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Reading the Quran Here and Now: Chapter Lahab

Ha-Mim / July 27, 2017

What was important for the Messenger of God as opposed to the Meccan culture in his time? Meccan people did […]

Ha-Mim / July 20, 2017

Recap: To be guided on the straight path means to be in acknowledgment of the Source of our existence with

Ha-Mim / July 13, 2017

1:6 “Guide us to the straight path.” What do we mean by the straight path? Following our natural human disposition.

Ha-Mim / July 6, 2017

1:5 “You alone we worship, and to You alone we turn for help.” What does “worship” mean? Who are “we”?

Ha-Mim / June 29, 2017

Recap: Everything comes into existence in the name of the One who gives them existence, who is called “God”. Nothing

Ha-Mim / June 22, 2017

1:1 “In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful.” In the original language of the Qur’an “Rahman” and “Raheem,”

Ha-Mim / June 15, 2017

What is the Quranic context? Mostly, we think of the flow of the verses within a chapter of the Quran

Ha-Mim / June 8, 2017

Recap: From observing the universe, we need to go to the scriptures to check whether the scripture is really from

Ha-Mim / June 1, 2017

Before Starting to read the Quran, what do we need to establish first? To conclude that the universe must have

Ha-Mim / May 25, 2017

By definition, the Quran itself claims: “I am the speech of God speaking to human beings as a guide”. Since