The Qur'an makes rich references to light, tying it to revelation, and light consequently permeates the culture and visual arts of the Islamic lands. This book explores the integral role of light in ...

God has a problem with interest. That much is clear from the scriptures of almost every major religion on the planet. Jews, Christians and Hindus have over the centuries made their peace with usury, ...

Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuhu. There is something which I have been trying really hard to understand for years now; it is regarding the order of creation. I have seen the fatwas ...

Gazing at the heavens arrayed before us—at least as pictured in a 1690 Polish volume on display in a fascinating exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art—we see Urania, the goddess of astronomy, ...

I would like to ask you a question concerning the seven heavens. Firstly, are the seven heavens like universes that are one above the other? Or even like dimensions? Furthermore, the Quran states (I ...

Lighting a torch under one of multiethnic Malaysia’s most volatile issues, the spiritual leader of the hard-line Islamic opposition said those who don’t vote for it will go to hell. “It is stated in ...