Questions tagged [quran]
Questions about the Qur'an القرآن, the divine scripture revealed to the Prophet Muhammad.
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Explain verses 25:3 and 16:21
In 25:3 it is said:
Yet they have taken besides Him gods who cannot create anything but
are themselves created. Nor can they protect or benefit themselves.
Nor can they control life, death, or ...
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Can the Jews and Atheists be forgiven, since Allah might forgive any sins other than Shirk (4:48)?
Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating others with Him ˹in
worship˺, but forgives anything else of whoever He wills. And whoever
associates others with Allah has indeed committed a grave sin.4:48
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Are the actions of unbelievers futile?
The Qur'an says that the actions of the infidels are futile:
You hypocrites are like those unbelievers before you. They were much
stronger than you and were richer and had more children. They enjoyed
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Surah Mulk verse 5, surah al-baqarah verse 29
I've read a lot about Surah Mulk verse 5 on the internet, but it's not really making sense to me, The verse says
"And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and We have made such ...
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Explain verse 3:112 about the people of the Book
You are the best community ever raised for humanity—you encourage
good, forbid evil, and believe in Allah. Had the People of the Book
believed, it would have been better for them. Some of them are
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Is an apostate's repentance not accepted according to 3:90?
Is the apostate's repentance accepted, because in 3:90 it is said that it will never be accepted?
Indeed, those who disbelieve after having believed then increase in
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Why does the holy Q'uran begin with "In the name of Allah , the Compassionate, the Merciful."?
One of the founders of Hindu nationalism, Swami Dayanand Srswati, wrote a criticism of the Quran.
An Examination Of The Doctrine Of Islam
Here his first question was regarding Bismillahir Rahmanir ...
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How to understand the verses about the 'People of the Book' in Surah al-Maidah (5:43-48)?
So let the people of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed in
it. And those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are ˹truly˺
the rebellious.5:47
So should Christians judge by the Gospel, ...
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Explain verse 34:50
Say, “If I am astray, the loss is only mine. And if I am guided, it is
˹only˺ because of what my Lord reveals to me. He is indeed
All-Hearing, Ever Near.”34:50
Which means: "If I am astray, the ...
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Question about Quran [2:30-36]
السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ ٱللَّهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّٰهِ I was reading Quran's surah 2 ( البقرة, 'al-Baqarah' ) today, when I came upon
وَإِذْ ...
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Was Pharaoh considered the only god by the Egyptians or did they have multiple gods?
In 26:29 and 28:38 it is reported that Pharaoh declared himself the only god, and ordered others to worship only himself. The same thing is repeated in 79:24, where he declares himself to be the ...
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How to explain 21:98 which says that whatever is worshiped by the disbelievers will be in Hell fire?
Certainly you ˹disbelievers˺ and whatever you worship instead of Allah
will be the fuel of Hell. You are ˹all˺ bound to enter it. 21:98
The unbelievers worshipped, besides idols, angels and Isa ibn ...
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Which Hadiths relate the story of the Satanic Verses incident?
I did some superficial googling on the subject and I found that the transmissions of the story of the satanic verses incident is considered "weak" so this must mean there are some documented ...
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Quran verse 33:33 was a direct commandment to the Prophet's wives only. So why do people say it is supposed to be for ALL Muslim women?
As the title says. I see it so common (especially on Salafi websites). The verse about women needing to stay at home was a direct command to the Prophet's WIVES. If the verse said "all believing ...
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Interpretation/translation of An-Nisa 4:17
An-Nisa 4:17
إِنَّمَا التَّوْبَةُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لِلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ السُّوءَ بِجَهَالَةٍ ثُمَّ يَتُوبُونَ مِن قَرِيبٍ فَأُولَٰئِكَ يَتُوبُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
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What is the status of multiple hadiths that are sahih mursal?
If there was a hadith that is narrated through only mursal chains, would it still be considered authentic if many of those chains were sahih?
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Why do I feel as if Allah doesn’t listen to me
I have made countless duas and but none get accepted. At first it was of grades then to get accepted into a uni. After I didn’t get accepted I researched on duas and figured it may have not been best ...
