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Abdus Sattar Ghauri
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Ameer Hamza
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Asif Iftikhar
Dr Farhad Shafti
Dr Khalid Zaheer
Dr. Junaid Hassan
Dr. Shehzad Saleem
Firas Ahmad
Imam Hamiduddin Farahi
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
Jhangeer Hanif
Kamran Bashir Sheikh
Khalid Masud
Moiz Amjad
Mudasser Test Writer
Rehan Ahmad
Saadia Malik
Siddiq Bukhary
Tariq Haashmi
Yoginder Sikand
Qur'anic Exegesis
- Surah al-Fatir   (April 2021)
- Surah al-Hujurat   (March 2021)
- Surah al-Sajdah   (February 2021)
- Surah Su‘ad   (January 2021)
- 48 - Surah al Fath   (December 2020)
- Surah al-Fath   (December 2020)
- 47 - Surah Muhammad   (December 2020)
- Surah al-Dukhan   (November 2020)
- Surah al-Ahqaf   (November 2020)
- Surah al-Jathiyah   (November 2020)
- Surah Zukhruf   (October 2020)
- Surah Shura   (September 2020)
- Surah Ha Mim al-Sajdah   (August 2020)
- Surah al-Mu’min   (July 2020)
- Surah al-Zumar   (June 2020)
- Surah al-Saffat   (May 2020)
- Surah Yasin   (April 2020)
- Surah Saba   (March 2020)
- Surah Qasas   (February 2020)
- Surah Luqman   (January 2020)
- Surah Ahzab   (December 2019)
- Surah al-Rum   (November 2019)
- Surah al-‘Ankabut   (October 2019)
- Surah al-Naml   (September 2019)
- Surah al-Shu‘ara’   (August 2019)
- Surah al-Furqan   (July 2019)
- Surah al-Ra‘d   (June 2019)
- Surah al-Nur   (May 2019)
- Surah al-Mu’minun   (April 2019)
- Surah al-Hajj   (February 2019)
- Surah al-Anbiya   (January 2019)
- Surah Taha   (November 2018)
- Surah Maryam   (October 2018)
- Surah al-Kahf   (September 2018)
- Surah Bani Isra’il   (August 2018)
- Surah al-Nahl   (July 2018)
- Surah Ibrahim – Surah al-Hijr   (June 2018)
- Surah Yusuf   (May 2018)
- Surah Hud   (April 2018)
- Surah Yunus   (March 2018)
- Surah al-Tawbah (61-129)   (February 2018)
- Surah al-Tawbah (38-60)   (January 2018)
- Surah al-Tawbah (1-37)   (December 2017)
- Surah al-Anfal (41-75)   (October 2017)
- Surah al-Anfal (31-40)   (September 2017)
- Surah Nisa’ (153-176)   (August 2017)
- Surahs Muzzammil and Muddaththir   (July 2017)
- Surah al-Anfal (1-30)   (June 2017)
- Surah al-A’raf (184-205)   (May 2017)
- Surah al-A’raf (163-183)   (February 2017)
- Surah al-A’raf (152-162)   (January 2017)
- Surah al-A‘raf (123-153)   (December 2016)
- Surah al-A‘raf (80-122)   (November 2016)
- Surah al-A‘raf (57-79)   (October 2016)
- Surah al-A‘raf (26-56)   (September 2016)
- Surah al-A‘raf (1-25)   (July 2016)
- Surah An‘am (128-165)   (June 2016)
- Surah An‘am (100-127)   (April 2016)
- Surah An‘am (74-99)   (December 2015)
- Surah An‘am (46-73)   (November 2015)
- Surah An‘am (25-45)   (October 2015)
- Surah An‘am (1-24)   (September 2015)
- Surahs Ma‘un-Kawthar   (August 2015)
- Surahs Kafirun-Nasr   (August 2015)
- Surahs Lahab-Ikhlas   (August 2015)
- Surahs Falaq-Nas   (August 2015)
- Surah Zilzal – Surah ‘Aadiyat   (July 2015)
- Surah Qari‘ah – Surah Takathur   (July 2015)
- Surah ‘Asr – Surah Humazah   (July 2015)
- Surah Fil – Surah Quraysh   (July 2015)
- Surahs Tin – ‘Alaq   (June 2015)
- Surahs Qadr-Bayyinah   (June 2015)
- Surahs Shams-Layl   (May 2015)
- Surahs Duha-Alam Nashrah   (May 2015)
- Surahs Fajr-Balad   (April 2015)
- Surahs A‘la - Ghashiyah   (March 2015)
- Surahs Mutaffifin - Inshiqaq   (February 2015)
- Surahs Buruj–Tariq   (January 2015)
- Surahs ‘Asr-Humazah   (November 2014)
