The University of Chicago holds a Shi’i Studies Symposium each year focused on a topic.…
Category: Religion
The idea of Monorealism implies that there is only a single Absolute Reality –…
The University of Chicago Shiʿi Studies Symposium is an endeavor of the Shiʿi Studies Group,…
On October 4th, 2018, Karen Armstrong, writer and religious historian, delivered the sixth Annual Pluralism…
Medieval Islamic philosophers were occupied with questions of cosmology, predestination and salvation and human responsibility…
Excerpted Sayings of Imam Zayn al-Abidin If you are content with what is difficult for…
In common with their fellow Muslim believers the Shahada, that is, belief in the unity…
From Nasir Khusraw, Ruby of Badakshan: A Portrait of the Persian Poet, Traveller and Philosopher,…
To The People Of Earth O people of the earth why don’t you see The…
It is mentioned in verse (37:107): “And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice.” That…
The Association for Iranian Studies Conference taking place at UC Irvine on August 15, 2018…
The word ‘Sharīʿa’ has come to be associated primarily with Islamic law. However, the Arabic…
O Ali! In the happy assembly, gloriously adorned with carpets spread on the floor, Our…
O, believers, know so much, and do not forget: keep in your mind the ‘Ali…
Harken ye who quest for union, who boasts that he seeks. Heed my words, for…
Allah, Mighty and Majestic, made clear His religion through the Imams of the Family of…
O ‘Ali! You and I are the parents of this community! –Prophet Muhammad (s.a.s.) The…
Indeed, Allah wishes to repel from you all impurities, O Ahl al-Bayt, and purify you…
And we have vested [the knowledge and authority] of all things within the Manifest Imam…
I am the City of Knowledge and ‘Ali is the gate! Whoever desires knowledge, let…
O you who believe! Fear God and believe in His Messenger and He will bestow…
Say [to the believers O Prophet!]: ‘If you love God, follow me, and God will…
Say [to the Muslims O Prophet!]: I do not ask of you any reward [for…
Voices of Willowdale (Khairunissa Gangani, Munira Premji, Karim Dayani & Salim Nensi) humbly present “Noorun…
