Quran (Koran)

it does mean desert. it is the name of a desert but 2meanings that I've found it to not be are 'the moon' when translated in sanskrit and 'dawn' when translated in Arabic.

its in one of the five pillars of Islam that Muslims must pray 5 times a day and face mecca when they pray.

Why do we do it? As societies worldwide flourish and Islam stands to be the fastest growing religion of the world, we sometimes see a disturbing deviation within the Muslim Ummah. Forget society, forget those who are converting and reverting, forget those who are just introducing themselves to Islam. I'm talking about us: those born and raised into Muslim families and taught the values of Islam and the teachings of the Prophets and Imams (peace be upon them). For everything that we have been taught and nurtured with, we find ourselves constantly doubting the actions we perform and the teachings we follow. But Islam stands to be a religion of logic, from the time of Muhammad, and it will remain so till the mountains crumble, the Earth flattens, and the final trumpet is blown.

One of the most asked questions within our community today is, 'Why do we have to pray?' More often than not, we see arrogance taking over people's minds, boasting that there is no need for prayer. And if they do pray, it is ritualistically and taken very lightly.

So people ask, why do we have to pray? And I only respond, '

Do you not find it worthy to thank Him, the One who has given you everything, and the One Who can take all that away from you if He so wishes overnight?'

In understanding why we pray, there are several factors that need to be understood first, before coming to the essence of prayer itself. The first is understanding and believing that there is a Hereafter, a life after death, one more permanent and Just by the Grace of

So knowing that, we also understand that we must send our deeds forth, to serve as a light and support on the Day of Reckoning, where we will be held accountable for all that we have done in this world. We know that everything we do here will either form benefits or punishment in the afterlife. It is all about prioritizing and being prepared.

Allah does not need our prayers, so the question of prayer still remains. But if only we understood that the power of

Have we ever thought of how busy our lives are? We are either rushing to go to work, to finish assignments, to do chores, and to have life sorted out; we are constantly on the run! Have we ever imagined that if Allah wanted, we could lose our job? We could lose our

It is due to His Grace that we get up in the morning, and it is due to His Grace that we sleep at night.

In this world, we openly believe in the moral values of thanking someone when they do us a favor or help us in some way. So why is it one rule for the people and another rule for the Supreme Power? Is it not Him we are answerable to? Yet we tend to care what people think of us more.

So if we accept our morals and values, and the basic service to humanity, then we must also accept that we have to thank Allah for the gift of breathing, talking, and

In making it mandatory, Allah has only done us a favor, so that we may continue adding to our good deeds, as remembering Him is a Mercy in itself and also rewarding for us.

As we stand at the designated time in front of our Lord and raise our hands to attest that

In our busy lives with our never-ending agendas, it is nothing short of beneficial for us to stop everything we are doing at that precise moment in time when the call of Ibrahim is echoed throughout the world, and praise Him Who gave us the ability to wake up that morning, and He who granted us the honor of being raised in a religion that promotes direct communication with the Creator.

Prophet Muhammad (saw) spoke Arabic.

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Arabic
Muhammad (PBUH) spoke in Arabic, one which differs slightly from the modern Arabic spoken today.
The Prophet Muhammad spoke Fus'ha Arabic, which is the type of Arabic that the Qur'an is written in.

Weather or not the above answer is true or false doesn't matter because whatever language Muhammad (PBUH) spoke wasn't what Jibril (Gabriel) spoke because Muhammad (PBUH) was unlearned in the language of The Holy Qur'an.
Prophet Mohammed (peace upon him) spoke Arabic.

In many verses (surahs) prophet, Adam peace upon him, is mentioned:

1. Albaqara, 31-37
2. Al-Omran, 33, 59
3. Al-Maeda 27, 31,52
4. Al-Israa, 61, 70
5. Al-Kahf, 50
6. Maryam, 58
7. Taha, 115-117, 120-121
8. Yasin, 60

Many people think, by mistake, that the majority of Islam followers live in the Middle East or are Arabs. In reality 62% of all Muslims worldwide live in the Asia-Pacific region, which includes 61 countries and territories, where six Asian countries are having the largest Muslim populations; namely:

• Indonesia (203 million),
• Pakistan (174 million),
• India (161 million),
• Bangladesh (145 million),
• Iran (74 million) and
• Turkey (74 million).

These only six countries are home to more than half (53%) of the global Muslim population and about 85% of Asia's Muslim population.

Whereas, the Middle East together with North Africa region, which includes 20 countries and territories, is home to only about 20% of the world's Muslim population and having around 315 million Muslims. Of these, 315 million Muslims, around 79 million Muslims live in Egypt, meaning that about one-in-four (25%) Muslims in the region live in Egypt.

Also, by mistake some think that the Majority Muslims are surrounding Israel. This is again wrong. Out of around 1600 million Muslims world wide, the Muslim countries surrounding Israel totals around 105 million Muslims. These countries are: Egypt (~79 million Muslims), Jordan (~ 6 million Muslims), Syria (~ 20 million Muslims) and Lebanon (2.5 million Muslims). Even the Muslim Palestinians are ~ 4 million Muslims.

Muslims in the US are less than 2.5 millions (~0.8% of US total population).

For more information on the data above, it could be referred to link below.

Muhammad's the Last Prophet towards Whole Mannkind was given Quran from Almighty Allah Kareem by which He taught people:-

Tawheed- The Oneness of Allah, swt.

• Tawheed-ar-Ruboobiyya (Oneness of the Lordship

of Allah).

• To believe that there is only one Lord for all the universe, its Creator, Organizer, Planner, Sustainer, Maintainer, etc., and that is Allah swt.

• Tawheed-al-Uloohiyya (Oneness of the worship of Allah).

  • To believe that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah. Worship comes in the form of praying, invoking, asking for help from the unseen or anything believed to be a deity (i.e. idols), swearing, slaughtering sacrifices, etc.

    • "And the mosques are for Allâh (Alone), so invoke not anyone along with Allâh."[Surah Al-Jinn 72:18].

    • "Say (O Muhammad SAW): "I am only a man like you. It has been inspired to me that your Ilâh (God) is One Ilâh (God i.e. Allâh). So whoever hopes for the Meeting with his Lord, let him work righteousness and associate none as a partner in the worship of his Lord." [Surah Al-Kahf 18:110]

• Tawheed-al-Asma was-Sifat (Oneness of the Names/Attributes of Allah)

  • To believe that all the best of names/attributes (i.e. "The Most Merciful", etc.) belong to Allah as described in the Qur'an and by Prophet Muhammad saaws, and must not be twisted or expanded upon nor given similtude to human characteristics.

    • "Say (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)): 'He is Allâh, (the) One. Allâh-us-Samad (The Self-Sufficient Master, Whom all creatures need, He neither eats nor drinks). He begets not, nor was He begotten; And there is none co-equal or comparable unto Him.' " [Surah Al-Ikhlas 112].

    • "...There is nothing like unto Him, and He is the All-Hearer, the All-Seer." [Surah Ash-Shura 42:11]

The first verses of God revelation of Quran to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) through Angel Gabriel are (meaning English translation):

"Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists), (1) Has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood). (2) Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, (3) Who has taught (the writing) by the pen [the first person to write was Prophet Idrees (Enoch)]. (4) Has taught man that which he knew not. (5)"

[Quran, chapter 96, verses 1-5]