- Surahs Nazi‘at-‘Abas   (October 2014)
- Surahs Mursalat-Naba   (September 2014)
- Surahs Qiyamah-Dahr   (August 2014)
- Surahs Takwir – Infitar   (May 2014)
- Surahs Muzzammil and Muddaththir   (April 2014)
- Surahs Nuh and Jinn   (February 2014)
- Surahs Haqqah and Ma‘arij   (January 2014)
- Surahs Mulk - Qalam   (December 2013)
- Surahs Hashr – Mumtahinah   (October 2013)
- Surahs Hadid – Mujadalah   (September 2013)
- Surah Waqi‘ah   (July 2013)
- Surah Qamar and Surah Rahman   (June 2013)
- Surah Tur and Surah Najm   (May 2013)
- Surah Ma’idah (90-120)   (January 2013)
- Surahs Qaf and Dhariyat   (December 2012)
- Surah Ma’idah (64-89)   (November 2012)
- Surah Ma’idah (32-63)   (October 2012)
- Surah Ma’idah (1-30)   (September 2012)
- Surah Nisa’ (153-176)   (August 2012)
- Surah Nisa’ (101-152)   (July 2012)
- Surah Nisa’ (58-100)   (May 2012)
- Surah Nisa’ (36-57)   (April 2012)
- Surah Nisa’ (15-34)   (February 2012)
- Surah Nisa (1-14)   (September 2011)
- Surah Al-i ‘Imran (144-200)   (November 2010)
- Surah Al-i ‘Imran (118-143)   (May 2009)
- Surah Al-i ‘Imran (100-117)   (April 2009)
- Sūrah Al-i ‘Imrān (81-99)   (March 2009)
- Sūrah Al-i ‘Imrān (64-80)   (February 2009)
- Sūrah Āl-i ‘Imrān (42-63)   (January 2009)
- Surah Al-‘Imran (21-41)   (November 2008)
- Sūrah Āl-i ‘Imrān (1-20)   (October 2008)
- Surah al-Baqarah (275-286)   (April 2006)
- Surah al-Baqarah (261-274)   (March 2006)
- Surah al-Baqarah (252-260)   (December 2005)
- Surah al-Baqarah (242-251)   (November 2005)
- Surah al-Baqarah (233-242)   (September 2005)
- Surah al-Baqarah (222-232)   (August 2005)
- Surah al-Baqarah (204-221)   (July 2005)
- Surah al-Baqarah (196-203)   (June 2005)
- Surah al-Baqarah (178-195)   (April 2005)
- Surah al-Baqarah (163-177)   (March 2005)
- Surah al-Baqarah (142-162)   (December 2004)
- Surah al-Baqarah (122-141)   (October 2004)
- Surah al-Baqarah (101-121)   (September 2004)
- Surah al-Baqarah (83-100)   (August 2004)
- Surah al-Baqarah (61-82)   (July 2004)
- Surah al-Baqarah (40-60)   (May 2004)
- Surah al-Baqarah (30-39)   (December 2003)
- Surah al-Baqarah (26-29)   (October 2003)
- Surah al-Baqarah (17-25)   (September 2003)
- Surah al-Baqarah (8-16)   (August 2003)
- Surah al-Baqarah (1-7)   (July 2003)
- Sūrah Fātihah   (June 2003)
- Surah al-Baqarah (236-242)   (May 2003)
- Surah al-Baqarah (233-235)   (April 2003)
- Surah al-Baqarah (230-232)   (February 2003)
- Surah al-Baqarah (224-29)   (January 2003)
- Surah al-Baqarah (222-223)   (November 2002)
- Surah al-Baqarah (215-221)   (October 2002)
- Surah al-Baqarah (204-214)   (August 2002)
- Sūrah Baqarah (1-5)   (May 2002)
- An Introduction to the Seventh Group   (December 1998)
- Sūrahs Ā`lā - Ghāshīyah   (October 1998)
- Sūrahs Burūj - Tāriq   (August 1998)
- Sūrahs Mutaffifīn - Inshiqāq   (June 1998)
- Sūrahs Takwīr - Infitār   (April 1998)
- Sūrah Nāzi’āt - ‘Abas   (December 1997)
- Sūrahs Mursalāt -- Nabā   (October 1997)
- Sūrahs Qiyāmah-Dahr   (June 1997)
- Sūrah Muddaththir   (April 1997)
- Sūrah Muzzammil   (February 1997)
- Sūrah Jinn   (January 1997)
- Sūrah Nūh   (December 1996)
- Sūrah Ma‘ārij   (November 1996)
- Sūrah Hāqqah   (October 1996)
- Sūrah Qalam   (September 1996)
- Sūrah Mulk   (August 1996)
- Sūrahs Kafirūn-Nasr   (June 1996)
- Surahs Lahab-Ikhlās   (June 1996)
- Surahs Falaq-Nās   (June 1996)
- Sūrah Mā‘ūn-Kawthar   (February 1996)
- Sūrah Fīl-Quraysh   (December 1995)
