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Eid Al-Adha, The Festival of Sacrifice

    When the curtain of mysteryIs drawn asunderUnforeseen beauty emergesFrom the throes of complexity The light of realizationShines upon theeThe test becomes a journeyToward inward illumination Remember how Abraham roamed the nightDistraught by a haunting revelationTurning his palms to the skyPraying for the life of his first son Shaytaan stood by the roadOnly to […]

On the Occasion of Martyrdom Anniversary of Imam Ja’far Sadeq (AS)

  In the Name of God, the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate  Today the 25th of Shawwal is the day on which was martyred the 6th Infallible Successor of Prophet Mohammad (blessings of God upon him and his progeny). We have prepared a special programme on the life and times of Imam Ja’far Sadeq (PBUH). “Whenever a […]

Attar: Muslim Saints and Mystics (Tazkarotol-Oulia) Part 7: Beshr ibn al-Hareth

Beshr ibn al-Harethby Farid al-Din Attar Abu Nasr Beshr ibn al-Hareth al-Hafi was bornnear Merv c. 150(767) and was converted from alife of dissipation, studied Traditions in Baghdad,then abandoned formal learning for the life of amendicant, destitute, starving and barefoot. Hedied in Baghdad in 227 (841). He was admired byAhmad ibn Hanbal and respected by […]

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