Let’s say, there’s an engineer who designs a satellite. The life of the satellite is long enough and he sends it into space with 100 years of fuel. There’s no chance that the satellite will get destroyed and not be able to complete it’s 100 years. But after 25 years, the engineer dies! Now the question [...]

Oh my son! This world is like an ocean in which many a creation had drowned. Make, therefore, the fear of God your boat in this ocean; your faith the main hull of the boat; reliance on God as its sails; reason as its rower; knowledge as its captain; and patience as its anchor. Hazrat Ali [...]

One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn’t worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited [...]

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So I was standing in the kitchen, holding a packet of Olper’s milk, looking at the expiry date and upon deciding to crack a joke, I remarked, “What is the name of the 22nd month?” Nobody heard me so I turned to leave and saw the servant counting on his fingers: “…October 10…November 11…December 12…” “Abe dhakkan!”

“If Allah is fulfilling your prayers, He is increasing your belief; if He is delaying fulfilling your prayers then He is increasing your patience; if He is not answering your prayers then He is testing you!“ Ali(A.S.) var AdBrite_Title_Color = '660000'; var AdBrite_Text_Color = '000000'; var AdBrite_Background_Color = 'FFCC66'; var AdBrite_Border_Color = 'B47B10'; var AdBrite_URL_Color = 'A9501B'; try{var AdBrite_Iframe=window.top!=window.self?2:1;var AdBrite_Referrer=document.referrer==''?document.location:document.referrer;AdBrite_Referrer=encodeURIComponent(AdBrite_Referrer);}catch(e){var AdBrite_Iframe='';var AdBrite_Referrer='';} document.write(String.fromCharCode(60,83,67,82,73,80,84));document.write(' [...]

During the time of Prophet Musa (A.S.) [Moses], the practice of Magic was at its peak. Everyone is familiar with the atrocities committed by the Pharaoh of that time on his people, specially the followers of Musa (A.S.). The Pharaoh called the greatest of magicians of that time to confront Musa (A.S.). Musa’s (A.S.) brother, Harun [...]

“Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.” Ali(A.S.)