i as-Saghir) for his authority in the school. Author of Nihayat al-Muhtaj, one of the two most authoritative late Shafi'i r...
...jurist who settled in Cairo. Author of Dalil at-Talib and Ghayat al-Muntaha, key Hanbali fiqh texts that are still relied up...
...ol, known as Hakim al-Ummah (Sage of the Ummah). Author of Bayan al-Quran (tafsir) and Bahishti Zewar, a widely read guide ...
Author of Adwa al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Quran by the Quran, a Mauritan...
Mauritanian scholar and author of Adwa' al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Quran through the Quran itself...
...d pioneering Islamic television programs. His memoirs (Dhikrayat) and accessible books on Islam reached millions of readers ...
Ottoman Sufi scholar and mufassir, author of 'Ruh al-Bayan,' a comprehensive Quran commentary blending exoteric and e...
Shafi'i jurist from Isfahan, author of 'al-Ghayah wat-Taqrib,' the most widely studied introductory Shafi'i f...
Sindhi hadith scholar based in Medina who taught Shah Waliullah Dehlawi and Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab, influencing major reform movements.
The wife of Lut AS who betrayed him by informing his people of his guests and was destroyed with the people of Sodom.
...nsari companion known as 'Poet of the Prophet.' He composed verses in defense of Islam and the Prophet ﷺ. He lived to approxi...
...behind from the Battle of Tabuk. He was a poet who composed verses defending Islam. His repentance and forgiveness are mentio...
...ue pillar in repentance until Allah accepted his tawbah and verse was revealed. He participated in most battles with the Prop...
...severity but credited with consolidating Umayyad power and overseeing significant conquests into Central Asia.
A former highway robber who repented upon hearing a Quranic verse recited at night and became one of the greatest ascetics of...
...after migrating from West Africa. His multi-volume Adwa al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Quran bi al-Quran is one of the most importan...
...as 'the Small Shafi'i' (al-Shafi'i al-Saghir), author of Nihayat al-Muhtaj, the definitive Shafi'i reference in the Egyptian...
...i) on the major Maliki texts including Sharh al-Sawi ala Kifayat al-Talib.
...or hadith scholar, author of Tabyin al-Haqa'iq and Nasb al-Rayah, an essential reference for hadith evidence in Hanafi fiqh.
Hanafi hadith master, author of Nasb al-Rayah li Ahadith al-Hidayah, the definitive reference for the had...
...tic and legal scholar of 7th-century AH Morocco, author of Bayan al-Wahm wa al-Iham, a critique of hadith evaluations.
...ommentator of the 5th century AH, author of al-Kashf wa al-Bayan, an early comprehensive tafsir.
...ritanian scholar who taught in Medina and authored Adwa al-Bayan, a unique tafsir that explains the Quran through other Qur...
...most widely-read Quran tafsir (Tafsir Ibn Kathir) and al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah (history).
Shafi'i judge and biographer; author of Wafayat al-A'yan, one of the most important biographical dictionari...
...cholar of spiritual psychology and self-examination; his Ri'ayah li Huquq Allah is the first systematic work on Islamic spir...
...oet in the Arabic language; his panegyric and philosophical verse represents the pinnacle of Arabic classical poetry.
...afi hadith scholar from Zayla (Somalia). Author of Nasb al-Rayah, the most comprehensive collection of hadith evidence for H...
... of the 16th century alongside Ibn Hajar al-Haytami. His Nihayat al-Muhtaj is a standard reference in Greater Syria and Egyp...
...of the 15th century. His Fath al-Qadir (commentary on al-Hidayah) is the most analytically rigorous Hanafi legal work.
...greatest Quranic exegete of the 20th century. His Adwa' al-Bayan is the most thorough modern tafsir that explains the Quran...
... al-Quran is the primary Hanafi commentary on Quranic legal verses.
...am al-Quran is the major Maliki commentary on Quranic legal verses.
...lighi Jamaat (1917-1965 CE) and author of the multi-volume Hayat al-Sahabah (Lives of the Companions), an encyclopedic colle...
...e entire Quran to Ibn Abbas thirty times asking about every verse, making his tafsir the most authoritative of his era.
