• The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdosi
    • hundred years did Feridoun rule the world, and might and virtue increased in the land, and all his days he did that which was good. And he roamed throughout the kingdom to seek out that which was open and that which was hid, ...
    • The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdosi
    • "How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny? There stood a slave in the house of Zal, and she was fair to see, so that the heart of the aged man went out to her. And there ...
    • The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdosi
    • uot;Peace reigned again within the borders of Iran, and P the sword slept in its scabbard, and Kai Khosrau ordered the world with wisdom. And men rejoiced that the glory of Turan had been brought low, and the Shah feasted his...
    • The Epic of Shahnameh Ferdosi
    • "Mourning and sorrow filled the heart of Afrasiyab because of his defeat, and he pondered in his spirit how the fortunes of Iran might be retrieved. So he sent messengers unto all his vassals that they should unshea...
    • The Companies (Az-Zumar): 5
    • : 5 Verse of the Week He has created theheavens and the earth with the truth; He makes the night cover the day and makesthe day overtake the night, and He has made the sun and the moon subservient;each one runs on to ...
    • The Tobacco Revolution
    • on Ayatollah Haj Mirza Mohammad Hasan Shirazi was one of Shi’ite scientists. In 1248 AH, as a youth, he left his hometown for Shiraz City where he studied both rational and traditional sciences. In 1295 AH, he left for ...
    • The Death of Rustam
    • tam The last part of Ferdowsi’s Shahname Translated by Helen Zimmern How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny? There stood a slave in the house of Zal, and she was fair ...
    • Salahaddin University
    • ity http://www.usalah.org/ SalahaddinUniversity is one of the oldest and largest institutions of higher learning in the Kurdistan region. It was established in 1968 in Sulemaniya city as the University of Sulemaniya...
    • General Maps of Persia 1477 - 1925
    • 925 by Cyrus Alai Iran, or Persia as it was known in the West for most of its long history, has been mapped extensively for centuries but the absence of a good cartobibliography has often deterred scholars of its hi...
    • The Thief and His Mother
    • her By Aesop A Boy stole a lesson-book from one of his schoolfellows and took it home to his Mother. She not only abstained from beating him, but encouraged him. He next time stole a cloak and brought it to her, and she...
    • Imam Hasan Askari’s Marriage
    • age A detailed account of the marriage of Imam Hasan Askari (pbuh) was told by Majlisi in Biharul Anwar. His father Imam Ali Naqi (pbuh) entrusted this important matter to his friend Bashir bin Sulaiman. First the I...
    • Woman Half-the-Man?
    • an? Crisis of Male Epistemology in Islamic Jurisprudence Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina University of Virginia Introduction Islamic sacred law, the Shari'a, has been regarded by Muslims as a perfect, divinely ordained rel...
    • Thinking and Language
    • theses about the relationship between language and thought can be found in both linguistically studies and....
    • Queen ARWA University
    • ity http://www.arwauniversity.edu.ye/english/index.htm History Queen ARWA University was established in January, 1996. It gained recognition by the Ministry of Education and the Council of Higher Education Resoluti...
    • Pray for Rain
    • In the time of our 11th Imam, Imam Hasan Askari (pbuh) there lived a Christian priest, who could make it rain by raising his hands up to the sky. The Muslim king began to get worried because the Muslims' faith started to...
    • Martyr Professor Motahari’s books
    • The Islamic Modest Dress Glimpses of Nahj al-Balaghah Eternity of Moral Values Sexual Ethics in Islam and in the Western World Repentance Spiritual Discourses Goal of Life P...
    • The Food (Ma’idah):55-56
    • -56 Verse of the Week Only Allah is your Vali and His Apostle and those who believe, those who keep upprayers and pay the poor-rate while they bow And whoever takes Allah and His Apostle and those who believe for a...
    • The Keys of Evil
    • vil Hadith of the Week Refrain from laziness and restlessness because these two are the key to all evils; whoever is lazy doesn't fulfil the rights and whoever is restless is impatient with the truth. Behar Al-Anwa...
    • National Persian Gulf Day
    • Day 10 Ordibehesht/30 April Some Thing Never Change… Persian Gulf in the Ancient World Persian Gulf in the Middle Ages The Age of Colonialism Persian Gulf Naming Dispute Persian ...
