2259 views Mohammad Ali Shomali Ahlul Bayt World Assembly Prophethood & Imamate Sunni & Shi’a Vol. 14, no. 2, Summer 2013 This paper is based on lecture 14 of a series of lectures delivered by Dr Mohammad Ali Shomali in summer 2004 in Qum. Introdu ...
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Mohammad Ali Shomali This paper is based on lecture 14 of a series of lectures delivered by Dr Mohammad Ali Shomali in summer 2004 in Qum. Abstract In Shi‘i Islam, it is necessary for a society to have a pious, knowledgeable, wise, and infallible guide wh ...
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2046 views Mohammad Ali Shomali Ahlul Bayt World Assembly God & His Attributes General Vol. 14, no. 4, Winter 2014 Using the Qur’an and Islamic traditions, this article addresses some of the major aspects of the concept of light. Light is one of God’s ...
Zeinab Donati - 09/04/2019 - 19:21
Mohammad Ali Shomali This paper is the first part of a series of seven lessons by the author in London, at the Islamic Centre of England in July 2011. This course was an attempt to explore the essence of faith, religiosity, and moral values on which they ...
Zeinab Donati - 02/22/2017 - 04:22
2466 views Mohammad Ali Shomali Ahlul Bayt World Assembly General Vol. 15, no. 1, Spring 2014 This article explores the Islamic view of hardship and the meaning of suffering by describing Satan’s role in the origin of mankind’s hardship, and clarifies the ...
Zeinab Donati - 08/27/2019 - 17:30
Mohammad Ali Shomali This paper is based on the first part of two lectures delivered by the author in Dar al-Zahra in Qum in Fatimiyyah 2011. Abstract What is the Islamic view of hardship? Do we suffer because it is a sign of being good or immoral, or doe ...
Zeinab Donati - 01/19/2017 - 04:44
1955 views Mohammad Ali Shomali Ahlul Bayt World Assembly Ethics General Spirituality Vol. 15, no. 2, Summer 2014 This series of articles elucidates the merits and consequences of piety as seen in the Qur’an, hadith, and the lives of the Ahlul Bayt, and i ...
Zeinab Donati - 08/28/2019 - 13:04
Mohammad Ali Shomali This paper is the second part of a series of seven lessons by the author in London, at the Islamic Centre of England in July 2011. This course was an attempt to explore the essence of faith and piety, and moral values on which faith a ...
Zeinab Donati - 02/03/2017 - 00:19
2106 views Mohammad Ali Shomali Ahlul Bayt World Assembly General Vol. 15, no. 2, Summer 2014 This article explores the Islamic view of hardship and the meaning of suffering by describing Satan’s role in the origin of mankind’s hardship, and clarifies the ...
Zeinab Donati - 08/27/2019 - 17:30
Mohammad Ali Shomali This paper is based on the second part of two lectures delivered by the author in Dar al-Zahra in Qum during the Fatimiyyah commemoration, 2011. Abstract In the previous part, we studied the fact that suffering is a reality of our lif ...
Zeinab Donati - 02/09/2017 - 04:55
1952 views Mohammad Ali Shomali Ahlul Bayt World Assembly Ethics General Spirituality Vol. 15, no. 3, Autumn 2014 This part of the series further illustrates the qualities of the pious according to the Qur'an, that the pious are those who have faith ...
Aliwaale - 08/28/2019 - 13:04
Mohammad Ali Shomali This paper is the third part of a series of seven lessons by the author in London, at the Islamic Centre of England in July 2011. This course was an attempt to explore the essence of faith, religiosity, and moral values on which they ...
Aliwaale - 02/22/2017 - 16:21
2008 views Mohammad Ali Shomali Ahlul Bayt World Assembly Ethics General Spirituality Vol. 16, no. 1, Spring 2015 This series focuses on the advantages of piety (taqwa) in Islam. This part delves into the qualities of loving God and loving others for His ...
Aliwaale - 08/28/2019 - 13:04
Mohammad Ali Shomali This paper is based on the fourth and fifth parts of a series of seven lessons by the author in London, at the Islamic Centre of England in July 2011. This course was an attempt to explore the essence of faith, religiosity, and moral ...
Aliwaale - 04/04/2017 - 10:42
Mohammad Ali Shomali This series of papers is based on a series of lectures delivered by the author in Muharram 1428/ January 2007 in London Abstract The "End of Time" is the era described in the eschatologies of the dominant world religions. In ...
Aliwaale - 03/07/2018 - 02:48
2708 views Mohammad Ali Shomali Ahlul Bayt World Assembly General Ethics Vol. 16, no. 2, Summer 2015 Part 1 of this series illustrates on the importance of community- building in the Qur'an and Prophet Muhammad's efforts to put it into practice. ...
Aliwaale - 08/12/2019 - 18:23
Mohammad Ali Shomali This series is based on a nine session course conducted by the author on Community Building at the Islamic Centre of England in London in 2009. Abstract To consider a group of people a successful community involves specific requiremen ...
Aliwaale - 04/26/2017 - 13:35
2254 views Mohammad Ali Shomali Ahlul Bayt World Assembly General Ethics Vol. 16, no. 3, Autumn 2015 Part 2 of this series further builds upon qualities such as moderation, humbleness, enjoining good and forbidding wrong, unity, truth, justice, environmen ...
Aliwaale - 08/12/2019 - 18:23
Mohammad Ali Shomali This series is based on a nine-session course conducted by the author on Community Building at the Islamic Centre of England in London in 2009. Abstract Though personal identity is truly important, it is essential for a community to l ...
Aliwaale - 05/16/2017 - 14:05
Mohammad Ali Shomali Abstract Islamic sources hold a rich account of the ‘End of Times’ an era described in the eschatologies of the dominant world religions. It refers to the world’s state of affairs before and after the coming of Imam Mahdi to establish ...
Aliwaale - 03/07/2018 - 02:48
