• The Pilgrimage (Al Haj): 18
    • 18 Verse of the Week Do you not see that Allah is He, Whom obeys whoever is in the heavens and whoever is in the earth, and the sun and the moon and the trees, and the animals and many  of the people and many th...
    • Transcending borders
    • ers Arabs, politics, trade and Islam inSoutheast Asia Jonge, Huub de and Nico Kaptein (eds) viii + 244 pages ISBN 90 6718 184 6 Leiden 2002Arab immigrants toSoutheast Asia and their descendants have not received...
    • Better than the good deed …
    • d … Imam Hadi Ali Naqi Better than the good deed is the one who performs it. And more beautiful than the beauty (of speech) is the speaker of it (decent words). And superior to the knowledge is its bearer and carrie...
    • History of the Shrine of
    • of Imam Ali Al-Naqi & Imam Hasan Al-Askari (PBUT) The modern city of Samara is situated on the bank of the river Tigris some sixty miles from the city of Baghdad. The city is of outstanding importance because o...
    • The Tenth Imam Ali bin Muhammad Al-Hadi (PBUH)
    • UH) Born inMedina 5th Rajab 214 Hijri (8.9.829 AD) Died inSamara, Iraq 3rd Rajab 254 Hijri (1.7.868) aged 40 years Period of Imamate 34 years The period of Imamate of our 10th Imam coincided with the decline of th...
    • Islamic Coins introduced by Imam Mohammad Baqir Order
    • der In the first century Hijrah the paper industry was monopolized by the Romans and when the Christians of Egypt learned from the Romans how to manufacture paper and they produced it they following suit of the Romans...
    • Connected Chain of Transmission
    • on (اتصال السند): A chain of transmission which is connected without interruption in such a manner that it is logically acceptable that the succeeding narrator received the hadith from the preceding one. Therefore, there sho...
    • The Issue of Riba in Islamic Faith and Law
    • Law Dr. Abdulaziz Sachedina University ofVirginiaPerhaps one of the most difficult issues in Islamic concern for fairness in business dealings is its prohibition of business transactions that call for charging riba (usury ...
    • Ayatollah Sheik Fazlullah Nouri
    • uri (1843-1 August 1909 ) Sheik Fazlullah was born in 1843. Finishing primary years of education, He left Iran for Najaf and later in 1299 immigrated to Samara to enjoy Mirza Shirazi’s excellence. Finally in 1883 he ...
    • Araby
    • aby James Joyce North Richmond Street being blind was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from i...
    • Gypsy Proverbs (2)
    • (2) We are all wanderers of this earth, our hearts are full of wonder and our souls are full of dreams. The dog that trots about finds a bone. Misfortune doesn't walk on the earth, but on top of people. He is born i...
    • Chamran University of Ahvaz
    • vaz Iran http://www.cua.ac.ir/ History After Shapur the First, the Sassanid King, conquered the Roman Emperor, commanded the Roman POWs to build a new town in a location that was 18 Kilometers south-Eas...
    • Mersad operation
    • ion 27 July 1988 / 5 Mordad 1367 Acceptance of resolution 598 by Iran pushed Iraq to a political and military cul-de-sac and shocked “opposition” groups. Among them, hypocrites, the only organization which had trie...
    • Hazrat Fatimah(pbuh) in the verse of Counsel (42:23)
    • Say: `No reward do I ask of you for this except the love of those near of kin. And if anyone earns any good, We shall give him an increase of good in respect there of for Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Ready to appreciate (service). (42: 23)...
    • The Gracious Infant
    • nt Fatima Zahra's birth The clear disagreement onFatima's birth date is surprising. Some scholars state that she was born five years after revelation; while others say that she was born two or three years before that; ...
    • The believers (Al-Muminoun): 1-5
    • 1-5 Verse of the Week *Successful indeed are the believers *Who are humble in their prayers *And who keep aloof from what is vain *And who are givers of poor-rate *And who guard their private parts ...
    • Al-SHAMS (The Sun)
    • Sun) Name The Surah has been so designated after the word ash-shams with which it opens. Period of Revelation The subject matter and the style show that this Surah too was revealed in the earliest period atMecca at a stage w...
    • Hadith terms
    • rms Connected Chain of Transmission (اتصال السند): A chain of transmission which is connected without interruption in such a manner that it is logically acceptable that the succeeding narrator received the hadith from th...
    • Abu Sahl Waijan ibn Rustam al-Quhi
    • uhi ( about 940 in Tabaristan [now Mazanderan, Iran]- about 1000) There are two spellings of al-Quhi's name in English which seem to appear about equally often, namely al-Quhi and al-Kuhi. We can deduce from al-Quhi's na...
    • Islam by Fazlur Rahman
    • Rahman Fazlur Rahman'sIslam is aptly titled, in that this slim volume constitutes an incisive and surprisingly comprehensive history and analysis of Islam--its history, its conflicts, its legacy--and its prospects....
    • Fazlur Rahman
    • man Islamic Scholar (September 21, 1919 - July 26, 1988) Fazlur Rahman Malik was a well-known scholar of Islam. M. Yahya Birt of the Association of Islam Researchers described him as "probably the most learned of the...
