Quranic Reflection No 671. Āyat 14:18 – Figures of Speech: The Simile

Bismillāh. 8 March 2024/27 Sha‘bān 1445 Have you registered for ALI 678: Daily Ramadan Reminder? See details below. أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَرَمَادٍ اشْتَدَّتْ بِهِ الرِّيحُ فِي يَوْمٍ عَاصِفٍ Their deeds are like ashes over which the wind blows hard on a tempestuous day. (Sūrat Ibrāhīm No. 14, Āyat 18) Figures of speech are usages of a word … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 670. Āyat 82: 10 – 12; Angels who record our deeds.

Bismillāh. 1 March 2024/20 Sha‘bān 1445 وَإِنَّ عَلَيكُم لَحافِظينَ, كِرامًا كاتِبينَ, يَعلَمونَ ما تَفعَلونَ Indeed, there are over you watchers, noble writers, who know whatever you do. (Sūrat Al-Infitār, No.82, Āyat 10-12) When human becomes engrossed in the mundane aspects of this world, his/her belief in the day of judgement becomes obscured. Time and again, … Read more

Réflexion coranique n°427. Āyat 27 :40 – Les différents types de tests

Bismillāh, 29 Février 2024/13 Sha‘bān 1445 ۖقَالَ هَـٰذَا مِن فَضْلِ رَبِّى لِيَبْلُوَنِىٓ ءَأَشْكُرُ أَمْ أَكْفُرُ Il dit: « Cela est de la grâce de mon Seigneur, pour m’éprouver si je suis reconnaissant ou si je suis ingrat. (Sūrat al-Naml, No.27, Āyat 40) Lorsque le prophète Sulaymān ‘alayhis-salām invita la reine Bilqīs et son peuple à … Read more

Réflexion Coranique N°426. Āyat 18 :105 – Le poids et la valeur au Qiyāmah

Bismillāh, 22 Fevrier 2024/12 Sha‘bān 1445 فَلَا نُقِيمُ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَزْنًا Nous ne leur assignerons pas de poids au Jour de la Résurrection (Sūrat al-Kahf, No.18, Āyat 105) Le Jour de la Résurrection, les actions des êtres humains seront pesées. Selon le Tafsīr Nūr, il y aura trois types de personnes sur l’échelle de … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 669. Āyat 7:156 – Allah’s all-encompassing Mercy

Bismillāh. 23 February 2024/13 Sha‘bān 1445 وَرَحْمَتِى وَسِعَتْ كُلَّ شَىْءٍۢ فَسَأَكْتُبُهَا لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ وَيُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلَّذِينَ هُم بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يُؤْمِنُونَ My mercy encompasses everything. I will ordain mercy for those who are God Conscious, pay the zakāt and believe in Our signs. (Sūrat al-A‘rāf, No.7, Āyat 156) Mercy is the most important attribute of the Almighty. Such is … Read more

Quranic Reflection No 668. Āyat 12:24 – Those Purified from Sin

Bismillāh, 16 February 2024/6 Sha‘bān 1445 كَذَٰلِكَ لِنَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ السُّوءَ وَالْفَحْشَاءَ ۚ إِنَّهُ مِنْ عِبَادِنَا الْمُخْلَصِينَ Thus [it was], that We might turn away from him all evil and indecency. He was indeed one of Our purified servants.  (Sūrat Yūsuf, No. 12, Āyat 24) A key belief of the Shī’ī faith is that divinely appointed leaders, … Read more

Réflexion Coranique N°425. Āyat 2 :247 – Faux critères de leadership

Bismillāh, 15 Fevrier 2024/5 Sha‘bān 1445 قَالُوا أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمُلْكُ عَلَيْنَا وَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِالْمُلْكِ مِنْهُ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ سَعَةً مِّنَ الْمَالِ Ils dirent : « Comment régnerait-il sur nous ? Nous avons plus de droit que lui à la royauté. On ne lui a même pas prodigué beaucoup de richesses ! » (Sūrat al-Baqarah, No. … Read more

ALI 647: Quranic Arabic Level 5

In this ONLINE course of seven sessions via Zoom, we will InshāAllah go through passages from the Quranic surahs to learn the vocabulary and look at simple rules of Arabic grammar covered in Lessons 23 to 26 in Unit 1, Quick Revision of Unit 1, and Lessons 1 & 2 from Unit 2 from the … Read more

ALI 646: Man and Ma‘ād.

The course will attempt to explain the relationship between man and the Hereafter, while showing the apparent existence of the realities of the Hereafter in this world. The general content of this course is based on series of lectures delivered by Āyatullāh Mujtaba Tehrani, later published in a 30-volume work. The classes will inshāAllah make … Read more