• The Instrument of the Mind
    • ind Hadith of the Week Plants grow in plain, not rocky, lands. In the same way, wisdom will grow in the hearts of the modest, not the arrogant, because Allah has made modesty the instrument of the mind and made arroga...
    • The Persian Presence in the Islamic World
    • rld By Richard G. Hovannisian (Editor), Georges Sabagh (Editor) Arabic-speakers can claim the Prophet Muhammad as one of their own, but Iranians have bragging rights when it comes to turning a desert religion into ...
    • The Cask of Amontillado
    • ado Edgar Allan Poe THE thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I...
    • World AIDS Day
    • Day 1 December World AIDS Day is commemorated around the globe on 1 December. It celebrates progress made in the battle against the epidemic — and brings into focus remaining challenges. According to UNAIDS estimates, t...
    • Red Ribbon History
    • ry Visual AIDS , founded in 1988, was one of the first national initiatives to record the impact of the AIDS pandemic on the artistic community. It brought together the arts and AIDS communities through its renowned natio...
    • Spider (Al-Ankabout): 5-6
    • 5-6 Verse of the Week *Whoever hopes to meet Allah, the term appointed by Allah will then most surely come and He is the Hearing, the Knowing *And whoever strives hard, he strives for his own soul Most surely Allah is S...
    • The Women of Karbala
    • ala Ritual Performance and Symbolic Discourses in Modern Shi'i Islam Kamran Scot Aghaie 6 x 9 in. 304 pp., 16 color and 39 b&w illus. ISBN 0-292-70936-6 $55.00, hardcover, no dust jacket ISBN 0-292-70959-5...
    • Al-QADR (Power)
    • (Power) Name The Surah has been so designated after the word al-qadr in the very first verse. Period of Revelation Whether it is a Makki or a Madani revelation is disputed. Abu Hayyan inAl-Bahr al-Muhti has made the claim th...
    • THE MASAHIF OF THE COMPANIONS
    • ONS There are numerous indications in the literature of hadith that several of the Companions of the Prophet had prepared their own written collections of the revelations. [Suyuti. Itqan, I, p 62] The best-known among thes...
    • Imams' tradition
    • Hadith of the Week "My traditions are my father's traditions; my father's traditions are my grandfather's traditions; my grandfather's traditions are the traditions of Ali bin Abi Talib, the Commander of the faith...
    • Imam Jafar Sadiq
    • diq (83 A.H-148 A.H.) He was born inMedina in the year 83 A.H and he died in Rajab in the year 148 A.H. at the age of 65. He was buried in the cemetery of Baqi' alongside his father, his grandfather and his (great-grea...
    • Dictionary of Islamic Philosophical Terms
    • rms (10) al-Hass al-'ᾱmm: A term used by al-Khawarizmi to denote common sense. See also al-hiss al-mushtarik. Has hiyatain: Lit. "two margins or limits"; technically the term denotes the doctrine of the p...
    • A Miraculous Act of Imam Sadiq
    • iq A man fromDamascus was given a meeting with Imam Sadiq (pbuh) and said that he had come for a discussion with one of his students. Imam said, "Introduce him to Hisham." Hisham was the youngest of his stude...
    • Saba: 46
    • 46 Verse of the Week Say: I exhort you only to one thing That ruse up for Allah’s Sake in twos and singly, then ponder There is no madness in your fellow-citizen He is only a warmer to you before a severe chastisemen...
    • Al-BAYYINAH (Evidence)
    • nce) Name The Surah is so designated after the word al-bayyinah occurring at the end of the first verse. Period of Revelation Where it was revealed, atMecca or Madinah, is also disputed. Some commentators say it is a M...
    • A History of Islamic Societies
    • ies by Ira M. Lapidus Product Details : Paperback: 1000 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (August 22, 2002) Language: English ISBN: 0521779332 Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.0 ...
    • Aristotelianism in Islamic philosophy
    • hy In Arabic, Aristotle was referred to by name as Aristutalis or, more frequently, Aristu, although when quoted he was often referred to by a sobriquet such as 'the wise man'. Aristotle was also generally known as the First...
