There is no god except God

I testify that there is nothing worthy of worship except Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah

أشهد أن لا إله إلاَّ الله و أشهد أن محمد رسول الله

ašhaduʾan lā ilāha illā-llāh, wa ʾašhaduʾanna muḥammadan rasūlu-llāh


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In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

All praise and thanks are due to Allah - Lord of all the worlds.



It is intended that this channel will provide a complete English translation of the Glorious Holy Qur'an on video, inshallah (God-willing).

This project has now begun with the videos for Surah 1-9 (i.e. over one third of the Qur'an) complete. However, production of chapter 10 onwards is currently on hold. Subscribe if you wish to be notified of future uploads.

In addition, this channel may also upload extracts of talks on Islam plus portions of the Qur'an recited by different recitors.


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[Qur'an, 9:109]
Which, then, is the better: he who has founded his building on God-consciousness and [a desire for] His goodly acceptance-or he who has founded his building on the edge of a water-worn, crumbling river-bank, so that it [is bound to] tumble down with him into the fire of hell? For, God does not grace with His guidance people who [deliberately] do wrong...

[Qur'an, 2:177]
True piety does not consist in turning your faces towards the east or the west - but truly pious is he who believes in God, and the Last Day; and the angels, and revelation, and the prophets; and spends his substance - however much he himself may cherish it - upon his near of kin, and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and the beggars, and for the freeing of human beings from bondage; and is constant in prayer, and renders the purifying dues; and [truly pious are] they who keep their promises whenever they promise, and are patient in misfortune and hardship and in time of peril: it is they that have proved themselves true, and it is they, they who are conscious of God....

[Qur'an, 53:31-32]
Indeed, unto God belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth: and so He will reward those who do evil in accordance with what they did, and will reward those who do good with ultimate good. As for those who avoid the [truly] grave sins and shameful deeds - even though they may some­times stumble behold, your Sustainer is abounding in forgiveness. He is fully aware of you when He brings you into being out of dust, and when you are still hidden in your mothers' wombs: do not, then, consider your­selves pure - [for] He knows best as to who is conscious of Him....

[Qur'an, 57:20]
KNOW [O men] that the life of this world is but a play and a passing delight, and a beautiful show, and [the cause of] your boastful vying with one another, and [of your] greed for more and more riches and children. Its parable is that of [life-giving] rain: the herbage which it causes to grow delights the tillers of the soil; but then it withers, and you can see it turn yellow; and in the end it crumbles into dust. But [the abiding truth of man's condition will become fully apparent] in the life to come: [either] suffering severe, or God's forgiveness and His goodly acceptance: for the life of this world is nothing but an enjoyment of self-delusion....


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Sayings of Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him):


"Richness does not come from an abundance of wealth, [true] richness is the richness of the heart."
[Recorded in Bukhari & Muslim]

"No-one who has an atom's weight of pride in his heart will enter paradise....."
[Recorded in Bukhari]

"...Pride is to reject the truth and despise people"
[Recorded in Abu Dawud]

"Allah is merciful upon those who are merciful to others. Have mercy upon those on earth and the One in the Heavens will have Mercy upon you"
[Recorded in Abu Dawud & Tirmidhi]

"The cure for ignorance is to question"
[Recorded in Abu Dawud]

"Be in the world as though you were a stranger or a wayfarer"
[Recorded in Bukhari]


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"The people who love the life of this world have left it without tasting the best thing therein." (He was asked "What is that?" and he answered:) "Knowledge of the Almighty Allah." - Malik ibn Dinar

"The world is 3 days: As for yesterday, it has vanished along with all that was in it. As for tomorrow, you may never see it. As for today, it is yours, so work on it." - Al-Hasan Al-Basree

"O Disciple, get zeal in respect of the spirit, subdual in respct of the ego, and mortification in respect of the body, for your destination is the grave, and the people of the graves expect you at any moment to meet up with them. Beware, beware lest you meet up with them without provision!" - Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali
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