“I am studying these skulls for 20 years but still cannot make out the difference,
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDhu’l-Qarnayn was going around the cities when he came across an old man. He had collected human skulls and was turning them around in two […]
Month: March 2014
“Would you destroy them even if there are a hundred faithful believers among them?”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteImams says that Allah sent four angels to destroy the people of Lut: Archangel Gabriel, Mika’il, Israfil and Karubeel. The angels came to Ibrahim dressed […]
Divine Punishment for the Nation of Lut (as)
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere was a scholar among the people of Lut. He warned the villagers that the wrath of Allah was upon them as repeatedly forecasted by […]
The Sacrifice of Hazrat Ismail (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Musa Ibn Ja‘far says that when Ibrahim was leaving Hajar and Isma‘il at Makkah, they began to lament. “Why do you weep?” asked Ibrahim, […]
“Where is your husband,” Ibrahim asked her.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOne day Ibrahim desired to see Isma‘il and mounted a horse to head for Makkah. Sarah come to know and she extracted an oath that […]
“Have you ever seen a friend putting to death a friend?”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali says that when Allah desired to take away the soul of Ibrahim He sent the Angel of death. “As salaamo A’laika Ya […]
Hazrat Ibrahim (as) and the Angel of Death
Reading Time: < 1 minuteHazrat Ibrahim met an Angel and asked him who he was. He said, “I am the Angel of death.”“Can you show me your appearance at […]
And my Lord causes the sun to rise from the east, you bring it out from the west.”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is narrated from ‘Ali ibn Ibrahim that when Nimrod has Ibrahim thrown into the fire, and the fire became cool and peace for him […]