    • Collection of Revelation during the Prophets Lifetime
    • time During his last pilgrimage, at the sermon which he gave to the large gathering of Muslims, the Prophet said: 'I have left with you something which if you will hold fast to it you will never fall into error- a plain in...
    • Palestinian Proverbs
    • The empty gives the way to the full. Do good and throw it in the sea. This who digs an evil hole will fall into it. Your close neighbor is better than your faraway brother. The house is our father's and the stranger...
    • Dictionary of Islamic Philosophical Terms
    • rms (9)  al-Jadal: The Arabic title given to Aristotle’s fifth book on logic, viz.Topica; seeTubiqa. Jiddah: The category of "state" or possession as one of the ten Aristotelian categories (al-maqulat al...
    • Brain Death in Islamic Jurisprudence
    • nce Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina University of Virginia Abstract Traditionally Islamic jurisprudence defines death as complete cessation of the heart or respiration. However, a further dimension has been added to this formul...
    • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    • ray Oscar Wild A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his ...
    • The Nightingale and the Rose
    • ose Oscar Wild She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,' cried the young Student; `but in all my garden there is no red rose.' From her nest in the holm-oak tree the Nightingale heard him, an...
    • Al-ADIYAT (The Chargers)
    • gers) Name The Surah has been so entitled after the wordal 'adiyat with which it opens. Period of Revelation Whether it is a Makki or a Madani Surah is disputed. Abdullah bin Masud, Jabir, Hasan Basri, Ikrimah, and Ata say...
    • University of Indonesia
    • esia http://www.ui.ac.id/ HISTORY After the proclamation of independence on the 17th of August 1945, the Indonesian government has realized that education is of utmost important for progress so that a few day...
    • Behave your teacher
    • her Hadith of the Week Respect your teacher and be polite in his assembly (session) and listen carefully to his words. Do not talk loudly before him. If somebody questions him about something do not reply before he do...
    • Allameh Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Tabatabaie
    • aie He was the philosopher, Gnostic and interpreter of the holy Quran. He lost his mother at 5 and his father at 9 years old. He finished his early educations in Tabriz. He studied jurisprudence, essential, philosophy, Gn...
    • Rescue the Moon
    • oon As he was returning home late and tired one night, Nasreddin Hoja [i] stopped at the village well to draw a drink for himself. He was horrified to see the full moon reflected in the dark water at the bottom of t...
    • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
    • Iran will remain a non-nuclear-weapon state party to the NPT and has placed the entire scope of its nuclear activities under IAEA safeguards and additional protocol...
    • Four pillars of Faith
    • ith Hadith of the Week Faith has four pillars: Trusting & relying upon Allah, & contentment & pleasure with the divine will, & submitting to the ordain & ordinance of Allah, & delegation &...
    • To Tell the Truth
    • uth Lori looked glum as she came in the door. "Problems, honey?" asked Mom. "Oh, I just get tired of Marie bossing me around!" complained Lori. "Sometimes I wish I'd never tried to make frien...
    • Seizure of the American embassy
    • ssy 4 November 1979 / 13 Aban 1358 By the victory of Islamic Revolution of Iran, a storm of conspiracies blew against Iran. The documents found in American embassy inTehran (now called Den of Spies ), shows that in ev...
    • Eid ul Fitr
    • The first Eid was celebrated in 624 CE by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) with his friends and relatives after the victory of the battle of Badr. Muslims are not only celebrating the end of fasting, but...
    • Imam Khomeini International University
    • ity http://www.ikiu.ac.ir/ History The act of establishment of Iran Islamic international university was ratified in the session of Islamic consultative assembly on 9/Jan/1984 and was approved by guardian's council o...
    • Educate Yourself First
    • rst Hadith of the Week Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is...
    • The Government of the Islamic Jurisprudent
    • During Imam Khomeini's Exile inIraq he wrote some books to gross the political situation of Iran. The Link below refers to book "Velayat-e Faqih" (the Government of the Islamic Jurisprudent).....