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The Medina Period and the Battles

The Medina Period and the Battles

As the idolaters’ attacks grew in severity in Mecca, the Muslims migrated to the city of Yathrib (later known as Medina), where the climate was a great deal freer and friendlier, and set up their own administration there. Yet even after they established their own political structures, the attacks by the pagans of Mecca did […]

The Harsh Testing of Muslims in the Meccan Period

The Harsh Testing of Muslims in the Meccan Period

The revelation to our Prophet (pbuh) took a full 23 years. During the first 13 years of this, Muslims lived as a minority in the pagan society of Mecca and were subjected to tremendous pressures. Many Muslims were subjected to physical torture, some were martyred, the homes and possessions of most were looted and they […]

The Qur’an Is a “Preserved” Book

The Qur’an Is a “Preserved” Book

As our Lord explicitly states in a verse, the Qur’an is a “preserved” Book. It is impossible for some verses in a book which is “preserved” and whose commandments apply to all Muslims to be regarded as valid, while others are not. The perfection in the entirety of the Qur’an, its mathematical and scientific miracles, […]