Month: December 2019

Hazrat Ayesha, The First Female Scholar of Islam

Zujaja Khan, London The University of al-Qarawiyyin is the oldest continuously operating university in the world. What makes it all the more amazing is the fact that it was founded by a Muslim woman, Fatima al-Firhi, in 859 CE. To this day, the university stands as a symbol of inspiration and a testament to the value a Muslim woman can offer the world. The … Read More Hazrat Ayesha, The First Female Scholar of Islam

Refuting Modern-Day Atheism

Aroosa Akram, Slough It is common knowledge that atheism is disbelief in God, however atheism in its general and basic form is the lack of belief in all deities. This is of course the opposite of theism in which all classical theistic religions like Islam, Christianity and Judaism and Hinduism believe that there is a deity and we in Islam believe in One God. … Read More Refuting Modern-Day Atheism

Dear God,

Rabb

Nadia Ghauri, Oxford The divine concept of God has long perplexed mankind. Yet through the Holy Qur’an and His Messengers, Allah the Exalted has provided us with a wealth of material that aids our understanding of His supreme and unmatched qualities. Rabb is the second most prevalent term for God in the Qur’an after the name Allah itself. It occurs more than 900 times … Read More Rabb