What does the Quran say about the Prophets?
Why does the Quran relate stories? What does someone feel, who is reading the Quran for the first time and is not accustomed to the Quran's style and topics, about this book that frequently relates stories and sometimes repeats the same story again and again? While reading the last message that Allah sent to mankind, what does one who wants to find some divine inspiration about his own life think...

Jesus’ Development as a Man and a Prophet in the Gospels and the
A.  Jesus' Development as a Man and a Prophet in the Gospels: Sent to the Jews, Jesus is a prophet who showed people the path Allah commanded for gaining this world and the next. Belief in the Trinity, which was attributed to him by Christian religious scholars, was not commanded by him. It is accepted as a belief that developed from the second century on under the influence of Gre...

Prophet Muhammad as a Human and a Prophet
Knowing Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is a quintessential to accepting him, feeling closeness towards him and following his example. It is not possible to believe in, to have affection for, or to follow a person without knowing them. The Holy Quran clearly states this issue and asks the non-believers whether they deny the Prophet because they do not know him. Knowing someone is not enough on its own. ...

Why we should Love the Prophet
The matter of loving the Prophet holds a special importance for the practice of Islam. God, to Whom we owe everything we have, has presented the Prophet as the most ideal example and invites those who love Him to obey His Messenger as a proof of their love. Moreover, God wants us to obey the Prophet sincerely, not just as a duty. This kind of obedience can only be possible if the Prophet is love...

Farewell Address
  Full text of the Farewell Address made by Prophet Muhammad to all humanity during his Final Pilgrimage. Praise be to Allah. We glorify Him; we thank Him. We expect help from Him. We ask to be forgiven by Him and, with repentance, we turn to Him in obedience. We take refuge in Allah against the evil suggestions of our nafs and doing bad acts. Whomever Allah shows the truth, no one can ...

The Call of Prophet Muhammad within the Framework of His Exempla
The Quran qualifies Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as the ‘preacher calling to Allah’ and expresses the duties laid upon him through commands such as ‘to give advice’, ‘to invite’, ‘to declare’ and ‘to warn’. He was given the responsibility to ‘warn’ and to ‘bring good news’ and thereby, he was identified as the one who ...

The Historical Basis of Tolerance in Islam
"That which We have revealed to thee of the Book is the Truth, -- confirming what was (revealed) before it: For God is assuredly -- with respect to his servants - well acquainted and fully observant." (Al-Fatir, 31)

"Nothing is said to thee that was not said to the apostles before thee." (Al-Fussilat, 43)

The idolaters were the first to be addressed by Islam and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The People...

A Miracle Is The Statement of a Challange
Miracle (mujiza in Arabic) means “a wonderous event that can not be imitated and makes people feel powerless.” However, this frequently encountered word is not used in the Quran or in the hadiths (sayings of the Prophet). Instead, the words ayet (sign), ayat (signs), beyyine, delil(proof), delail (proofs) are adopted in the Quran to designate a miracle. Miracle, as a term denotes an e...

How and When Did The Miraj Take Place?
What Is Miraj?

Deriving from the root uruj meaning "to ascend, to rise," the word miraj means "a vehicle for ascending." As a term it refers to the Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) ascension to the heavens and his rise to Allah's presence. Islamic sources generally take up the event of the miraj in two stages. The Prophet's journey in one night from the Masjid-i Haram to the Masjid-i Aqsa is called the i...

The Companions' Efforts to Memorize and Transcribe the Quran
Here we attempt to identify the reasons behind the ability of the Companions of Prophet Muhammad to protect the Quran and the sunnah (practices of the Prophet) and pass them on to the next generations without any omissions or additions.   Most of the Companions were illiterate. Their illiteracy meant that they memorized those things that were important. There were a few Companions who were...

Transcription of the Quran
The Quran was revealed to Muhammad (pbuh) who was brought up as an illiterate in an uneducated society. Therefore, when he became the Prophet, he paid special attention to guarding the revelations and spreading them to others. The order followed that he would first learn them by heart and then transmit them to other people around him. The following verse exemplifies this: “It is He Who has sent a...

The Prophet's Role in Receiving and Practicing the Revelation
Due to the fact that it may be difficult for ordinary people to directly receive the Divine message, owing to their nature and position, the message has been sent from the Divine world into the human world via angels to a human prophet, and the revelation has been simplified to a level at which it can be understood by human beings. The duty of the angel is to safely take the revelation, that is, ...