Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...

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On a dark night of death in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Muhammad Al-Bardawil sat in the corner of his room, ...

For Sunni Muslims the Shahadah is: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah." Shi’a Muslims add an extra phrase to the Shahadah: "And Ali is the friend of God." This shows ...

Proclaim! In the name of thy Lord and Cherisher, who created – created man, out of a [mere] clot of congealed blood. Proclaim! And thy Lord Is Most Bountiful! He who taught [the use of] the pen ...

Taking over from the organization's founder, Elijah Muhammad helmed the Nation of Islam during a period of limited growth. Malcolm X's arrival in 1952 ushered in a time of dramatically increased ...