During the early 1900s the only way to save country from government corruption and foreign manipulation was to make a written code of laws. This sentiment caused the Constitutional Revolution. There had been a series of ongoing covert and overt activities against Naser o-Din Shah’s despotic rule, for which many had lost their lives. […]
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The Final Years of Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh
On August 19, 1953 [28 Mordad 1332], Mossadegh’s government fell victim to a coordinated covert operation by US and British governments and domestic enemies, code named TP-AJAX by the CIA. Mossadegh was arrested and hauled into court to be subjected to a grueling six week long military trial. During the subsequent appeal, the […]
Sufism & the Paradox of Self (Nafs)
Bismillaah ir Rahmaan ir Rahiim In the name of Allah, The Merciful, The Compassionate THE PATH OF SUFISM Allah uses many different ways of awakening people from the sleep of this world and attracting them to Him. Upon awakening, people begin searching and become travellers of the path (salek). As they […]
Sunni cleric slams sudden demolition of Tehran prayer house
Senior Iranian Sunni cleric Mowlana Abdolhamid has written to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei and President Hassan Rohani to protest the demolition of the Sunni prayer house in the Poonak neighbourhood of Tehran. In his letter, the Friday Mass Imam of Zahedan decries the lack of a building permit to allow the construction of […]
Sufi Meditation of Repentance, Love, Holy Names and Annihilation
Muraqaba literally means “waiting”. Waiting for Divine illumination, waiting for revelation, waiting for Divine Voice to speak within the heart of heart. Muraqaba is Sufi way of meditation. According to the walkers of the Path, Muraqaba can be of various kind, but they have a generality which in the beginning is to focus […]
Festival of Tiragan
The festival of Tiragan is observed on July 1st, and it is primarily a rain festival and it is one of the three most widely celebrated feasts (along with Mihregan and Norooz) amongst Iranian peoples. Tir in modern Persian,; Tishtar in Middle Persian or Pahlavi; and Avestan Tishtrya, is the Yazad presiding over the […]
Shahabeddin Yahya Sohrevardi; the founder of the School of Illumination (Hikmat-al-Eshraq)
July 30 marked the birth anniversary of Iranian philosopher Shahabeddin Sohrevardi. Shahabeddin Yahya Sohrevardi was born in 1155 in the town of Sohrevard in northwest of Iran and died in 1191 in Aleppo, Syria Shahabeddin Yahya Sohrevardi was born in 1155 in the town of Sohrevard in northwest of Iran and died in 1191 […]
The 9th Imam His Holiness Imam Mohammad Taqi (AS)
The 9th Imam His Holiness Imam Mohammad Taqi (AS) God’s Opened Door and His Detailed Book, The Continuous Shadow of God and The Secret of Existence’s Secrets, The Extreme of Manifestation and Creation Imam Taqi Mohammad bin Ali al Jawad (AS). The birth of the essence of his auspicious attributes was in the second half […]
Gulestan Of Saadi : Ch 01 The Manner Of Kings ( Story 20-22 )
Gulestan Of Saadi : Ch 01 The Manner Of Kings ( Story 20-22 ) Persian Language & Literature “Gulestan”Saadi Shirazi, Sheikh Mosleh al-Din CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 20 I heard that an oppressor ruined the habitations of the subjects to fill the treasury of the sultan, unmindful of the maxim of […]
Oldest fragments of the Koran found in Birmingham library
Some of the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon analysis found the manuscript, written on sheep or goat skin, dated back to between AD 568 and 645, making it at least 1,370 years old and among the earliest in existence. The pages of the Muslim […]