How to avert chances of being thrown into Jahannam (Hell) on the Day of Judgement

Most of the people, following any religion,  believe in the life of the hereafter - a life for which we need to prepare ourselves now as long as we live in our earthly world. Even atheists who do not believe in God are convinced of a day when the dead will be resurrected and rewarded and awarded of their good and bad deeds, upon which it will be decided the quality of their life, that is whether an abode in the Paradise (Jannah) or the burning...

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A new spiritual reawakening - the silent yet enormous spread of Islam in the West

It has always been alleged that Islam spread by the sword - something that history negated many a times. The examples of long rule of Muslims spread over cce3nturies in Spain and India vindicates the lies for if the Muslims wanted to forcibly convert the Spaniard or the Hindus, no one was stopping them. But Muslim rulers never forced their reversion to Islam and this even resulted into end of Muslim empires in both these countries. So much so for...

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Do we get Reward "ثواب" (thawāb) for reading the translation of Qur'an - Understanding Islam (Frequently asked Q & A)

AL Qur'an is the fourth and final Divine Scripture and holy book of Islam. Despite it being in Arabic, most of the Muslim can read it in Arabic. However, since Arabic is not the mother tongue of majority of Muslims, these Muslims read translation of the Qur'an to understand the meaning of Qur'anic verses.Today we share an oft asked question by many a believer: Do we get reward for reading translation of Qur'an other than the Arabic in which it has...

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How and When Muslims started to celebrate Eid Al Fitr and Eid Al Adha

Muslims always over the world celebrate two festive events, called the Eidain (plural of word Eid) These two festivities are as significant religious festival, marking the end of important Islamic observances. Both Eids are times of celebration, prayer, family gatherings, giving to charity, and fostering community spirit.Today we take our readers back into the early days of Islam when Muslims started to celebrate Eid festivals on two occasions...

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Severe consequences of FIVE significant moral and social transgressions (Hadith Prophet Muhammad ﷺ)

Every now and then we hear news of natural calamities hitting some part of the world, devastating lives and properties and leaving behind sorry tales in the form of disastrous effects. Or for that matter ever wondered what happened to great civilizations that once thrived and ruled the world, but now only the traces remain leaving us ponder over what happened to their decline and destruction? Ever pondered over why men face such bad times? Read...

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Believers! Speak words of appropriate justice

No system or community can exist if there does not exist justice. And when people stop speaking words of appropriate justice and let the deceit and injustice prevail, then even the mightiest of empires and civilizations crumble and leave behinds sorry tales.In Islam, justice assumes a very cardinal importance and believers have been warned at many a place in Qur'an to stand up to justice and let no one betray his fellow brethren by deceit and...

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