- Sūrahs ‘Asr-Humazah   (November 1995)
- Sūrahs Qāri‘ah-Takāthur   (October 1995)
- Sūrahs Qadr - Bayyinah   (September 1995)
- Sūrahs Zilzāl - ‘Adiyāt   (September 1995)
- Sūrahs Tīn - ‘Alaq   (July 1995)
- Sūrahs Dhuhā-Alam Nashrah (93-94)   (May 1995)
- Sūrahs Shams-Lail (91-92)   (March 1995)
- Surahs Fajr-Balad (89-90)   (January 1995)
Qur'an
- Variant Readings   (February 2015)
- Subject Matter of the Holy Qur’ān   (May 2010)
- Principles of Understanding the Qur’an   (January 2007)
- Qur'an: The Final Book on Religion   (December 2006)
- The Importance of Classical Arabic   (March 1999)
Hadith & Sunnah
- People of Paradise   (June 2019)
- Indications of Islam, Faith, Virtue and the Day of Judgement   (May 2019)
- Principles of Determining the Sunnah   (July 2006)
- Principles of Understanding the Hadith   (July 2006)
Political Issues
- The Kashmir Issue: Javed Ahmad Ghamidi’s Perspective   (May 2020)
- Is Democracy Compatible with Islam?   (November 2017)
- Khilafah   (June 2015)
- State and Government   (May 2015)
- Islam and the State: A Counter Narrative   (April 2015)
- The Basis of Legislation   (March 2015)
- Is Democracy Compatible with Islam?   (September 2014)
- Downfall of the Muslims   (April 2014)
- Roles and Responsibilities of Muslims in the West   (December 2013)
- Islam and the State   (April 2012)
- The Rule of an Islamic Government   (November 2011)
- Fundamentals of Understanding Islam   (July 2010)
- Implementation of the Sharī‘ah (Divine Law)   (August 2009)
- The Political Law of Islam   (December 2002)
- Political Parties: Origins and Norms   (December 2002)
- The Political Law of Islām (The Basic Premise)   (April 2002)
- The Democratic Process in The Rightly Guided Caliphate   (March 2000)
- The State System   (January 2000)
- The Real Responsibility of an Islamic State   (December 1999)
- Religious Obligations of an Islamic State   (November 1999)
- Secularism and the Quaid   (July 1995)
- The Islamic Manifesto
(A Declaration of War Against The Present World)   (February 1994)
- Methodology for an Islamic Revolution   (October 1993)
- The Penal Law of Islam (1): Introduction   (October 1993)
- The Implementation of Islam: Strategy for those in Authority   (August 1993)
- The Political Law of Islam   (June 1993)
- Rights and Duties of a Citizen   (March 1993)
- Political Parties   (July 1992)
- Our Political System   (May 1992)
- The Islamic Political Law (5)   (March 1992)
- The Islamic Political Law (4)   (February 1992)
- Religious Parties   (February 1992)
- The Islamic Political Law (3)   (January 1992)
- The Islamic Political Law (1)   (December 1991)
- The Baseless Doctrine of Vicegerency of Man   (November 1991)
- The Islamic Political Law (1)   (November 1991)
- The Law of Diyat   (March 1991)
- The Islamic Manifesto
(A Declaration of War Against the Modern World)   (February 1991)
Economic Issues
- Inheritance of an Orphaned Grandchild   (May 2013)
- Distribution of Inheritance   (January 2011)
- Insurance   (November 2010)
- The Question of Interest   (September 2009)
- The Islamic Shari‘ah of Zakah   (October 2005)
- The Economic Law of Islam   (March 2003)
- Major Economic Ills of Pakistan   (August 1999)
- Distribution of Inheritance   (July 1999)
- Establishment of a Public Sector   (February 1999)
- Zakāt   (December 1998)
- A Summary of the Economic Law of Islam   (October 1998)
- The Islamic Law of Inheritance   (May 1993)
