Surah Waqiah is one of the most important chapters in the Quran. It was revealed in Makkah and it has 96 verses. The chapter starts with the oath of God Almighty in which He swears by the Day of Resurrection. In the second verse, God Almighty says that this is the Surah in which there…
The 23rd Chapter of the Holy Quran is Surah Al mu’minun. Al mu’minun means The Believers. There are 118 mesmerizing verses in this chapter that are mainly on: Aqidah, Tawhid, Risalah, Resurrection, and Judgment of Allah. In the first two verses, Allah ensures us that indeed the believers who humble themselves in prayer are successful….
Surah Qiyamah is the seventy-fifth surah of the Quran. It has 40 verses and is one of the shorter surahs of the Quran. The word “Qiyamah” means “Resurrection” and this surah speaks about the Day of Judgment. It describes the events that will take place on that day and the signs that will precede it….
Takwir is the eighty-first surah of the Qur’an. It is a short surah, consisting of only twenty-nine verses. The name Takwir comes from the first word of the surah, which means “to fold up.” The surah is about the Day of Judgment, when the world will come to an end. It describes the events that…
The term “al-‘Ankabut” (spider) is derived from an allegory given in Sura forty-one verses. This sura talks about God’s oneness, symbols of God in formation, and combating idolatry. It provides accounts concerning the destiny of certain past prophets to comfort the few Believers at the start of Islam (a). Sura al-‘Ankabut discusses the beauty of…
Santan Saptami is a very significant day in the Hindu calendar, and is celebrated with much fanfare in many parts of India. The Santan Saptami vrat katha, or the story of the seven sons, is an important part of this festival. The story goes that once there was a king named Sagara who had 60,000…