Four Sīrah Based Anāshīd
Herewith four Anāshīd drawn from Sīrah. Although there are many Anāshīd with good religious meanings, free of music, nashīd artists do not seem very inclined to describe sīrah even
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Translation of Yemeni Nasheed: A Thousand Salawaat on the Moon of Perfection
One of my favourite ʾAnāshīd, expressing pure simple love for Allāh’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه و سلم). Please note that several places have the Yemeni/Poetic pronunciation. These a
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Common Islāmic Phrases – Translations Reviewed (Part 1)
As a translator of Arabic and Urdu works into English, the standard of English Islāmic literature often perturbs me, on several levels. There is the matter of poor English for star
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Writing Tips for Muslim Scholars
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا بِلِسَانِ قَوْمِهِ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَهُمْAnd We have not sent a Messenger except with the tongue of his people that he may explain unto them… ʾIbr
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Meaning of Salaah & Salaam
Question: Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullah Maulana, can you please elaborate further on the meaning when someone reads "Allahumma salli ala Muhammad" and also when one adds salaam
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The Persian who recognised his Lord in Arabic Grammar
إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لَآيَاتٍ لِّأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternat
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Arabic Origins of Place names – Real & Alleged
I had previously written about a tendency of some Muslims to reproduce history and geography in their own cultural baggage. One manifestation of this is the reconstructed etymology
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Hadīth Translation Errors (2/2)
Ḥadīth 3 عن أبى سعید الخدري رضى الله عنه قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله علیه و سلم یقول: من رأى منكم منكرا فلیغیره بیده فإن لم یستطع فبلسانه فإن لم یستطع فبقلبه و ذلك أضعف الإیمان-روا
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Hadīth Translation Errors (1/2)
Alhamdulillah, the effects of the work revived by Mawlānā Ilyās, throughout the world is well-known to all and needs no elucidation. However, weaker ones like us often commit error
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