Last Thursday, the famous Tohid Center in Tehran held its first gathering after a lull of five years and the occasion was to commemorate the moderate ayatollah Mahmoud Taleghani, a theologian and reformist senior cleric, who had died seven months after the collapse of the Pahlavi regime in 1979. Tohid has a special place […]
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How Many Sufis Are There in Islam?
«Beidokht is a city in the Central District of Gonabad County in Iran, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. Beidokht is located 270 kilometres (170 mi) south of Mashhad. In Beidokht town is “Mazare Soltani”, a holy place for pilgrimage belonging to the Nematollahi Gonabadi Sufi Order.» Devotees of Sufism, the spiritual interpretation of Islam, face […]
The Origin of Shiism
The Origin of Shiism[1]Occasioned by Imam Husain’s Birthday (AS) Haj Dr. Nour Ali Tabandeh On this very Eid, one of our eyes is happy to see a new light (Ali ibn Husain Zayn al-Abidin, son of Imam Husain, the Shias recognize him as the 4th Imam), and the other one is crying because now […]
Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) Became a Prophet
By the age of 40 he the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.) was still living among an extremely backward people who were devoid of any traces of civilization and humanity. These hard conditions severely tormented his pure soul. He observed nothing in that society but the darkness of ignorance. He would go to the Ka’aba, but instead […]
Love Is the Path of My Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
Today many Muslims are honoring the birthday (Mawlid) of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).Sunni Muslims observe the Prophet Muhammed’s (also known as Mohammed or Muhammad) birthday on the 12th day of the Islamic month of Rabi’ al-awwal, while Shi’a Muslims mark it on the 17th of this month. Muhammed […]
Peace among Religions
Peace among Religions[1] His Excellency Dr. Haj Nour Ali Tabandeh In the name of Allah; the most merciful; the most passionate I am addressing those who have come together in the conference held by Cultural Foundation of Religious Harmony and World Peace. I am so pleased to hear that […]
The Story of Jesus and Mary in the Holy Quran (3 parts)
The Birth of Mary“Indeed God chose Adam, Noah, the family of Abraham and the family of Imran over the worlds. An offspring, like one another (in righteousness). And God is All-Hearing, All-Knowing. (And mention) when the wife of Imran said, ‘O my Lord, I have vowed to You what is in my womb, […]
Islam is not the Religion of Sword
His Excellency Dr. Haj Noor Ali Tabandeh Islam is a religion that has always been under suspicious and accusation of many orientalists and researchers. One of these accusations is that they say: Islam is the religion of sword and recently, by posing new terms, it is called that Islam is the religion […]
Guarantor of Gazelle (Zamin-e-Ahou)
Learn to stand in the Soul of the WorldLearn to feel all the radiant colors of LifeLearn to merge with the Spirit of the BelovedLearn to find your wings and journey skyward Immerse in the Here and Now, in this precious LoveHold your hands out, catch the raining snowKisses from the sky, winter flowers from […]
Tafsir Al-Mizan: Allamah Tabatabai – Chapter 2. Al-Baqarah (The Cow), Verses 49-61
وَإِذْ نَجَّيْنَاكُم مِّنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ يَسُومُونَكُمْ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءكُمْ وَفِي ذَلِكُم بَلاء مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَظِيمٌ {49} وَإِذْ فَرَقْنَا بِكُمُ الْبَحْرَ فَأَنجَيْنَاكُمْ وَأَغْرَقْنَا آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَأَنتُمْ تَنظُرُونَ {50} وَإِذْ وَاعَدْنَا مُوسَى أَرْبَعِينَ لَيْلَةً ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِن بَعْدِهِ وَأَنتُمْ ظَالِمُونَ {51} ثُمَّ عَفَوْنَا عَنكُمِ مِّن بَعْدِ ذَلِكَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ {52} وَإِذْ […]