We convey our prayers of felicitations (tabrikāt) to the Imam of Our Time, al-Mahdī al-Qā’im (af) and the Muslim ummah as they celebrate milādun nabī – the birth of Prophet Muhammad, sallāahu ‘alayhi wa-ālih. النَّبِيُّأَوْلَىٰبِالْمُؤْمِنِينَمِنْأَنْفُسِهِمْ Annabiyu awlā bil-mu’minīna min anfusihim The Prophet is closer to the Believers than their own selves (Sūratul AHzāb, No.33, Āyat … Read more
وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِي آدَمَ Walaqad karramnā banī Ādam Surely We have honored the children of Adam (Sūratul Isrā’, No.17, Āyat 70) The human being has been given respect and dignity by the Almighty. Allah tells us in the above verse that He has honored the children of Adam. This statement reminds the human being of … Read more
لَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ أَنْفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَحِيمٌ Laqad jā-akum rasūlun min anfusikum ‘azīzun ‘alayhi mā ‘anittum HarīSūn ‘alaykum bil-mu’minīna ra’ūfun raHīm Certainly a Messenger has come to you from among yourselves; grievous to him is your distress, he has deep concern for you; to the believers (he is) … Read more
فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ Famā bakat ‘alayhimus-samā’ wal-ardhu And the Heaven and the Earth did not weep for them (Sūratud Dukhān, No. 44, Āyat 29) When a believer dies the loss is felt by creation beyond the immediate circle of family and friends. The world loses a worshipper of God, and the vacuum this … Read more
وَلَهُ الدِّينُ وَاصِبًا Walahud-dīnu wāsibā And to Him belongs the enduring religion (obedience) (Suratun Nahl, No.16, Āyat 52) The holy Quran tells the human being to desist from taking a god other than Allah for God is the true Creator and King of the Heavens and the Earth. Such a Lord is worthy not … Read more
إِنَّاللَّهَلَايَظْلِمُالنَّاسَشَيْئًاوَلَٰكِنَّالنَّاسَأَنْفُسَهُمْيَظْلِمُونَ Innallāha lā yazlimun-nāsa shay’an walākinnan-nāsa anfusahum yazlimūn Surely Allah does not wrong people in the least; rather it is people wrong themselves. . (Sūrat Yūnus, No.10, Āyat 44) The Holy Quran often talks about injustice against the self. Human beings know that oppression and injustice is wrong and condemned but strangely enough they often … Read more
وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ لِأَنْفُسِهِمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا نُمْلِي لَهُمْ لِيَزْدَادُوا إِثْمًا ۚ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ Walā yaHsabannal-ladhīna kafarū annamā numlī lahum khayrun lianfusihim. Innamā numlī lahum liyazdādū ithman, walahum ‘adhābun muhīn Let the faithless not suppose that the respite We grant them is good for themselves; We give them respite only … Read more
اللَّهُ يَتَوَفَّى الْأَنْفُسَ حِينَ مَوْتِهَا وَالَّتِي لَمْ تَمُتْ فِي مَنَامِهَا ۖ فَيُمْسِكُ الَّتِي قَضَىٰ عَلَيْهَا الْمَوْتَ وَيُرْسِلُ الْأُخْرَىٰ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى Allāhu yatawffal-ansfusa Hīna mawtihā wallatī lam tamut fī manāmihā, fayumsikul-latī qadhā ‘alayhāl-mawta wayurlsilul-ukhrā ilā ajalin musammā God takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die during their … Read more
مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ رِجَالٌ صَدَقُوا مَا عَاهَدُوا اللَّهَ عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَضَىٰ نَحْبَهُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَنْتَظِرُ ۖ وَمَا بَدَّلُوا تَبْدِيلًا Minal mu’minīna rijālun Sadaqū mā ‘Āhadullāha ‘alayhi, faminhum man qadhā naHbahu wa-minhum yantaziru, wa mā baddalū tabdīlā Of the believers are men who are true to the covenant which they made with Allah: so of … Read more
وَلَا تَكُونُوا كَالَّتِي نَقَضَتْ غَزْلَهَا مِنْ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ أَنْكَاثًا Do not be like the one who unravels her yarn, disintegrating it into pieces after she has spun it strongly (Sūrat an-Nahl, No. 16, Āyat 92) Commentary When Bibi Zaynab (a) was taken prisoner along with Imam al-Sajjad (a) and the womenfolk and children to Kufa, … Read more