It has been related that on the day of the Battle of the Camel a bedouin came before the Commander of the Faithful and said, "O Command...

Ghazali's enlivening 5-min read worth every second There are four stages in the belief in the unity of God.  The first is to utter ...

Some wise words from the guidance of Allamah Tabatabai It has been noticed that many aspirants from among the “perfect men” (kummalin) fa...

The late Mulla Muhammad Taqi Majlesi, who was a wise jurisprudent and an outstanding scholar, had three learned sons and four noble daught...

For lovers, the only lecturer is the beauty of the Beloved: their only book and lecture is the Face. Outwardly they are silent, but t...

He who yearns neither desires food , nor finds pleasure in drink , nor is he quickly excitable, nor is he intimate even with his close fr...

Sayyid ‘Ādil al-’Alawī, quotes his late mentor, the pious Shi’ite Marja’, Āyatullāh al-’Uzmā Shahāb al-Dīn al-Najafī al-Mar’ashī as having a...

Sincerity in Knowledge Although we had a very close relationship with 'Allama, not a single instance comes to mind of a situation in ...

(worth profound deliberation) A person who is deluded is wretched in this world, and is duped in the next world because he has sold what i...

One day Sheikh Bahjat talked about the generosity and open-handedness of the Imams (a.s) saying,  'In Iraq, there is a small town near...