By Aisha Stacey (© 2009 IslamReligion.com) Description: Education in early Islamic history. “Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists). He has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood). Read! And your Lord…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2009 IslamReligion.com) Description: The first revealed word of the Quran began a legacy of literacy and education for all. Islam is a religion that is concerned with literacy. When the Quran was revealed the first word was iqra –…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2009 IslamReligion.com) Description: Even war and occupation cannot erase Baghdad’s legacy of literacy. Baghdad was hit by a series of explosions. The city raked by violence. Baghdad equals chaos, death, and destruction. Baghdad is a city screaming in…
By Amatullah Abdullah (edited by IslamReligion.com) Description: The election, governance, and character of the third Caliph of Islam. Election of Uthman Umar ibn Al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam, was stabbed by a Persian slave Abu Lu’lu’ah, a Persian Magian, while leading…
By Ismail Nawwab, Peter Speers, and Paul Hoye (edited by IslamReligion.com) Description: The latter part of the Prophets residence in Medina, from the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, the Conquest of Mecca, to his death. The Constitution of Medina – under which the clans…
By Ismail Nawwab, Peter Speers, and Paul Hoye (edited by IslamReligion.com) Description: The early life of the Prophet before his prophet-hood and a glimpse of his mission in Mecca In or about the year 570 the child who would…
By Ismail Nawwab, Peter Speers, and Paul Hoye (edited by IslamReligion.com) Description: The Hijrah, or migration, of the Muslims to Medina, and highlights of the challenges from the early days of the Prophet’s residence there. After Muhammad had preached…
By Ismail Nawwab, Peter Speers, and Paul Hoye (edited by IslamReligion.com) Description: The Caliphate, or succession, of Abu Bakr and Umar, two of the most prominent of the companions of the Prophet, the spread of Islam and Islamic foreign policy…
By islam-guide.com Description: A glance at the nature of Paradise as described in the Quran and the saying of Prophet Muhammad. God has said in the Quran: “And give good news (O Muhammad) to those who believe and do good deeds,…
By islamtoday.net [edited by IslamReligion.com] Description: Death is not the end of everything; it is a mere station of a long journey. We can look at it positively and influence our lives with it to achieve more in this world…