We are pleased to announce our forthcoming publication: Nahj al-Balāghah: The Word of ʿAlī [peace be upon him], an English Literary Translation and Arabic Critical Edition of al-Sharīf al-Raḍī’s Compilation, by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi. Book launch: June 2025.
We are pleased to announce our forthcoming publication, a new English translation entitled The Exalted Qurʾān, by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi.
The Dean of The Shīʿah Institute is honoured to be in Orlando, Florida, to deliver a lecture on our forthcoming publication: Nahj al-Balāghah: The Word of ʿAlī.
The Shīʿah Institute commemorates ʿĀshūrāʾ and remembers Imām al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī and the martyrs of Karbala, peace be upon them.
It is with great sadness that we here at The Shīʿah Institute learn of the death of Professor W. Madelung. We offer our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. The late Professor was a dear friend of the Dean of The Shīʿah Institute and his academic mentor. In 1999, Professor W. Madelung was appointed as the external examiner at the University of Edinburgh for the PhD viva of Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi. The late Professor was closely involved in many of our publications. He offered advice on our forthcoming publication of the English translation and Arabic critical edition of the Nahj al-Balāghah. For the last 7 years, since 2016, Professor W. Madelung was an esteemed member of The Shīʿah Institute Fellowship. We will remember Professor W. Madelung for his erudition, publications and quiet kindness.
We were so busy that we forgot to celebrate our 10th anniversary in 2022. Thank you to all the friends of The Shīʿah Institute for your support.
The Shīʿah Institute calls for the immediate reconstruction of the holy shrines in al-Baqi, Medina, Hejaz. Today marks 100 years of the Hijri calendar since this calamity, which took place on 21 April 1926/8 Shawwal 1344 AH.
Photograph: Khalili Collection
The Shīʿah Institute celebrates Eid al-Fitr. We wish Eid Mubārak to all our friends and the entire Muslim world.
