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The Oath on the Breakfast Table

Fig and Olive in the Quran: The Oath on the Breakfast Table

Surah at-Tin opens with an oath sworn by two ordinary foods, a fig and an olive, then a mountain, then a city, and lands on a declaration about the reader:

The Group Chat Has Been Quiet Since Eid

Siblings in Islam: The First Thing Musa Ever Asked For

We can still recite a sibling's coffee order from 2009 and not know what street they park on now.

The Sentence We Rehearse in the Shower