The history of a religious tradition is a continuous dialogue between a transcendent reality and current events in the mundane sphere. The faithful scrutinize the sacred past, looking for lessons that speak directly to the conditions of their lives. Most religions have a figurehead, an individual who expresses the ideals of the faith in human form. In contemplating the serenity of the Buddha, Buddhists see the supreme reality of Nirvana to which each of them aspires; in Jesus, Christians glimpse the divine presence as a force for goodness and compassion in the world. These paradigmatic personalities shed light on the often dark conditions in which. most of us seek salvation in our flawed world. They tell us what a human being can be...
Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)
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Mahdi (PBUH),Ten Revolutions in One Revolution
The report card of all the schools of thought through out the history reveals many weak points. The majority of them concentrated on one aspect, but ignored other important aspects of humanity. All these ideologies were "self-centered", meaning that they considered themselves as the central ideology and others (rest of mankind) as the surrounds, and most important of all, they had great claims; however, they made a poor performance...
Imam Mahdi (AS)
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Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.), the Master of Interpreters of the Holy Qur'an
The infallible imams of the Ahlul Bayt (a.s) paid excessive attention to the interpretation (tafsir) of the Holy Qur'an. Each one of them had a school of tafsir, and they were definitely the most aware of the contents of the Qur'an and all its sciences. The master of the pure progeny, Imam Ali (a.s.) was, among all the Prophet's companions, the most aware of the facts and minute details of the Qur'an, its muhkam (clear) verses and mutashabih (ambiguous) verses, and he knew when and where each verse was revealed...
Imam Hasan al-Askari (AS)
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Imam Hasan (A.S.): The Savior of Islam
(This is) an account of the Imam Hasan(A.S.)after the Commander of the Faithful(A.S.), the date of his birth, the evidence for his Imamates the period of his succession, the time of his death, and the place of his grave. (It also provides) a brief outline of the reports about him. The Imam after the Commander of the faithful, peace be on him, was his son al-Hasan, the son of the leader of the women of the worlds, Fatima, daughter of Muhammad, the Lord of messengers, may God bless him and his pure family...
Imam Hasan (AS)
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Lessons That We Can Learn from Imam Hossein (P.B.U.H.) and Karbala
Among so many lessons mentioned that we can learn, we've chosen only 14 for today, in the name of 14 infallibles (P.B.U.H.)...
Imam Husayn (AS) and Karbala
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A Brief Look into the Life of Imam Musa Kazim (A.S.)
His mother, Umme Hamida was a slave girl who was brought to Madina and bought by the fifth Imam for his son for 17 dirhams. The first thing that he told her was : "You are Hamida (the praised one) in this world and Mahmuda (praiseworthy) in the hereafter".
When the women of Madina used to come to the sixth Imam to ask masails he used to send them to Umme Hamida saying: "Her answers will be those given by me"...
Imam Musa Al-Kazim (AS)
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Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (A.S.), who Discovered Knowledge's Innermost Mysteries and Essence
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) said to his grandson Imam Hussein (A.S.): "Allah has certainly chosen nine Imams from your loins' O Hussein. All of them are equal in their outstanding merits and position in the sight of Allah."...
Imam Baqer (AS)
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Imam Zainul-Abideen (a.s)
In the period of the second caliph "Ummer", the Muslims conquered Iran. The daughters of Yazdgard were brought to Madina. All had gathered in the mosque of Madina to see what was the decision of the caliph, about them. He wanted to sell them but Imam Ali (A.S.) stopped him from doing so and said to Urnmer, "leave the girls free so that they marry whosoever they wish."...
Imam Zainul Abedeen (AS)
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Tragedy of Karbala Remains Unforgettable
In the month of Muharram 61 A.H. a terrific tragedy took place in Iraq on the bank of the river Euphrates. It seemed in those days to be trivial and insignificant from the historical point of view...
Imam Husayn (AS) and Karbala
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Ghadir Khumm and the Orientalists
The 18th of Dhu 'l-Hijja is celebrated in the Shi'a world as the 'idd of Ghadir Khumm in which Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.) said about Imam 'Ali: "Whomsoever's master (mawla) I am, this 'Ali is also his master."
