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.
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."
Tadwīn al-Ḥadīth: The Prohibition of Hadith & the Prophetic Legacy
Sayyid Ahmad al-Madadi discusses the early development of hadith, and why the ban on writing hadith could not have been by the Prophet's command.
Understanding Sacred Speech: An Interview with Shaykh Rizwan Arastu
Shaykh Rizwan Arastu delves into how to bridge the vast gulf between ourselves and our sacred sources of guidance, that is, the Ahl al-Bayt and the Qurʾan.
None Know except the Knowing: Ahl al-Bayt & their Knowledge of the Qurʾan
Can anyone fully understand God's Words? Only those who first received those Words and inherited them, al-Fayd al-Kashani argues.
Ṣarfah: An Examination of the Debate on the Nature of the Qurʾan’s Inimitability
In a research article, Syed Shiraz Agha evaluates the various arguments Islamic scholars presented on the nature of the Qurʾan’s miracle, as they contemplated the profundity of Islam’s most sacred text.
“The Book of God and My Family Shall Never Part Ways”
Professor Aun Hasan Ali illustrates in this essay the pivotal relationship between the Qurʾan and hadith, and how indispensable hadith is in allowing us access to Islamic law.
