• Imam Ali‘s Justness
    • ess From The Voice of Human Justice by George Jordac 1. One should not be surprised that Ali was just. It would have been a matter of surprise if he had not been just. The instances of his justice which have been nar...
    • Imam Jawad's (PBUH) Contact with the World of Unseen
    • 1. Following the martyrdom of Imam Reza (PBUH) eighty men of wisdom traveled to perform Hajj. On the way toMecca they arrived Medina and went to Imam Jawad's (PBUH) house to pay him a visit. Imam Jawad (PBUH) who was...
    • Imam Hadi's (PBUH) Judgment
    • In the age of Mutawakkil regime a lady claimed that she was Zaynab the daughter of Fatima. He said, "Many long years have passed since that period when Zaynab lived and you are quite young." She replied, &qu...
    • Islamic Coins introduced by Imam Mohammad Baqir Order
    • der In the first century Hijrah the paper industry was monopolized by the Romans and when the Christians of Egypt learned from the Romans how to manufacture paper and they produced it they following suit of the Romans...
    • Araby
    • aby James Joyce North Richmond Street being blind was a quiet street except at the hour when the Christian Brothers’ School set the boys free. An uninhabited house of two storeys stood at the blind end, detached from i...
    • The Gracious Infant
    • nt Fatima Zahra's birth The clear disagreement onFatima's birth date is surprising. Some scholars state that she was born five years after revelation; while others say that she was born two or three years before that; ...
    • A Traveler's Story
    • A Syrian came toMedina. He saw a handsome man astride a good camel. Upon enquiry he learnt that it was Imam Hasan bin Ali (PBUH). The Syrian stepped forward in anger and said; "Are you the son of Ali bin Abi Talib?&...
    • HOW MR. RABBIT LOST HIS FINE BUSHY TAIL
    • AIL “One time,” said Uncle Remus, sighing heavily and settling himself back in his seat with an air of melancholy resiguation—“one time Brer Rabbit wuz gwine ’long down de road shakin’ his big bushy tail, en feelin’...
    • The Missing Donkey
    • key Turkish Tale One morning when Nasreddin Hoja [1] went to fetch his donkey, he found it missing. The old rope that had tied the animal up was pulled apart, and the donkey was gone. When his neighbors heard of ...
    • The Fox Borrows the Tiger's Terror
    • Chinese fable In the Warring States period, the Chu State had a very capable minister called Zhao Xixu. He was well respected and held in awe by the people of other countries as well as his own. One day, the king aske...
    • Blessed Necklace
    • ace Jaber bin Abdullah Ansari, the Prophet's (PBUH) companion, says that a poor man came to Prophet (PBUH) and asked for help. The Prophet (PBUH) answered: "I do not have anything. Go to my daughter whose house is ...
    • Keys and Locks and Open Doors
    • ors Jane Wallis Hicks "Quiet the dog, house the pony and bar the doors against the dark." Each night we heard and obeyed Pa's telling and each morning we woke safe, forgetting the terrors of the night in th...
    • Neither incantations nor medicines are of any avail
    • ail I was holding a disputation with a company of learned men in the cathedral mosque ofDamascus when a youth stepped among us, asking whether anyone knew Persian, whereon most of them pointed to me ( Sa'di ). I asked ...
    • After the Prophet (S.A)
    • A) After the Prophet's death, events continued to occur. When studying the era following the Prophet's death, history speaks of the wonders which occurred. Indeed, history tells us about "Apostasy" which included ...
    • The Gentle Shepherd
    • rd On the edge of a mountain, lovely as the entrance to paradise, see, coming along, and descending toward the valley, three flocks of young lambs, driven by three young shepherds; one is an inhabitant of the plains of Mo...
    • The Divine Revelation Named as such....
    • ... At the time when Lady Fatima (PBUH) was pregnant with Lady Zaynab (PBUH) , the holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was not inMedina. When Lady Zaynab (PBUH) was born, Lady Fatima (PBUH) told Imam Ali (PBUH), "Since m...
