Ease After Patience
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe only son of an indigent woman had gone on a journey which had transformed into a protracted one. Extremely worried, she approached Imam Sadiq […]
Anecdotes for Reflection – Part 3
Survival of Religion Lies in Patience
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne day the Noble Prophet (s.a.w), accompanied by the Commander of the Faithfuls(a.s), had been heading towards the mosque of Quba when they happened to […]
Prophet Yahya and Satan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce, the accursed Satan manifested himself before the Prophet Yahya Ibn Zakariya (a.s). Observing that he had in his possession numerous ropes, Yahya (a.s) inquired: […]
Prophet Musa and Satan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce, Satan approached Prophet Musa (a.s) and said to him: “You are the Prophet of Allah while I am one of His sinning and disobedient […]
Prophet Nuh (as) and Satan
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter Prophet Nuh (a.s) had disembarked from his ark, the Satan approached him and said: “You have greatly obliged me and so I wish to […]
Debate with the Polytheists
Reading Time: < 1 minuteProphet Ibrahim (a.s), in explaining and propagating the concept of monotheism, found himself in persistent conflict with the idolaters – who possessed idols and statues, […]
Disbelief and Polytheism
Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter the death of Hisham Ibn Abdul Malik – the Umayyad Caliph, Walid Ibn Yazid took over the reins of the Caliphate in the year […]
Concealed Polytheism
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAbu Said al-Khudri narrates: “We were a few individuals, who, in a difficult and dangerous period, had shouldered the responsibility of guarding the Noble Prophet […]
A Polytheist Turns Into a Believer
Reading Time: < 1 minuteShabih Ibn Uthman was a polytheist whose father and brother had been killed by the Muslims in the battle of Uhud. He awaited an opportunity […]
The Extremist Who Considered Himself a Shia
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSahl Ibn ZiyadAdmi relates: “Some of our friends wrote a letter to Imam Askari (a.s) saying: “‘Ali Ibn Hasakah claims to be one of your […]