The 24th Juz is recited in this Tarawîh. It commences with verse 32 (if Sûrah Zumar and includes Sûrah Mu'min and Sûrah Hâ-Mîm Sajdah.
Allâh says in the first verse of the Juz, "Who can be more unjust than he who lies about Allâh, and rejects the truth when it comes to him? Is there no abode for the disbelievers in Jahannam? The one who brings the truth and confirms it, these are the people who are abstinent." (verses 32/3 of Sûrah Zumar) Read more...
According to the Kashmir Media Service (KMS) Indian troops, in their continued acts of state terrorism, have killed 72 innocent Kashmiris - including 31 teenagers and 4 women - during the month of August.
The data compiled by the Research Section of KMS stated that three Kashmiris were killed in custody and the killings rendered three women widowed and nine children orphaned.
In a move to boost the process of industrialization and to cope with the growing demand for industrial lands across the country, Saudi Arabia has set up a new industrial city in Taif covering an area of 11 million square meters with all necessary facilities. This was announced by Tawfig Fawzan Alrabiah, director general of the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (Modon), here on Wednesday.
“Modon has signed contracts to build the infrastructure of the Taif Industrial City,” which is being set up as part of the new industrial strategy outlined by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah,” said Alrabiah.
The World Bank has pledged an additional $100 million to help Pakistan with the worst disaster in the country's history.
Robert Zoellick, the World Bank president, was quoted in the statement as having said to Hafeez Shaikh, Pakistani finance minister, in Washington DC:
The twenty-third Juz is recited in this Tarawîh. It includes the remainder of Sûrah Yâ-Sîn, Sûrah Sâffât, Sûrah Sâd and a part of Sûrah Zumar.
The Juz begins with words that every person should actually ask himself, "Why should I not worship the One Who has created me, and to Whom you all shall return?" (verse 22)
Arab Israeli MP Haneen Zuabi told a UN human rights inquiry into Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that its commandos had a "licence to kill."
"I told the UN investigators in Amman that the Israeli attack was violent from the start and that the Israelis had a clear licence to kill, and they did not even try to avoid the bloodshed," said Zuabi.
Syed Ali Shah Gilani, chairman of the Hurriyat conference, said his faction is ready to review its ongoing protest program if the government of India accepts its five conditions.
Addressing a press conference at his residence Gilani said the conditions include India must agree Jammu and Kashmir as an international dispute;
Indian police opened fire at rock-throwing Kashmiris today, killing an 11-year-old boy and sparking violent street protests by thousands of people. At least 22 were also wounded.
Since June more than 60 people have died in anti-India demonstrations and clashes between security forces and protesters in the disputed state.
Read more...
The twenty-second Juz is recited in this Tarawîh. It covers Sûrahs Ahzab, Saba, Fâtir and Yâ-Sîn.
Referring to the time when Rasulullâh Sallallâhu 'alayhi wasallam was upset with his wives on some account, Allâh tells them, "Oh wives of the Nabî! You are not like any other women (but higher in status)" (verse 32). Allâh instructs them never to make a display of themselves and to learn the Qur'ân and Sunnah from their homes, which they could then teach to others.
Read more...
Q: If a person is sitting in I’tikaf, is it acceptable for him to send text messages or call his family members? Read more...
The book has its origins in the author contributing written articles to the monthly Al-Balagh magazine which readers found very interesting. Although the book is voluminous, the information it stores is worth its weight in gold.
Read more...
The following story is mentioned in Surah Qalam, Chapter 68 of the Holy Quran.
Once there was a wealthy and pious man. He had a big garden full of green trees laden with fruits. After the fruits were picked, this rightful man used to distribute some fruits among the poor who would gather at the garden every season to take their share. Read more...