• One accepted prayer
    • yer Hadith of the Week Any fasting person can have one prayer accepted at the time he opens his fast. So when you take the first morsel to open a fast say: "In the name of God, oh God thine forgiveness is over ...
    • English proverbs in Alphabetical form (C to Z)
    • Z) C Chance favors the prepared mind. Curiosity killed the cat. Cut your coat according to your cloth. D Desperate times call for desperate measures. Different sores must have different salves. Do unto others as y...
    •  The King, The Prince,
    •  & The Naughty Sheep     Dawood (A.S) was king in Jerusalem, and he had a son named Sulayman (A.S). Both of them were Prophets, helping their people with messages from Allah.   Allah loved Da...
    • Al-Noor ( The Light) :62
    • :62 Verse of the Week Only those are believers who believe in Allah and His Apostle, and when they arewith him on a momentous affair they go not away until they have asked hispermission; surely they who ask your permi...
    • Two Traveling Angels
    • els Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion's guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in t...
    • English proverbs in Alphabetical form
    • orm A An apple a day keeps the doctor away. A poor workman blames his tools. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. A burnt child dreads fire. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. A chain is no stronger than its ...
    • Reciting Quran
    • ran Hadith of the Week I mam Ja’far ibne Muhammad as-Sadiq (peace be upon him) has said that: “Reciting the Quran from the pages of the Quran (meaning to look at it and recite it - not from memory) lightens the punis...
    • My Journey from Darkness to Light
    • ight   I was born into a German Christian family during the most ferocious period of World War II, in Berlin in 1943. My family moved first to Spain, during the same year, and later in 1948 to Argentina. There I s...
    • Anfal (The Spoils of War): 24
    • 24 Verse of the Week O you who believe! answer (the call of) Allah and His Apostle when he calls youto that which gives you life; and know that Allah.Intervenes between man and his heart, and that to Him you shall be...
    • Hope's Fire
    • The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventu...
    • Delaying Prayer
    • yer Quotation of the Week Imam Mahdi (AS) said to Zuhri twice: "Those who delay the performance of morning prayers until the setting of stars and of the evening prayers until the appearance of stars -- are o...
    • Who is Loser?
    • er? Hadith of the week He, who has you, has everything, and he who has deprived himself of you is the poorest in the world. Loser is the one who chooses and be content with anyone or anything other than you. Imam ...
    • Alaq (The Clot) : 1-5
    • ot) : 1-5 Verse of the Week Read in the name of your Lord Who created .He created man from a clot.. Read and your Lord is Most Honorable, Who taught (to write) with the pen, Taught man what he knew not. ...
    • The Rope
    • ope   The story tells about a mountain climber, who wanted to climb the highest mountain. He began his adventure after many years of preparation, but since he wanted the glory just for himself, he decided to climb ...
    • The Believers (Al muminoon)
    • on) Verse of the Week So exalted be Allah, the True King;no god is there but He, the Lord of the honorable dominion. And whoever invokes with Allah another god-he has no proof of this-his reckoningis only with his ...
    • Benefiting from Imam Mahdi (pbuh)
    • uh) Hadith of the Week Narrations from the twelfth Imam (peace be upon him) : Benefiting from me in my absence is as benefiting from the sun in its disappearance behind the clouds and certainly I am security - grantor...
    • Where Is My Mother?
    • er? Nando Parrado's courage made him a survivor. On October 13, 1972, a plane carrying young Nando Parrado and his Uruguayan rugby teammates crashed in the Andes mountain range. It's amazing that anyone survived at all...
    • Justness
    • ess 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 narrated are the most valuable assets in human history and...
    • Jihad and Bravery
    • ery At the conclusion of the Battle of the Camel he offered funeral prayers for the enemies who had been killed and prayed to God for their forgiveness. When he gained control over his fell enemies like Abdullah son o...
    • Brazilian proverbs
    • rbs Don't carry all your eggs in one basket. Don't call the alligator a big-mouth till you have crossed the river. Don't hang your hat higher than you can reach. Never promise a poor person, and never owe a rich one....
    • Companion
    • ion A voyaging ship was wrecked during a storm at sea and only two of the men on it were able to swim to a small, desert like island. The two survivors, not knowing what else to do, agreed that they had no other recou...
    • Al Fath (The Victory)
    • ry) Verse of the Week He it is Who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the believers that they might have more of faith added to their faith-and Allah's are the hosts of the heavens and the earth, and Allah is K...
    • Japanese Proverbs
    • rbs One kind word can warm three winter months The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. Time spent laughing is time spent with th...
    • God's Smile
    • Louise Redden, a poorly dressed lady with a look of defeat on her face, walked into a grocery store. She approached the owner of the store in a most humble manner and asked if he would let her charge a few groceries. ...
    • British proverbs
    • rbs Haste makes waste. A good mind is in a good body.  The early bird catches the worm.  What goes around comes around.  The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Hunger is the best sau...
    • The Husband of Aglaes
    • aes from “Gesta Romanorum” IN Rome some time dwelt a mighty emperor named Philominus, who had one only daughter, who was fair and gracious in the sight of every man, who had to name Aglaes. There was also in the emper...
    • Mothers
    • ers Some of you mothers may, or may not relate to this... A few months ago, as I was picking up the children from school, another mother I knew well rushed up to me. Emily was fuming with indignation. "Do you know ...
    • Chinese Proverbs
    • Add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it. (Do something that is totally unnecessary and spoil what you already have done.) An ant may well destroy a whole dam. (If a small problem is overlooked, it could...