AN online encyclopaedia erroneously claims that Maulana A’shiq Ilahi Merathi was the first person to have translated the holy Quran into Urdu. This is just one example of how misleading information ...

I have 3 questions. I read tafsir ibn kathir which states a hadith which is "whoever explains the Quran with his opinion or with what he has no knowledge of, then let him assume his seat in the fire" ...

The simple reason for this is because Islam is a religion that is practised with knowledge. The word tafseer is derived from "fassara" meaning to explain, to expound or elucidate. In most cases it is ...