• 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...
    • Hood: 120
    • 120 Verse of the Week All that we relate to thee of the stories of the messengers, with it We make firm thy heart: in them there cometh to thee the Truth, as well as an exhortation and a message of remembrance to t...
    • 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...
    • Italian Proverbs (1]
    • Non è tutto oro quello che luce. All that glitters is not gold. Non fare il male ch'è peccato; non fare il bene ch'è sprecato. Don't do evil because it's a sin; don't do good because it's wasted. Non giudica...
    • They're made out of Meat
    • Terry Bisson "They're made out of meat."     "Meat?"     "Meat. They're made out of meat."     "Meat?"    ...
    • Whoever adopts piety…
    • ty… Hadith of the Week Whoever fears Allah (adopts piety), He (Allah) paves for him a path of salvation out of the trials, and directs him (onto the right path) in his affairs, and facilitates his (path) of guida...
    • 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...
    • Loss and Gain (At-Taghaabun): 1
    • 1 Verse of the week Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth declares the glory of Allah To Him belong the kingdom, and to Him is due all praise And He has power over all things ...
    • 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...
    • Italian Proverbs (3)
    • Il riso fa buon sangue. Laughter is the best medicine. Il silencio è d'oro e la parola è d'argento. Speech is silver, silence is golden. Il tempo è denaro. Time is money. Il tempo guarisce tutti i mali...
    • 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...
    • Italian Proverbs (2)
    • Chi dorme non piglia pesci. The early bird catches the worm. Chi fa da sá, fa per tre. Do it yourself if you want it done right. Chi fa falla, e chi non fa sfarfalla. Those who act make mist...
    • 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 Spider (Al-Ankaboot): 7-8
    • 7-8 *And (as far) those who believe and do good, We will most certainly do away with their evil deeds and We will most certainly reward them the best of what they did *And we have enjoined on man goodness to his paren...
    • 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...
    • Russian Proverbs (5)
    • This is a collection of Russian proverbs and sayings supplied from the bookA Book of English and Russian Proverbs and Sayings by author M. Dubrovin, Moscow, "Prosvesheniye", 1993. There will be trouble if th...
    • 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...
    • Training day
    • day (8 Esfand/ 26 February) Islamic Training When Islam is taught as a body of information, rather than as a body of practice and experiences, the result is that many of our children see Islam as meaningless a...
    • 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 Rangers (Al-Saafaat): 104-108
    • 108 Verse of the Week *And We called out to him saying: O Ibrahim! *You have indeed shown the truth of the vision; surely thus do We reward the doers of good *Most surely this is a manifest trial. *And We ransomed ...
    • Russian Proverbs (4)
    • (4) This is a collection of Russian proverbs and sayings supplied from the bookA Book of English and Russian Proverbs and Sayings by author M. Dubrovin, Moscow, "Prosvesheniye", 1993. You needn't be afraid of a b...
    • Earn a High Position in Paradise
    • ise Hadith of the week Try to earn a high position inParadise. Remember that highest positions will be given to those who have been most useful to their brothers in faith and who have been most helpful to the needy. Re...
    • 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...
    • Russian Proverbs (3)
    • (3) This is a collection of Russian proverbs and sayings supplied from the bookA Book of English and Russian Proverbs and Sayings by author M. Dubrovin, Moscow, "Prosvesheniye", 1993. A man is judged by his deeds...
    • 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...
    • Al-Hajj : 65
    • : 65 Verse of the week Do you not see that Allah has made subservient to you whatsoever is in the earth and the ships running in the sea by His command! And He withholds the heaven from falling on the earth except Wit...
    • 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...
    • The Mansions of Stars (Al–Borouj): 11-16
    • -16 Verse of the week *Surely as for those who believed and do good, they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow; tat is the great achievement *Surely the might of your God is Great *Surely He it is who orig...
    • Shahid Mohammad Ali Raja'ee
    • e Quotation of the Week It shouldn't always be this way that the others make the history and you read their life story. For once, you change the destiny and history and let the others read it. ...
    • Be the friend of oppressed ones
    • nes Hadith of the week Avoid envying and being jealous of each other keep away from selfishness (egotism), do not adopt cruelty, be vigilant and watchful about your prayers, be the friend of oppressed ones. Imam ...