Tag Archives: Seyyed Kamal Al Haydari

والدة السيد كمال الحيدري في ذمة الخلود

Posted on December 15, 2009 by

انتقلت إلى رحمة الله تعالى والدة آية الله العلامة السيد كمال الحيدري، وسيشيع جثمانها الثرى يوم غد الأحد المصادف 25 ذي الحجة الحرام من حسينية الإمام الرضا (ع) في قم المقدسة، في تمام الساعة الثالثة ظهراً إنشاء الله تعالى. وسيُعلن … Continue reading →

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I am better than he

Posted on August 12, 2009 by

إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِن طِينٍ فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ فَسَجَدَ الْمَلَائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ اسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنْ الْكَافِرِينَ قَالَ يَا إِبْلِيسُ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَن تَسْجُدَ لِمَا خَلَقْتُ بِيَدَيَّ أَسْتَكْبَرْتَ أَمْ … Continue reading →

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If Man never existed

Posted on August 1, 2009 by

Man has a special characteristic that is unique only to him out of all of creation: إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَائِكَةِ إِنِّي خَالِقٌ بَشَرًا مِن طِينٍ فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِي فَقَعُوا لَهُ سَاجِدِينَ ‘Behold, thy Lord said to the … Continue reading →

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First Sin in Existence

Posted on August 1, 2009 by

Moving on, in our journey to discovering the goal of humanity’s existence on this Earth and, for those who have been fortunate and capable enough, to explore the ways to knowing and paths to perfection (it is not in everyone’s … Continue reading →

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Path to Knowledge – Part 4

Posted on August 1, 2009 by

In this section I will refer to Imam Ali’s (ع) first sermon, taken from his collection of sermons, letters and sayings that are compiled in the book ‘Nahjul Balaghah’ (Peak of Eloquence). In the beginning of this sermon,the Imam (ع) … Continue reading →

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Path to Knowledge – Part 1

Posted on May 25, 2009 by

I mentioned briefly before that viceregency is on several levels, depending on the relative knowledge of the Names, the highest being knowledge of all the Names, which is the position of absolute viceregency. تِلْكَ الرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ مِّنْهُم … Continue reading →

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Meaning of ‘the Names’

Posted on May 14, 2009 by

قُلْنَا اهْبِطُواْ مِنْهَا جَمِيعاً فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّي هُدًى فَمَن تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ We said: “Get ye down all from here; and if, as is sure, there comes to you Guidance from me, whosoever follows My … Continue reading →

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Qualities & Characteristics of Allah’s Viceroys

Posted on April 25, 2009 by

Continuing in our discourse on the subject of Human Viceregency, and the verse ‘Behold, thy Lord said to the angels: “I will create a vicegerent on earth..’ (Al-Baqarah:30), I concluded the last post by explaining how Adam had a special … Continue reading →

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Adam viz. Iblis (Satan)

Posted on February 8, 2009 by

Following on from my last post on the subject of Man’s viceregency on Earth, we need a definition for the word viceregent. In the Arabic language the word viceregent is Khalifah, and is derived from the word khalfah or khalafah, … Continue reading →

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Adam the Viceregent viz. The Angels

Posted on February 3, 2009 by

وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰٓٮِٕكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌ۬ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ خَلِيفَةً۬‌ۖ قَالُوٓاْ أَتَجۡعَلُ فِيہَا مَن يُفۡسِدُ فِيہَا وَيَسۡفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحۡنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمۡدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ‌ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَعۡلَمُ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ (٣٠) وَعَلَّمَ ءَادَمَ ٱلۡأَسۡمَآءَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ عَرَضَہُمۡ عَلَى ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓٮِٕكَةِ فَقَالَ أَنۢبِـُٔونِى بِأَسۡمَآءِ … Continue reading →

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Human Perfection and Man’s Viceroyship – Intro

Posted on February 1, 2009 by

As I’ve mentioned before, God made available to man everything that is on this Earth. But that’s not all, this ‘service’ goes beyond the Earth we live in and everything that surrounds it. It goes beyond the physical (visible) realm, … Continue reading →

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Man’s Path to Perfection and His Viceroyship in this World

Posted on January 21, 2009 by

I am intending in the next weeks and months, to document some discourses and studies on Human Perfection from the point of view of Islam, and in particular, from the point of view of the Holy Prophet (s’aw) and his … Continue reading →

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