59 results for “sa'i”
Clear filter...s in the Quran (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:30): "And when your Lord said to the angels: 'I am going to place a successive authority...
...ge placed in the service of worship and civilization. He is said to have been a student in the prophetic tradition of Adam ...
...950 years. Allah says in the Quran (Surah Nuh 71:5-6): "He said: 'My Lord, I have called my people night and day. But my c...
...-A'raf 7:65): "And to the 'Ad We sent their brother Hud. He said: 'O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than...
... truth. The Quran records his appeal (Surah Hud 11:61): "He said: 'O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than...
...re. Allah says in the Quran (Surah Al-Anbiya 21:68–69): "We said: 'O fire, be coolness and safety upon Ibrahim.'" He emerge...
...nd a warning for all who come after. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "What I fear most for my nation is the deed of the people...
...sation between father and son (Surah As-Saffat 37:102): "He said: 'O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I must sacr...
...also brought glad tidings of a son: Sarah, in astonishment, said: "Woe to me! Shall I give birth while I am an old woman an...
...et he never lost faith in Allah or gave up hope of reunion, saying: "I only complain of my suffering and my grief to Allah,...
...astness in all prophetic history (Surah Yusuf 12:23–24). He said: "My Lord, prison is more to my liking than that to which ...
...'raf 7:85): "And to Madyan We sent their brother Shuaib. He said: 'O my people, worship Allah; you have no deity other than...
...g back to Allah" (Surah Sad 38:44). The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said that among the most severely tested are the prophets, then...
... by my beard or by my head. Indeed, I feared that you would say: 'You caused division among the Children of Israel, and you...
...ther praised prophets. In Surah Al-Anbiya (21:85–86), Allah says: "And Ismail and Idris and Dhul-Kifl — all were of the pat...
...rayed the first half of every night. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ said: "The most beloved fast to Allah is the fast of Dawud, and...
...–125): "And indeed, Ilyas was among the messengers. When he said to his people: 'Will you not fear Allah? Do you call upon ...
...urely. He boarded a ship, and when the sea became rough the sailors cast lots to determine who should be thrown overboard t...
... fresh provisions, and when he asked where it came from she said: "It is from Allah. Indeed, Allah provides for whom He wil...
... single concentrated passage (Surah Maryam 19:12–15), Allah says: "O Yahya, take the Scripture with determination. And We g...
...lah is like that of Adam. He created him from dust; then He said to him, 'Be,' and he was" (Surah Aal Imran 3:59). Allah g...
...ot sent you except as a mercy to the worlds." The Prophet ﷺ said: "I was sent to perfect noble character." His Sunnah — his...
...s not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it" (Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:116). Thi...
...e submission: "And when Isa sensed disbelief among them, he said: 'Who will be my helpers toward Allah?' The disciples said...
...to those who write the scripture with their own hands, then say 'This is from Allah,' in order to exchange it for a small p...
...licitly addresses the alteration of divine scripture. Allah says: "And indeed, there is among them a party who alter the Sc...
...en convened, in verses revealed to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ: "Say: He is Allah, [who is] One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He n...
...n what he believed about Isa AS and what the Quran had just said was no greater than the width of this stick. Many classica...
...testimony in the entire biographical tradition of Islam. He said — and this narration is preserved in Salman's own words in...
...of those who had wronged him. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ later said of Salman: "Salman is from the People of the House (Ahl al...
...irs, and the Ansar claimed him as theirs, and the Prophet ﷺ said: "Salman is from us, the People of the House" — repeated i...
...e bloodiest engagement of the Riddah Wars, fought against Musaylima al-Kadhdhab (the Liar), who had claimed prophethood amo...
...d the rights of his family. The Prophet ﷺ had praised Hasan saying: 'My son here is a master, and through him Allah will re...
... Islamic history. This decision was deeply controversial. Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet and son of Ali ibn Abi Ta...
... most consequential and tragic events in Islamic history. Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and son of Ali i...
...nd Sassanid artistic conventions, particularly the use of mosaics and octagonal symmetry. The inscriptions inside the Dome ...
...iq ibn Ziyad, a Berber commander and freedman of Musa ibn Nusayr, the Umayyad governor of North Africa. Tariq crossed the s...
...invaders. The battle lasted for several days, some accounts saying a week. The Visigothic forces were weakened from the out...
...of Khirbat al-Mafjar near Jericho, with its extraordinary mosaic floors and sculptural program, is attributed to his patron...
... deep into the Frankish kingdom after sacking the church of Saint Hilary at Poitiers. Charles Martel — the Frankish mayor o...
...emarkable speed. The Umayyad governor of Khurasan, Nasr ibn Sayyar, appealed desperately to Damascus but received inadequat...
... equal Muslims deepened resentment. Governors like Nasr ibn Sayyar (who was relatively enlightened) made efforts to reverse...
...and the Byzantine Mediterranean. The Abbasid era saw Muslim sailors among the world's most accomplished navigators, contrib...
... when the Prophet ﷺ gave the standard to Ali ibn Abi Talib, saying he would give it to a man whom Allah loves and who loves...
...ng the Muslim force from annihilation and earning the title Sayf Allah (Sword of Allah) from the Prophet ﷺ. Though militari...
...lation, famously asking what they expected him to do before saying: 'Go, you are free.' The idols in and around the Ka'bah ...
...most costly and significant engagement of the Ridda Wars. Musaylima ibn Habib, mockingly called al-Kadhdhab (the Liar) by M...
...bing its vastness: 'I have taken a city of which I can only say that it contains 4,000 palaces, 4,000 baths, 400 theatres, ...
...bala is one of the most tragic events in Islamic history. Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet ﷺ and son of Ali ibn ...
...ced rapidly through the peninsula. His superior, Musa ibn Nusayr, crossed with a larger force to consolidate and extend the...
...o the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ is reported to have said: 'Constantinople will certainly be conquered. How excellen...
...version and expulsion. The same year Granada fell, Columbus sailed westward under Spanish patronage.
Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Prophet ﷺ, was killed at Karbala ...
...hitecture, with its magnificent golden dome and intricate mosaics.
...dir al-Jilani, the great Hanbali jurist, preacher, and Sufi saint, died in Baghdad. His teachings founded the Qadiriyya, th...
...m to the Malay Archipelago, establishing the Sultanate of Pasai in Sumatra as the first Muslim state in Southeast Asia. Isl...
...dullah (Boabdil) wept as he left, and his mother reportedly said: 'Weep like a woman for what you could not defend as a man...
...Scholars like Bilali Muhammad of Sapelo Island and Omar ibn Said preserved their faith in bondage. Their stories, rediscove...
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College...