Month: August 2009

Reading Time: 9 minutesThe commentary of the word of Allah, the High: إِنِْي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَْاسِ إِمَامًا قَالَ وَمِن ذُرِْيَْتِي قَالَ لاَ يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَْالِمِينَ “Surely I will make you an Imam of men. Ibrahim said: And of my […]

Reading Time: 16 minutesThe commentary of the word of Allah, the High: إِخْوَانًا عَلَى سُرُرٍ مُْتَقَابِلِينَ “…(they shall be) as brethren, on raised couches, face to face.[1]” The author of Ghaayah al-Maraam records on the authority of Abdullah […]

Reading Time: 8 minutesThe commentary of the word of Allah, the High: إِنَْمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرٌ وَلِكُلِْ قَوْمٍ هَادٍ “You are only a warner and (there is) a guide for every people.”[1] Buraid al-Ajali narrates from Imam Muhammad al-Baqer […]

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe commentary of the word of Allah, the High: أَلْقِيَا فِي جَهَنَْمَ كُلَْ كَفَْارٍ عَنِيدٍ “Do cast into hell every ungrateful, rebellious one.”[1] The author of Ghaayah al-Maraam has relied on a tradition from our […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesThe commentary of the word of Allah, the High: وَقِفُوهُمْ إِنَْهُم مَْسْئُولُونَ And stop them, for they shall be questioned.[1] Ibn Shahr Aashoob narrates from Sunni sources and others from Muhammad Ibn Ishaaq al-Sha’bi, A’mash, […]

Reading Time: 9 minutesThe commentary of the word of Allah, the High: وَ إِنِْي لَغَفَْارٌ لِْمَن تَابَ وَ آمَنَ وَ عَمِلَ صَالِحًا ثُمَْ اهْتَدٰى “And most surely I am most Forgiving to him who repents and believes and […]

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe commentary of the word of Allah, the High: يَا أَيُْهَا الَْذِينَ آمَنُواْ اتَْقُواْ اللهَ وَكُونُواْ مَعَ الصَْادِقِينَ “O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and be with the true ones.”[1] […]

Reading Time: 13 minutesThe commentary of the word of Allah, the High: وَاعْتَصِمُواْ بِحَبْلِ اللهِ جَمِيعًا وَلاَ تَفَرَْقُواْ “And hold fast by the rope of Allah all together and be not disunited.”[1] al-Ayyaashi narrates through his chains (of […]

Reading Time: 18 minutesThe commentary of the word of Allah, the High: أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَى بَيِْنَةٍ مِْن رَْبِْهِ وَ يَتْلُوهُ شَاهِدٌ مِْنْهُ وَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ كِتَابُ مُوسٰى إَمَامًا وَرَحْمَةً Is he then who has with him a clear […]

Reading Time: 33 minutesAll praise is for Allah, Who created man in the best form and guided him to the upright religion and the clear path. Thereafter, He endowed him with intellect as an innate proof that guides […]