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 […]
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Imam Ali (A.S)’s Sermon on the day of Eid-ul-fitr
Eid-ul-Fitr is a unique festival. It has no connection with any historical event nor is it related to the changes of seasons or cycles of agriculture. It is not a festival related in any way to worldly affairs. Its significance is purely spiritual. It is the day when Muslims thank God for having given […]
Gulestan Of Saadi : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings ( Story 13-14-15 )
Persian Language & Literature “Gulestan” Saadi Shirazi, Sheikh Mosleh al-Din CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 13 I heard a king, who had changed night into day by pleasures, saying in his drunkenness: ‘We have in the world no moment more delightful than this, Because I care neither for good nor for bad […]
Rumi’s Love of the Prophet (phub)
Rumi has a special place in his heart for the Prophet of Islam because he proposed a high level of ethics for humanity, such as freeing slaves and taking care of the poor. Historically speaking, there is no historical personality like Muhammad who brought freedom to the slaves and the lower classes.
Rumi’s Ramadan Poem
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. Every day during this month, Muslims around the world spend the daylight hours in a complete fast.
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM (Part 6)
THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM by Edward FitzGerald 51 A Hair perhaps divides the False and True Yes, and a single Alif were the clue — Could you but find it — to the Treasure-house, And peradventure to The MASTER too;
Golestan Of Sadee : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story 4)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 4 A band of Arab brigands having taken up their position on the top of a mountain and closed the passage of caravans, the inhabitants of the country were distressed by their stratagems and the troops of the sultan foiled because the robbers, having obtained […]
Golestan Of Sadee : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story 3)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 3 I have heard that a royal prince of short stature and mean presence, whose brothers were tall and good-looking, once saw his father glancing on him with aversion and contempt but he had the shrewdness and penetration to guess the meaning and said: […]
Golestan Of Sadee : CHAPTER I – The Manners Of Kings (Story1-2)
CHAPTER I – THE MANNERS OF KINGS Story 1 I heard a padshah giving orders to kill a prisoner. The helpless fellow began to insult the king on that occasion of despair, with the tongue he had, and to use foul expressions according to the saying:
Masnavi e Manavi : The Arab and his Wife.
Book 1 STORY IX. An Arab lived with his wife in the desert in extreme poverty, so that they became a reproach to their neighbours. The wife at last lost patience, and began to abuse her husband, and to urge him to improve their condition.