1. What's New
  2. What's New

What's New

  • Shaykh Muhammad Jawad Mughniyyah: A Contemporary Jurisprudent

  • Kashif al-Ghita’: The Voice Of Unity

  • Religious Variety: The Case of Convergence

  • Editorial, Number 6, March 2010

  • Mulla Sadra’s View Of God’s Relations To The Sensible And Imaginal Worlds: Imagination And The Variable Intensity Of Being

  • Contradiction in the Views of Shahid Mutahhari and Hegel

  • Principles by Shah Ni‘matullah Wali

  • A Branched Model for Substantial Motion

  • The Essential Unity of the Necessary Being According to Mulla Abdullah Zanuzi

    The Essential Unity of the Necessary Being According to Mulla Abdullah Zanuzi. A Logical Analysis of Zanuzi’s Argument for Essential Monotheism.

  • Imamate And Caliphate - An Islamic Perspective

    This text analyses the issue of Imamate and Caliphate, starting with the importance of researching the true religion, citing relevant verses of the Holy Qur’an and ahadith that prove the importance of the Event of Ghadir and the successorship of the family of the Prophet (S). The discussion continues with a critique on Ahlul-Sunnah claims of attributing the guidance of the Ummah to the Caliphate

  • Islamic Mystical Readings of Cheikh Hamidou Kane's Ambiguous Adventure

    This text analyses the aspect of Islamic mysticism in “Ambiguous Adventure”, a novel by Senegalese author Cheikh Hamidou Kane.

  • The Hajj As Worship And Education

    This text is a short guide that explains all the details about Hajj and Umrah, including their types, benefits, objectives and conditions. Furthermore, it also includes supplication of Imam Zayn Al-Abidin ('a) on the day of Arafa that he recited on the land of Arafat.

  • Fatimah Al-Zahra: The Spring Of Inspiration

    This text is about the life and sublime qualities of Fatimah Al-Zahra (’a), the daughter of the Holy Prophet (S). It covers her lineage; her miraculous and divinely inspired birth; her character; her exemplary life as daughter, wife, mother and teacher, and her crucial role to defend the religion of Islam after the demise of the Holy Prophet (S), as well as events that led to her own tragic death. And finally, it takes a look at the tragic event of Karbala, where her son Imam Husayn (’a) was brutally slain defending the same principles as his mother and grandfather.

  • Human Being In The Holy Qur'an

    This text analyzes the spiritual and philosophical range of human beings from the Islamic perspective by compiling the verses of the Holy Qur’an that describe humans and their characteristics; illustrating the heights that can be attained raising them to the status of angels and above, or the depths they can fall to making them worse than beasts and demons - and ultimately how both these stations are decided through their own free will.

  • Soul’s Departure And Soul’s Independence Of The Body

    An investigation on soul’s departure and soul’s independence of the body analyzing several Muslim and non-Muslim scholars' writings on the topic.

  • What A Muslim Should Know And Believe

    This text, although brief and simple, is a comprehensive and detailed exposition of the main articles of Faith and all the dos and don’ts of Islam. This booklet will serve as a guide to those parents whose children are reaching the age of maturity, as well as to those missionaries who bring someone into the fold of true Islam. It would show them the minimum that their wards should believe in and act upon the moment they become baligh or are converted.

  • Jesus From The Point Of View Of Qur’an

    This text informs and answers questions about Jesus (‘a), describe his (‘a) birth, his mother (‘a), his mission, apostleship, alleged divinity, supporters, message, etc. from the Islamic point of view through a collection of verses of the Holy Qur’an.

  • Rationality Of Islam - Islamic Seminary Publications

    This text aims at giving an overview of the basic teachings of Islam. Subjects like role of religion, its need and impact on human life, a short history of the lives of the leaders of Islam and a basic guide to administration according to principles of Islam are presented and supported by extensive reference of verses of the Holy Qur’an and Ahadith.

  • The Best Advice

    This text is a collection of pieces of wisdom from Prophet Muhammad (S), Imam Ali (‘a), Imam Sadiq (‘a), Imam Kazim (‘a), Prophet Jesus (‘a). The topics that are covered are, among others: basic manners, moral values, social and personal behaviour, problem handling and how to live in this world in a way that pleases our Creator.

  • Shi’ah Women Transmitters Of Hadith

    This text gives the reader an insight into the lives of women who have transmitted traditions in history with a short description of their biographies. These women met the Holy Prophet (S) and our A’immah (‘a) and they accepted Islam with understanding, they raised their family, memorized the Qur’an, learnt Islamic Jurisprudence, Theology, Gnosticism, Philosophy, Tafseer and even took part in battles as nurses and providers of water to the soldiers. These women set a great example by fulfilling all these roles, while maintaining piety, good Akhlaq and always striving to gain knowledge. Included in the text there are also some of their outstanding merits, quotes from scholars about them, who they have transmitted traditions from, and who transmitted traditions from them.