Surah Asr an Open Book During Exam

Asr, the Declining Day, is 103^rd and second shortest Surah of Quran after Surah Kauthar. It is completely a Meccan Surah that was revealed on Prophet Muhammad PBUH during His early stay in Mecca. It was the time when people were in great darkness and Islam was presented with brief but highly impressive sentences, which automatically committed to the memory. The particular Quran Suarh contains three verses, in which Allah says, all the mankind is in loss except for those who do righteous deeds and teach other about truth and patience.

By time. Indeed, mankind is in loss. Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.

The word time is used for what is past and what will be future as well as what is passing. The present becomes past and the future becomes present that repeats itself again and again. This world is an examination hall and we all are here to solve our paper in limited time. We mostly listen that the time is money, which is indeed a reality Imam Razi explained the concept of Surah Asar relating with an ice-seller, He said

“I understood the meaning of Surah Al-`Asr from an ice-seller, who was calling aloud for the attention of the people repeatedly in the bazaar: 'Have mercy on the one whose wealth is melting away !' Hearing what he was crying I said to myself: this then is the meaning of Wal- asr-i innal-insana la-fi khusr-in. The age-limit that man has been allotted is passing quickly”

 like the melting away of ice. The time is running with speed and we need to do our best within that period. Imam Shafi explained it perfectly that

“if the people only considered this Surah well, it alone would suffice them for their guidance.”

Now, let us consider some qualities explained in Surah on which success of man depends.

The first quality of a secure person is to have proper Iman the Faith on Allah, on His prophets, His books and the Day of Judgment. To have belief on all of them by heart is not the only requirement but to represent them in your actions is also necessary. There are numerous sources are out there for proper guidance about Islamic beliefs we only need to approach them on right time.

The  second essential quality for good result is to perform good deeds. All such deeds, which are acceptable with the guideline provided to us by our  Lord. Offer salat, pay zakat, perform Hajj if you can afford and many other good deeds that make you practical Muslim.

The third and fourth qualities of a secure person are, they advice each other about truth and patience. These are the great qualities in itself, if we start to say truth and be with them who say truth without worrying about quantity makes you a perfect Muslim. During our stay on earth we go through different hurdles that are to test our faith, we don’t take it positively rather make it bad for us and start to complain. This is time when we should show what we are and whom we are following.

May Allah bless us all with great strength and power to secure good results and fulfill all the requirements being a good human being and practical Muslim.

Different Calendars for Different Communities

The time is changing rapidly so is the technology, now we have numerous tools for the same purpose and each better then the other. There was a time, when people depend on movements of sun and moon  in order to know about date and days of a month.

Then, the advancement in technology introduces the method to record data for further use and now different app stores have numerous applications for the same purpose. Islamic calendar by Quran Reading is one of the apps featuring two different calendars includes Hijri and Gregorian followed by different communities. You can get this beautiful application using the links below:

Get Islamic Calendar for Android Users | Get Islamic Calendar for iPhone Users

The post now will continue with details about different calendars being followed by different communities throughout the world. There are three different types of calendars includes, Solar, Lunar and LuniSolar designed for particular purposes on different times. Although people find it convenient to go with Solar the Gregorian calendar but still there are number of places and people who are followers of other two versions. Below are the details about calendars and their followers.

Solar Calendar / Gregorian Calendar

The most followed calendar of the world as explained before. It completely based upon the relationship between a sun and a earth. Sun completes one circle around the earth in 365.242 days include 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes and 46 seconds. It accumulate 4 times makes 1 day after 4 years added in a month of February. Europe or people from the west originate this calendar as they give importance to day time because of their Mediterranean climate,  they can’t produce enough food from agriculture so they need to need to hunt animals or find nature resources outside.

Lunar Calendar / Islamic Calendar

The second most used calendar after solar. It completely based upon different phases of moon and moon circle around earth. Lunar calendar is ten day less then the previous one because moon completes its one circle around earth in 355-356 days, contains 12 months of 29 to 30 days each. Islam gave great significance to worship in nights because of which Muslims select Lunar movement for their calendar. It is most followed by Arab countries and Muslims around the world in order to know important religious dates and different Islamic events.

                                                     Lunisolar Calendar

The third and least famous version of the calendar but still in use at different places in china. It is also based upon lunar movement make 12 months of total 354.336 days in a year. As the name shows it is a combination of lunar and solar therefore it also to place importance on solar one. After every 3^rd year lunisolar calendar adds 30 days to it that make it equals t to solar calendar. China has many inherited conditions to develop abundant agricultural economy, so they gave importance to sun for daily life, at the same time, they have proper routines for rain and planting that is feasible for the moon circulation, so they took both.

Ease to Understand Quran with Last Ten Surahs

Islam is a religion based upon different beliefs, first to have believe on Allah, the Creator and the Originator of this universe, then to have faith on His Prophets, which He sends to this world for the guidance of mankind. It continues with to have faith on different books revealed on different prophets on various occasions. The most authentic source from our Lord Allah till day now is Quran that send to the Muslims through Prophet Muhammad PBUH and finally to have faith on the Day of Judgment when we all will be gathering to get results against deeds performed in this world. There are number of Islamic apps placed in different app stores containing information about Quran Surahs, one develop by QuranReading.com is Last Ten Surahs. Below are the links to get this valuable beautiful application for your kids and yourself.

