Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. Imam al-Kāzim (a): Rajab is a river in Paradise, whiter than milk and sweeter than honey. Whoever fasts one day in the month of Rajab, Allah will give him to drink from that river. Wasā’il al-Shī’ah, vol. 10, p. 472 لا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ اللَّهُ بِاللَّغْوِ … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَا أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْخَاسِرِين They said: ‘Our Lord! We have wronged ourselves, and if You do not forgive us and have mercy upon us, we shall surely be among the losers.’ Sūrat al-A‘rāf, No. 7, Āyat … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَإِذْ قَالَتِ ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَـٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰكِ وَطَهَّرَكِ وَٱصْطَفَىٰكِ عَلَىٰ نِسَآءِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ And remember when the angels said, “O Maryam! Allāh has indeed chosen you and purified you and chosen you over all the women of the world. Sūrat Āl Imrān, No. 3, Āyat … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَمَا تَوْفِيقِي إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ ۚ عَلَيْهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ وَإِلَيْهِ أُنِيبُ …and my success (tawfīq) is not but through Allah. Upon Him, I have relied, and to Him, I return. Sūrat al-Hūd, No 11, Āyat 98 In Sūrat Hūd, the Prophet Shu‘ayb (a), after calling his … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ ۚ أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ الصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا لَا يَعْقِلُونَ And there are those of them who hear you, but can you make the deaf to hear though they will not understand? Sūrat Yūnus, No.10, Āyat 42 Among the five senses that … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَلَا تَرْكَنُوا إِلَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا فَتَمَسَّكُمُ النَّارُ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَوْلِيَاءَ ثُمَّ لَا تُنصَرُونَ Do not incline toward the wrongdoers, lest the Fire should touch you, and you will not have any friend besides Allah; then you will not be helped. … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. إِنَّهَا لَإِحْدَى ٱلْكُبَرِ Indeed they are one of the greatest [signs]. (Sūrat Muddathir No. 74, Āyat 35) Scholars of tafsīr have offered various explanations for this verse. One interpretation, consistent with the apparent flow of the surrounding verses, takes it as a response to … Read more
Bismillāh. فِي بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا اسْمُهُ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُ فِيهَا بِالْغُدُوِّ وَالْآصَالِ In houses Allah has allowed to be raised and wherein His Name is celebrated; He is glorified therein, morning and evening. (Sūrat Nur, No. 24, Āyat 36) After talking about the light of Allah in verse 35 of this sūrah, … Read more
Check our new online courses here Bismillāh. وَلَا تَسْتَوِي الْحَسَنَةُ وَلَا السَّيِّئَةُ ۚ ادْفَعْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ فَإِذَا الَّذِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُ عَدَاوَةٌ كَأَنَّهُ وَلِيٌّ حَمِيمٌ Good and evil [conduct] are not equal. Repel [evil] with what is best. [If you do so,] he between whom and you was enmity, will then be as though he were … Read more
Check our new online courses here; or see the details below. Bismillāh. وَالَّذِينَ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا هَبْ لَنَا مِنْ أَزْوَاجِنَا وَذُرِّيَّاتِنَا قُرَّةَ أَعْيُنٍ وَاجْعَلْنَا لِلْمُتَّقِينَ إِمَامًا And those who say, ‘Our Lord! Give us joy and comfort in our spouses and offspring, and make us imams of the Godwary.’ (Sūrat Al-Furqān No. 25, Āyat 74) At the … Read more