- The Economic Law of Islam   (April 1993)
- The Economic Law of Islam (4)   (February 1993)
- The Economic Law of Islam (3)   (January 1993)
- The Economic Law of Islam (2)   (December 1992)
- The Economic Law of Islam (1)   (November 1992)
- The Law of Inheritance (2)   (October 1991)
- The Law of Inheritance   (September 1991)
Social Issues
- The Noble Wives of the Prophet (sws)   (September 2015)
- Wudu and Nail Polish   (September 2014)
- Birth Control   (February 2014)
- Age of ‘Ā’ishah (rta) at her Marriage   (September 2012)
- The Right to Punish a Wife   (June 2011)
- The Right to Divorce   (April 2011)
- The Beard and Isbal-i Izar   (February 2011)
- Abortion   (December 2010)
- Hifz al-Furuj (Guarding the Private Parts)   (October 2010)
- Are Muslims a Single Nation?   (June 2010)
- Etiquette of Sexual Intimacy   (March 2010)
- The Lawful and the Unlawful   (January 2010)
- Head Covering for Women   (November 2009)
- Women Travelling with a Mahram   (July 2009)
- Divorce   (January 2004)
- Relations Prohibited for Marriage   (December 2003)
- The Social Law of Islam: Basic Principle   (October 2003)
- Directives relating to Widows   (September 2003)
- Pre-requisites of Nikāh (Marriage)   (August 2003)
- Etiquette of Sexual Intimacy   (July 2003)
- Polygamy   (June 2003)
- Rights and Obligations of the Spouses   (May 2003)
- Slavery   (April 2003)
- Rights of Orphans   (February 2003)
- Rights of Parents   (January 2003)
- Norms of Gender Interaction   (November 2002)
- The Law of Divorce (1)   (July 2002)
- The Role of our Mass Media   (August 1991)
Beliefs
- Belief in Divine Books   (September 2008)
- Belief in the Prophets   (January 2008)
- The Basic Premise of Religion   (July 2007)
Worship
- Hajj and ‘Umrah   (October 2013)
- The shari‘ah of Preaching   (January 2013)
- The Prayer   (December 2012)
- The Fast   (August 2010)
- Mosques   (February 2010)
- Sighting the Moon   (April 2009)
- Islamic Shari‘ah of the Prayer (2)   (April 2007)
- Islamic Shari‘ah of the Prayer (1)   (March 2007)
- The Islamic Shari‘ah of Preaching   (February 2007)
- The Directives of Fasting   (October 2006)
- Reaping the Blessings of Ramadan   (October 2006)
- The Islamic Shari‘ah of Preaching: (Preaching of Muhammad (sws))   (August 2006)
- Utterances of the Prayer   (May 2006)
- Rituals of the Prayer   (February 2006)
- Various types of the Prayer   (December 2005)
- The Prayer: Some Directives   (November 2005)
- Pre-Requisites of the Prayer   (May 2005)
- The Rituals of Hajj and ‘Umrah   (January 2005)
- The Ritual of Animal Sacrifice   (January 2005)
- The Fast   (November 2004)
- The Islamic Law of Worship Rituals   (August 2004)
- The Role of Mosques   (February 1997)
- Mosques   (April 1992)
Islamic Law
- The Punishment of Intentional Murder   (January 2023)
- Islamic Punishments   (January 2017)
- The Right to make a Will   (September 2013)
Ethics
- Morals and Morality   (May 2007)
Prophethood
- Itmam al-Hujjah of God’s Messengers   (January 2015)
- Belief in the Prophets   (July 2012)
- Punishment for Blasphemy against the Prophet (sws)   (March 2011)
- Some Issues pertaining to Prophethood   (March 2008)
- Some Traits of the Prophets   (February 2008)
Faith
- Belief in the Hereafter   (May 2012)
- Belief in the Angels   (December 2007)
- The Dealings and Practices of God   (November 2007)
- Attributes of God   (October 2007)
- Belief in God (1): His Being   (September 2007)
- The Essence of Faith   (August 2007)