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What is the one instance of imala in Qalun al-Nafi'?
The Wikipedia page on Imala states:
Many qirāʾāt of the Quran implement imāla at least once. Some, like those of Hafs or Qalun, use it only once, but others, like those of Hamzah az-Zaiyyat and Al-...
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Did the tafsir made a mistake? or there is an interdmediate state between minor and adult?
I really dont understand a verse of the quran and his tafsirs.
The verse 6 surah 4 stated that you test the orphan until the mariage.
And according to the tafsirs it s PUBERTY
We know that when a boy ...
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Can I be in my room alone with my cousin female me male?
Salam, we are both muslim, I am a guy and she is a girl, they come twice a year to our house, she is my cousin. I was wondering if it is permissible to have her in my room just me and her with the ...
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Quran and equality [duplicate]
Asalaamu Alaykum WARAhmATULLAAHI wabarakaatuhu
If I ask this question it doesn't mean that I left islam right (btw I'm 12)
Ok so why does Allah say Arijaalu Kawaamuna alnisaa men are superior to ...
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What is the Islamic response to where you are born/culture mainly determines whether you are Muslim?
I said the word “mainly” because there are exceptions but I’ve seen a video that is getting quite famous about how where you are born/the culture you are raised in mainly determines your religious ...
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Can Islam explain the gap in time between Muhammad and the oldest available manuscripts of the New Testament?
If the idea of sending Quran through Muhammad was to replace the previously sent messages because they got corrupted later that means humans did not have the proper message to get guided between the ...
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Does quran depict Mary as a part of trinity by mentioning her along with Jesus in the context of quran 5:73-75?
In quran 5:73 those are declared disbelievers who believe in trinity.
My question is after mentioning trinity why does quran mentions the two persons as Jesus and Mary in 5:75. Now anyone would ...
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Explain translation of surah 23:12-14 in Muhammad Asad Book
Muhammad Asad in his translation of Quran surah 23:12-14, gives the following translation:
NOW, INDEED, We create man out of the essence of clay, {4} (12) and
then We cause him to remain as a drop of ...
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Does the Quran and Hadith get the function of the heart and the brain confused?
Several Quran verses use the word "heart" where it should instead use "brain", while this can be explained off as a metaphor, phrases like this are used today e.g. "change of ...
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What incident of theft are the brothers of Joseph referring to in 12:77?
In the story of Joseph (12:77), when the cup is found in Benjamin's bag, the other sons of Jacob say this about him:
"If he steals - a brother of his has stolen before."
Who are they ...
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Do verses 73:10, 15:97 and 06:33, which are addressed to the Prophet, also apply to me when people say generally hurtful things to me
The verses mentioned in the question are addressed to Holy prophet about when people said hurtful things to/about him.
But many scholars give references to them when they talk about people in today's ...
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Is it permissible to buy clothes you really like but don't need, while also doing some sadqah and being thankful to Allah
I am a working woman. This has happened to me a couple of times.
I sometimes find very beautiful clothes and I buy them, even when I don't necessarily need them; and since I am overweight, so I look ...
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Why are the Majus mentioned in 22:17 but not in 6:23 of the Holy Quran?
2:62 :
Indeed, those who believed and those who were Jews or Christians or Sabeans [before Prophet Muhammad] – those [among them] who believed in Allah and the Last Day and did righteousness – will ...
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Various Reading of Sura 30:1-10
Assalamualaikum
I have read academic page on verse 30:1-10, al-Rum, according The paper is long and goes into great detail, but I will summarize just the first few pages, which I read.
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Why apparently quran 2:29, 41:9-11, and 79:27-30 are in contradiction?
Say (O Muhammad ): “Do you verily disbelieve in Him Who created the earth in two Days and you set up rivals (in worship) with Him? That is the Lord of the ‘Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists). ...
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What is a good, accurate, free online textual source of the Quran in Arabic?
