Articles on Makkah & Madinah

David A. King “Have you ever prayed in the qibla? If not, then you know nothing about the qibla.ˮ Question from a Muslim dignitary after a lecture of mine Istanbul in July, 1983, on the newly-discovered sources relating ...

Ḥamad Al-Jāsir God has favoured the Muslims by His promise to eternally preserve the Book of Islam. ‘We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and we will assuredly guard it (from corruption)’ (15:9). And it was He ...