    • A Traveler's Story
    • A Syrian came toMedina. He saw a handsome man astride a good camel. Upon enquiry he learnt that it was Imam Hasan bin Ali (PBUH). The Syrian stepped forward in anger and said; "Are you the son of Ali bin Abi Talib?&...
    • Gypsy Proverbs
    • rbs A man must put grain in the ground before he can cut the harvest. Fair they go, and always their heels behind them.   You have to dig deep to bury your Daddy. Never eat at the table of a Priest.  The ...
    • Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
    • ngs 1881 Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus was the title and fictional narrator of a collection of stories byJoel Chandler Harris, published in book form from 1881; seven Uncle Remus books were published. Harris was...
    • Language and Space
    • ace Authors: Paul Bloom (editor); Merrill F. Garrett (editor); Lynn Nadel (editor); Mary A. Peterson (editor) Publisher: Mit Pr Publicationdate: July 1, 1996 Pages: 597 Book category : Adult Non-Fiction ISBN...
    • University of Warsaw
    • aw Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/~arabistyka/index.html History The Department was established in 1964 as an independent Chair for Arabic and Islamic studies. It was created and heade...
    • Bangladesh Agricultural University
    • ity http://agri-varsity.tripod.com/ BAU at a Glance: Bangladesh Agricultural University was established as theEast Pakistan Agricultural University on18 August 1961. The present name was adopted in 1972. It c...
    • Law and Power in the Islamic World
    • rld  (Library of Modern Middle East Studies) bySami Zubaida Product Details Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: I. B. Tauris (July 8, 2005) Language: English ISBN: 1850439346 Product Dimensions: 9.1...
    • Al Ghazālī, Causality, and Knowledge
    • dge Peter Adamson University of Notre Dame ABSTRACT: Few passages in Arabic philosophy have attracted as much attention as al-Ghazālī’s discussion of causality in the seventeenth discussion of Tah&...
    • HOW MR. RABBIT LOST HIS FINE BUSHY TAIL
    • AIL “One time,” said Uncle Remus, sighing heavily and settling himself back in his seat with an air of melancholy resiguation—“one time Brer Rabbit wuz gwine ’long down de road shakin’ his big bushy tail, en feelin’...
    • Qadi Zada al -Rumi
    • mi ( 1364 in Bursa, Turkey-1436 in Samarkand, Uzbekistan) Qadi Zada means "son of the judge" and we must assume that indeed Qadi Zada's father was the judge. Qadi Zada, however, is not his proper name which w...
    • The Chambers (Al-H'ujuraat): 9
    • Verse of the Week And if two parties of the believers quarrel, make peace between them but of one of them acts wrongfully toward the other, fight that which acts rightfully until it returns to Allah's Command Then if ...
    • AL-LAIL (Night)
    • ht) Name The Surah takes its name from the wordwal-lail with which it opens. Period of Revelation Its subject matter so closely resembles that of Surah Ash-Shams that each Surah seems to be an explanation of the other. It is...
    • Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei
    • nei The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Quotation of the Week Islamic faith is the belief which is based on logic and reasoning and which ensures mankind's welfare and prosperity. ...
    • German Islamic Institute
    • ute http://www.dii-edu.com/ Tasks and adjectives: The German Islamic Institute for Scientific and Cultural Cooperation was founded in March 2000. Its aim is to promote understanding between cultures and nations, in...
    • Superior to all the women of the world
    • rld Hadith of the Week "O Fatima, I give you the good tidings that Allah made you superior to all the women of the world, and made you the purest of all the women of Islam." Prophet said toFatima Narated by...
    • RESOLUTION 598 (1987)
    • nbsp;    20 July 1987 RESOLUTION 598 (1987)  Adopted by the Security Council at its 2750th meeting on 20 July 1987 The Security Council, Reaffirming its resolution 582 (1986) Deeply conce...
    • The Longest War: The Iran-Iraq Military Conflict
    • ict by Dilip Hiro In The Longest War, Dilip Hiro describes the causes and courses of the Iran-Iraq military conflict and its effect on the two antagonists, as well as the rest of the world. He reveals the intricate twist...
    • The Missing Donkey
    • key Turkish Tale One morning when Nasreddin Hoja [1] went to fetch his donkey, he found it missing. The old rope that had tied the animal up was pulled apart, and the donkey was gone. When his neighbors heard of ...
    • Bahrain Institute of Banking & Finance (BIBF)
    • BF) http://www.bibf.com BIBF is a leading professional training Institute inBahrain and the Gulf Region.  It was founded in 1981 to provide essential training for the banking community in Bahrain.  Si...
    • Dictionary of Islamic Philosophical Terms
    • rms (6) Bariqah: A flash of illumination or inspiration from God in the soul of man, which does not tarry long. Bari Irminiyas: De Interpretatione (The Interpretation), the title of the second of Aristotle’s book on ...
    • CHAPTER 1
    • R 1 The Qur'an and Revelation REVELATION AND SCRIPTURE BEFORE THE QUR'AN God's Communication with Man God communicated with man. This is the key concept of revelation upon which all religious belief - if more than a...
    • Arab Proverbs (3)
    • (3) He who does not recognise the falcon grills it Regrettable deeds are performed through ignorance We as people eat to live and not live to eat. One must eat to live, and not live to eat. How tight can life b...