Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar and is called the holy month. While traditionally a sacred period devoted to prayers, fasting, and charity. Its a time of the year to renew one’s spiritual commitment to his religion. Ramadan is an important time for Muslims all over the world. Muhammad [saw] received Allah’s message during Ramadan. Allah[swt] revealed the Quran, to prophet Muhammad [saw] during the holy month...
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The Life Of Muhammad (pbuh) in English high quality audio. Beautiful narration of the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Click here to learn more Background History The Religious Situation Of Pre-Islamic Arabia Early Life Important Events In Pursuit Of The Truth The Glad Tidings The Revelation The Reaction (Part 1) (Part 2) The Early Immigrants (Part 1) (Part 2) Major Events The Later Years Of Makkah In...
Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ Recitation by Sheikh Mishary Rashed Alafasy الشيخ مشاري بن راشد العفاسي Click here to learn more http://ncorde.com/media/aud/iho/quranMR-001.mp3 002 -- Al-Baqara (The Cow) - البَقَرَة http://ncorde.com/media/aud/iho/quranMR-002.mp3 003 -- Al-E-Imran (The family of Imran) - آل عِمرَان http://ncorde.com/media/aud/iho/quranMR-003.mp3 004 -- An-Nisa (The Women) -...
Elsewhere in the Arab world, meanwhile, the last vestiges of European political dominance were being eliminated. Egypt, for example, after ousting in 1952 a royal dynasty going back to the 1800s and installing Gamal Abdel Nasser as president, forced the British to relinquish control of the Suez Canal and withdraw from the country. Algeria, ten years later, won its independence from France after six years of bitter warfare. Even earlier, Iraq,...
The Western world had for centuries been gradually penetrating most of the areas that had once been part of the Muslim empire, and in the latter part of the nineteenth century, in the vacuum left by the long decay and decline of the Ottoman Empire, European powers came to dominate the Middle East. Among the first Europeans to gain a foothold in the Middle East were the Venetians who, as early as the thirteenth century, had established trading...