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Introduction to the Principles of Quran Commentary by Ibn Taymiyyah | Part 1

SOME COLLEAGUES HAVE asked me to compose for them an introduction to [the science of] Quran interpretation (tafsîr al-Qur’ân). It should comprise the generally acknowledged principles (qawâ’id kulliyyah) by which one may (a) understand [the [message of] the Quran and (b) know its…

Time In The Quran: Taking A Clue From Einstein’s Theory Of Relativity

How are we to understand the Qur’anic verses wherein a day is likened to thousands of years and the events such as those of the Day of Resurrection sound like time-travel? Our physicist author takes a clue from Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.…

Are Western Muslims Culturally Tone Deaf?

Mosques arson, bombings and graffiti, citizen-packing of city council meetings to deny mosque building permits; “flying while Muslim” detentions; hate crimes and hate talk from pro-Evangelical Christian talk show hosts and guests; national, state and local political candidates who use an Islam-bashing…

A Companion Comes to Mind

WHEN I FIRST became interested in Islam (I mean when I actually conceived trying to live by it, understand it, when it had become clear to me that the Quran really was a Revelation, the Revelation, and that Islam really was the…

Introduction to the Principles of Quran Commentary
by Ibn Taymiyyah | Part 2

Commentary Among the Pious Early Generations The first thing to know is that the Prophet ﷺ explained the meaning of the Quran to his Companions just as he taught them its words. The Divine command—Thus you shall make clear to all people what…

Introduction to the Principles of Quran Commentary by Ibn Taymiyyah | Part 1

Time In The Quran: Taking A Clue From Einstein’s Theory Of Relativity

Are Western Muslims Culturally Tone Deaf?

A Companion Comes to Mind

Introduction to the Principles of Quran Commentary by Ibn Taymiyyah | Part 2

Introduction to the Principles of Quran Commentary
by Ibn Taymiyyah | Part 2