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First of all, let’s begin with history. Even the Torah uses “We” for God. And I’m not talking about Christians. I’m talking about Jews. Do Jews believe God has a son? No. Yet their scripture still uses “We.” So this is not something unique or strange. Now, to understand this logically, you first have to understand pronouns. There are three types: third person, second person, and first person. Third person is “he, she, they.” Second person is “you.” First person is “I and we.” In Arabic, it’s even more detailed - there are multiple forms of “you” - but focus on this: Allah uses “He” (third person), Allah allows Himself to be addressed as “You” (second person), and Allah uses “I” and “We” (first person). Now here’s the key question: if “We” was actually plural in number, then you should find plural in all three categories. You should find “they” used for Allah. You should find “all of you” used for Allah. But do you? No. You only find plural in the first person. That means it is not lite...

According to Sir Richard Burton a British Traveller, scholar and employee of East India Company travelled Holy Cities in disguise, He mentioned in his book “Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah” about presence of some Indian painters and cartographers lived in Mecca and they earned decent money.

The letter an Ottoman soldier sent to his daughter from the Front during Ramadan. “My beautiful daughter, Today is July 14, the second day of Ramadān. Shaykh al-Islām issued a fatwa saying that you may not fast. But I did not feel comfortable. I intend to fast. At suhūr, I found two root çiriş (a grass smaller than a leek) among the bushes. I had suhür with them. We dug new trenches during the day. I was never silent. The offensive has increased. We couldn’t get our heads out. In the evening, a soldier recited the call to prayer. Inside the trench, the canteen circulated from hand to hand. Everyone broke their fast with water. I thought I was the only one fasting. It turns out that all of the troop were fasting. The flask came to me last. It came, but I was ashamed of myself. My friends all fasted without suhür. I, on the other hand, felt embarrassed towards my friends because I ate two çiriş. That day, I shed tears asking how can I repay the people of Erzurum, Darende and Yenice who ...

Imagine waiting in silence… No loudspeakers. No phone alerts. Then BOOM — and all of Makkah breaks its fast. For nearly 150 years, a cannon was fired from Jabal al-Madfa‘ah (Mountain of the Cannon) in the Jarwal area, north of Masjidil Haram. That single powerful blast announced: • The beginning of Ramadan • The moment of iftar • The end of suhoor Families would pause, listen carefully… and wait for the sound before touching their dates. The tradition continued until around 2014, when modern adhan systems and synchronized prayer-time signals replaced it. Today, the historic Ramadan cannon is preserved and displayed at the Abu Bakr Al Amoudi Museum in Makkah — silent now, but once it carried the sound that united an entire city. Makkah does not forget its history. It simply becomes quieter.

अक्सर मस्जिदों में देखा जाता है कि जैसे ही इमाम रुकू में जाते हैं, लोग तेज़ी से भागते हुए शफ में पहुँचने की कोशिश करते हैं सिर्फ़ इस उम्मीद में कि कहीं रकअत न छूट जाए। मगर यह तरीका खुलकर नबी ﷺ ने मना किया है। सहीह बुखारी हदीस 908 में आता है: حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ ، قَالَ حدثنا الزُّهْرِيُّ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ ، وأبي سلمة عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، أَنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : إِذَا أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَلَا تَأْتُوهَا تَسْعَوْنَ وَأْتُوهَا تَمْشُونَ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّكِينَةُ ، فَمَا أَدْرَكْتُمْ فَصَلُّوا وَمَا فَاتَكُمْ فَأَتِمُّوا . “न तो दौड़ो, न जल्दी करो। जो मिल जाए, उसी के साथ शामिल हो जाओ, और जो छूट जाए, उसे बाद में पूरा कर लो। यानी रुकू पकड़ने के लिए भागना, साँस फू...