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I have been researching on the topic of I'jaz (or inimitability) of the Qur'an giving more attention to what is there in the Orientalists' books. The information that is available in these books is miniscule as compared with what is available in the ...

I have been researching on the topic of I'jaz (or ...

Name "Al-Jinn" is the name of this Surah as well as the title of its subject matter, for in it the event of the Jinn's hearing the Qur'an and returning to their people to preach Islam to them, has been related in detail. Period of Revelation Accordin...

Name "Al-Jinn" is the name of this Surah as well a...

Name This Surah takes its name An Nur from verse 35. Period of Revelation The consensus of opinion is that it was sent down after the Campaign against Bani al-Mustaliq and this is confirmed by vv. 11-20 that deal with the incident of the "Slander" wh...

Name This Surah takes its name An Nur from verse 3...

Sirat alladhina an‘amta ‘alayhim ghayri’l-maghdubi ‘alayhim wa lad-dallin”‌ {The path of those whom You have blessed””such as have not incurred Your wrath, nor are astray} After asking for guidance along the straight path, the one praying beseeches ...

Sirat alladhina an‘amta ‘alayhim ghayri’l-maghdubi...

“Ihdina’s-sirat al-mustaqim”‌ {Guide us on the Straight Path} The caravan of creation is constantly moving toward God, the Exalted: “Toward Him is the return”‌[1] and man is also endeavoring and moving: “You are laboring toward your Lord”‌[1] and in...

“Ihdina’s-sirat al-mustaqim”‌ {Guide us on the Str...

“Iyyaka na‘bud wa iyyaka nasta‘in”‌ {You {alone} do we worship and to You {alone} do we turn for help} “Iyyaka na‘bud”‌ means that “We are servants of You alone and not of others.”‌ This sentence has two dimensions: One is the affirmation of servit...

“Iyyaka na‘bud wa iyyaka nasta‘in”‌ {You {alone} d...

“Maliki yawmi’d-din”‌ {Master of the Day of Retribution} God is the Master of the Day of Retribution. He is both the Master {malik} and the Sovereign {malik}. The universe is an estate {milk} under His possession {malikiyyah} as well as a dominion {...

“Maliki yawmi’d-din”‌ {Master of the Day of Retrib...

Ar-rahmani’r-rahim”‌ {the All-beneficent, the All-merciful} Translating these two terms into Persian as “bakhshandeh-ye mehraban”‌ is not a perfect and expressive translation because according to ‘Allamah Shahid Mutahhari, “bakhshandeh-ye mehraban”‌...

Ar-rahmani’r-rahim”‌ {the All-beneficent, the All-...

The word “Allah”‌ Some people have regarded the word “Allah”‌ to be derived from “اَلِهَ”‌ “aliha”‌ meaning “عَبَدَ”‌ “‘abada”‌. By “Allah”‌ they mean the Real Worshipped Being who has all the perfections. Others, however, have regarded it to have b...

The word “Allah”‌ Some people have regarded the w...

Bismillahi’r-rahmani’r-rahim {In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful} Among various peoples and communities, there is a custom of beginning an important work with the name of one of the leading figures of that community who is res...

Bismillahi’r-rahmani’r-rahim {In the Name of Allah...

Many students are shocked when they realize that modern Euro-American culture is the embodiment of a multi-dimensional world view or belief system that is commonly called "modernism." Some of the beliefs of modernism in comparison to Islam are discus...

Many students are shocked when they realize that m...

As indicated in the theory of distribution, the Islamic State possesses the sole right of ownership of natural resources. Consequently, it has absolute control over all aspects of economic activities. The owner of natural resources or, primary commod...

As indicated in the theory of distribution, the Is...

The third part of the Islamic solution to the economic problem, according to Sadr, deals with "fostering production and utilization of natural resources of the environment to their fullest extent." 25 God has created an abundance of resources in natu...

The third part of the Islamic solution to the econ...

The first task of the Islamic political system is to eliminate all forms of oppression within economic relationships and to lay the ground for the establishment of a just system of distribution of eco­nomic resources. However, the source of the injus...

The first task of the Islamic political system is ...

Sadr, furthermore, develops an Islamic theory of distribution of produced commodities. Produced wealth is classified into: (1) primary commodities, such as agricultural produce and raw materials; and (2) secondary commodities, which are the primary c...

Sadr, furthermore, develops an Islamic theory of d...

The first step to end the contradictions in the economic structure of society begins with the distribution of economic resources among people. A just social system is one that allows all people to benefit from economic wealth. The Islamic economic sy...

The first step to end the contradictions in the ec...

In constructing the conceptual framework of his theory, Sadr also disagrees with political economists on the scope of economic resources. He disregards capital and labour as parts of economic resources. It is only nature that can be taken into accoun...

In constructing the conceptual framework of his th...

With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and in its heartland, the Soviet Union, the world is yet again dominated by the practices and laws of capitalism. Today's world econo­my is shaped according to Adam Smith. No other alternative routes f...

With the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe a...

Man's behaviour, according to Sadr, is categorized into three types of relationships: social, economic and religious. They stem from man's basic relationship to other men, to the environment, and to God. The economic relations, however, are outcome o...

Man's behaviour, according to Sadr, is categorized...

2920. It is unlawful on the basis of obligatory precaution to shave one's beard, and it is also unlawful to get wages for shaving the beard of another person. However, if a person who does not shave his beard is made a target of ridicule and has to s...

2920. It is unlawful on the basis of obligatory pr...

2919. It is not permissible for a man to wear gold (e.g. to use a chain, a locket, a ring, chain of the watch or a frame of the spectacles which is made of gold) but there is no harm in his mixing a cover of gold on his tooth even though it may be fo...

2919. It is not permissible for a man to wear gold...