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Belief in Divine Decree (Qadar)
How Islam holds together God's complete knowledge of the future with human free will.
August 3, 2026
The Names and Attributes of Allah
The Islamic tradition of God's ninety-nine names, and what they describe about His nature.
August 3, 2026
How the Quran Was Revealed
The gradual, twenty-three-year revelation of the Quran to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
August 3, 2026
The Compilation of the Quran
How the Quran moved from memorized and scattered written verses to a single bound text.
August 3, 2026
The Structure of the Quran: Surahs and Ayahs
How the Quran is organized into 114 chapters and roughly 6,236 verses.
August 3, 2026
Tajweed: The Art of Quranic Recitation
The rules governing how the Quran is correctly pronounced when recited aloud.
August 3, 2026
Tafsir: The Science of Quranic Interpretation
The scholarly discipline of explaining and interpreting the meaning of the Quran.
August 3, 2026
Memorizing the Quran: The Tradition of Hifz
Why memorizing the entire Quran by heart remains a living tradition across the Muslim world.
August 3, 2026
The Early Life of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
The childhood and early years of the Prophet before he received revelation.
August 3, 2026
The First Revelation at Cave Hira
The night the angel Jibril appeared to Muhammad ﷺ and Islam's revelation began.
August 3, 2026
The Hijrah: Migration to Medina
Why the Prophet and his followers left Mecca for Medina, and why that year begins the Islamic calendar.
August 3, 2026
The Constitution of Medina
An early written agreement organizing a religiously diverse city under one shared framework.
August 3, 2026
The Battle of Badr
The first major battle in Islamic history, fought between a small Muslim force and a much larger Meccan army.
August 3, 2026
The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah
A ten-year peace agreement that, despite looking like a setback, opened the way for Islam to spread.
August 3, 2026
The Farewell Sermon
The final address the Prophet ﷺ delivered to the Muslim community, months before his death.
August 3, 2026
The Four Rightly-Guided Caliphs
The first four leaders of the Muslim community after the Prophet's ﷺ death.
August 3, 2026
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq
The Prophet's closest companion and the first caliph of the Muslim community.
August 3, 2026
Umar ibn al-Khattab
The second caliph, known for justice, administrative reform, and rapid territorial expansion.
August 3, 2026
The Role of Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
The Prophet's first wife, and the first person to accept his message.
August 3, 2026
The Compilation of Hadith Literature
How the sayings and actions of the Prophet ﷺ were collected, verified, and preserved.
August 3, 2026
Wudu: The Ritual of Ablution
The ritual washing Muslims perform before prayer, and what it represents beyond hygiene.
August 3, 2026
Ghusl: The Ritual of Full Purification
The full-body ritual washing required after specific states, and how it differs from wudu.
August 3, 2026
Tayammum: Dry Ablution
The dry substitute for wudu and ghusl, used when water is unavailable or would cause harm.
August 3, 2026
Janazah: The Islamic Funeral Prayer
How Muslims prepare a body for burial and the communal prayer performed for the deceased.
August 3, 2026
Halal and Haram in Food
The Islamic framework for what is permissible and impermissible to eat and drink.
August 3, 2026
Belief in the Day of Judgment
The Islamic teaching that this life ends in resurrection and a full accounting before God.
August 3, 2026
Belief in the Revealed Books
The scriptures Islam teaches were revealed before the Quran, and how the Quran relates to them.
August 3, 2026
Belief in the Prophets and Messengers
Why Islam holds that God sent a long line of prophets to every nation, with Muhammad as the last.
August 3, 2026
Belief in the Angels
Angels in Islamic belief: created from light, tasked with specific duties, without free will.
August 3, 2026
Tawhid: The Oneness of God
The foundational Islamic belief that God is one, without partner or equal.
August 3, 2026

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