“According to the verse of the Holy Qur’an and Mutawatir (widely related) traditions all the sins which man commits are pardonable if he repents sincerely. It is wrong to say that such a sin can never be pardoned. The Almighty Allah says in the Glorious Qur’an, ‘And He it is who accepts repentance from His…
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Generally speaking, the notion of jinn…
“Generally speaking, the notion of jinn that our people have is different from the picture that the Qur’an presents. In the Qur’an, jinn are like men in that they are morally responsible and answerable for their actions, but unlike men, they are “unseen” and “spirits”. Lay people think them to be of the rank of…
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A religion whose general initial greeting is salam…
‘A religion whose general initial greeting is salam (peace) and whose universal policy, according to the explicit wording of the Holy Qur’an, is: “…Reconciliation is better… (4:128)” will never be a religion of sword and oppression.’ SOURCE: ISLAMIC TEACHINGS IN BRIEF | ALLAMA TABATABAI (R)
In the Islamic world view…
“In the Islamic world view, no existent has any independent role in the creative act. The Qur’an does not attribute independence to any existent whatsoever. All existents play only mediating roles and act as the instruments through which the Divine will and Providence act. The Qur’an gives credence to the intervention of angels in the…
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In reply to those people who hold…
“In reply to those people who hold Satan responsible for their misguidance, the Qur’an quotes Satan on Resurrection Day saying: I had no authority over you, except that I called you and you responded to me. So do not blame me, but blame yourselves. (Qur’an, 14:22) The philosophy and wisdom behind even this amount of…
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