Theology

The ‘Dhikr’ is Protected

How do we know that the revelation that has reached us has been protected?  Does that protection only extend to the Qur’ānic text?  If it does, then what of the Prophetic Sunnah?  Is that not...

Shahāda (2): Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah

Part 2 is the translation of chapter 7 from Part 1 of Kitāb al-Tawḥeed by Professor Muḥammad bin Abdallah al-Massari.  The latter half of the testimony of faith, al-Shahāda, is outlined. This part of the...

One side of the Holy Kaba with black cloth and gold banners

Shahada (1): there is no god or deity except Allah

This is a translation of a chapter from Part 1 in Volume 1 of Kitāb al-Tawḥeed by Professor Muḥammad bin Abdallah al-Massari It unpicks the precise meaning behind the first portion of the testimony of...

statue of an angel inside a forest

Angels

Believing in the angels is one of the central tenets of the Islamic faith, al-‘Imān.  Regardless of sect or school of thought, there isn’t any disagreement upon this point.  Copious textual evidence establishes this tenet...