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[M B @M8HUTA]

As someone who has experienced uni student life at UG and PG, Darul Uloom/Islamic seminary talib life, and now as an Alimiyyah teacher & University Chaplain, this is pertinent advice for Muslim uni students. BarakAllah feek @mnizami_uk

وهي جمل تستحق أن تكتب بماء الذهب !

[M Nizami @mnizami_uk]

Dear university students,

I write this in the hope that you’ll understand some important points about deen at university. We’ve also been (western) British university students and experienced what it means and life after it.

[SiblingsOfIlm @SiblingsOfIlm]

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[Ramon Harvey @RamonIHarvey]

I thought it was important to share an Islamic take on AI consciousness. Here is my public essay. Thanks to @oasis_wisdom for publishing it on their Substack. https://t.co/Tz1pak9yGj

[M B @M8HUTA]

“Stand firmly for justice…” (Qur’an 4:135)
Whether through protest, education, or compassion; silence in the face of oppression is not neutrality, it is complicity.

Let remembrance be a spark for awareness, action, and accountability.

[M B @M8HUTA]

Today marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide; the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II.
Over 8,000 Bosniak Muslim men and boys were systematically killed, not during war, but in a UN-declared “safe zone”

[M B @M8HUTA]

As educators, students, and communities, we must ask:
Are we teaching empathy, justice, and courage; or just dates and facts?
Are we helping young people connect history to the moral choices of today?

[M B @M8HUTA]

Muslim scholars later documented these geographic descriptions.

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[M B @M8HUTA]

The Torah mentions "Araba" several times, referring to a specific region in northern Arabia, stretching from Hijaz to Syria and Sinai. The wider Arabian Peninsula is referred to as "the East" or "the South," as it lies to the east and south of Palestine.

[M B @M8HUTA]

The delay in Arabic-written records is attributed to the late adoption of writing by the Arabs, despite being deeply familiar with their land, as evidenced by poets frequently describing their homelands in their poetry.

[M B @M8HUTA]

This parallels the Hebrew "Midbar," meaning wilderness, which also refers to Ismail AS’s settlement and the desert, indicating a direct linguistic link to the term "Arab."

[M B @M8HUTA]

🧵Why were the Arab named "Arab"?

Summarised from: History of the Land of the Qur'an by Allamah Sayyid Sulaiman Nadwi (RA) d.1953

[M B @M8HUTA]

The Term "Arab" in the Qur'an: The Qur'an does not use "Arab" to describe the Arabian Peninsula. Instead, it refers to it as "a valley without cultivation" (Surah Ibrahim: 37), describing the barren nature of the land where Ismail (AS) was settled.

[M B @M8HUTA]

Arabia's environment: The Arabian Peninsula, especially the region from the Hijaz to the Syrian Desert and Sinai, is an arid, barren land with little water or cultivation. This harsh environment led to the region being named "Araba," and its inhabitants became known as "Arabs."

[M B @M8HUTA]

Why was the land called "Araba"? In all Semitic languages, "Araba" means desert or wilderness. In Hebrew, it denotes a desert or open area, and in Arabic, the related term "A’rab" refers to Bedouins living in the desert.

[M B @M8HUTA]

In a poem attributed to Abu Talib bin Abdul Muttalib (though the attribution is incorrect), it is said: "And Araba is a land whose sanctity cannot be violated, Except by a cunning, astute person."

[M B @M8HUTA]

The name "Araba" persisted even after Islam. Abu Sufyan Al-Aklabi, in praise of the Prophet ﷺ , said: "Our leader is Muhammad the Messenger of Allah, a descendant of Abraham (AS), In Araba we dwell, and what a noble mount we ride!"

[M B @M8HUTA]

Ibn Munqidh Al-Thawri said: "We have camels untouched by humiliation, Their abode is in Araba, by Qarn, stretching across the plains.”

[M B @M8HUTA]

Several examples from pre-Islamic poetry use "Araba" to refer to a specific region.

Asad Ibn Al-Jahil said: "And Araba is a land whose people strive diligently every month, Just as the thirsty hasten to drink the juice of the apple."