Category: آرشیو کهف سوال

Ahl al-Bayt and Islamic History

Tawassul: Shirk or a Means of Drawing Near to God?

Tawassul is not associating partners with God; it is a means of connecting with Him. Throughout the visible and unseen…

Theology and Creed

How Does God’s All-Greatness Establish His Being First and His Creative Power?

God’s being first and His creative power arise from His essence, which admits no composition. The necessary relation between Creator…

Theology and Creed

Why Is There No Beyond-Time?

The concept of time is not abstract, since it is regarded as the measure of motion, without which no change…

Philosophy and Logic

If we deny attributes of the Divine Essence, does that denial itself impose a limitation on God?

To deny attributes of the Divine Essence is simply to deny the attributes themselves and what they entail. Priority and…

Philosophy and Logic

Is It Correct to Describe God’s Essence as Unlimited?

It is not correct to describe God’s essence as unlimited, because “unlimitedness” is itself a kind of limit applied to…

Philosophy and Logic

How does affirming that the Divine Attributes are identical with God’s Essence accord with tawḥīd?

Affirming that the Divine Attributes are identical with God’s Essence does not deny that God possesses those attributes. Rather, it…

Hadith and Traditions

An Analysis of the Hadith “The Imams after Me Are Twelve, All of Them from Quraysh”

The hadith “The Imams after me are twelve, all of them from Quraysh,” narrated from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, points…

Mahdism

Who Is the Dajjal? A Person, an Organization, or a Technology?

In the narrations, the Dajjal is more than a particular individual; he can also symbolize intellectual, organizational, or technological forces…

Critique of Doubts

Refuting the Misconception That Supplication and Vows Replace Effort

This article challenges the view that effort is at odds with prayer and making vows. Putting what we know into…

Quran and Exegesis

What Is Our Duty When We Find No Commentary on a Verse?

When we encounter Quranic verses for which no commentary can be found, our duty is to hold fast to the…