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Even with the cavalry snorting, and the sparks flying as the zealots at dawn make the dust rise as they pass through the midst of the ho...

The alarm: what's 'the alarm' going to be like? What will explain 'the alarm' to you? On that day people will behave ...

Woe to everyone who picks on you or gets at you, who hoards a fortune and calculates its value counting on it to save him from death. Oh...

Profit will distract you right up until you all reach the graveyard. But no, soon you will understand. Really: soon you will understand....

At the end of the day mankind really is lost with the exception of those who remain faithful, do the right things and commend righteousne...

Haven't you reflected on how your Master dealt with the Elephant battalion? Didn't he make their plans go awry? He sent hoards of...

For Quraishi safety - Their safety during the passing of winter and summer - let them worship the Lord of this house . It is He who fee...

Have you seen someone who doesn't believe in judgement? It's someone who turns his back on the orphan, Who makes no effort to fee...

For sure, we have given you everything you could need. So: pray to your Lord and give thanks. Even your enemy has been dealt with! Commen...

Say this, "Hey, faithless! Whatever it is you worship - I don't. And you certainly don't worship what I do. In fact, I will ...

When with God's help triumph comes and you see people flocking to the faith, sing your master's praises then and seek his forgiven...

Damn the influence of Abu Lahab ('Father of Flames') , damn him! May his fortune fail him and everything he has acquired! He'...

Not all of the surahs are particularly poetic. Abu Lahab ( 111 ), a short tirade against a personal enemy, has very little by way of poetic ...

Say this: "He alone is God, God who endures forever. He neither fathers nor was he fathered, nor, indeed, is there anyone like him....

(Continuing a series in which an Anglican priest translates and comments on the Quran) Say this: "I will look to the creator of the d...

Continuing the series in which an Anglican priest, trained as an early medieval historian, reads the Qur'an. Though one might attempt ...

This is one of what I hope will be the first of several extended comments on individual surahs of the Qur'an based on a personal reading...

I'm having another go at Arabic. Here's an attempt (by a Christian) to translate the final chapter of the Qur'an followed by a ...