Our Lord descends every night to the sky of this world when the last third of the night remains – Shaykh ‘Uthaymīn

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 – 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐤𝐡 ‘𝐔𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐢̄𝐧 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Note to Christian and Jews: Ironically, we see some Christians Read More …

My Mercy Prevails Over My Wrath and Quran (6:54)

𝐌𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐲 𝐖𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐐𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 (𝟔:𝟓𝟒) Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 Read More …

It is not permissible to burn the body of the deceased after death

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Question I am a recent convert to Islam.  It was somewhat of a tradition in my family to get Read More …

A Scientist’s Interpretation of References to Embryology in the Qur’an

𝐀 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭’𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Statements referring to human reproduction and development are scattered throughout the qur’an. It is only recently that the scientific meaning of some Read More …

Does the embryo resemble a leech in these photos?

𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐲𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Here are some interesting photos that caught my eye. Look at the head of the embryo and the leech’s front and rear suckers: Read More …

Surely the Qur’anic ‘Alaqah (the embryo during the leech-like stage) is easily observed with the naked eye?

𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜 ‘𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐪𝐚𝐡 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐲𝐨 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡-𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞) 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐲𝐞? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR ‘Alaqah is a stage in the development of the human embryo. One of the meanings of the term ‘alaqah is Read More …

Q&A: Was al-Harith bin Kaladah the source of the Prophet’s medical knowledge?

𝐐&𝐀: 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥-𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Some historians and commentators believe the Prophet Muhammad plagiarised Aristotle’s and Galen’s accounts of the developing human embryo via al-Harith bin Kaladah. Read More …

Embryology in the Qur’an: Was al-Harith bin Kaladah the Source of the Prophet Muhammad’s Medical Knowledge?

𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧: 𝐖𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥-𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐝’𝐬 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞? Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Writing under the pen name of Lactantius, a Christian author alleges that the descriptions of human Read More …

Documentary Evidence For Early Islam: Dated Muslim Texts From 622-691 CE

𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦: 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟔𝟐𝟐-𝟔𝟗𝟏 𝐂𝐄 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR In Greek and Arabic, one of the earliest bilingual papyrus from 22 AH / 643 CE (The Austrian National Museum, Vienna). Read More …

Embryology in the Qur’an – Correlation Studies with Modern Embryology

𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐫’𝐚𝐧 – 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 Mohamad Mostafa NassarTwitter:@NassarMohamadMR Keith L. Moore, BA, MSC, PHD, DSC (HON), FIAC, FRSM, FAAA Dr. Keith L. Moore is an internationally recognized leader in the Read More …