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

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How Sudden Will the Day of Judgment Be?

April 19, 2005

Question I have a few confusions with matters regarding the suddenness of the day of judgment. The problem is that if the answer to either of my questions that follow is ‘yes’ then is the day of judgment a sudden event that we don’t know the time of? Is Jesus (pbuh) going to come back […]

Filed Under: Islamic Beliefs, Q & A

Is Atheism Shirk?

April 17, 2005

Question asalamualaiqum my question is that if someone does not beleive in any god at all (has no religion/faith), is that person considered “mushriq” or not ? thanks Answer No, it is not shirk.

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Becoming a Muslim

April 11, 2005

Question alsalamualaikum if a person says to you “i do not believe in god and there is no purpose for my existance. i don’t have to worry about heaven or hell because there is no such thing. has any one seen them?” what would you say i want to try to convince them that there […]

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Previous Scriptures During the Qur’anic Revelation

April 11, 2005

Question I have read all of the articles pertaining to questions if the Torah, Injeel and other scriptures before the Qur’an were corrupted. Excuse my frustration but please give a straight forward answer if these previous scriptures in times of the Qur’anic revelation and the direct addressee of the Qur’an were corrupted or not. We […]

Filed Under: Islamic Beliefs, Other Religions, Q & A, Sources of Islam

Regarding the prayers of Solomon and Abraham (pbut)

April 9, 2005

Question I have some doubts which trouble my mind. According to the Quran, Prophet Solomon (pbuh) prayed that God should give him Kingdom that no one will ever be given? Why did he make such a prayer? Is it not against humility? Also, Prophet Abraham prayed that he must be remembered in the coming generations. […]

Filed Under: Islamic Beliefs, Q & A, Worship and Fasting

Regarding Forceful Implementation of the Shari’ah

April 8, 2005

Question My question is regarding the current incidence happened in Gujranwala Pakistan 1. Is it obligatory to enforce certain things (like stopping marathon of girls) by force? Some people thing that it is necessary to do that. 2. Is any individual or group of individual are allowed to have law in their hand to implement […]

Filed Under: Islamic Beliefs, Penal Law, Q & A, Sources of Islam

Science – Did They Know All About It?

April 4, 2005

Question Assalam-u-Alaikum, You seem to state in some of your answers that while the Qur’an would not have made any errors in the field of nature or “science”, it would only have made reference to things that were comprehensible to Arabs of the day. It has been explained several times that had it used such […]

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Message of the Qur’an and the Previous Scriptures

March 30, 2005

Question What was the main message/guidance of the Qur’an and the previous scriptures (Torah, Gospel, and Psalms) all together? What is the main common denominator of the message for all scriptures including the Qur’an? Thank you. Answer In essence all the Divine messages consist of the basic elements of righteousness, honesty, kindness and goodness. However, […]

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Permanent Abode in Hell

March 29, 2005

Question Abide in Hell PERMANENTLY Would you please provide a verse(s) of the Qur’an that specifically states that Hell is a PERMANENT (EVERLASTING) place for the one that rejects faith, shirk, and indulged in sins, fornication and murder or for the one that is judged to be doomed for ever based on his deeds on […]

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The Concept of Hell and Eternal Punishment: Islam & Jehovah’s Witness

March 27, 2005

Question Thanks for your services to increase the awareness. I had a get together with some of my christian friends (Jehova’s Wittness) the other day and we were sharing our understanding of life after death, rewards and punishments. Please make me aware of true concept of Hell and God’s wrath on non-beleivers according to Quran […]

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