I am in the process of doing textual analysis on the Quran using software, but I am not sure I am finding a reliable, quality, accurate version of the Quran (in Arabic) which my computer can parse. ...
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Are Hadiths the word of God and why are there Hadiths if there is the Quran? [duplicate]
I have been suffering with weak iman lately and i keep on having these doubts
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Do I have to pay Zakat even if I pay income tax as an employee?
Salam folks,
Do I have to give a Zakat during Ramadan? If am paying a good amount of income tax every month.
One more thing : I only fasted a single day due to diabetes. Feeling guilty.
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Question about a Word in Quran
In my Quran there is written for the word Torah this word:
تورية
Is it wrong? Because there is a ya, but in the word Taurat there is no ya.
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What is the most correct Sunni tafseer of saying "enter houses from their doors", in verse 2:189?
Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim. Alhamdulillahi rabbil-'alamin. Was-Salatu was-Salam 'ala Sayyidina wa Azimina, Wa Habibi Qulubina wa Shafii Nufusina, Abul Qasim Muhammad. Wa 'ala Ahli Bayti tayyibina ...
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Why is the child considered fully human at 120 days
Bukhari 3208 :
‘Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), the true and truly inspired said, "(The matter of the Creation of) a human being is put together in the womb of the mother in forty days, and then he ...
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What to do when you have a emotionally and physically abusive Mother in Islam?
I am a teenager who is going through a emotional crisis. My dad 2 years ago got really sick and till now he isn’t really being the part of our family and daily life affairs because of his health ...
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Has Quran ordered us to read from it in Salat?
In a TV show, I heard it's an order of the Quran itself that we have to read parts of it in Salat.
I searched with these key phrases and could not find this order:
What the Quran says about Salat?
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What are the requirements for a book to become a standard edition of the Quran?
Nowadays, the 1924 Egyptian standard edition has become the standard for modern printings of the Quran (sources referred on wikipedia).
Who decides what becomes a standard edition? And how? Based on ...
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Regarding the word 'Unzurna'
السلام عليكم
In surah An-Nisa, ayat 46 it says:
مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَ عَن مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ وَيَقُولُونَ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَٱسْمَعْ غَيْرَ مُسْمَعٍۢ وَرَٰعِنَا لَيًّۢا ...
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Question regarding inheritance
I just finished reading surah An-Nisaa' and I was wondering how the rules of inheritance found in ayat 11, 12 and 176 are applied regarding no parents, no siblings but 3 sons and 3 daughters and the ...
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Explain difference in riwayat Warsh
I was looking at different reading of Al-Quran by Warsh on website Quranflash, Website provide to two kind of Warsh (Warsh - Asbahani way and Warsh - King Fahd Complex), as I was working on Wasl ...
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Can I offer nimaz in a room where i had previously masturbated many times?
I want to pray in my room and also recite quran but previously i had masturbated in my room. Is it permissible to offer prayers and recite quran in the same room now ?
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The Asbab Al-Nuzul (Historical Background) of Surah 4:157
Does anyone know the historical background behind 4:157, and if so can you link a source w/ the Arabic? Thanks!
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Meaning of Hadeeth?
Okay. Quick question. What is the meaning of this hadeeth:-
"If you disagree with Zaid bin Thabit at any point in the Quran, write it in the dialect of Quraish, verily the Quran was revealed in ...
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How to pause on a verse without waqf, like 2:26?
I am learning about waqf in the Qur'an, where the permissible pauses and stops are, and I am wondering what to do if you need to pause in an ayah that doesn't have a break sign?
I'm using this website ...
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Sky a solid object?
Salam,
does the Qur'an describe the sky as a solid object?
In Quran 22:65 Allah says that he withholds the sky from falling. How is this possible when the sky is not a solid roof?
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What is the correct translation of 108:2?
Bismillah. Alhamdulillahi rabbil-'alamin. Was-Salatu was-Salam 'ala Ashraful Anbiya Sayyidina Muhammad wa 'ala 'Alihi Muhammad.
Arabic text of the verse 108:2 is
I am facing an issue with the last ...
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