    • The Last Leaf
    • eaf O. Henry In a little district west ofWashington Square the streets have run. Crazy and broken themselves into small strips called "places." These "places" make strange angles and curves. On...
    • Bouqui and Ti Malice
    • ice A Haitian folktale Everyone is supposed to know that a long time ago there were no people in the world. The forest was populated with beasts; among them were Bouqui and Ti Malice. It was the time that God had beg...
    • Hermann the Irascible
    • ible the Story of the Great Weep Saki It was in the second decade of the Twentieth Century, after the Great Plague had devastated England, that Hermann the Irascible, nicknamed also the Wise, sat on the Briti...
    • Nasreddin on the Day of Congregation
    • ion One Friday sometime in the 13th century in the Anatolian town of Akshehir, the Shaikh Nasreddin Hodja mounted the pulpit of the Grand Mosque and addressed the congregation. "O Believers," asked Nasreddin, &quo...
    • Character and virtues of Imam Al-Askari (PBUH)
    • BUH) Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)’s 11th truthful descendant, Imam Hasan Al-'Askari (PBUH), martyred at the age of 28 years on Rabi’ul Awwal 8 year 260 AH, was one of that illustrious series of the immaculate infalli...
    • The Magic Tree
    • ree Jamil Momand Once upon a time, a very long time ago, there was a magic fruit tree.  It was tall and had different kinds of fruit: bananas, oranges, grapes, apples, pineapples and many more.  The fruit ...
    • Life of a Soldier
    • ier A story is told about a soldier who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam. He called his parents fromSan Francisco. "Mom and Dad, I'm coming home, but I've a favor to ask. I have a friend I'd ...
    • The Holy Mountain
    • ain In the land of the seven cities, high upon the Mountain, a lofty Mountain, there lived an Old Man who gazed upon all that he knew. And one night, as he looked upon the moon and stars, he found that he could not und...
    • Birth of Light
    • ht A brief account of the life of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) Until the advent of Islam, people all over the world were in great poverty as to thought, opinions, individual and social attitudes. The world was troubled and su...
    • Being Kind to Children
    • ren The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.) was very kind to children and loved them very much .One day, he placed his two grandchildren, Hassan and Hossein, on his lap and began kissing and cuddling them. A man who was passing by...
    • Revealing of Imam Hasan Askari (PBUH)
    • UH) A draught took shape in one of the years in Samarra. "Mo’tamid" the Abbasid Caliph ordered people to proceed to the desert and pray for rain. People did go to the desert for three days consecutively but rain di...
    • Discussion with other religion scholars
    • ars One of the days Ma'moon decided to invite the scholars from different sects of the world and he brought Imam Reza (PBUH) to the assembly. He thought he might be able to get the Imam (PBUH) invalidated and un-creden...
    • They're made out of Meat
    • Terry Bisson "They're made out of meat."     "Meat?"     "Meat. They're made out of meat."     "Meat?"    ...
    • Imam Ali bin Hossein (PBUH) and Hasham
    • ham After committing crimes for many long years, Abdul Malik passed away and his son hasham was enthroned in his father's place. One day, he traveled to Mecca in the Hajj season so as to perform Hajj (as per his own ve...
    • Amoo Noruz (Uncle New Year)
    • Once upon a time there was an old man named Amoo Noruz, who would come to town every year on the first day of spring. His beard and hair died red, with camphire, his hat made of felt; a light blue shawl around hi...
    • How can people know who is in the dress?
    • s? From Golestan of Sa'adi Several travelers were on a journey together and equally sharing each other’s troubles and comforts. I desired to accompany them but they would not agree. Then I said: ‘It is foreign to t...
    • The legend of Solomon and the Angel of Death
    • ath From: Freya Stark, a winter in Arabia A man, walking in the streets ofJerusalem, saw the Angel of Death staring at him in what he thought a significant way. He went to King Solomon for advice about this, and then d...
