Every day is Ashura and every land is Kerbala Imam Jaafer ibn Mohammad As-Sadiq (A) What is Ashura ? In the month of Muharram 61 AH (approx. 20 October 680 AD), an event took place in Iraq at a place known as Kerbala on the bank of the river Euphrates. It seemed in those […]
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Who is Hossein ?
“I learnt from Hossein how to achive victory while being oppressed ” Mahatma Gandhi
Tafsir Al-Mizan : Allamah Tabatabai – Al-Fatiha (The Opening) Verses 1-5
“Though I be a thorn, and though there be a flower to grace the meadow,I grow by that Hand which nurtures me.” – Allamah TabatabaiPreface of Al-Mizan by the AuthorIn this preface we shall describe the method adopted in this book to find out the meanings of the verses of the Qur’an.
THE STORY OF KERBALA
THE PROPHET (SAW) SAID: Indeed, Hossein is the light of guidance and the saviour ship. Having come to know of Yazid’s scheme to assasinate him while performing the rite of Hajj, Imam Hussein (A.S) decided to leave Mecca before finishing the rites, performing only the Umra.
Muharram and Ashura
Muharram (Arabic: المحرّم) is the first month of the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months of the year in which fighting is prohibited. Since the [Islam]]ic calendar is a lunar calendar, Muharram moves from year to year when compared with the Gregorian calendar.
Ghadir Eid Mubarak to All Lovers
Ten years after the migration (hijrah), the Messenger of Allah [peace and blessings be upon him and his Progeny] ordered to his close followers to call all the people in different places to join him in his last pilgrimage. On this pilgrimage he taught them how to perform the pilgrimage in a correct and […]
PROPHET’S HISTORIC GHADlR SERMON
There is a humble translation of the Prophet’s historic Ghadir Khumm sermon.(1)All Praise is due to Allah who is exalted in His Unity, Near in His Uniqueness, Sublime in His Authority, and Magnanimous in His Dominance. He knows everything; He subdues all creation through His might and evidence. He is Praised always and […]
HAKIM NEZAMI GANJAVI
Life Nezami was born in Ganja, one of the major cities of the Atabekan-e-Azerbaijan, part of the Seljuk Empire, where he remained his whole life. Nizami was orphaned early and was raised by his maternal uncle Khwaja Umar who afforded him an excellent education. His mother, named Ra’isa, was of a Kurdish background and […]
Iranian Authorities Pressuring Jailed Christian Pastor to Convert to Islam, Sources Say
Fox News – Government officials in Iran are trying to convince a jailed pastor to return to Islam as he waits for the nation’s supreme leader to decide whether he should be executed for converting to Christianity, sources close to the case told FoxNews.com.
The 37th Qutb Hazrate Hajj Sultan Husain Tabandah Reza Ali Shah II
The true learned authority of faith, and mystic of divine knowledge, ornament of the Gnostics and eyesight of the faithful, Hazrat Hajj Sultan Hussein Tabandeh “Reza Ali Shah”, the son and successor of Hazrat Hajj Sheikh Mohammad Hasan Salih Ali Shah (may his esteemed grave be sanctified) and the great grand son of the […]