Selected passages preserve the named source’s wording; translations differ. The studio’s activities and interpretations are original reflections, not additional scripture.
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
Lo! In the creation of the heavens and the earth and (in) the difference of night and day are tokens (of His Sovereignty) for men of understanding,
Qur’an 3:190
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
Such as remember Allah, standing, sitting, and reclining, and consider the creation of the heavens and the earth, (and say): Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain. Glory be to Thee! Preserve us from the doom of Fire.
Qur’an 3:191
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky, and therewith We bring forth buds of every kind; We bring forth the green blade from which We bring forth the thick-clustered grain; and from the date-palm, from the pollen thereof, spring pendant bunches; and (We bring forth) gardens of grapes, and the olive and the pomegranate, alike and unlike. Look upon the fruit thereof, when they bear fruit, and upon its ripening. Lo! herein verily are portents for a people who believe.
Qur’an 6:99
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore learning, creation & wonder, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
He it is Who sendeth down water from the sky, whence ye have drink, and whence are trees on which ye send your beasts to pasture.
Qur’an 16:10
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
Therewith He causeth crops to grow for you, and the olive and the date-palm and grapes and all kinds of fruit. Lo! herein is indeed a portent for people who reflect.
Qur’an 16:11
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
Then exalted be Allah, the True King! And hasten not (O Muhammad) with the Qur’an ere its revelation hath been perfected unto thee, and say: My Lord! Increase me in knowledge.
Qur’an 20:114
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore learning, creation & wonder, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We parted them, and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe?
Qur’an 21:30
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore learning, creation & wonder, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the difference of your languages and colours. Lo! herein indeed are portents for men of knowledge.
Qur’an 30:22
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore learning, creation & wonder, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
And of men and beasts and cattle, in like manner, divers hues? The erudite among His bondmen fear Allah alone. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.
Qur’an 35:28
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore learning, creation & wonder, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
Have they not then observed the sky above them, how We have constructed it and beautified it, and how there are no rifts therein?
Qur’an 50:6
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore learning, creation & wonder, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth,
Qur’an 96:1
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
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Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?
Islam · Learning, creation & wonder
Teacheth man that which he knew not.
Qur’an 96:5
Marmaduke Pickthall · 1930 English rendering · complete ayah as transcribed by Islamic Internet Archives
Context before application
Read the surrounding ayat and surah. This is an English rendering of meanings, not the Arabic Qur’an or a ruling about a specific person. Studio application is an invitation to explore learning, creation & wonder, not the only interpretation of the text.
Studio reflection: What meaning, if any, do you find here? What would need clarification before applying it?