By Aisha Stacey (© 2008 IslamReligion.com) Description: Joseph’s brothers betray him, and Jacob turns to God with patience and humility. “And Allah has full power and control over His Affairs, but most of men know not.” (Quran 12:21) The story…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2008 IslamReligion.com) Description: Joseph receives a prophecy, and jealousy takes the better of his brothers. This is a tale of intrigue and deception, of jealousy, pride, and passion… and it is not The Bold and…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2008 IslamReligion.com) Description: The messengers arrive in Sodom, Prophet Lot tries to protect them from the evildoers, and God’s punishment happens. Prophet Lot continued to suffer due to the wicked ways and unnatural behaviour of…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2008 IslamReligion.com) Description: Prophet Lot admonishes his people and advises them to obey God. God sent all the Prophets to their people with one message, to worship God alone and not to associate anything or anyone…
By IslamReligion.com Description: Abraham again visits his son Ishmael, but this time to fulfill a momentous task, the building of a House of Worship, a sanctuary for all of humanity. Abraham and Ishmael Build the Kaaba After a separation of…
By Imam Mufti Description: The test of his lifetime, Abraham sees in a dream that he must sacrifice his “only son”, but is it Isaac or Ishmael? Abraham Sacrifices His Son It had been close to ten years since Abraham…
By Imam Mufti Description: Some accounts of Abraham’s journey to Egypt, the birth of Ishmael, and Hagar’s venture in Paran. Abraham in Canaan & Egypt Abraham stayed in Canaan for several years going from city to city preaching and inviting…
By Imam Mufti Description: Abraham’s dispute with a king, and the command of God to migrate to Canaan. Modern archeological discoveries suggest the high priestess was the emperor’s daughter. Naturally, she would have made a point to make an example…
By Imam Mufti Description: Abraham destroys the idols of his people in order to prove to them the futility of their worship. Then the time came when preaching had to be accompanied with physical action. Abraham planned a bold and…
By Imam Mufti Description: Abraham in Abraham and His Father Like those around him, Abraham’s father Azar (Terah or Terakh in the Bible), was an idol worshipper. Biblical tradition[1] tells of him actually being a sculptor of them,[2] hence Abraham’s…