The disbelievers query the Day of Resurrection and the
Hereafter. God provides evidence of His power and generosity and describes the
punishments in Hell. The treatment the righteous should expect and a final
warning of the reality to come.
The chapter was revealed during the middle stage of the
Prophet’s residence in Mecca. It was the climax of famine in the region. The
bitter conflict had begun between him and the disbelievers, though persecution
had not yet begun. The chapter contains 118 verses and its title is based on
the reference to believers in this chapter.
Revealed in the fourth year of Prophet Muhammad’s
mission, it consists of 55 verses and takes its title from the first verse that
mentions the incident of the ‘splitting-of-the-moon.’ That incident took place
in Mina, close to Mecca, five years before the Prophet’s migration to Madina.
The problem of evil has troubled humankind since time immemorial.
This article gives the Islamic perspective on it in a simple and logical way.
Part 2: God has the picture; we just have a pixel.
Main Speaker: Hamza Andreas Tzortzis (hamzatzortzis.com)
The problem of evil has troubled humankind since time immemorial.
This article gives the Islamic perspective on it in a simple and logical way.
Part 3: Some lessons from the story of Moses and Khidr.
Main Speaker: Hamza Andreas Tzortzis (hamzatzortzis.com)
Revealed in Mecca, the chapter has 62 verses. The title
is taken from the invocation in the first verse, ‘By the star as it sets.’ This
is the first chapter that the Prophet publicly recited in which both the
believers and disbelievers prostrated at the end.
Connections are made with the battles fought between the
Byzantines and Persians in the time of Prophet Muhammad, followed by reflection
on God’s creation.
God swears an oath and issues a stern warning. The
story of Moses and Pharaoh is used as an example affirming the resurrection and
afterlife. Some aspects of the Day of Resurrection are described and a
question is answered.
The problem of evil has troubled humankind since time immemorial.
This article gives the Islamic perspective on it in a simple and logical way. Part
5: Some of the reasons God has given for the existence of evil—continued.
Main Speaker: Hamza Andreas Tzortzis (hamzatzortzis.com)
The chapter was revealed in Mecca and contains 28 verses.
The entire chapter is devoted to the call of Prophet Noah to his people. God
tells us Noah’s story whose patience was tested to an extraordinary limit yet
he stayed firm in his conviction and continued to work for God till the end.
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