Celebrating Hazrat Ali
Ahead of the birth anniversary of Hazrat Ali (a.s.) this Friday (26th February/13th Rajab al murajab), the rich legacy from the life of the fourth caliph of Islam offers many…
Hazrat Sumama
In the sixth year of the Hijra, our Holy Prophet (pbuh) sent invitations to nearby chiefs and rulers to accept Islam. He wrote eight letters to the kings of Arab…
Rumi and Hazrat Ibrahim (AS)
Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi was a saint and a philosopher. He is world famous for his Masnavi, which is considered to be a divinely inspired book of poetry in six volumes.…
Hazrat Umar and Pir Changi
Random thoughts In one of my previous columns I wrote about the life of Maulana Rumi, his ‘Masnavi’ and the story given therin of Hazrat Musa (SA) and Firaun. Maulana…
Remembering the aftermath
The powerful image of a lone woman held captive, standing in the shadows of 72 severed heads of her family and clan members, is a memory that has failed to…
Remembering the Ashura
As the late afternoon scorching sun across Karbala began to sink more than 1300 years ago, one of the last acts of Imam Hussain (a.s) on ‘Ashura’ deepened the impact…
Remembering Ashura
Today’s remembrance of ‘Ashura’ – the day of the brutal martyrdom of Imam Hussain (a.s) and 72 of his followers in Karbala under orders from Yazid bin Muawiya – still…
Messages from Karbala
As this week sees Muslims worldwide observing ‘Muharram’ – the first month of the Islamic year that begins on a note of sorrow – the tragedy surrounding the massacre of…
Ashura: not just a battle
The memory of the battle of Karbala in southern Iraq almost 1400 years ago has refused to fade away with the passage of time. ‘Ashura’ – the 10th day of…
Beacon of light
THESE are indeed dark times. The world remains in the grip of a deadly pandemic that shows few signs of abating. Moreover, economic, political and ethno-religious crises continue to rage,…
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