Great Cities of Islam Through History 3: Jerusalem — A City That Weeps for a Glory That Will Never Die
Lyla Hamdan
In For New Muslims.11/03/2026
A friend of mine once said to me: “What if the person who created Google Maps were a Muslim? Imagine how much reward he could earn!”
To The Worlds Team
In The path of the believers.10/28/2026
If Makkah is the cradle of revelation and the direction toward which Muslims pray, then Madinah is the place where the Islamic mission took shape as a state, a society, and a civilization. It was here that Islam moved from a period of persecution and vulnerability to the building of an Ummah. Here, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ spent the final years of his life; from here, armies, envoys, letters, and messages were dispatched; here, the Companions gathered around the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; and from here emerged a state that would soon expand beyond the Hijaz and reach far into the wider world.
Lyla Hamdan
In For New Muslims.10/28/2026
Can “love is love” stand without limits, or does Islam offer a better moral compass for desire?
Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah: The virtues of the Day of Arafah are as follows:
To The Worlds Team
05/24/2026
“If the road becomes narrow upon you, and doubts surround you from every direction, then do not search for certainty in the piling up of means or in the plans of people.
To The Worlds Team
In Islamic Quotes.05/15/2026
Peace be upon you, Regarding the offense of one of the vile individuals against the rank of the Prophet ﷺ, imagine being presented with an offer that appears attractive in numerical terms:
Arwa Jehad
05/11/2026
Marriage is tranquility and responsibility—not merely a label attached to your name so that you can be called “married.”
Arwa Jehad
05/01/2026
Amid the rush of days and unfolding events, the true features of the scene emerge deep within the human soul—a scene unseen by cameras, beyond their scope, yet fully lived by the soul as a complete epic.
Lyla Hamdan
04/30/2026
Allah, the Exalted, says: ﴾And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided﴿ [Al-Baqarah: 186].
Arwa Jehad
In For New Muslims.04/27/2026
Where Are the Teachings of Christ in Christianity? A Critical Reading of Origins and Development
Lyla Hamdan
04/21/2026
Do not think about how small the sin is, but think about Who you have just disobeyed.
To The Worlds Team
In Islamic Quotes.04/20/2026
This is a Night of Solace… (Friday Night). All praise is to Allah, who wraps our loneliness in the warmth of His Beloved ﷺ—whose name, when whispered, becomes light in our darkness.
Arwa Jehad
In Islamic Quotes.04/20/2026
Do not neglect the repetition of the evening remembrances (Adhkar), nor their completion, contemplation of their meanings, and humility in their essence. The night is a gathering of evils; Satan is a lying-in-wait enemy; and the soul is heedless, inciting to evil—except those upon whom my Lord has mercy.
Arwa Jehad
In Islamic Quotes.04/20/2026
Islamic civilization was never the story of a single state, a single capital, or a single age. It was a long journey through cities and great urban centers stretching from Makkah and Madinah to Jerusalem, Damascus, Baghdad, Cairo, Kairouan, and Córdoba, and onward to Bukhara,
Lyla Hamdan
In For New Muslims.09/28/2026