Hilya Calligraphy Exhibition Opens in Montenegro
  A Hilye calligraphy exhibition, consists of Mehmet Çebi's private hilye collection, opened in Çetinye, Montenegro on May 16. The exhibition features dozens of pieces of the “Hilye-i Şerif” (a physical description of the Prophet Muhammad in calligraphy). The term hilya in Arabic (or hilye in Turkish) has two closely related meanings, as detailed in the LastProphet article linked above. Firstly, ...

Bless Us in Rajab and Shaba'an...
O Allah! Make the months of Rajab and Sha'ban blessed for us, and let us reach the month of Ramadan - Hadith Sahih, a prayer repeated by millions of Muslims over the past week

We pray that all of our readers have  blessed Rajab and Shaba’an, and with health and faith reach the blessed month of Ramadan. Tonight in Turkey will be celebrated as ‘Recep kandil’ or the first Thursday night in the m...

Last Prophet Publishes 'Life of Muhammad' Audiobook
  Last Prophet is pleased to announce the publication release of the audiobook of the "Life of Muhammad", Sal Allahu alayhi wa Salaam (Peace and Blessings be upon him). This book has been produced by a team of researchers and artists working together at the Meridyen Association offices here in Uskudar, Istanbul. Written by Casim Avcı and voiced by professional voiceover artist Andy Boyns, with ed...

Questions and Answers from Director Majid Majidi
World renowned director Majid Majidi was part of LastProphet.info Web Portal’s 2013 Seerah Workshop, which was organized under the theme of “Seerah and Visuality.” During the question and answer period of the workshop, Majidi spoke about his artistic life and his new film on the life of the Messenger of Allah (p.b.u.h.) Q: Can you speak about your journey in starting off the project of your film...

World’s largest Prophet Muhammad Museum to open in Istanbul
The museum named "The Age of Felicity World Prophet Museum" will exhibit replicas of the objects and places which were part of the life of Prophet Muhammad, ranging from his clothes to tools, and the Prophet's Mosque to the Kaaba. Prophet Foundation Chairman Mehmet Kaya told the Turkish press that the museum, which will be built by the foundation, is set to open in 2016. The museum, which will ha...

Animated Sirah Series From Iran
An animated film, “The Last Messenger”, produced by the Dalvand brothers, narrates the biography of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The animation has been produced for Sahar, an international Iranian TV channel. The story of “The Last Messenger” is narrated by the Iranian companion of Prophet, Salman al-Farsi. He was the first Companion to translate the Quran in...

The Repentance of Arnoud Van Houn and the Fitna of Cursing the P
  Last week, the Dutch politician and municipal leader, Arnoud Van Houn, visited the Two Sacred Mosques, performing the sacred rites of Umra (the Lesser Pilgrimage of the Ka’aba in Makkah) and ziyara (visitation of the Noble House of the Prophet in Madinah) during which he stopped in front of the tomb of the Noble Messenger and was heard pleading ‘Forgive me, Oh Prophet!’… Several years before, A...

New Children's Book on the Sirah
  The Story of Muhammad is the first animated and interactive book app about the blessed Prophet (peace be upon him). Written by American Muslim children's book author Alexis York Lumbard with classically-inspired miniature paintings by Maram al-Hidmi, the book covers the most essential aspects of the Prophet's life and prophetic mission.  Based on Quran & Hadith, children will learn about the mi...

Remembering Shaykh Ramadan al-Buti
"To Allah we belong and unto Him we shall return" Mohammed Saeed Ramadan, most well-known by the name of al-Buti, was born in 1929, in the village of Ayn Dewar, Northern Syria. His father was a scholar in the Ottoman world who fled to Damascus when his son was just four years old, fearing the anticlerical excesses of the early Turkish Republic. The Shaykh received both his primary and secondary s...

Walead Mosaad Teaching on Insights From Imam Ghazali
Shaykh Walead Mosaad explains Imam al-Ghazali's understanding of the two great types of knowledge. Filmed at the Yenikapi Mevlevihane in Istanbul during the Rihla 2012 program. See http://www.deenintensive.com/?p=36...

Poem by Chinese Emperor Hong-Wu praising the Prophet
Hong-Wu (also known by his given name Zhū Yuánzhāng) was the Emperor of China between 1368 – 1398 CE. He was the first Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, leading an Army that conquered the country and defeated away the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. Despite being a non-Muslim, Hong-Wu ordered the construction of several mosques in Nanjing, Yunnan, Guangdong and Fujian. He rebuilt the Jinjue Mosque in Nanjing...

Qatar and Iran to make films about the Prophet
Iran and Qatar are bringing the life of the Prophet to cinemas around the world. Qatar-based Alnoor Holdings announced it will spend up to $1 billion for a series of epics based on the Prophet's lifestory, advised by a producer responsible for the cinematic version of the Lord of The Rings, as well as the Qatar-based Sunni scholar, Yusuf al-Qaradawi.  Meanwhile, Iranian director Majid Majidi beg...