The Liturgical Qurʼan and the Emergence of the Community -- 5. Images and Metaphors in the Introductory Sections of the Early Meccan Suras -- 6. From Recitation through Liturgy to Canon: Notes on the ...

Who are the “worst of creatures”? Is this a sweeping condemnation of all non-Muslims? Does it apply universally to all Jews, Christians, or polytheists? Or is there a deeper moral criterion at work?

After reciting the tashahhud, ta‘awwuz and Surah al-Fatihah, Hazrat Khalifatul Masih V aa stated: In the previous sermon, it was mentioned how the Holy Prophet sa, accompanied by his army, discreetly ...

Ibn Ishaq writes that when Abu Sufyan arrived [in Mecca] after seeing the armies of God Almighty pass by him, the Muslims had reached Dhi Tuwa, which is a Meccan valley half a mile from the Sacred ...