On grave covering, in the name of salaf, what is riba, the mahdi, women into mosques and many more …
Editorial
Abul Hasan Ali An-Nadwi: A Man of Hope through a Century of Turmoil (Part–VI)
Saddam Hussain’s adventure into Kuwait in 1990 created a situation of emergency and took Ali Miyan to Saudi Arabia to participate in a meeting organised to seek the consensus of the world scholars over the Americans forces that had come into the
The Qur’an
Verses from Surah Al-A’raf (175 – 183)
[175] And recite to them the news of him whom We gave Our signs.264 But he went right through them (without drawing a… more »
The Hadith
Humanness of Prophet (saws)
1. Rafi` b. Khadij says, "When the Prophet (asws) arrived at Madinah he found us pollinating the date-palm trees. He asked us what… more »
Editorial
Abul Hasan Ali An-Nadwi: A Man of Hope through a Century of Turmoil (Part–V)
While in the seventieth year of his life in 1984, Ali Miyan received a pressing invitation from the Royal family of Jordan to attend a conference to be held in Amman (Jordan) by the “Islamic Civilization Research Academy.”
Letters
Letters to the Editor
On a call to tawhid, a shameful celebration, hoo-haa for nothing, a taharah problem, a 21-gun salute and many more…
Editorial
Abul Hasan Ali An-Nadwi: A Man of Hope through a Century of Turmoil (Part – IV)
1968 onwards, Ali Miyan began to travel to the Arab world with quite regularity. When asked to comment on the 1967 Arab defeat and the loss of Jerusalem, in an interview conducted by the “An-Nadwah” paper of Saudi Arabia,
The Qur’an
Verses from Surah Al-A’raf (163 – 170)
In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful [163] Ask them concerning the township which overlooked the sea whose (inhabitants)… more »
The Hadith
A True Believer
1. ‘Amr b. ‘Abasa says I asked the Prophet (saws): ‘Messenger of Allah. What is Islam?’ He said: ‘Kind words and feeding the… more »
Editorial
Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: A Man of Peace in a Century of Turmoil (Part III)
With the travel expenses jointly arranged by his brother and Sheikh al-Hadith (Mawlana Zakariyyah), he traveled to Egypt. Cairo then (1951) was a galaxy of scholars, literary masters and Shuyukh. Some of those living in Cairo at that time were greatest figures of the Islamic world: Dr. Ahmed Amin Bek,
Editorial
Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: A Man of Peace in a Century of Turmoil (Part II)
In 1939 he met another important figure of the century, Mawlana Manzoor Ahmed No’mani. The Mawlana had read his Seerat Sayyid Ahmed Shaheed and had asked him through a letter if, beyond words,
Editorial
Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi: A Man of Peace in a Century of Turmoil (Part I)
Some seventy km off Lucknow (capital of Uttar Pradesh – India), lies a district in the north-west called Rae Bareli. A winding narrow path on the north-eastern flank of the town, across the agricultural fields, meadows and shrubs, insects and surprise birds,
Letters
Letters to the Editor
On paradise for an unbeliever, a bad father, an uncontrollable temper, slavery and more …
Editorial
The Old and the New Century
By any measure, the past century was the most eventful century ever. It saw such upheavals, accomplishments and changes in the history of mankind as were never the share of any other one hundred years before.
The Qur’an
Verses from Surah Al-A‘raf (130 – 136)
In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the Merciful [130] Then We seized Fir‘awn’s folk178 with years of drought and scarcity of fruits179 that… more »
