Tarājim & Rijāl
In the Presence of the Ocean – Recollections of Ayatullah Shubayri Zanjani
By Sayyid Husayn Kashfi In the Name of God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful Introduction These notes are the fruit of…
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Memories of Sayyid Baqir al-Durchei about the Gatherings of the Great Marja’ Sayyid al-Zanjani
Memories of Sayyid Baqir al-Durchei about the Gatherings of the Great Marja’ Sayyid al-Zanjani His Eminence Ayatullah Sayyid Baqir al-Mousawi al-Durchei al-Isfahani…
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The Missing Purpose (Ghayah): Why Our Communities Struggle to Transform
In several of my lectures and seminars, I’ve argued that Western Shi’i communities struggle to prioritize what the Islamic tradition actually expects…
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How a Single Weak Report Became a New Taboo: Behbahani on the ‘Two Fatimahs’ Controversy
There is a fascinating fiqhi treatise written by Wahid Behbahani (1706–1791) addressing a jurisprudential matter that had gained currency in the community…
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A Precious Treatise on the Compilation of the Arabic Lexicon by Ayatullah Hasanzadeh Amuli
Two works of Ayatullah Hasanzadeh Amuli (1927–2021) – perhaps best considered part of the kashkul (miscellany) genre – are Hazar o Yik…
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Does Aw [Or] Ever Mean Bal [Rather]? A Closer Look at a Disputed Grammatical Claim
In our introductory grammar books in the seminary, we are taught a simple rule: the word aw (او), which translates to “or”…
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The Hadith of the Prophet (p) Being Given Medicine: A Fabrication?
Previously, I shared the views of Ibn Abi al-Hadid on the narration of Ladud, where he recounts asking a very prominent scholar…
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(2) Tawhid from the Perspective of the Qur’an and the Sunnah
By Ustad Muhammad Taqi Sobhani | Translated by Sayyid Ali Imran Sources of Tawhidic Knowledge and the Rational Method in Proving the…
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Philosophy of Physics: The Fundamental Challenge of New Physics by Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
I was still in the Hawzah when news broke of the assassination of Dr. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, one of Iran’s leading nuclear scientists.…
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