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Seeing Life through Sacred Eyes
We often think of Islam as a tradition that tells us do certain "sacred" activities, such as going to hajj, and avoid other activities...
The Qurʾan Speaks about Its People How Most of the Qurʾan...
By Muhammad Muḥsin al-Fayḍ al-Kāshānī
Translated by Azhar Sheraze
Tafsīr al-Ṣāfī is a profound and multilayered tafsīr (exegesis) of the Qurʾan by Muhammad Muḥsin al-Fayḍ al-Kāshānī...
The Devil Isn’t Just in the Details: Reflections on Artificial Intelligence,...
Many of us have had our first conscious experience with AI through interacting with ChatGPT, that marvellous wonder of the postmodern world which writes...
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Intellection in the Islamic Tradition: A Lecture by Shahīd Muṭahharī
A lecture by Shahīd Murṭaẓā Muṭahharī on the role of intellection (taʿaqqul) in the Islamic tradition, and the role it plays in the guidance of human beings.
A Drop in the Sea: The Life and Character of Mirza al-Shirazi
This article contains anecdotes by the contemporary marjiʿ, Sayyid Mūsā al-Shubayrī al-Zanjānī on the exemplary scholar Sayyid Muhammad Hasan al-Shīrāzī, sharing reports of his knowledge, piety, and scholarship.
The Heritage of Scholars: A Review of Agha Buzurg al-Tihrani’s al-Dhariʿah
In the following detailed synopsis, Dr. Aun Hasan Ali explores al-Dharīʿah ilā Taṣānīf al-Shiʿah, a renowned work in bibliographical studies that provides a glimpse into the vast intellectual legacy of Shiʿi scholarship.
Seeing Life through Sacred Eyes
We often think of Islam as a tradition that tells us do certain "sacred" activities, such as going to hajj, and avoid other activities...
The Qurʾan Speaks about Its People How Most of the Qurʾan Is about the Family of the Prophet
By Muhammad Muḥsin al-Fayḍ al-Kāshānī
Translated by Azhar Sheraze
Tafsīr al-Ṣāfī is a profound and multilayered tafsīr (exegesis) of the Qurʾan by Muhammad Muḥsin al-Fayḍ al-Kāshānī...
The Devil Isn’t Just in the Details: Reflections on Artificial Intelligence, Islam, and Higher Education
Many of us have had our first conscious experience with AI through interacting with ChatGPT, that marvellous wonder of the postmodern world which writes...
Inspired Wisdom and the Child Prodigy: Morality Beyond the Technical in Shiʿi Sacred History
What follows is a virtue ethics approach to one incredibly telling incident in Shiʿi sacred history. This incident, read in a particular way, illustrates...
Quenching the Thirst of Generations: The Ali Asghar Water Appeal’s Journey Towards Sustainable Change
Water is a fundamental need for every human being. However, it remains a distant dream for billions of people worldwide, where access to clean,...
The Authenticity of Ziyārat ʿĀshūrāʾ
The following is a translation of Sayyid Musa al-Shubayrī al-Zanjānī’s response to a question regarding the authenticity of the widely-recited Ziyārat ʿĀshūrāʾ. The version...
Arbaʿīn: the Miʿrāj of a Mourner
The following reflection expresses the depth of the spiritual walk from Najaf to Karbala on Arbaʿīn. These personal expressions of sacrifice serve as crucial...
Islam’s Sacred Story: A Contemporary Retelling-Part 2
This is the second installment of the two-part article by Syed Rizwan Zamir, which explores how Sayyid Ali Naqi Naqvi attempted to revive South...
Islam’s Sacred Story: A Contemporary Retelling-Part 1
This is the first installment in a two-part article on the historical thought of Sayyid al-ʿulamāʾ, Sayyid Ali Naqi Naqvi. The article explores the...
Qurʾanic Taʾwīl: Comparing the Views of Ibn ʿArabī and ʿAllāmah Ṭabāṭabāʾī
Explaining the Qurʾan is called taʾwīl, literally "the returning of a thing to its origin." Yet the question remains: what origin or reality is it returned to?
Discovering the Unseen: An Interview on Istikhārah with Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlī Girāmī
In those times of dire decisions, there is the istikhārah. In an brief interview, Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAlī Girāmī explains this "consultation of God," and what it entails.
The Qurʾanic Biography of Imam Husayn: A Translation of Sayyid al-ʿUlama’s “Husayn (ʿa) and the Qurʾan”
Imam al-Husayn exemplifies the core ethical and spiritual principles of the Qurʾan throughout his life. In this treatise, Sayyid ul-ʿUlamāʾ outlines an exegesis of the Imam's life "as given in God's Words."
