Wednesday, November 12 · Jumada I 21, 1447 AH

That day

One ayah. One hadith. One name. Quiet things, in their place.

Today's verse · purpose

Al-Mu'minun 23:115

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

Afahasibtum annama khalaqnakumAAabathan waannakum ilayna la turjaAAoon

Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?"

Did you think We created you in jest, and that to Us you would not be returned?

Today's hadith · quran

Jami' at-Tirmidhi 2887 (attribution debated; widely cited)

The heart of the Qur'an

إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَلْبًا، وَقَلْبُ الْقُرْآنِ يس

Inna li-kulli shay'in qalban, wa qalbu-l-qur'ani Ya Sin.

Everything has a heart, and the heart of the Qur'an is Ya Sin.

Narrated by Anas ibn Malik.