When you take away 1400 years of historical context to the act of revelation, and you take away belief in that revelation being from a sacred source —God—you are left with a text. I once heard Huston ...

Reading the Quran can be a baffling experience. Unlike the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), the Quran is not a collection of books recounting the mythical history of a community of faith. It is not, like ...

Every year, the holy month of Ramadan inspires Muslims to rekindle their devotion to the Quran as it is the month in which it was revealed—as a guidance for people and evidence to their faith. For a ...

I reckon I was 7 years old, the first time I had the pleasure of reciting a whole verse from the Holy Quran by myself. It was under my grandmother's supervision, of course, whom I lovingly call Dadu.

The Quran speaks of the hereafter, known in Arabic as "Al-Akhirah," more than 100 times. Its repetition is intentional. In Islam, the hereafter is not a distant theological concept; it is central to ...

Hollywood actor Will Smith recently shared insights into his spiritual journey, highlighting his deep appreciation for the Quran and its impact on his life during a podcast interview with Egyptian ...

(RNS) Searching for a recitation from a female "qariah" or reciter, Jerusha Lamptey, assistant professor of Islam and ministry at Union Theological Seminary, found none. (RNS) To many non-Muslims, ...