Merits of Reciting The Holy Qur’an God Almighty say in His Holy Qur’an: ﴾so recite what is easy [for you] of the Qur’an﴿…. The blessed Ramadan month was described as the month of the Qur’an for it was revealed during it. Hence, it acquired its holiness, sanctity, and merits according …
Read More »Pardoning, a Manner of the Noble (Imam Zein el Abideen (a.s.) a Paradigm)
Pardoning, a Manner of the Noble (Imam Zein el Abideen (a.s.) a Paradigm) The main axes of the subject: 1- The crown of noble qualities 2- The principles of pardoning 3- Be a gracious forgiver 4- A comprehensive pardoning Purpose: We will explain the spiritual value of pardoning and forgiveness …
Read More »Lessons from the Nahjul Balagah
Lesson Seven The End of Prophethood „… Among them was either a predecessor who would name the one to follow or the follower who had been introduced by the predecessor.” (Sermon 1, Nahj-ul-Balagha) In the previous lesson, we mentioned that human beings have never suffered from the absence of the …
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Interpretation of Surah al-Hamd Ayatullah Ruhullah Khumayni I have been asked to say something on the exegesis of Surah al-Hamd. The fact is that the exegesis of the Qur’an is not a thing of which we may be able to acquit ourselves well. In every period of Islamic history the …
Read More »Translations of the Holy Qur’an into English
The Holy Qur’an has been translated into the English language by many scholars of repute, and some of these have provided detailed notes of commentary. They include: George Sale, J.N. Rodwell, E.H. Palmer, M. Pickthal, Hafiz Ghulam Sarwar, N.i Dawood and M.H. Shakir. Translation of the text alone is not …
Read More »Our Philosophy – Ayatullah Muhammad Baqir as-Sadr
I Socialism and Communism There are many schools of socialism. The best-known of these is chat which teats on Marxist theory, or dialectical materialism, which expresses a specific philosophy of life and a materialistic understanding of it along dialectical lines. Dialectical materialists have applied this theory to history, society and …
Read More »Patience, Key to Goodness: Imam al Kazim (a.s.) a Paradigm
Patience, Key to Goodness: Imam al Kazim (a.s.) a Paradigm The main axes of the subject: – The truth of patience – Patience and faith – Part of patience Purpose: We will explain the meaning of patience while encouraging it as well as distinguish between the good of it and …
Read More »Protecting the Environment Protects Life
Protecting the Environment Protects Life The main axes of the subject: 1- Environmental life sources 2- Do not corrupt that which Allah has reformed for you 3- Some rules to protect the environment Purpose: We will explain the level of Islam’s interest in the environment, which is the reason for …
Read More »Husaynism Pride – Pride of Imam Husayn (a.s.)
Husaynism Pride – Pride of Imam Husayn (a.s.) The main axes of the subject: 1- Total submission to Allah 2- Humility toward Allah and meekness toward his servants 3- Humility toward Allah alone and no one but Allah (The Exalted) 4- Examples of the pride of lord of the martyrs …
Read More »Lessons from the Nahjul Balagah
Lesson Six The Continuity of Prophethood Continuity is one of the main points in the discussion of prophethood. In the first Sermon of the Nahj-ul-Balagha, the Commander of the Faithful aims at picturing the line of prophethood as a consistent and continuous line in the course of history extending to …
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