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Last Ten Surah with English Translation for Android

Last Ten Surah with English Translation for iPhone

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Quran learning is mandatory for Muslims in whatever age they are. Learning always starts with small chunks that increases gradually when you get enough understanding. Similarly, Quran learning starts with Short Surahs of Quran that provides you enough understanding about Quranic verses and then you can continue with proper start from Surah Fatiha. Last Ten Surahs by QuranReading.com is one of the similar apps helping in getting proper understanding about verses of Quran. The particular application is full of useful features details about them are as following:

Surahs with Transliterations

The application provides you a list of short Surahs that can be select on a single click that will take you to the recitation screen. It presents verses with prominent Arabic script along with English transliteration for the one who finds it difficult to read verses in Arabic format. Your can enable or disable it to display on recitation screen as per your likeness.

Surahs with Translation and Soul Catching Audio

Along with transliterations application also provides you verse-to-verse translation as we know understanding always comes with meaning therefore reading Quran with translation leads to build good interaction with it. Translation can also be enable or disable as transliterations as per user likeness. Furthermore application also provides you recitation of verses in two different forms one is Al-Saudis and other Al-Fasy. It gives you a great help in order to know proper recitation of verses with tajweed.

Recitation Screen Customization

In addition to many other useful features, application also allows you to modify your app screen as the way you like. Simply go to setting and you will get numerous customization options few already explained above. The setting option includes selection of reciter for recitation, change font size and color and many more that you can explore while using this beautiful application.

Learning of anything is not an overnight task, it takes time and proper attention. The more you are sincere with learning the more you will get, just give your proper time for whatever you are doing to get better outcomes.

Top Mobile Apps for Muslims

The time is changing so the humankind. The advancement in technology where brings number of problems, at the same time is a great relief.  Just remember the time when search for content was a great hectic task consumes hours and hours, which ends on either some good content or all efforts go vain. Getting information now a days is not a big deal thanks to internet. You just need to enter your query and plenty of information is there to help you out. However, internet information is not reliable which comes to religion. You need to search a lot to reach authentic content, this great problem solve after Smartphone applications. Now you can find number of Islamic apps placed in different app stores. You can download them after verifying their authenticity, through developer, app reviews, and number of download. Quran Reading is also one of the developers working on Islamic niche and provides you plenty of Islamic apps contains huge knowledge for Muslims. You can download their apps using the link below:

Get Best Islamic Apps for Android

The developer Quran Reading mention before working hard to help Muslims in order to provide them information about Islam. They provides applications some related to Quran Learning and some other are based on important tools for daily life like, Islamic Calendar, Find Qibla Direction, Blood Group Diet and many more. All applications are provide after a huge research in order to make them useful and authentic for Muslims. Top mobile apps for android from Quran Reading, which users like a lot, are Find Qibla Direction, Muslim Dua Series and Dua-e-Qunoot. All these applications and other as well are keep improving after getting precious feedbacks from their users.

Let continue with some new applications developed by QuranReading.com. Recently they come up with number of beautiful applications featuring word to word transliterations, translation and recitation also. All these applications are develop with new color combinations and stunning graphics to make feasible conditions for kids learning more interactive and effective. Details about few of them are as following:

Learn Dua-e-Qunoot

A beautiful application to teach your kids about Dua Qunoot to add it in their daily witr prayers. The particular application provides you verses form Dua-e-Qunoot with word to word transliterations, translation and recitation in order to get maximum understanding in short span of time. When you find it easy and you get to know about pronunciation of individual word, you can then switch to full Dua to find connection between words and recitation of full Dua in a flow. This application is available with bright and eye-catching colors that might appeal your kids towards learning. To get this valuable application just visit the below given links for Android and iPhone users.

LearnDua-e-Qunoot for Android | Learn Dua-e-Qunoot for iPhone

The particular application is a great start towards learning just take some time and get it for your kids and for yourself as well.

Learn Ayatul Kursi

The another stunning addition in Kids Islamic applications by QuranReading.com. The application features the great Veres of Throne, Ayatul Kursi. Muslim parenting demands to teach their kids about Islam and the most elementary factor is to teach your kids about His creator, the king of the kingdom, our Lord Allah swt. This verse of Quran explains few sparkling attributes of Allah swt that help your kids to know about His creator. Application provides you verse of the Throne in two different modes of learning, just select the one appropriate for you and your kids. To download this beautiful application use the below given links.

LearnAyatul Kursi for Android | Learn Ayatul Kursi for iPhone

Start your Quran learning in an interactive and effective manner with Islamic applications.

Kids Dua Now

During our life time are come number of events when we should recite duas in return of different blessings Allah swt grants to us. To teach your kids about different Islamic duas you can download a dazzling application developed by QuranReading.com mentioned above. It provides you number of duas based on different age groups of kids. Duas presented with two versions of learning word to word and full duas. All the supplications available with their graphical representations depicting purpose of recitation. Use the below given links to have this stunning in your smart device.

KidsDua Now for Android | Kids Dua Now for iPhone

The new series of applications develop for kids are great source of learning. Use these applications for not only kids but for yourself as well to correct your pronunciation of different words and reading  of Quranic verses with proper tajweed. These applications are also beneficial for new reverts to know basic rules of Quran reading.