The last two verses of Surah al-Baqarah have special status: “The Messenger believes in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, as so do the faithful. They all believe in Allah, His angels, His scriptures, and His messengers. ‘We make no...
The analogy of the king and the horse shows the various forms of gratitude people express. Al-Ghazali used it in his book On Patience and Thankfulness. So imagine a king who wants to go on a journey. He does a favor to a person of his entourage by giving...
Why my dua is not answered even though Allah said Call on Me and I will answer you [Quran 40:60]? Someone asked the same question to imam Jafar al-Sadiq: Why do I call upon Allah but I don’t see any answer? He replied: Because you...
A man asked Imam Ali: How have you seen Allah? He replied: “Eyes do not see Him face-to-face, but hearts perceive Him through the realities of belief. He is near to things but not (physically) contiguous. He is far from them but not...
No need to climb mountains to find wisdom. Wisdom is closer than you might think. It takes Allah eight ayats to summarize the wisdom of Luqman. In them, we’ll find a series of interconnected topics ranging from our relationship with God to...
