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بِسْمِ اللٌّهِ الرَّحْمٌنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful I had been on a spiritual quest for a very long time in my life. It started early in my childhood as far back as I can remember. However, to put it down ...

بِسْمِ اللٌّهِ الرَّحْمٌنِ الرَّحِيمِ In the name...

In the Name of God One of the most important religiously obligatory demands today is a proper understanding of the universal Abrahamic religion and its purification from the influences that have covered this divine religion through the centuries. Th...

In the Name of God One of the most important reli...

It is an obligatory duty on Muslims to strive for a single ummah, in the same way that they are obligated on the basis of tawhid to worship one God. A single, united ummah can only be actualized when the whole group follows one political, social and ...

It is an obligatory duty on Muslims to strive for ...

In the Name of God, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful, and to He alone do we turn for help. Perpetual praises are due to God all-eternal; salutations without end are in order upon God’s holy prophets—particularly his Eminence, the Seal of p...

In the Name of God, the All-beneficent, the All-me...

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful The invaluable legacy of the Household [Ahl al-Bayt] of the Prophet (may peace be upon them all), as preserved by their followers, is a comprehensive school of thought that embraces all bran...

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-...

Pope Benedict XVI, the leader of world’s Catholics in his lecture on Tuesday, 121 September 2006 in Ratisbona University, Regensburg, Germany, discussed about relation of rationalism, faith and Jihad, and accused Islam to violence and incompatibility...

Pope Benedict XVI, the leader of world’s Catholics...

The English translation of Tashihu 'l-i‘tiqad has been with us for some time, the translator having prepared it as part of his university thesis which consisted of three parts: a biography of al-Mufid, the translation of the text of the book, and a s...

The English translation of Tashihu 'l-i‘tiqad has ...

The intellectual relationship between the Mu‘tazilite school of thought and Shi‘ism, which constitutes, as the late Prof. Macdonald noticed, "the great mystery of Muslim history", was referred to by many classical as well as modern scholars. The diff...

The intellectual relationship between the Mu‘tazil...

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful the Compassionate Each and every verse of the Holy Qur’an deserves a lot of research, contemplation, and analysis so that we may begin on the road of discovering the vast treasures that are hidden with each word re...

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful the Compassiona...

Shaykh al-Ta'ifa al-Tusi's works in tafsir, hadith, kalam, and fiqh mark the culmination of many a generation's efforts in developing these sciences and their methodology. Besides al-Kulayni, al-Saduq, al-Mufid, al-Murtadha and al-Radi, a host of sch...

Shaykh al-Ta'ifa al-Tusi's works in tafsir, hadith...

As we know, a few years after the formation of theoretical and scientific foundations of Shi‘a thought, Imam Sa-diq (a) expounded the doctrines of Twelvers in a well-reasoned and demonstrated way on different subjects of theology, the Qur’a-nic exege...

As we know, a few years after the formation of the...

The division of the community of Islam into Sunni and Shi'i branches has commonly been explained in terms of purely political differences. Its origins have been attributed to basically political partisanship with regard to the leadership of the Umma,...

The division of the community of Islam into Sunni ...

Allah has called all of His creation to obedience to Imam Mahdi (may Allah hasten his return), since obedience to him is obedience to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), and obedience to the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family) is o...

Allah has called all of His creation to obedience ...

In the period prior to the beginning of occultation (260 A.H), Shi'ites were fortunate to have outstanding intellectual scholars who were trained by Imams (A.S) and to whom the principles were taught. Those principles were known as the “Four Hundred ...

In the period prior to the beginning of occultatio...

“O Believers, if an unrighteous person comes to you with information, you should verify it or else you might inflict harm on a people in ignorance and then end up regretting what you have done” (Holy Qur'an: Chapter 49, Verse 6) The Shi'ah are devot...

“O Believers, if an unrighteous person comes to yo...

It is a pleasure for us, and all praise to Allah, to undertake the publishing of the English translation of the book Wala'ha wa wilay atha, which was written in Persian by the late, great, Islamic thinker Shaykh Murtadha Mutahhari - may Allah bestow ...

It is a pleasure for us, and all praise to Allah, ...

“O you who believe! Fear Allah and seek an approach unto Him...” (5:35) Over the last few centuries, the Muslims have been wracked by severe discord and hostility over the issue of tawassul (beseeching or supplicating) to Prophet Muhammad (saws), th...

“O you who believe! Fear Allah and seek an approac...

From a Shi'a point of view, there are four sources on which any investigation about Islam has to be based: the Glorious Qur'an, the Sunnah (including sayings, actions and tacit approval of the Prophet), reason, and consensus. After a careful consider...

From a Shi'a point of view, there are four sources...

The Glorious Qur'an is a Book whose verses are firmly arranged then distinguished from the All-wise, the All-aware. (11 :1) Almighty Allah has revealed to His servant and messenger (peace be upon him and his progeny) that he may be a warner to the w...

The Glorious Qur'an is a Book whose verses are fir...

Preface of the First Edition This is the 8th Unit of the Islamic Correspondence Course, and gives the details of Islamic belief about Qiyamat and other related subjects. It is hoped that this book will give enlightenment to our brothers and sisters...

Preface of the First Edition This is the 8th Unit...

In the Qur'an, in a passage describing the annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jesus ('a) is described as a Word from God: “O Mary! Verily Allah gives you the glad tidings of a Word from Him; his name is the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, eminent ...

In the Qur'an, in a passage describing the annunci...