
Astaghfirullah (أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ) means “I ask Allah for forgiveness.” Muslims say it after a mistake, three times after every prayer,...




Astaghfirullah (أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ) means “I ask Allah for forgiveness.” Muslims say it after a mistake, three times after every prayer,...

Inshallah (إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ) means “if Allah wills”. Muslims say it whenever they talk about something they plan or hope...

Arabic has two sets of names for the twelve months, and Muslim families need a third. Egypt and the Gulf...

Ramadan Mubarak (رَمَضَان مُبَارَك) means “blessed Ramadan”. Muslims say it to each other from the night the new moon is...

The Quran has 604 pages in the standard Madinah print, with 15 lines on each page. It holds 114 surahs,...

Surah Quraish (قريش, also spelled Quraysh) is the 106th surah of the Quran. It has four short verses, revealed in...

Surah Al-Ikhlas (الإخلاص, “Sincerity”) is the 112th surah of the Quran. It has four short verses, and they say who...

Surah Al-Falaq (الفلق, “The Daybreak”) is the 113th surah of the Quran. It has five short verses, and in them...

Surah An-Nas (الناس, “Mankind”) is the 114th and last surah of the Quran. It has six short verses, and in...