Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الْعَالِين He said, ‘O Iblis! What keeps you from prostrating before that which I have created with My two hands? Are you arrogant, or are you one of the exalted … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. فَاسْتَقِمْ كَمَا أُمِرْتَ وَمَن تَابَ مَعَكَ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا ۚ إِنَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ So be steadfast as you have been commanded, and [so be] those who have repented with you, and do not transgress. Indeed, He is Seeing of what you do. (Sūrat … Read more
Bismillāh. Have you registered for course on Islamic Epistemology? See the details below وَمِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَتَهَجَّدْ بِهِ نَافِلَةً لَّكَ عَسَىٰ أَن يَبْعَثَكَ رَبُّكَ مَقَامًا مَّحْمُودًا And from [part of] the night, pray the tahajjud (the late-night prayer) as an additional prayer for you; it is expected that your Lord will raise you to a Praiseworthy … Read more
Bismillah. Have you registered for our course on: 14 Lessons from the Timeless Movement of Imam al-Husayn (a). See below for more info. فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ لِنتَ لَهُمْ ۖ وَلَوْ كُنتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَ ۖ فَاعْفُ عَنْهُمْ وَاسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ It is by Allah’s mercy that you [O Muhammad] are gentle to … Read more
Bismillah. Have you registered for our course on: 14 Lessons from the Timeless Movement of Imam al-Husayn (a). See below for more info. وَوَاعَدْنَا مُوسَى ثَلاَثِينَ لَيْلَةً وَأَتْمَمْنَاهَا بِعَشْرٍ فَتَمَّ مِيقَاتُ رَبِّهِ أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً وَقَالَ مُوسَى لاَخِيهِ هَارُونَ اخْلُفْنِي فِي قَوْمِي وَأَصْلِحْ وَلاتَتَّبِعْ سَبِيلَ الْمُفْسِدِينَ. And We made an appointment with Musa for thirty nights, … Read more
Bismillah. وَإِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي جَاعِلٌ فِي الْأَرْضِ خَلِيفَةً When your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am going to set a khalīfah on the earth’. (Sūrat al-Baqarah No. 2, Āyat 30) The term khalīfah is often translated as ‘successor’, and its root, khalaf, means ‘that which comes after’. This interpretation can be … Read more
Bismillah. وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ Do not suppose those who were slain in the way of Allah to be dead; no, they are living and provided for near their Lord. (Sūrat ‘Āli Imrān, No 3, Āyat 169) This Āyat was revealed after the battle of … Read more
Bismillah. وَلَمَّا بَرَزُوا لِجَالُوتَ وَجُنُودِهِ قَالُوا رَبَّنَا أَفْرِغْ عَلَيْنَا صَبْرًا وَثَبِّتْ أَقْدَامَنَا وَانصُرْنَا عَلَى الْقَوْمِ الْكَافِرِينَ So, when they marched out for [encounter with] Goliath and his troops, they said, ‘Our Lord, pour patience upon us, make our feet steady, and assist us against the disbelieving people. (Sūrat al-Baqarah No. 2, Āyāt 250) The story … Read more
Bismillah. وَلَا يَحِيقُ الْمَكْرُ السَّيِّئُ إِلَّا بِأَهْلِهِ But evil plots encompass only the people themselves. (Sūrat al-Fātir, No 35, Āyat 43) One of the principles of justice mentioned in the Holy Quran is the consequences to be faced by oppressors. Before the advent of Islam, the polytheists of Arabia claimed that if a warner were … Read more
Bismillah. الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ Those who, when an affliction visits them, say, ‘Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him do we return.’ (Sūrat al-Baqarah No. 2, Āyat 156) This verse appears within a cluster of five verses (Q 2:153–157) that prepared the early Muslim community for the … Read more