Rajab 1446
№1. (2025-01-01)

The Koran in Russian Poetry

A number of Russian poets paid special attention to the Holy Book of Muslims in their work. The beautiful, unusual and unsurpassed style of the Koran...

Said ibn Jubayr

“Said ibn Jubayr was killed when there was no man on earth who did not need his knowledge.” Ahmad ibn Hanbal   He was a strong and...

A pure heart: what is it like?

When we talk about the heart, we often mean not only a physical organ, but also a certain spiritual centre of a person - the source of his feelings,...

Sufism - the science of purification of the soul

There has always been a lot of gossip around Sufism, and especially today, when so many strange, incomprehensible and sometimes simply crazy people...

Hajar - the mother of Prophet Ismail

The story of the noble Hajar is connected with Lady Sarah. The Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and Sarah had been married for many years but they had no...

Never throw away coffee grounds!

Many of us start our day with coffee and prefer natural ground coffee to instant coffee (there are pros and cons to both but that is not what we are...

Zarruq’s Law or Newton’s Law

Isaac Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, mechanic and astronomer, one of the founders of classical physics and mathematical analysis (b....

They are impossible to destroy...

The human body is the most amazing creation of the Supreme Creator on the planet. With its incredibly complex structure, the human body still baffles...

2026-09-01 (Rabi-ul-awwal 1448) №9.


Valuable Advice How to Raise Children

In one of our previous issues, based on the work of renowned Arab child-rearing expert Dr Mustafa Abu Saad, we discussed three types of parents. Firefighters, animal trainers and positive educators – this is the classification Mustafa Abu Saad uses in his works.   I would like to...


The Treasures of Our Hearts

In the hustle and bustle of our days, amidst the challenges of modern times, we sometimes sorely lack guidance, living examples of how to remain faithful, feminine and strong.   Allah, in His boundless mercy, has granted us such examples – the wives of the Prophet ﷺ. Their lives are...


The 11th-Century Nizamiyya Madrasah in Dagestan

Find yourself in the high mountains of the Dagestani village of Tsakhur and you will literally touch history. Just reach out and touch the walls of the first university-type madrasa in the North Caucasus, which is located here.   Almost 950 years ago, in 1075, a madrasa was opened in...


Discoverer of Microbes: Muhammad ibn Hamza Akshemeddin

In the modern world, it is generally accepted that great scientific discoveries belong to Western scientists. However, few know or remember the successes of traditional Muslim research and achievements.   The discovery of microbes is attributed to the Islamic scholar Muhammad Shams al-Din...


If one man is no man, then who is?

Proverbs and sayings are a treasure trove of folk wisdom but sometimes their true meaning is lost over the centuries. The familiar expression “One man, no man” is precisely such a case. I think many will be surprised to learn that this proverb has an important continuation, which...