Arabic is written from right to left, like other Semitic scripts, and consists of 17 characters, which, with the addition of dots placed above or below certain of them, provide the 28 letters o…
ISLAM'S WORLDWIDE REVIVAL
(Part One in a series on Islam from Forward magazine)
La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadu Rasool Allah. —There is no deity except God, Muhammad is the Messenger of God.1…
Sura means a "chapter" of the Qur'an. There are 114 suras, and Muslims generally refer to them by the name given to each one, rather than by number. Aya means literally a "sign", and so a part of the…
