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The Arabic Qur’an and Foreign Words

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi
“And if We had made this a foreign Qur’?n, they would have said, ‘Why are its verses not clarified? What! A foreign [book] and an Arab [prophet]?!’” Al-Qur’?n 41:44
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It is an indisputable fact that the Qur’?n uses ‘foreign vocabulary’, that is to say, vocabulary that was adopted into the Arabic language of the [...]

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Visions of the Jinn

Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips
Ibn Taymeeyah’s Essay on the Jinn (Demons)
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Based on “Eedah ad-Dalaalah fee ‘Umoom ar-Risaalah”, from volume 19 of “Majmoo’ Al-Fataawaa” (A Collection of Religious Rulings); volume 35 of “Majmoo’ Al-Fataawaa” and Ibn Taymeeyah’s classic, ” Al-Furqaan Bayna Awliyaa ar-Rahmaan wa Awliyaa ash-Shaytaan.”
Note: All remarks that are bracketed in the text are [...]

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