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    • Allah′s Artistry In Colour
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    • Birzeit University(Palestine)
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    • Ramadan, Month of Generosity
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    • Some Health Guidelines for Ramadan
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    • Quotable Quotations on Prayers
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    • Explaining Ramadan
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    • The Key to Prosperity
    • ity I. Introduction    The word "prosperity" has been defined in the Webster's dictionary as follows: * The condition of being prosperous and having good fortune or financial success.   ...
    • Antonine University
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    • Ankara - Ethnographical Museum
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    • Fiqh Al-Imam: Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh
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    • Dictionary of Islamic Philosophical Terms
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    • Library: A Neglected Islamic Heritage
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    • Mother of Awaiting Mahdi (pbuh)
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    • Mahdi (AS) in Different Ahatith
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    • The Just Leader of Humanity
    • Oh troubled, soul does not dispair! he’s watching! watching! it has already begun ,the time is soon, but they cannot see, he’s watching! watching! oh humanity....
    • Awaiting the Divine Savior
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    • Zakat
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    • Self- purification & The Youth 
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    • Rain in the Qur'an
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    • Al-Humazah (The Gossipmonger)
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    • An Islamic Philosophy of Virtuous Religions:
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    • The Pillars of Islam
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    • Prayers from Sahifah as-Sajjadiyyah
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    • Imam Zainu′l-Abedin (AS)
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    • Soul in Islamic Philosophy
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    • Imam Hussein (as)
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    • Allah Is Known Through Imam Hussein (AS)
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    • Abbas (Pbuh), the Moon of Banihashem′s Progeny
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    • Prophetic Mission of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
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    • The Declaration of Prophethood
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    • What happened in the Hira Cave?
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    • Al-'ASR (Eventide)
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    • Karen Armstrong
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    • Islamic and Middle East Studies (IMES)
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    • The Quran in Manuscript and Print
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    • Causality and Islamic thought
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    • Velayat in the Quranic Context
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