One of the earliest compilers of a musnad-style hadith collection, predating those of Imam Ahmad. His Musnad contains over twenty-eight thousand hadiths. A prol
By Ibn Kathir. A comprehensive history from creation to the events of the 14th century AH. One of the most important works of Islamic historiography.
...hen analyzed the linguistic and grammatical aspects of each verse. Virtually every later mufassir relied on this work as a pr...
...tracting practical benefits and spiritual lessons from each verse, making this work popular among general readers and student...
...olymath, compiled the major interpretive positions for each verse and organized them clearly, making this work an invaluable ...
By Muhammad al-Amin ash-Shinqiti. A distinguished modern tafsir that interprets the Quran primarily through the Quran itself (tafsir al-Quran bil-Quran). Ash-Sh
By Imam ath-Tha'labi. One of the most influential early tafsirs that bridges the narration-based and opinion-based approaches. Ath-Tha'labi compiled interpretat
...rabi. A specialized tafsir focused exclusively on the legal verses of the Quran from the Maliki perspective. Abu Bakr ibn al-...
By Burhan ad-Din al-Marghinani. The most studied and authoritative fiqh manual in the Hanafi school. Al-Marghinani's work became the standard reference for Hana
By Ibn Rushd (Averroes). A unique work of comparative fiqh by the famous Andalusian philosopher and jurist. Rather than advocating one school, Ibn Rushd systema
.... Ibn Hajar al-Haytami's Tuhfat al-Muhtaj and ar-Ramli's Nihayat al-Muhtaj are its two most important commentaries.
By Muhammad Yusuf al-Kandhlawi. A comprehensive compilation of narrations about the lives, sacrifices, and virtues of the Companions of the Prophet. Al-Kandhlaw
By Ibn Kathir. A focused seerah work by the author of al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah, extracted and reorganized from the seerah sect...
By Ibn Khallikan. A masterpiece of biographical literature containing detailed entries on 865 notable figures from across the Islamic world. Ibn Khallikan, a Ku
...e science of Arabic nahw and sarf into elegant, memorizable verse. The poem superseded all earlier grammar versifications and...
...s, organizing entries by root letters and providing Quranic verses, hadith, poetry, and prose examples for each word. It rema...
...present the three branches of balaghah: ma'ani (meanings), bayan (clarity), and badi' (embellishment) with clear definition...
...gs, occasions of revelation, abrogation, Meccan and Medinan verses, linguistic miracles, and legal derivation. This encyclope...
...eople raised against his call to pure tawhid, using Quranic verses, hadith, and the statements of classical scholars as evide...
...utlining the seven valleys or stages that a servant must traverse on the path to Allah: knowledge, repentance, obstacles, mot...
By Imam al-Muhasibi. One of the earliest systematic works on spiritual psychology in Islam. Al-Muhasibi (whose name means 'the one who examines himself') discus
...ousand-line poem on Arabic grammar). Ibn Aqil explains each verse with clear examples, making the complex grammar rules acces...
By Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. A comprehensive treatise on the principles of hadith transmission and narrator criticism. Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, one of the greatest h
...graphy of the Prophet, extracted from his larger work al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah. It combines the narrative approach of earlier ...
By Ibn al-Humam. A masterful commentary on al-Hidayah that combines hadith verification with legal analysis. Ibn ...
...mmentary on the popular Shafi'i primer Matn Abu Shuja (al-Ghayah wat-Taqrib). Ash-Shirbini explains each concise phrase with...
By Imam ar-Ramli. The third great commentary on an-Nawawi's Minhaj, completing the trio with Tuhfat al-Muhtaj and Mughni al-Muhtaj. Ar-Ramli (known as ash-Shafi
... to extracting legal rulings from the Quran, organizing the ayat by jurisprudential topic. As-Suyuti shows how scholars deri...
By Imam al-Quduri. Known as Mukhtasar al-Quduri, this is the most widely memorized and taught primer of Hanafi jurisprudence worldwide. Its concise text covers
By Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi. A concise guide to the areas of consensus (ijma) and disagreement (ikhtilaf) among the four Sunni schools of jurisprudence. Ibn Qudam
By Abu Shuja al-Isfahani. The most popular Shafi'i primer in the world, memorized by students across Southeast Asia, East Africa, and the Middle East. This extr
... worship, and moral conduct. As-Samarqandi draws on Quranic verses, hadith, and stories of the righteous to awaken heedless h...
