Learning Arabic and Quran
376 questions
What is the interpretation of the phenomenon of iltifāt (sudden shift in pronoun or addressee) in the Noble Quran, and is it related to His saying, the Most High: "A Quran in Arabic, without any deviance" and His saying, the Most High: "All praise is due to Allah, who sent down upon His Servant the Book and did not make therein any deviance"? And is the verse, "And how many a city have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to it by night or while they were sleeping at noon," considered a fallacious proposition in logic?
What do you say about someone who claimed that "Taha," "Alif, Lam, Mim," and "Nun" are Aramaic words, and that interpreting the Qur'an requires knowledge of the Aramaic language, citing Al-Tabari's interpretation of "Taha" as "O man" and what is mentioned in Sahih Al-Bukhari?
What is the ruling on naming with names such as "Rufan," "Malkiya," "Juwayriyah," "Yusuf," and "Yunus"? Are these names Arabic or foreign, and to what extent is it permissible to name with foreign names that have good meanings? What is the criterion for distinguishing between Arabic and non-Arabic names, and is every name mentioned in the Qur’an considered Arabic?
Is it permissible for a father to withhold from his daughter education about her religion, her rights, and her duties, justifying this by saying that he will command her with what Allah has commanded, and that she has no need to open the Quran, understand it, and ponder it?
Is it obligatory to adhere to diacritics (tashkeel) when reading fatwas and religious books other than the Holy Quran, or is correct recitation only obligatory in the Holy Quran?
Why was the phrase "we may see" used in the Holy Qur'an instead of "we have seen"?
What is the wisdom behind the use of the plural form when Allah speaks of Himself in the Holy Quran, such as: (Indeed, it is We who sent down the Dhikr [i.e., the Quran] and indeed, We will be its guardian)? And were the stories mentioned in the Quran, such as the story of Pharaoh, narrated with their events and dialogues in the exact same form and eloquence mentioned, or does Allah recount the stories exactly as they happened, such as His dialogue with Iblis in different forms?
Is the Hadith: "Learning one verse from the Book of Allah and acting upon it is better than a hundred rak'ahs" authentic?
Is it permissible to travel to Indonesia to build a mosque, lead congregational prayers, teach the Qur'an by heart, and teach the Arabic language, knowing that I have not memorized the entire Qur'an and have not studied under a shaykh?
How can claims that the Qur’an is "tales of the ancients" be refuted in light of historical facts?
What is the authenticity of attributing verses from the Holy Quran to Imru' al-Qais, and do enemies of the religion attribute that to destabilize faith?
Why does Allah Almighty admit every disbeliever to Hellfire, even if they did not harm Muslims or even helped them?
How can the letters and meanings of the Holy Qur’an not resemble the letters and meanings of human speech, while Allah – the Exalted – spoke with the same Arabic letters that are in the Qur’an?
What is meant by the atom, did the Arabs know it in the time of the Prophet, what does the word mean in His (the Almighty's) saying: "smaller than the atom," and will deeds smaller than the atom not be accounted for?
Does writing the Quran in English, then reciting it in Arabic and acting upon its precepts, equal reading it in Arabic from the Mushaf in reward, or is it considered a Bid'ah (innovation)?
Is teaching technical sciences in Islamic universities in English and French considered humiliating, especially with the availability of scientific sources in these two languages, and does this fall under "the gibberish of foreigners" or imitating infidels?
Do some verses in the Holy Quran, which are phrased in the plural, indicate the divinity of Jesus, peace be upon him?
Why did the Muslims take the Qur’an from Uthman ibn Affan, even though the Prophet ordered that it be taken from four others, and why did Uthman gather all the Companions to compile the masaḥif, and not limit it to the four mentioned in the hadith?
Is it obligatory to declare Sufi relatives who commit major shirk based on their own interpretations as kafir, given that they do not know the Arabic language and do not read the Quran, bearing in mind that a Muslim is not excused for major shirk if he is able to read the Quran or ask scholars?
Is someone who laughs at eloquent words or at those who speak them, especially if they are religious or from the language of the Qur’an, considered an apostate or a transgressor?
Why did verse (50) of Surat Al-Ahzab specifically mention "daughters of your paternal uncles and paternal aunts, and maternal uncles and maternal aunts" and not "your paternal uncles and maternal uncles"?
Is "Read the Quran in the Arabic language and dialect" a Hadith?
How are we to understand that the Quran is in a clear Arabic tongue, yet it contains numerous foreign words such as (Illiyyun, Sijjin, Marqoom, Araa’ik, Tasneem) taken from Hebrew and Persian, as mentioned by Al-Suyuti in "Al-Itqan"?
Is it permissible to give disbelievers a translation of the Qur’an that includes the Arabic text for the purpose of da’wah (inviting to Islam)?