On Wednesday, August 12, 2026, people across the world looked towards the heavens, as the Sun and Moon aligned in one of ...

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions. Allah is referred to only by what Allah Himself or His Prophet ...

Ben and Mehreen explore key beliefs about Allah’s nature.

Many texts in the Quran and the Sunnah indicate the virtue of praising Allah and that it is what the dwellers of Paradise will say upon entering Paradise. The Prophet used to praise Allah during all ...

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When speaking about God and Allah there’s no shortage of opinions. Many people think we all pray to the same god. This suggests the homogenization of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, as well as who ...

In my previous post I suggested that the God of ancient Israel -- known to Israelites as Yahweh -- lived for centuries in a polytheistic milieu and may well have had a goddess wife named Asherah. This ...

The main dome of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul. ninara/Flickr According to the Islamic statement of witness, or shahada, “There is no god but Allah”. Muslims believe he created the world in six days and ...