By Muhammad Yusuf al-Kandhalwi. A comprehensive biography of the Prophet's companions organized by theme, drawing from authentic hadith sources. Al-Kandhalwi pr
...) that systematized the three branches: ma'ani (meanings), bayan (clarity), and badi' (embellishment). As-Sakkaki's classif...
By Al-Jahiz. A masterpiece of Arabic prose literature on the art of rhetoric, eloquence, and public speaking. Al-Jahiz combines linguistic theory with entertain
...Shirbini. A detailed commentary on the Matn of Abu Shuja (Ghayat al-Taqrib), a foundational Shafi'i fiqh text. Al-Shirbini's...
By Shams al-Din al-Ramli. A major commentary on al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin, considered one of the two most authoritative references in late Shafi'i jurisprud
...commentaries on al-Nawawi's Minhaj al-Talibin, alongside Nihayat al-Muhtaj. Ibn Hajar al-Haytami's work is particularly foll...
...he base text upon which al-Marginani built his famous al-Hidayah commentary. It combines the content of al-Quduri's Mukhtasa...
... Kamal al-Din Ibn al-Humam. A masterful commentary on al-Hidayah, considered one of the finest works of Hanafi legal analysi...
By Ibn Rushd al-Jadd. A massive commentary on al-Utbiyyah, one of the earliest Maliki legal compilations. Ibn Rushd al-Jadd provides extensive analysis of early
...eaking work of hadith verification for al-Marginani's al-Hidayah. Al-Zayla'i traces every hadith cited in the most important...
By Ibn Khallikan. One of the most celebrated biographical dictionaries in Arabic literature. Ibn Khallikan compiled biographies of 865 notable figures, known fo
By Ibn Kathir. A comprehensive chronicle of world history from creation to al-Dhahabi's era, written from an Islamic perspective. It covers pre-Islamic prophets
...ntral Asia. Al-Marghinani's commentary on his own primer Bidayat al-Mubtadi became the standard teaching text for intermedia...
By Shams ad-Din ar-Ramli. One of the two supreme references of later Shafi'i jurisprudence (alongside Tuhfat al-Muhtaj by Ibn Hajar al-Haytami). Ar-Ramli's comm
By Ibn Kathir. A monumental history from creation to the author's own time (14th century CE). Ibn Kathir combines Quranic narrative, hadith reports, and histori
By Ibn Khallikan. One of the most important biographical dictionaries in Arabic literature, covering approximately 865 notable figures from all fields: scholars
...s Minhaj at-Talibin that, alongside Tuhfat al-Muhtaj and Nihayat al-Muhtaj, forms the trio of authoritative later Shafi'i re...
...man al-Ashqar. Describes Paradise and Hell based on Quranic verses and authentic hadith, covering their inhabitants and the n...
...orical circumstances for the revelation of specific Quranic verses, essential for correct interpretation.
...tical guide to Islamic inheritance law covering the Quranic verses on inheritance, classes of heirs, calculation of shares, a...
...Quranic legal rulings from a Hanafi perspective. Focuses on verses with fiqh implications and their proper interpretation.
...the fine-tuning of physical constants, the origin of the universe, and the relationship between natural law and divine creati...
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The alternative purification with clean earth when water is unavailable or harmful. Conditions and method.
The comprehensive Islamic concept of modesty: in dress, speech, behavior, and the gaze. A branch of faith.
...h Yusuf 'the best of stories,' tracing his journey from betrayal by his brothers to becoming the minister of Egypt.
The conditions, method, and scholarly rulings on performing ablution with clean earth when water cannot be used.
... of eloquence in Arabic, including the sciences of ma'ani, bayan, and badi, and their role in appreciating the Quran's inim...
A detailed explanation of the seven verses that every Muslim recites in every prayer, the greatest su...
...orm the prostration upon reciting or hearing specific Quran verses, and the scholarly differences on its ruling.
...cumstances that prompted the revelation of specific Quranic verses, and how it aids in proper interpretation.
The Quranic distinction between verses of clear meaning and those whose precise interpretation is...
...stions, and building resilience in children growing up in diverse societies.