Articles

How do we know our prayers are accepted? In this guest editorial, David Coolidge reflects on insights gained into this question and more during the 2016 L.I.F.E. program.

Who is God? The following translation, from a treatise by the 5th-century Shīʿī scholar, Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Karājikī, attempts to concisely explain Divine Unicity (tawḥīd), while discussing the basic creed of Shīʿī Islam.

In honor of ʿId al-aḍḥā, here is a reflection on a duʿāʾ by Imam al-Mahdi that enumerates many of the individual and social virtues we should all aspire to.

How do we treat others equitably and fairly? This edited translation focuses on the virtues of transacting, on what it means to be a good buyer and seller of commodities and goods. Drawing from a classical legal text by ʿAllamah al-Ḥilli, it attempts to draw out the ethical from the legal, the akhlaq from the fiqh as it relates to commercial transactions.

This paper on Islamic virtues, examines some of the noble characteristics of Imam ʿAlī (ʿa). It is the first part of an edited transcript of a speech by Sayyid Sulayman Hassan, which focuses on why we need role models to understand and communicate divine mercy.

This summarized tafsīr intends to provide brief yet meaningful insights into certain chapters of the Holy Qur’an, namely Ṣurat al-Kawthar and Ṣurat al-ʿAṣr. Drawing from scholarly tafāsīr, it brings together various approaches to tafsīr to uncover the riches of the Word of God.

This article focuses on the practical, a mustaḥab act of mulitple takbīr s in the daily ritual prayer. The daily prayer is central to the spiritual life and practice of all Muslims. As such, it is encouraged for a Muslim to beautify his or her prayer with the teachings of the Ahl al-Bayt (ʿa).

Reza Hemyari sat down with Sayyid Sulayman Hassan to discuss Sayyid Sīstānī's letter to the mobilization forces fighting ISIS.

Naveed Ganjani provides a concise review of Shahīd Muṭahharī's text on the major disciplines studied in the Shiʿi scholastic tradition.

Congregational prayer is a source of both spiritual and social strength. Sakeb Ali illustrates this through quoting relevant passages from the Qurʾan and providing original translations of aḥādīth.