Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani Question What does the Quranic phrase “Be, and it is” (kun fayakun) mean, and what does it teach us about God and about how we are to live? Answer In the name of God, Most Merciful and Compassionate. May Allah bless our Master Muhammad and his folk and Companions. “Be, […]

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick Question I am six months out from my GCSE exams and struggling with procrastination. How much should I reduce my Quran recitation and Islamic studies during this revision period? Answer In the Name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Especially Merciful Reduce your Quran and Islamic studies to a sustainable bare […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question What is meant by the “ikhtiyar” of the Qurra, such as variations found in Surat al-Rum? Does this have any implications for how a recitation is transmitted between narrators? Answer In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate. I pray you are in good faith and health. […]

Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel Question In the hadith narrated by Abu Hurayra (Allah be pleased with him), where Allah promises the unseen rewards for the righteous, why are verbs like خطر used in the past tense? How should we understand and translate these verbs, and what do classical commentaries say about this hadith’s grammatical […]