Hazrat Yahya (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Prophet Yahya (as) observed the clerics of Baytul Maqdas wearing veils made of haircloth and headgears of cotton, he requested his mother to make […]
Anecdotes for Reflection – Part 2
The Fearful Ones
Reading Time: 2 minutes When the verse: “And surely Hell is the promised place of them all. It has seven gates; for every gate there shall be a separate […]
Punishment by Fire
Reading Time: 2 minutes Once, Amirul Mo’minin (as) was in the company of his companions when a person approached him and said: “O’ Amirul Mo’minin (as)! Purify me for […]
The Mute Language of the Stone
Reading Time: < 1 minute It has been reported that once in the course of his journey, one of the Prophets came across a small stone and observed that a […]
The Fearful Youth
Reading Time: < 1 minute Salman Farsi was passing through the blacksmiths’ market of Kufah when he observed that a crowd had gathered around a youth who lay on the […]
The Modesty of Amirul Mo’minin
Reading Time: < 1 minute The marriage formula between Imam ‘Ali (as) and Hadhrat Zahra (as) had been recited in the year 2 ah, but the wedding ceremony took place […]
The Modesty of the Eyes
Reading Time: 2 minutes It has been related in the commentary Ruhul Bayan that in a city there lived three brothers. The eldest brother had been the muezzin of […]
Hazrat Musa (as) and the Daughters of Hazrat Shu’aib (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes When Musa (as) killed the person from Qabt, the followers of Fir’awn schemed to have him murdered, and so he fled from Egypt. After travelling for […]
Imam Hasan (as) and the Syrian
Reading Time: 2 minutes One day, Imam Hasan (as) was sitting in his place when he was confronted by a man who had come from Syria. As soon as […]