The greatest sin of the heart and the worst disease of the soul is hypocrisy. Nifaq totally separates man from humanity. The hypocrite is counted among the satans. Even in this world he is considered most degraded by Allah and in the Hereafter he shall inhabit the lowest level.
إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فِي الدَّرْكِ الأَسْفَلِ مِنَ النَّارِ
“Surely the hypocrites are in the lowest stage of ...
Allah’s Knowledge encompasses all acts and all times. It encompasses the apparent and hidden aspects of all beings; even of an atom billions of which can be placed at the point of a needle. Allah knows the number of all the creatures, even the atoms, the seeds, the drops of rain and flakes of snow. Here we just mention some verses of the holy Qur’¡n that is an ocean of knowledge.
وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي ...
Allah’s words:
And most certainly I (Shaytan) will lead them astray and excite in them vain desires, and bid them that they shall slit the ears of the cattle, and most surely I will bid them so that they shall alter Allah’s creation, and whoever takes the Satan for a guardian rather than Allah he indeed shall suffer a manifest loss. Chapter 4 (The Women / al-Nisa) Verse 119
For this verse to be taken into consideration as a basis ...
Imamat, the Climax of Abraham's (a.s.) Honour
From this verse on, the toimages of discussion are Abraham (a.s.), the honourable prophet of Allah and the hero of monotheism, the structure of the ka'bah, the sacred site of worship, and the importance of this great monotheistic center. these subjects are referred to in the next eighteen verses. three main ideas were the objectives of these verses:
The first aim was that they might provide people ...
In order to prove Spirit, the religious scholars have presented a very good, appealing and a cogent reason. They maintain that matter has many characteristics of which one is that the organs or the parts of the body are made of matter that can only function at one time, perform only one work, for example, we can see by eye, the function of the eye is to see but it cannot speak nor hear. With hands we can touch things but we cannot speak with ...
Name - Fatima
Title - Az-Zahra
Kunyat - Umm-ul-Aimma
Born - Friday 20th of Jamadi-ul-Akhar in Mecca
Father's Name - Holy Prophet Muhammad Ibn-e-Abdulla (PBUH)
Mother's Name - Khadija bint-e-Khuwailid
Died - 14th Jamadi-ul-Awwal at Medina at the age of 18 years (due to injury inflicted upon her through force of a falling door by a hypocrite).
Buried - The cemetery of Jannatul Baqi at Medina
Taken from Know Your Islam by Yousuf N. ...
Verily, the Exalted God detests a seventy- year old man whose wishes and behavior are like unto a twenty- year old person.
اِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالى يُبْغِضُ ابْنَ السَّبْعِيْنَ في أَهْلِهِ؛ ابْنَ عِشْرِيْنَ في مِشْيَتِهِ وَمَنْظَرِهِ.
Verily, the Exalted God detests an unwise believer.
اِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالى يُبْغِضُ ...
Now, on the other hand, if you reflect upon the life of 'Ali (a.s.) and his descendants, you will come to know why Shi'ism spread and how it spread; moreover the truth will be revealed as to whether Shi'ism was the innovation of the Iranians, or the ingenuity of the Sabeans, or whether it was the simple and straight way of Islam as shown by Muhammad (s.a.w.).After the martyrdom of Sayyid ash-Shuhadah (the Leader of the Martyrs) Imam al-Husayn ...
From the important matters, which the Sunni raise and criticize the Shia for on all occasions, is the matter of neglecting and not offering the Friday Prayer. Some of them are so excessive to a degree that they consider the Shia as disbelievers for not offering the Friday Prayer, relying on a Prophetic tradition that they narrate saying, “Whoever gives up the Friday (prayer) three times does turn his back to Islam.” They also narrate another ...
A Child Whose Birth Was Miraculous And Who Made A Revolution In His Youth Against OppressionMaryam was passing her solitary life in a room of Baitul Maqdas engaged in God-worship. Thirteen years of her life passed away in this way. Now youth was approaching her speedily and her devotion to worship accompanied with her radiant face and noble form made her a daughter that was a model of morality for the entire world. At the beginning of the ...
