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Tajweed
Empty space in the mouth & throat
When we need to lengthen a letter (e.g pronounce a Madd letter), we use the empty space of our mouth and throat to produce this sound. No other part of the mouth is used to lengthen a sound. The green area inside the…
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The Location of Adam and Eve’s Paradise
The location of this Paradise is unknown to us. The Quran did not reveal it, and the commentators had five different opinions. Some said that it was the paradise of our refuge and that its place was heaven. Others…
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Establishing the Islamic Greeting
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “O Muslims! I advise you to be gentle with women, for they are created from a rib, and the most crooked portion of the rib is its upper part. If you try to…
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Eve’s Creation
Muhammad Ibn Ishaaq and Ibn Abbas related that Eve was created from the shortest left rib of Adam while he was sleeping and after awhile she was clothed with flesh. That is why Allah the Exalted said: “O Mankind! Be…
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Adam Sees Eve
Ibn Abbas and a group of companions of the Prophet (PBUH) narrated that when Iblis was sent out of Paradise and Adam was accommodated therein, Adam was alone in Paradise and did not have a partner from whom he could…
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Teaching Adam
Almighty Allah granted Adam the power to know the natures of all things and to summarize them by names; that is a bird, that is a star, that is a tree, etc Allah implanted in Adam an insatiable need for and love of…
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The Reason for Adam’s Creation
After this lesson about freedom Adam learned another lesson, one about knowledge. Adam realized that Iblis was the symbol of evil in the universe and that the angels were the symbol of good. However he did not yet…
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Iblis’s Disobedience
Allah Almighty recounts Iblis’s disobedience in another surah: “Remember when your Lord said to the angels: ‘Truly I am going to create man from clay. So when I have fashioned him and breathed into him (his) soul…
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Traditions about Iblis
There were many traditions about Iblis at the time of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Ibn Masud,Ibn Abbas and a group of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said that Iblis had been the head of the angels in the…
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Freedom of Denial, Disobedience, and even Disagreement with Allah
Allah knew that Iblis was not going to obey Him in prostrating before Adam. Allah could have totally annihilated him or turned him into a handful of dust or stifled the refusal in his mouth. Yet, Allah gives His…
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Adam’s (peace be upon him) feelings of Love, Awe, and Astonishment
Adam was following what was happening around him and had feelings of love, awe, and astonishment. Deep love of Allah,Who had created and glorified him and Who had made His angels prostrate before him. Awe of the…
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Reward as Laylatul Qadr
Praying 4 units (rak’ah) with one tasleem…. besides the nawafil of Isha عن عبد الله قال مَنْ صَلَّى أَرْبَعًا بَعْدَ الْعِشَاءِ لاَ يَفْصِلُ بَيْنَهُنَّ بِتَسْلِيمٍ عُدِلْنَ بِمِثْلِهِنَّ مِنْ لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ From…
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