“What delivers a slave (of Allah) from destruction”?
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt is related that once a nomad came and saluted Imam Husayn (a.s.) and asked from him saying, “I have heard from your Grandfather that if you have a desire, […]
Trust in Allah ( Tawakkul)
Who was Pharaoh??
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe story of the most heartless king! Whoever did arrogant and wronged on this earth, Allah has made it a sign. Similarly, in the time of Prophet Moses (peace be […]
The Ant in the Red Sea
Reading Time: < 1 minuteProphet Musa (pbuh) knew that he would soon have to leavethe world. As he looked at his family his attention fell on hisyoung daughter. He thought to himself, “Who will […]
The Ring in the Stomach of the Fish
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere was once a lady who always said Bismillahirrahmaanirraheem(I begin in the name of Allah, the Kind, the Merciful)before she did anything. She knew that Allah would thenalways be with […]
Uthman bin Maz’un
Reading Time: 2 minutesSome persons who had migrated to Ethiopia left that country and returned to the Hijaz on account of false reports to the effect that Quraysh had embraced Islam. On their […]
‘I have no doubt that you have asked him (the imam) to pray for you.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAl-Mansur narrated that his father’s uncle said, “Once, I went to Imam Ali al-Hadi and said to him, ‘O my master, this man (he meant al-Mutawakkil, the Abbasid caliph) has […]
Khalaawaa daughter of Aus
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt is reported from Imam Ja‘far as-Sadiq that Allah revealed to Dawud to give good tidings of Paradise to Khalaawaa daughter of Aus and also to inform her that in […]
The Tyrant king and the Believer
Reading Time: < 1 minutet is mentioned in a reliable tradition from Imam as-Sadiq that there was a tyrant king in the times of Musa. At the same time, there was a pious man. […]
“O Yusuf take a look at the seventh layer beneath the earth”
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen Yusuf asked his cell-mate to lobby for him with the king, Archangel Gabriel descended near him and kicked the ground. A fissure developed that reached up to the seventh […]
“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 and says that “I have […]