A Bedouin came to the Prophet and gave a pledge of allegiance for embracing Islam. The next day he came with fever and said (to the Prophet), "Please cancel my pledge (of embracing Islam and of emigrating to Medina)." The Prophet refused (that request) three times and said, "Medina is like a furnace, it expels out the impurities (bad persons) and selects the good ones and makes them perfect."

The year after the Battle of the Trench was a flurry of raids and diplomacy and treaties that continued to tighten the noose around the Quraysh in Mecca. These are some the details behind that, and leading up to the Treaty of al-Hudaybiyah.

O you wrapped ˹in your clothes˺!

Stand all night ˹in prayer˺ except a little—

˹pray˺ half the night, or a little less,

or a little more—and recite the Quran ˹properly˺ in a

measured way.

˹For˺ We will soon send upon you a weighty revelation.

Indeed, worship in the night is more impactful and suitable for recitation.

For during the day you are over-occupied ˹with worldly duties˺.

Always˺ remember the Name of your Lord, and devote yourself to Him wholeheartedly.

˹He is the˺ Lord of the east and the west. There is no god

˹worthy of worship˺ except Him, so take Him ˹alone˺ as a Trustee of Affairs.

Be patient ˹O Prophet˺ with what they say, and depart from them courteously.

And leave to Me the deniers—the people of luxury—and bear with them for a little while.

˹For˺ We certainly have shackles, a ˹raging˺ Fire,

choking food, and a painful punishment ˹in store for them˺

on the Day the earth and mountains will shake ˹violently˺,

and mountains will be ˹reduced to˺ dunes of shifting sand.

Indeed, We have sent to you a messenger as a witness over you, just as We sent a messenger to Pharaoh.

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a stern grip.

If you ˹pagans˺ persist in disbelief, then how will you guard yourselves against ˹the horrors of˺ a Day which will turn children’s hair grey?

It will ˹even˺ cause the sky to split apart. His promise ˹of judgment˺ must be fulfilled.

Surely this is a reminder. So let whoever wills take the ˹Right˺ Way to their Lord.

Surely your Lord knows that you ˹O Prophet˺ stand ˹in prayer˺ for nearly two-thirds of the night, or ˹sometimes˺ half of it, or a third, as do some of those with you. Allah ˹alone˺ keeps a ˹precise˺ measure of the day and night. He knows that you ˹believers˺ are unable to endure this, and has turned to you in mercy. So recite ˹in prayer˺ whatever you can from the Quran. He knows that some of you will be sick, some will be travelling throughout the land seeking Allah’s bounty, and some fighting in the cause of Allah. So recite whatever you can from it. And ˹continue to˺ perform ˹regular˺ prayers, pay alms-tax, and lend to Allah a good loan. Whatever good you send forth for yourselves, you will find it with Allah far better and more rewarding. And seek Allah’s forgiveness. Surely Allah is All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

The Gospel of John, almost in its entirety, contradicts the Quran. We go over some key passages and go over some key parts that are significant to Muslims… including what some believe to be a prediction of Muhammad.

Narrated

`Amr bin Maimun:

During the

pre-lslamic period of ignorance I saw a she-monkey surrounded by a number of

monkeys. They were all stoning it, because it had committed illegal sexual

intercourse. I too, stoned it along with them.

The Day of Al-Raji... where Muslim martyrs die in a somewhat Christian style. A woman beats a Jewish man to death... and shames the man who did not do it.

Part 2 of Al-Muddaththir - The Cloaked One. The focus will be on line 31... that long paragraph and talks about Jews and Christians. We also go over what the Quran says about those who are "mindful of it."

A look at the two epistles of Peter... the authorship, the content and its implications for Islamic thinking.