“Say (O Mohammad), ‘It is a great item of news.’” The Holy Qur’an is Allah’s strong rope, His shining light, and His wise words. It is the right path revealed by Allah as His light, guidance, and illumination to protect people from going astray, and to take them out of ignorance. Thus, it has been […]
What is the Islamic New Year? The Islamic New Year — also known as the Arabic New Year or Hijri New Year — is the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar. The first year of this calendar began in Gregorian CE 622 when the Prophet Muhammad emigrated from Mecca to Medina […]
Mount Arafat) mountain of mercy ( Mount Arafat (Arabic: جَبَل عَرَفَات, Romanized: Jabal ʿArafāt), also known by its Arabic name Jabal Arafat, and by its other Arabic name, Jabal ar-Rahmah (Arabic: جبل الرحمة, lit. ‘mountain of mercy‘), is a granodiorite hill about 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Mecca in the Makkah Province of […]
