It doesn’t matter where we live in this increasingly “small” interconnected World, because the life of almost every person has been affected by the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). But throughout history…
Can one be religious without depending on religions? Yes. Can one be Muslim and believe in the Gospel and the Torah? Yes, of course. Can one grow up in a…
Intro Time makes no distinction at all, sooner or later there will come a time for everyone to abandon the earthly condition that is life, to move into the Afterlife,…
Are not equal good and evil . Repel with something better , and behold, the one who enemy has become you dearest friend. (Quran 41, 34) Arabic وَلا تَستَوِي…
Introduction The Foundation Stone (in Hebrew: אבן השתייה “ha-Shtiyya” or סֶּלַע Selā‛, in Arabic: الصخرة al-Sakhrah al-Musharrafah “The Noble Rock”) is the name of the rock at the centre of…
Hadith serve as the primary means of preserving the Sunnah, recording the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad. Through a rigorous system of transmission and verification, they provide a fundamental source for understanding Islamic law, ethics, and religious practice.
Baptism and circumcision (in hebrew brit milah “covenant of circumcision” בְּרִית מִילָה ) are nowadays considered by most believers to be a mandatory passage, almost a gateway to access the…
The Third Temple (Hebrew: בית המקדש השלישי, Beit haMikdash haShlishi, literally: “The Holy Third House”) would be the third Temple in Jerusalem, after the rebuilt of the first (Solomon’s Temple)…
Bahira (Arabic: بحيرى, Classical Syriac: ܒܚܝܪܐ), or Sergius the Monk to the Latin West, was an Arab Ebionite, Nestorian or possibly gnostic nazir monk who, according to Islamic tradition, foretold…
Introduction Mary (in Hebrew: מרים, Myrhiàm; Aramaic: Maryām; Greek: Μαριάμ Mariam, Μαρία / Μαρίη María; Arabic: مريم, Maryam), also called Mary of Nazareth, is the virgin mother of Jesus. Venerated…
The word amen or ameen (in Hebrew אָמֵן, Greek ἀμήν, Arabic آمِينَ Armenian ամէն) can be traslated with “truth” or “truly”. The specific Hebrew word amen (‘amen) appears to be…
Praise be to GOD is used to express happiness or relief when something good happen. Jews, Christians and Muslims have a very similar yet very different traditions, in all three…
The Prophet is an individual regarded as being in contact with a Divine Being and said to speak on that Entity’s behalf, serving as an intermediary with humanity by delivering…
Melchizedek, Melkisetek, or Malki Tzedek (/mɛlˈkɪzədɛk/; Hebrew: מַלְכִּי־צֶדֶֿק malkī-ṣeḏeq, “king of righteousness”), was the King of Salem and priest of El Elyon (“GOD Most High”) mentioned in the 14th chapter…
Ilm (Arabic: علم “knowledge”) is the Arabic term for knowledge. However central the idea of ‘ilm to Islamic intellectual culture, it was an essentialist concept, assumed to be a fixed…
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