Quran

The Quran frequently talks about God's coming judgment so we can live responsibly

The Quran paints the picture of the end of the world in graphic detail

The Quran emphasizes the kind treatment of women, poor, slaves, and orphans

Translations of Quran are just that. The Quran is only in Arabic as it was revealed; no other scripture is like that.

The Quran has 114 chapters and 114 times the Quran says 'In the Name of God, the Most Merciful, the Compassionate'

The longest chapter of the Quran has 286 verses, the shortest has 3

The Quran has scientific information on the embryo, mountains, seas, the creation of the universe, etc. Its source must be God.

The Quran is not organized by subject matter or in chronological order and its power lies in recitation and listening to it in Arabic

The Quran was written down by select scribes in the time of the Prophet Muhammad and memorized and recited five times in daily prayers

The Message of the Quran is peace and reconciliation, even war is regulated and prisoners are given rights and human dignity

The Quran is true because it has reached us like no other heavenly book and has scientific information that no other heavenly book does

The goals of the Quran: know God, know how to worship God, live a life God wants, reform yourself, create a spiritual and just society

The Message of the Quran: know and worship God, accept His prophets, follow the last Prophet (Muhammad) and serve humanity

Every year in Ramadan Muslims fast to learn self-control, thank God, celebrate the Quran, and feel empathy for the poor

The Quran is God's final revelation to humanity, it exists in its original language and was passed down by memory and in writing

To be a Muslim, one must believe that God sent down the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, and the Quran

Times it is prescribed to recite Surah al-Ikhlas: Three times in the morning and the evening In the second raka'ah of the Sunnah of Fajr In the second raka'ah of the Sunnah of Maghrib In the last raka'ah of the Witr prayer After every fard prayer (but three times after Fajr and Maghrib) In the second raka'ah of the two raka'ahs offered after tawaf

Relax and do something meaningful in your life that is not directly tied to children and family: read Quran, listen to a lecture, go to the library, go out for a walk or schedule lunch out with a friend without the kids. Learn more about the family in Islam here...

Your inability to read the words of Allah may have nothing to do with your religiosity, but everything to do with the stress in your life at the time. Learn more Quran here...

"Say: 'Shall We tell you the greatest losers in respect of (their) deeds? 'Those whose efforts have been wasted in this life while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds!' (Quran 18:103-104). Learn more about the Quran here...