The Miracle of the Staff
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq the Pharaoh built seven cities and seven forts and was besieged inside them in fear of Musa. From one fort to another […]
Holy Infallibles (as)
The Staff of Hazrat Musa (as)
Reading Time: 2 minutes A person asked Imam al-Ridha. if Musa married the same girl, who went to Musa and asked him to come to her father Shu‘ayb? Imam […]
“You Alone are my Lord.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq said that Archangel Gabriel descended to Yusuf when he was in the prison. He told him that the Almighty sends His salaams […]
“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 […]
Sand turns into Flour
Reading Time: 2 minutes Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq says: Ibrahim was the first person for whom the desert sand turned into flour. It was when he had gone to Egypt […]
“This is not a proximate angel, nor a Messenger, it is the brother of the Messenger of Allah”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOnce the Messenger of Allah emerged holding the hand of ‘Ali and called out, “O Ansar, O sons of Hashim! O sons of Abdul Muttalib! […]
Hazrat Saleh (as) and Imam Mahdi (atfs)
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to a reliable chain of narrators Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq said that Salih was in occultation for a long time. He was middle-aged at that […]
“What is Ahqaf?”
Reading Time: 2 minutesAccording to authentic narrations it is related from ‘Ali ibn Yaqtin that Mansur (the `Abbasid caliph) ordered him to dig a well in the palace […]
Punishment of Qabil in barzakh
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn another reliable tradition it is narrated from ‘Ali that a person came to the Holy Prophet and said, “Messenger of Allah, I have seen […]