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Ziarat Ashura

Peace be on you, O Aba Abdullah! Peace be on you, O son of RasoolAllah (saw)! Peace be on you, O the select, surpassing, chosen in preference over all goodness of Allah, and son of Allah’s (such) goodness. Peace be on you, O Son of Ameerul Momineen (asws), and Son of the Master of the successors! Peace be on you, …

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The Magnificent Emblem

You are brief like surah Kosar, but always ongoing, nourishing, and fertile. Your event is a magnificent event, no revolution can be shorter than that. From dawn to dusk, all occurred in an unknown land with the fewest companions can be counted ever for revolutions to occur. This magnificence has transferred the globe vastness, in its ubiquity, lighter than ever! …

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AlGhadir Sermon

1. “Praise belongs to Allah, Who is Sublime in His Oneness, and He is with all beings in His Loneliness. Glorious is He in His Domination, and He is great in His Foundations! His Knowledge encircles all beings without taking a move or having a dwelling; He subdues everything with His Power and Reasoning! He has eternally been praised, and …

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Parts of Dua-e-A’rafah

The prayer of Imam al-°usayn (`a), the Chief of Martyrs, on the `Araf¡t Day is one of the famous prayers. Bishr and Bash¢r, the sons of Gh¡lib al-Asad¢, narrated that they, once, accompanied Imam al-°usayn (`a) at the `Araf¡t Night when he left his tent with submission and reverence. He walked slowly until he, accompanied by a group of his …

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Goodbye Ramadan

Goodbye Ramadan! Goodbye the month of pureness, tranquility, and honesty, month of unique moments of dawn forgiveness and irreversible seconds of Iftar compliance. Goodbye the month when Satan ‘s hands were tied and the sins’ way was closed. Goodbye the month when those who fasted were secured against the fire of hell and the relaxing voices of settlers of heaven …

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Shahid Jahanara’s Letter to Imam Khomeini

Since the day the war began to the moment that Khoramshahr fell, for a month I saw Karbala constantly. Our Lord, grant us patience and strengthen our steps and helps us to defeat Kaferin! My God, the World Creator, and the one who listens to our outcries, and the love of good people! I thank you for the chance you …

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One Woman’s War: Da(Mother) Translated from the Persian by Paul Sprachman

In Iran Before The War(pp47-49) It was almost the spring of 1980 and for the first time father let Leila, Mohsen, and me go to the Now Ruz celebrations with Uncle Hoseyni’s family. Very early one morning we boarded a truck and, with family friends of uncle’s, went to the shrine of Ali, one of the sons of Imam Hoseyn …

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RAMADAN MOBARAK

Hereby, we welcome Ramadan Karim, Allah’s month. We are fasting in Ramadan to celebrate our souls and return to our selves to reflect on what we do and assess our relationships with Allah, the Almighty. We are fasting in Ramadan to polish our being as Allah’s Caliph(representative) on the earth, to evaluate our tasks and duties, and to satisfy our …

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Birthday Anniversary of Imam al-Kazim

Mūsá ibn Ja‘far al-Kāzim also called Abūl-Hasan, Abū Abd Allah, Abū Ibrāhīm, and al-Kāzim (the one who controls his anger), was the seventh Shiite Imam after his father Ja’far al-Sadiq. He is regarded by Sunnis as a renowned scholar, and was a contemporary of the Abbasid caliphs Al-Mansur, Al-Hadi, Al-Mahdi and Harun al-Rashid. He was imprisoned several times, finally dying …

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