Jihad
- Jihad and War in Islam   (December 2009)
- The Islamic Law of Jihād   (June 2002)
The Hereafter
- The Phases and Abodes of the Day of Judgement   (June 2008)
- The Signs and Events of the Day of Judgement   (May 2008)
- Belief in the Hereafter   (April 2008)
Philosophy
- The Religion of Islam   (June 2006)
Reflections
- Theory of Evolution (2)   (December 2014)
- Theory of Evolution (1)   (November 2014)
- The General and the Specific   (July 2013)
- The Source of Religion   (January 2013)
- Unassailable Knowledge   (October 2012)
- The Consensus of Muslims   (May 2012)
- Our Call to Humanity   (March 2012)
- Organ Transplantation   (August 2010)
- Forbidding Wrong   (October 2009)
- Islam and the Taliban   (June 2009)
- Characteristic Values of Muslim Culture   (February 2009)
- Sources of Islam   (July 2006)
- Oaths and their Atonement   (December 2001)
- Shrines   (September 1992)
Islamic Punishments
- Islamic Punishments   (August 2015)
- The Punishment of Intentional Murder   (December 2013)
- Religious Extremism   (October 2013)
- The Penal Law of Islam   (September 2002)
- Islamic Punishments: Some Misconceptions   (September 2002)
- What is Diyat?   (September 2002)
- The Law of Evidence   (September 2002)
- Islamic Punishments: Some Misconceptions   (October 1999)
- The Penal Law of Islam   (August 1999)
- Method of Proving a Crime: Two Exceptions   (September 1994)
- Punishments: Three Important Considerations   (August 1994)
- The Jail Punishment   (July 1994)
- The Punishments of Drinking and Apostasy   (June 1994)
- Purpose of Punishments   (May 1994)
- The Penal Law of Islam (3): Qadhf   (December 1993)
- The Penal Law of Islam (2): Theft and Fornication   (November 1993)
- The Punishment of Murdering or Injuring a Person   (September 1993)
- The Punishment for Apostasy   (June 1991)
- The Jail Punishment   (April 1991)
- The Law of Evidence   (January 1991)
Da'wah
- The Shari‘ah of Preaching   (March 2015)
- Strategy of Preaching   (November 2006)
- Preaching Responsibilities   (October 2006)
Interview
- Javed Ahmad Ghamidi on Hadith   (March 2014)
- An Interview with the Indian Media   (January 2014)
The Dietary Shari‘ah
- The Dietary Laws   (February 2002)
Education
- Our Education System   (May 2009)
- Al-Mawrid: An Introduction   (April 1994)
- Our System Of Religious Education   (August 1992)
- Our System of Education   (July 1991)
- Al-Mawrid: An Institute of Islamic Research and Education   (May 1991)
Islamic Customs and Etiquette
- Customs and Behavioral Laws   (January 2002)
Miscellaneous
- Ijtihad   (September 2011)
God and Monotheism
- Dealings and Practices of God   (September 2012)
- Verdicts of God   (July 2011)
Rhyme and Reason
- Javed Thus Spake   (June 2000)
- Shall I Compose an Elegy?   (April 2000)
Editor's Mail
- Surahs Hadid – Mujadalah   (January 1991)
The Religion of Islam
- The Religion of Islam   (August 2008)
- Faith and Beliefs   (August 2008)
- Morals and Morality   (August 2008)
- The Sharī‘ah of Worship Rituals   (July 2008)
- The Social Sharī‘ah   (July 2008)
- The Political Sharī‘ah   (July 2008)
- The Economic Sharī‘ah   (July 2008)
- The Sharī‘ah of Preaching   (July 2008)
- The Sharī‘ah of Jihād   (July 2008)
- The Penal Sharī‘ah   (July 2008)
- The Dietary Sharī‘ah   (July 2008)
- Islamic Customs and Etiquette   (July 2008)
- Oaths and their Atonement   (July 2008)
   
 
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