Abraham
in The Koran
January 1964; published online November 2009.
Chapter. Subjects: society and culture; Islam. 1551 words.
Abraham
in The Qur'an
January 2005; published online November 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: society and culture; Islam. 1604 words.
A Meccan sura named after Abraham (verses 3541), who prays to God that Mecca may be made prosperous so that its people may be thankful and continue to worship God. The ungrateful are condemned, and...
Abundance
in The Koran
January 1964; published online November 2009.
Chapter. Subjects: society and culture; Islam. 35 words.
Abundance
in The Qur'an
January 2005; published online November 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: society and culture; Islam. 81 words.
When the Prophet lost his last son, an opponent who hated him taunted him with being cut off without posterity. This Meccan sura comes to reassure the Prophet and as a retort to his enemy.
Accountability, Parliament, and Ijtihad
in Liberal Islam
October 1998; published online November 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: society and culture; Islam. 3999 words.
Pakistan was created in 1947 as a Muslim homeland for South Asians, but its founders disagreed whether the new nation should be organized democratically or theocratically, with secular government or...
Adaptation of Islamic Jurisprudence to Modern Social Needs
in Islam in Transition: Muslim Perspectives
January 2006; published online November 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: society and culture; Islam. 2795 words.
Advice
in Modernist Islam, 1840-1940
September 2002; published online November 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: society and culture; Islam. 2415 words.
Shaykh al-Amin bin Ali Mazrui (Kenya, 18901947) was the scion of a long line of religious scholars from the large Mazrui clan, which had immigrated to Mombasa, Kenya, from Oman during the 1700s. In...
Afternoon
in The Koran
January 1964; published online November 2009.
Chapter. Subjects: society and culture; Islam. 44 words.
Al-Hijr
in The Qur'an
January 2005; published online November 2007.
Chapter. Subjects: society and culture; Islam. 1328 words.
A Meccan sura which takes its title from the reference to the people ofal-Hijr (verses 804). These are an example of the many who disbelieved and rejected their prophets. Each has its own time for...
THE ALL-MERCIFUL
in The Koran
January 1964; published online November 2009.
Chapter. Subjects: society and culture; Islam. 789 words.