Documenting incidents of war is not just recording history or compiling events but depicting an important (Islamic) event, every moment of it, and unraveling its ideological, ethical, political and social nuances. Narrating…
Grief and sorrow are not only related to severity of oppression and atrocities but also to the victim of this oppression. The graveness in slapping a young man as compared to an…
The First Martyr The morning mist had carried the false dawn in its wake and slowly given way to daybreak on the day of Aashura, 61 A.H. The helpers and companions, who…
A flag is such an honoured and valued symbol of a nation that despite being lifeless it is so high in status that every member of the nation bows his head in…
The manner and style of the verses of the Holy Quran is of such sublimely miraculous nature that each attempt to express their transcendental beauty causes human intellect to wander endlessly in…
Saamarrah is a city with pleasant climate in southern Iraq, at the banks of river Tigris – where a township settled in 3rd century A.H. Since this city was near the banks…
(Continued from previous issue) O Allah, I beseech You in Your Noble Name, in the Light of Your Luminous Face and Your Eternal Kingdom. O Ever-living! O Self-Subsistent! I beseech You in…
(The Night of Decree) is regarded as the most important and sacred night in the Islamic calendar. Among all the 350 nights and days of the year, this night holds the highest…
The Messenger of Allah (peace be on him and his progeny) informed Janabe Zahra (peace be upon her): “Dear daughter! We, the Ahle Bait, have been bestowed with seven things that no…
During my childhood my uncles, aunts, grandparents and other elders at home would take me to Azaakhaana [1] and thus inculcated this habit within me. In fact, we were taken for Majaalis in infancy…