When M.A.S. Abdel Haleem was a youngster in Egypt all the boys in his school were required to memorize the entire Quran and were tested annually to make sure they maintained this knowledge. The ...

Salamoualaikoum, I would like to know whether it's better to learn and recite Quran in its original language, in Arabic, or whether it's also aloowed to learn and recite Quran in a transliteration, ...

The miracle of the Quran lies in its inimitable language, its beauty and eloquence of style. It was revealed to Prophet Muhammad, , (may Allah exalt his mention) in the 7th century CE for all nations, ...

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 ...

Over the past several months, I have been reading the Quran with the intention of completing it during the blessed month of ...

British lawyer George Sale was the first man to conduct a direct English translation of the Quran. His 1733 translation ...

From August, Sydney University students who have an advanced grasp of the Arabic language can enroll in a new course teaching Qur'anic Arabic. Dr Ali Yunis Aldahesh is a professor at the Department of ...

The Four Hijabs is an entertaining and accessible opportunity to engage with the complex ideas surrounding the hijab. Inspired by ideas in Dr. Manal Hamzeh’s book Pedagogies of DeVeiling: Muslim Girls ...

This page was published in 2014 and updated in June 2025. Today the Quran is a best-seller in Britain. Copies can be found in the UK’s 1,500 mosques, in the homes of nearly 2.7 million Muslims and in ...