Surah Al-Baqarah: The Cow - Verse 243

What makes a person reject the truth even when they recognize it? Is it a lack of evidence, or could something much deeper be at work? Throughout history, people have turned away from guidance for surprising reasons. In this session, we'll uncover one of the most destructive dise ...  Show more

What if the people who seem most powerful are actually the most spiritually bankrupt? Today, we dive into a powerful verse that strips away illusions about the true value of leadership and wealth. 

(105:1) Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the people of the elephants? (105:2) Did He not bring their plan to naught? (105:3) And He sent against them swarms of birds (105:4) which smote them with stones of baked clay, (105:5) and made them like straw eaten up (by cat ...

The Quran addresses one of humanity’s perennial questions: Why are we here, and where are we going? In this episode, Hamza Yusuf elucidates the Quranic conception of this life and the prophetic practice that navigates us back to the Divine. 

Chapter six of the Quran is called The Cattle; some translations use the more encompassing word livestock. The title comes from the discussion about livestock in verses 136- 39. This chapter of 165 verses was revealed in Mecca. In a similar way to other chapters revealed in Mecca ...  Show more