Understanding Sacred Speech: An Interview with Shaykh Rizwan Arastu
Shaykh Rizwan Arastu delves into how to bridge the vast gulf between ourselves and our sacred sources of guidance, that is, the Ahl al-Bayt and the Qurʾan.
None Know except the Knowing: Ahl al-Bayt & their Knowledge of...
Can anyone fully understand God's Words? Only those who first received those Words and inherited them, al-Fayd al-Kashani argues.
Ṣarfah: An Examination of the Debate on the Nature of the...
In a research article, Syed Shiraz Agha evaluates the various arguments Islamic scholars presented on the nature of the Qurʾan’s miracle, as they contemplated the profundity of Islam’s most sacred text.
“The Book of God and My Family Shall Never Part Ways”
Professor Aun Hasan Ali illustrates in this essay the pivotal relationship between the Qurʾan and hadith, and how indispensable hadith is in allowing us access to Islamic law.
Is the Qurʾan a Legal Text: Law and Morality in Islam’s...
Hasan Kashani, in an article on how the Qurʾan portrays law, describes the integral relationship between Islamic law and morality, a synergy foreign to our modern conceptions of secular law and the modern state.
Opening Our Eyes to the Light of the Qurʾan
Ustadah Fatemah Meghji, in an essay drawing from the teachings of Ayatullah Jawādī Āmulī, calls the reader of the Qurʾan back to a fundamental principle: that the Qurʾan is primarily a source of Divine wisdom & guidance, not a store of mundane facts & information.
Interpreting Qurʾanic Stories: An Interview with Sayyid Sulayman Hassan Abidi
In this interview with Sayyid Sulayman Hassan Abidi, we discussed how to approach the Qur'an and its stories. What do these stories mean and how can we contemplate their meaning?
Lumʿah and Its Sharḥ: A Fiqh Resource
In this student resource, the seminal fiqh work, al-Lum'ah al-Dimishqiyyah is updated to include the opinion of some modern jurists, along with other relevant issues.
LIFE 2017 – Gate to Prophetic Wisdom: Imam ʿAli & Nahj...
Join the Ahl al-Bayt Islamic Seminary July 1st through 8th, for its 3rd Annual intensive course. This year, we will explore Nahj al-Balāghah as a means of understanding the life of the Imam ʿAli ibn Abi Talib (ʿa) and the sacred wisdom he inherited from the Noble Prophet Muhammad (ṣ).