    • The least I could do
    • do Iranian Folklore Long long ago, an old mother had a son who had disobeyed the then ruler. The ruler was so angry that had sentenced her son to death. The son was supposed to be hanged in the village center in fron...
    • Elephant (Fil): 1-5
    • 1-5 Verse of the Week Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the possessors of the elephant? Did He not cause their war to end in confusion? And send down (to prey) upon them birds in flocks Casting against...
    • Minoufiya University
    • ity http://www.menofia.edu.eg/en/index.asp History: Minoufiya University was founded in 1976. It started with four faculties with nearly 9500 students, 214 staff members and 372 assisting members. It has steadil...
    • A Holiday Task
    • ask Hector H. Munro Kenelm Jerton entered the dining-hall of the Golden Galleon Hotel in the full crush of the luncheon hour. Nearly every seat was occupied, and small additional tables had been brought in, where fl...
    • The Prophets (Anbiya): 7-10
    • -10 Verse of the Week And We did not send before you any but men to whom We sent revelation, so ask the followers of the reminder if you do not know And We did not make them bodies not eating the food, and they wen not t...
    • Imam Khomeini
    • ini After appointing members of Cultural Revolution High Council Quotation of the Week This regime, generally, has a lot of expectation from a selected skillful group as Cultural Revolution High Council, because i...
    • Imam Jafar Sadiq′s Contribution To The Sciences
    • Imam Sadiq (pbuh) lived at a time when there was a deep and active interaction between Islamic thought and knowledge and the peoples of other nations. During that era, numerous works from different scholars and thinke...
    • Prophet - The Model Of Goodness
    • ess The behavior and personality of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) are the best examples to follow in life. A companion of his, who spent full ten years with him, has said: "Throughout my stay with him I never heard an i...
    • Iran officially joins nuclear club
    • lub President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said that Iran has gained access to the nuclear fuel cycle and enriched uranium to a level that can be used in nuclear power plants on April 9. “I officially announce that Iran has jo...
    • The prophet of Mercy is Born
    • orn One day, while traveling north, one of the Arab tribes from Mecca met a Hermit in the desert. Some of the men stopped to speak with him. Hermits were known to be wise and the Arabs often asked their advice. The Herm...
    • Prophets Birthday Ushers In Unity Week
    • ``... Truth has come and Falsehood has vanished; surely Falsehood was [a thing by nature] vanishing.'' (Holy Qur'an 17:81)  It had been foretold in all heavenly scriptures. The prophets of the yore had given the gl...
    • Ali Sayyad Shirazi
    • azi (1944 – 10 April 1999) Ali Sayyad Shirazi was born in Kaboud Gonbad in 1323 (1944). His father was a military man, which motivated Ali to join army too. In 1964 he was admitted as a cadet. He was promoted to second...
    • Imam Hassan Askari (pbuh)
    • h) Birth & Childhood When he was born his father said that it was an order from the prophet (pbuh) that he should be named Hasan. It was so well known that the last Imams father would be called Hasan that people had p...
    • IMAM REZA ( P.B.U.H )
    • Imam Reza's Social Behavior Imam Reza's donation EId Prayer by Imam Reza (pbuh) Imam Reza (PBUH) Debates with ...
    • 60 Years Old, Sunni Lady Miraculously Healed
    • aled Mrs Naseem Akhtar went with a small group of people from Wolverhampton and Birmingham (U.K.) to do a pilgrimage of Shaam (Syria) & Iran for 2 weeks. This 'noble lady' had apparently been taken in a wheelcha...
    • EId Prayer by Imam Reza (pbuh)
    • buh) Ma’moun asked Imam Reza, peace be on him, to say the 'Id prayer before the people and to deliver a sermon after the prayer, that the hearts of the populace might become assured through that and recognize his ex...
    • Imam Rezas donation
    • The Imam Reza (pbuh) spent all what he had on the poor and the miserable in Khorasan, so Fadl bin Sahl censured him for that, saying: "Surely this is (a kind of) damage!" So the Imam answered him with a s...
    • Imam Rezas Social Behavior
    • Ibrahim bin Abbas, who was one of the high-ranking officials of the Abbasid caliphate, has left the following eyewitness account of Imam Reza’s (pbuh) impeccable character. - His Holiness never irritated others by ...