Explaining Islam in Light of the Qur'an and the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ‎)

A Comprehensive Supplication for Forgiveness & Ease in Responsibilities

لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَعَلَيْهَا مَا اكْتَسَبَتْ رَبَّنَا لَا تُؤَاخِذْنَا إِن نَّسِينَا أَوْ أَخْطَأْنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تَحْمِلْ عَلَيْنَا إِصْرًا كَمَا حَمَلْتَهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِنَا رَبَّنَا وَلَا تُحَمِّلْنَا مَا لَا طَاقَةَ لَنَا بِهِ وَاعْفُ عَنَّا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا وَارْحَمْنَا أَنتَ مَوْلَانَا فَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ Our Lord, do not hold us […]

Supplication for Forgiveness for Mistakes in Acting Upon God’s Directives

آمَنَ الرَّسُولُ بِمَا أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مِن رَّبِّهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ كُلٌّ آمَنَ بِاللَّهِ وَمَلَائِكَتِهِ وَكُتُبِهِ وَرُسُلِهِ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ أَحَدٍ مِّن رُّسُلِهِ وَقَالُوا سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا غُفْرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيْكَ الْمَصِيرُ We hear and we obey [Your commands]. Your forgiveness [we seek], O our Lord. To You shall be our ultimate return1 Note: The last part of Surah Al-Baqarah […]

Supplication for Perseverance & Victory

وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ Our Lord, pour upon us steadfastness [in your ways], steady our feet [against your enemies] and grant us victory over the rejecting people1 Note: When the army of the Israelites confronted Goliath’s army, a large number of them lost heart […]

Supplication for Blessings in the Life of this World as well as in the Hereafter

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ Our Lord, grant us blessings in the life of this world and blessings in the life to come, and save us from the punishment of the Fire1 Note: The Qur’an says that there are people, who want all the good in […]

Supplication for Guidance to the Path of Eternal Success

سُوۡرَةُ الفَاتِحَة بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (١) ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلۡعَـٰلَمِينَ (٢) ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ (٣) مَـٰلِكِ يَوۡمِ ٱلدِّينِ (٤) إِيَّاكَ نَعۡبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسۡتَعِينُ (٥) ٱهۡدِنَا ٱلصِّرَٲطَ ٱلۡمُسۡتَقِيمَ (٦) صِرَٲطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ غَيۡرِ ٱلۡمَغۡضُوبِ عَلَيۡهِمۡ وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ (٧) All gratitude is due only to Allah, the Lord1 of the vastness of the universe2, Who is […]

Supplication for the Acceptance of Prayers & Deeds

وَإِذْ يَرْفَعُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْقَوَاعِدَ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ رَبَّنَا تَقَبَّلْ مِنَّا إِنَّكَ أَنتَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ Our Lord accept [our deeds] from us. You, indeed, are the hearing, the Knowing1 Note: According to the Qur’an, when Abraham (pbuh) and Ishmael (pbuh) were raising the walls of the Ka`bah, as directed by God, it was then that they […]

Solomon (pbuh) Listening to Ants

In one his writings1, Mr. Katz has pointed out a scientific contradiction in the Qur’an. Mr. Katz writes: In Sura 27:18-19 Solomon overhears a conversation of ants. Fact is that ants do not use sound but smell to communicate. Al-Nam’l 27: 18 – 19 read as follows: حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَتَوْا عَلَىٰ وَادِ النَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ […]

To Speak or Not to Speak

In one of his brief writings1, Mr. Katz has pointed out a ‘curious’ statement of the Qur’an in Maryam 19: 26. Mr. Katz has cited the following translation of the referred verse: … And if you see any mortal, say: Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent, so I shall not speak to […]

From Among all Nations or From the Seed of Abraham (pbuh)

In one of his articles1 Mr. Jochen Katz has pointed out a contradiction in Al-Ankaboot 29: 27 and Al-Nah’l 16: 36. The relevant part of Al-Ankaboot 29: 27 reads as: وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُ إِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِ النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ وَآتَيْنَاهُ And we gave him [i.e. Abraham] Isaac and Jacob and made prophethood in his progeny. […]

Marrying the Wives of Adopted Sons

In one of his articles1 Mr. Jochen Katz has pointed out a contradiction in Al-Ahzaab 33: 37 and Al-Ahzaab 33: 4 – 5. Explaining the contradiction in these verses, Mr. Katz writes: It is important that Muslims can marry the divorced wives of adopted sons [Sura 33:37], yet it is forbidden to adopt sons [Sura […]