Asateer-ul-Awwaleen : Non-believers ineffective strategy to defame Quran
Asateerul-Awwaleen is a Quranic term to describe some of the non-believers criticism against the holy book. Asateer means fabricated story, fable. Awwaleen means earlier. Non-believers claimed that Quran was not a divine word but rather, especially its cautionary qissas were “stories of the ancient past”. This term of Asateerul Awwaleen is found in many verses […]
Sura At-Takwir : The burden of contemplating over doomsday events
Sura At-Takwir is the 81st sura of Holy Quran and has been revealed in Mecca and its main subject is judgement day. It is one of the suras that Prophet Muhammad(sav) mentions as “the kind of sura that has increased “aging” of me. So, how can a sura age a person, especially the very prophet […]
Quran Tafsir : Sura Al-Zalzala
Sura Al-Zalzala It’s the 99th sura in Holy Quran. Some scholars argue that it has been revealed in Mecca but an account from Abu Said El-Hoodre strengthens the possibility that this sura has been revealed in Madina. Because he asked Prophet Muhammed(saw) about the last two ayats of this sura; Then shall anyone who has […]
Sura Al-Alaq : The initiation of inscription process and owner of knowledge
Sura Al-Alaq is the 96th sura of Holy Quran. The first five ayats of this sura are the first revealed ayats of Islam’s Holy Book. Some scholars call the sura as “Iqra” since it is the first word of the sura and some call it “Al-Qalem” since it mentions “reading and writing by pen” but […]
Quran Tafsir:Sura Al-Humaza
Sura Al-Humaza This sura is the 104th sura in Holy Quran. It has been revealed in Mecca. It contains 9 ayats and its name is derived from the word which is found in the first ayat, humaza. Humaza means the kind of person who gossips around and back bites. This sura is like the panorama […]
Sura Ash-Shams : Dangers of blind arrogance against cosmology
Sura Ash Shams is the 91st sura in Holy Quran and in just about short 15 verses, we’re reminded about an ancient nation who kept a blind eye against bare miracles of their creator and faced an inevitable punishment in the end. The sura starts with oaths to sun and moon, probably to direct non-believers’ […]
Ottoman Tafsir Tradition
Ottoman empire was an Islamic empire that reigned between 13th and 19th centuries. For two centuries, between 14th and 16th they were the super-power of the world. Ottoman empire had a great impact in many disciplines of Islamic studies, both in the formal scholarly fashion, in other words, madrasa studies and also in the informal […]
Prophet Salih(a.s) and Qawm Thamud
Thamud nation is mentioned in Quran, they are an ancient Arab nation whom dwelled between Hejaz and today’s Syria. In Holy Quran Qawm Thamud has been quoted 26 times in several different suras. Prophet Salih(a.s) was sent as a messenger and precursor to this nation. The main reason is to draw a dire warning to […]