Imam Jafar al-Sadiq

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Consider the blessing of speech, with which he is endowed by Allah, the Almighty, which is the medium for the expression of his inner thought and his cordial feelings springing from his cogitation and with which also he understands the inner points of others. Without this faculty he would have been like quadrupeds, neither able to convey his own inner thought to others, nor to understand the words of the speaker.So is the case with the art of writing which is a means for knowing the histories of the bygone people and for transmitting those of the existing people for the generations to come. ThroughRead More →

Honest Promise (وعده صادق)

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In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful Introduction In the present age, which many scholars say is the epoch of the apocalypse, wickedness is pervasive throughout the universe, so that inappropriate acts are encouraged instead of righteous acts and ugly rather than beautiful, considered acceptable. Enemies of Islam who have historically fought against this sacred and heavenly religion are now carrying out the most vicious attacks against this beloved religion. In the meantime, the Shiite righteous sect has been offended more than any other Islamic sects by the enemies of Islam and especially the enemies of the Shiites. The enemies ofRead More →

Imam Jafar al-Sadiq

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Imam Jafar as-Sadiq was not only a religious leader, but a scientist, a philosopher and a man of letters. He used to teach theology, philosopher, science and literature. He was the first scholar in the world to have separated science and philosophy. No one before him paid any attention to the important point that they are two different subjects. He remarked, while pointing out the difference between the two which shocked many philosophers. They can be divided in two parts.The first part read as follows : “Science and philosophy are two different subjects. Science gives us definite and exact results even if they are smallRead More →

Imam Jafar al-Sadiq

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Imam Jafar as-Sadiq defined ‘literature’ as no one had ever denied during the past twelve centuries. He said : “Literature is the garment which one puts on what he says or writes so that it may appear more attractive.” He further said that it is possible that literature may have no knowledge, but there is no knowledge without literature. Every kind of knowledge contains literature, but every kind of literature does not necessarily contain knowledge. These are indeed concise and comprehensive definitions of the relationship between knowledge and literature.The Imam was indeed the pioneer to start the literary age. If he had not taken theRead More →