Archive - Qirṭās-o-Qalam

The Imams' special appeals to God

Mar 8 •

January 2025

Some brief remarks on a couplet by Ahmad Salman (b. 1964)

Jan 9 •

December 2024

Some remarks on Dua Kumayl (part 12)

Dec 13, 2024 •

May 2024

The Burnoose of Satan

A short ḥadīth about vanity

May 2, 2024 •

April 2024

The 600 Year-Old Unbeliever

An anecdote from Khazīnat al-Jawāhir by ʿAlī Akbar Nahāwandī (d. 1950)

Apr 24, 2024 •

March 2024

The Rake and the Rebec

A short reflection on two passages in Nishida's Inquiry

Mar 6, 2024 •

February 2024

A brief commentary on Quran 59:19

Feb 14, 2024 •

The Names of God

Some remarks on Dua Kumayl (part 11)

Feb 14, 2024 •

November 2023

At last the dark night will soon be over

A poem by Sabir Dutt (d. 2000)

Nov 16, 2023 •

August 2022

Alone in the Battlefield

A Bohri Marsiya

Aug 30, 2022 •

July 2022

The Face of God

Some remarks on Dua Kumayl (part 10)

Jul 6, 2022 •

June 2022

Several Days Had Passed

Jun 15, 2022 •

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