Companions, family, scholars, opponents, prophets preceding the Prophet ﷺ.
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ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān, Muṣṭalaḥ al-Ḥadīth, Isnād, Tafsīr, Qirāʾāt.
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Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ﷺ was the first son of the Prophet Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid. He was born in Makkah before the beginning of revelation and was among the earliest chil...
The Qurʾān refers to the sacredness of the region in connection with the Night Journey (Isrāʾ) of the Prophet Muhammad: “Glory be to Him who took His servant by night from al-Masji...
Qiṣāṣ, “retaliation,” is the principle in Islamic law by which the perpetrator of an intentional homicide or wounding is subjected to a like penalty—life for life, and wound for wo...
Qiyām al-Layl (Arabic: qiyām al-layl, “standing during the night”) refers to voluntary night worship performed after the evening prayer and before dawn. In Islamic devotional pract...
Qubāʾ is a settlement located on the southern outskirts of Madīnah and occupies a distinguished place in the sīrah as the first destination reached by the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ during...
The Quraysh were the dominant tribe of Makkah in the centuries immediately preceding Islam and occupied a central position in the political, economic, and religious life of western...
The Qurʾān is the sacred scripture of Islam and the principal source of Islamic belief, law, ethics, and spirituality. Muslims regard it as the literal word of God (Allah) revealed...
ʿUlūm al-Qurʾān (“Sciences of the Qurʾān”) refers to the broad range of disciplines developed by Muslim scholars to study, preserve, interpret, and understand the Qurʾān. Linguisti...
Quṣayy ibn Kilāb was one of the most important ancestors of the Prophet Muhammad and a central figure in the rise of the Quraysh Tribe as the dominant power in Mecca before Islam....