The fifth Greater Sin is the murder of that person whose execution has not been ordered by Allah and the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.). Traditions which confirm that murder is a Greater Sin have already been mentioned at the beginning. Moreover the verses of the Holy Quran mention clearly the Divine punishment for the murderers.
"And whoever kills a believer intentionally, his punishment is Hell; he shall abide in it, and Allah will send ...
Wara` has been reckoned as one of the stages of the wayfarer's journey. In accordance with the definition of it given by the well-known gnostic, the venerable(dignified) Khwajah `Abd Allah Ansari, it is:
It means that wara` is the utmost of restraint and the ultimate of self-vigilance accompanied with the fear of stumbling; or it means subjecting the soul to a rigorous discipline for the sake of God's glorification. And this includes all its ...
It is explained in 'Tafsir al-Mizan' that 'zanb' and 'ithm' are synonyms that denote a condition wherein the person involved is deprived of reason. He has no inclination for deeds of virtue nor can he maintain an amiable disposition. 'Ithm' is a type of sin, the evil effects of which become apparent in the person and he is absolutely doomed. The evils of drinking are known to all. The health of the alcoholic is affected in various ways. His ...
Aql: The Place of Intellect in Islam
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim
"The first thing created by God was the Intellect" (hadith)
In the following discussion on the place of intellect in Islam, the analogy of a computer may help clarify some of the points made. This is an analogy used only to provoke some thought and is not meant to be carried too far. There is, after all, no such thing as a perfect analogy. A perfect analogy would, in ...
They say that paradise and salvation in the Hereafter is destined only for them. If they really believe like this then why are they afraid of death and the loss of material things and why are they constantly praying for extension of worldly life for enjoying constant benefit of the worldly passions and desires? Challenging such persons the Lord of the universe says:
قُلْ إِن كَانَتْ لَكُمُ الدَّارُ ...
It should be known that for the wayfarer on the path of God and the emmigrant from the dark house of the self to the real Ka\'bah, there is a spiritual journey and a gnostic wayfaring whose origin is the habitat of the self and egoism and whose stages are the planes of finitude pertaining to `the horizons and the souls\' and the Mulk and the Malakut, which have been referred to as `the veils of darkness and lights.\'
Verily, for God there are a ...
The greatest aim of Divine Messengers was to emphasize the importance of refinement, purification, and training of human selves. God-Almighty said in the Holy Quran:“God did confer a great favor on the believers when he sent among them an apostle from among themselves rehearsing unto them the signs of God, sanctifying them and instructing them in scripture and wisdom, while before that, they had been in manifest error.” -the Holy Quran (13: ...
Allah wants to send ever lasting blessings upon His creation, but adl demands only those who prove to be deserving of such blessings will receive them. One who does not deserve cannot receive such blessings because it goes against adl. When one becomes deserving of the blessings of Allah, only then will he fulfill his purpose of creation.That is the love and marifat (recognition) of Ahlul Bayt (as). It is compulsory to consistently inform the ...
Among the sciences which Ima`m Abu` Ja'far (al-Baqir), peace be on him, presented during his lectures was the exegesis of the Holy Koran. Indeed he devoted a time of his times to it. He discussed all of its affairs. The scholars of exegesis, though they had different opinions and trends, studied under him. Thus, he was the most brilliant explainer in Islam. Among his studies on the Koran are the following:
The Virtue of Reciting the Holy ...
The science of scholastic, or speculative, theology (kalaam) is an Islamic science. It is concerned with discussing Islamic beliefs, or what should be upheld of such beliefs from an Islamic perspective. Thus, kalaam seeks to explain the matters relating to these beliefs, advancing the evidence in support thereof and defending the same.Muslim scholars divide the body of Islamic teachings into three categories: 1. Beliefs: This category deals with ...
