Rabi-ul-Ahir 1444
№11 (2022-11-01)

It’s Arabic

ReamReam is a measure of a quantity of sheets of paper. It comes from the Arabic rizma, meaning bale or bundle, and the word arrived with the...

The morning prayer – story

A man woke up early in order to pray the Fajr prayer in the mosque. He got dressed, made his ablution and was on his way to the mosque. On his way...

Historic mosques in Medina add to the Islamic glory of the city

Al-Madinah Al-Munawwara is a place of historic and spiritual density. The landmarks that mark this landscape are so numerous, they can hardly be...

Inform me about Islam…

Umar Ibn Al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him), a companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), said: “One day we were...

Virtues of the righteous

Examples of the scrupulousness of righteous predecessors Below are provided a few stories which were told by righteous predecessors about abstinence...

Six Things that have No Place in the Kitchen

Our kitchen is one of the most important places in the house. The cleanliness of this room directly affects our health. We advise to have a revision...

Ideas for a Student’s Breakfast

Sandwiches With whole grain bread or flatbread, they can be considered as a healthy lifestyle. They are made with different fillings: cottage cheese...

Planets and orbits in the Koran

The formation of stars This is a picture of cosmic dust that existed billions of years ago. Scientists state that the stars were marvellously...

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Al-Dinawari: The Muslim Polymath

Abu Hanifa Ahmad ibn Dawud Dinawari, known as al-Dinawari, was born in 828 in Dinawar (near Kirmashan) and died in 895.   He was a Kurdish scholar of the Islamic Golden Age who made significant contributions to astronomy, botany, geography, agriculture, metallurgy, mathe-matics and history....


Pregnancy: A Journey of Boundless Love

Pregnancy is one of the most amazing and at the same time most challenging periods in a woman’s life.   Despite all the advances in medicine, modern devices and comfort, it is impossible to make this journey entirely easier. It is a time of great change, when a woman’s body,...


Ways to Overcome Suspiciousness

Many of you have probably come across two excerpts from the personal diaries of a husband and wife covering the same short period of time online. The wife’s is a long, emotionally charged text about how her husband once responded sparingly to her greeting and then showed absentminded...


Salim, Grandson of Umar ibn al-Khattаb

Let us fast forward to the reign of Umar ibn al-Khattab. The richest spoils of war, which had fallen to the Muslims after the death of Yazdegerd, the last Persian king, were brought to Medina – the city of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Among the riches they acquired were the crowns of the Persian...


The Soul is Like a Garden, Blooming or Fading

“Have you ever stepped out into the garden on a gloomy, rainy morning in late autumn? The trees are almost bare, drafty and swaying, fallen leaves are rotting on the paths, death and desolation are everywhere. Not only in the flowerbeds, above the drooping, yellowed stems of other flowers,...