Makkah was first divided into neighbourhoods during the time of Qušayy ibn Kilāb. When he became the leader of Makkah, following the rule of Khuzā‘ah, he gathered Quraysh together and divided Makkah into neighbourhoods, ...
Muhammad Ẓāfir al-Wafā’ī In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. Allow me to express my deep gratitude to al-Furqān Islamic Heritage Foundation, its founder and patron, His Excellency Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yaman...
Muhammed Haythen al-Khayyat The right to life—in Islam’s perspective—is considered the second most important human right, after the right to be free. Proof is in Allāh, the Almighty, saying: “fitnah is far worse than kil...
Angelo Michele Piemontese A manuscript is both a text that is, a written document of a certain literary genre, and a handwritten work, be it a codex or a scroll. A manuscript as a whole is endowed with an everlasting val...
Ahmed Zaki Yamani She is the Mother of the Faithful, the first wife of the Prophet ﷺand the finest of them, the mother of his children, and the first person to believe in him. Her Lineage and Upbringing before Islam...
Ahmed ibn ‘Abd al-Salām Raissouni Studies on the science of maqāšid al-sharī‘ah (the objectives of Islamic Law) have seen a rapid, continual, and wide-ranging growth in our time. This principally began following the publ...
Seyyed Hossein Nasr ‘Nūn. By the Pen, and that which they write.’ (Qur’ān, LXVIII: 1) ‘Say.’ Though the sea became ink for the Words of my Lord, verily the sea would be used up before the Words of my Lord...
Wilfred F. Madelung Human history, according to a common definition, begins with the written word. Before the age of writing, there was only prehistory. Archaeologists and experts dealing with prehistory have, to b...