    • The Monkey and the Crocodile
    • ile Once upon a time, a clever monkey lived in a tree that bore juicy, red rose apples. He was very happy. One fine day, a crocodile swam up to that tree and told the monkey that he had travelled a long distance and was...
    • THE ORIGIN OF DEATH
    • ATH THE Moon, it is said, sent once an Insect to Men, saying, "Go thou to Men, and tell them, 'As I die, and dying live, so ye shall also die, and dying live.'" The Insect started with the message, but whil...
    • The Yellow Paint
    • int Robert Louis Stevenson In a certain city there lived a physician who sold yellow paint. This was of so singular a virtue that whoso was bedaubed with it from head to heel was set free from the dangers of life...
    • The Captives of the Ahl al-Bayt taken to Damascus
    • cus After the Ashura slaughtering, the Ahl al-Bayt of the Prophet, May Allah bless him and his family, were taken as prisoners to Kufa and thenward to Damascus. They were in a condition the sight of which would cause a...
    • Letter of Security
    • rity A voice was heard from the back of tents of Imam Hossein (PBUH). It was the voice of Satan, the Slinking Whisperer, Shemr saying: Where are my nephews? He called Abalfazl and his three brothers. He had brought l...
    • The Tragedy of the Lord of the Martyrs
    • tyrs Imam Hossein attained the Imamate in 50 A.H. after the death of his brother Imam Hassan.  Imam Hossein's Imamate extended for ten years, of which nine years and four months coincided with Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan...
    • Return to Home
    • Early in Bahman, 1357 the news concerning Imam Khomeinis decision to return to the country was spread. Whoever heard this news shed tears of joy. The people had been waiting for 14 years. Immediately after his trium...
    • Adam’s Rib
    • Rib "There is no shame in tears such as these." Nine year old Atem gently wiped the tears from the cheeks of five year old Biania. Then, ignoring the laughter of the other children, he bent to place a singl...
    • In the Assembly of Hasham
    • ham Imam Sadiq (PBUH) said, "One of the years Hasham bin Abdul Malik traveled to perform Hajj. On that year, I too along with my father ( Imam Mohammad Baqir ) went to perform Hajj. I, in a congregation, said, &...
    • The Butterfly
    • fly One day as a small opening appeared on a cocoon, a man sat for several hours watching the butterfly struggle to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as...
    • The Story of the Toe
    • Toe One day Mevlana's cook, Ateshbaz-i-Veli, was preparing dinner for his master in the kitchen. The meat was tough; the meal took much longer than anticipated to prepare; and soon the supply of stovewood was gone. ...
    • Wonderful Healing account of a young Christian
    • ian The following miraculous event has been narrated by Muhammad Ali Motakhallas, who also had noted the miracle in chapter II of his book, "Poetical Works": "I was passing by the cobbler's shop on a spring t...
    • Fishing for Jasmine
    • ine John Ravenscroft The silent young woman in bed number six is called Jasmine. So am I, but names are only superficial things, floats bobbing on the surface of the water, and we share deeper connections than that. Whi...
    • The Wisdom of God
    • God An Iranian Tale A peasant was on a journey with his donkey. The day was hot and dusty, and he looked for a shady place to pass the midday heat. Seeing a few trees and a watermelon farm, he drove up and sat down in ...
    • FOUR KINDS OF MERIT
    • IT There was a rich man who used to invite all the Brahmans of the neighborhood to his house, and, giving them rich gifts, offered great sacrifices to the gods. But the Blessed One said: "If a man each month repeat a...
    • War
    • War Luigi Pirandello The passengers who had left Rome by the night express had had to stop until dawn at the small station of Fabriano in order to continue their journey by the small old-fashioned local joining the main...
    • After Seventeen Years
    • ars By Kim Yong Ik Gray dusk of the winter solstice day was gently covering the valley. Scattered sounds of pounding indicated that some of the women were still mashing rice for the little balls they would serve in r...