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At a number of places in the Holy Qur’an Allah (SWT) has directed people to ponder over the contents of the Holy Book and not to pass by them cursorily In a large number of verses, the universe and the entire creation have been described as Allah’s (SWT) signs. They …

During the Month of Dhul-Hijjah, there are many blessed opportunities to seek forgiveness, guidance and protection from Allah (SWT). Even when so many are held back from performing Hajj, these days are a mercy and a chance for us to draw closer to Allah through an abundance of worship, fasting …

What the prophets of God received through revelation and as a message from God and conveyed to mankind was religion (Din), 1 that is, a way of life and human duties which guarantee the real happiness of man. Revealed religion in general consists of two parts: doctrine and practice or …

Fasting is the closest and most effective way to reach perfection and spirituality. The Holy Quran mentions the benefit of fasting to attain piety; This piety is achieved by refraining from the longing for eating and drinking and lust. Fasting is one of the Furu’ Ad-Din (ancillaries) of the religion …

Every year the Month of Ramadhan comes and goes; every year we fast, yet without proper appreciation of the potentials of character building that the fasts hold for us. Once, on the last Friday of Sha’ban, the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) delivered a sermon about the significant of the Month …

The religion of Islam attaches great importance to the issue of health to the extent that the first surahs revealed to the Prophet (PBUH) indicate the observance of health. On the occasion of World Health Day, Mahmoud Javadi, a Quran researcher, said in an interview with Shafaqna: “In the first …

Even though Ali (AS) was chosen as Caliph in a massive gathering in the Prophet’s (PBUH) Mosque, this added nothing to his status, since he had already been appointed to this position by God. However, it remains true that without a popular consensus even a divinely appointed Caliph could not …

Before anything else, we should study the intellectual and cultural environment from which the Holy Qur’an arose. From the point of view of all historians, the Hijaz was among the most underdeveloped and backward areas of the world at that time. During the Age of Ignorance, the people of this …

IQNA: A Turkish charity society has distributed more than 700,000 copies of the Quran among Muslim seminarians in Africa. Ali Othman Aslanchi, the representative of the  Khayrat Charity Society in Turkey’s Izmir Province, said the donations of Quran copies began in 2017, Turk Press reported. He said many Muslims in …

Globe Razavi: On the occasion of the auspicious birth anniversary of Imam Hussain (A.S) and the 78th program of Imam Reza holy shrine’s scientific-cultural Tuesdays, Astan Quds Razavi has unveiled a copy of hand-written Quran attributed to Imam Hussain (A.S).  This holy copy of Quran, in Kufic style of writing, has …