Mustafa, the Best in Creation

Muşţafā! you are the best of creation Our benefactor in both worlds For the sake of your good ones, Maintain us, the bad ones Who then will we belong to - If you do not own us – do not care for us The sinners laugh (heedlessly) – but you, for them - Weep and sob the whole night The depraved, unrighteous commit crimes But you say: ‘May good fortune befall them’ We are the ones with ugly faces And you ...

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Alahazrat’s Piety

Alahazrat was exceedingly pious, strict in adherence to sharīáh and brooked no laxity in any religious matter. Whether in word or in deed, he abstained from anything that contradicted the sharīáh, or anything that was opposed to the sunnah. He always held things in his right hand and started with the right side. He even wrote numbers from the right.[1] He always donned his clothes and shoes as prescribed in ...

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He was a Shiyi

False Accusation: He Was Shīáh / Influenced by Shīáh One of the most mendacious claim made by his enemies, is that he was either a closet Shīáh or influenced by the Shīáh. The so-called evidence for this calumny is that his forefathers had names that are preferred by the Shīáh.[1] Allah's damnation is upon liars, and the filthiest liar who probably invented this lie was Ihsan Ilahi Zaheer in his book ...

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Beauty of Kanz

Kanz al-Īymān is arguably, the finest explanatory translation of the Holy Qur’ān in Urdu. Its major highlight is the meticulous use of appropriate language, when referring to Allāh táālā and His Messengers and utmost caution in the translation of abstruse verses. This is also unique because explanations are woven in the translation itself, and still, as far as possible, they remain close to the literal word.

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