Qur’an Analysis
(Here is) a Book which We have sent down unto thee, full of blessings, that they may mediate on its Signs, and that men of understanding may receive admonition.
(38:29 / Yusuf Ali)
Will we see Allah (swt) on the Day of Judgement?
The Shia’s and Sunni’s differ have historically differed upon this Question. The Shia say this is metaphorical rather than literal and material, while (most of) the Sunni’s say we will see Allah (swt) with our [...]
The Tree of Ahlulbayt (as)
Allah states in the Holy Qur’an: أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا كَلِمَةً طَيِّبَةً كَشَجَرَةٍ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌ وَفَرْعُهَا فِي السَّمَاءِ “Have you not considered how Allah presents an example, [making] a good word like [...]
The Supplication of Elevating the Qur’ān (Rafʿ al-Maṣāḥif)
Is the supplication of the Qur’ān in which you raise a copy of the Qur’ān upon the head during the night of Qadr, saying: “Oh Allāh, by the right of this Qur’an, and by the [...]
The Light of Fatima (as)
Sayeda Fatima (as) is the Secret of Allah (swt), the first of creations, and a Human Hawra. What was the reason she was named Fatima (as) and what secrets does she hold? […]
The Kaafir and the Falaah
When we hear the word “Kaafir” we immediately think of “disbeliever” or “non-Muslim” .. however Allah (swt) has used this word and it’s derivatives in many different ways and contexts. We explore its root meaning [...]
The interpolations of Israelite narrations into the Shīʿite books of exegesis
It is said that some of our great classical exegetes would rely upon the literature of the non-Shīʿa. The likes of al-Ṭuṣi (d. 1067) in al-Tibiyān al-Jāmiʿ liʿUlūm al-Qur’ān and al-Ṭabrasi (d. 1153) in Majmaʿ [...]
The Hunger Games: The Struggle for Knowledge.
“When knowledge becomes too convenient, it will never settle in the heart.”(1) In these modern times, with the internet, social media, YouTube etc. We are blessed with the accessibility of knowledge at the click of [...]
Salvation of Non-Shia’s
Is there any salvation for Non-Muslim and Non-Shia’s? Is heaven reserved exclusively to Shia’s? […]
Prophet Ibrahim (as) – The epitome of Disassociation (Bara’a)
In many instances in the Qur'an, Prophet Ibrahim (as) showed the best forms of bara'ah (disassociation). It goes to the extent that Allah (swt) says that there is a "good example" in what Ibrahim (as) [...]
Historical Analysis of Hadith al-Manzilah
Many use Hadith al-Manzilah (“You are from me of the status which Haroun (as) had from Musa (as) except that there is no Prophet after me”) to prove the Imamate of Imam Ali (as) – [...]
Abu Bakr & the Cave (Part 4)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Continuing on with 9:40 إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ لِصَاحِبِهِ لَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَنَا [...]
Abu Bakr & the Cave (Part 3)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 Continuing on the analysis of Ayah 40 of Surat al-Bara'ah: إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ إِذْ يَقُولُ [...]
Abu Bakr & the Cave (Part 2)
Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 We now look at the critical ayah found in Surat al-Bara'ah: إِلَّا تَنصُرُوهُ فَقَدْ نَصَرَهُ اللَّهُ إِذْ أَخْرَجَهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ثَانِيَ اثْنَيْنِ إِذْ هُمَا فِي الْغَارِ إِذْ [...]
Abu Bakr & the Cave (Part 1)
Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Questions are raised about the merit of Abu Bakr and his companionship of the Messenger of Allah (sawa) in the Cave of Thowr during migration, and how [...]