The Divine Promise

وَ مَنْ أَوْفى‏ بِعَهْدِهِ مِنَ اللَّـهِ

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وَمَنْ أَوْفَىٰ بِعَهْدِهِ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ؟
“And who is more faithful to His promise than Allah?” (al-Tawbah 9: 111)

The Divine Promise is a humble effort to look at the world – and at our own lives – through the lens of God’s promises and the divine pattern (سنت الله – sunnatAllah). In a time marked by confusion, contradiction, and the constant distortion of truth, we find solace only by returning to the clarity offered by the Qur’an, the words of the Maʿṣūmīn (a), and the path of those who have submitted to God with sincerity.

Allah’s promise is not theoretical, a mere concept of the mind. It is living, active, and unfolding – in the resistance of the oppressed, in the demise of the arrogant, in the movements of sincere hearts toward Him. It is a truth not always visible through the metrics of worldly power, but clear to those who see the world from God’s eyes.

Our aim is to help cultivate this divine lens – looking at the world:

  • Not through the eyes of fear or doubt, but through the clarity of yaqīn.
  • Not only through the material metrics of this world, but through the divine calculus of sincerity, sacrifice, and submission

May this offering be accepted by our Lord, and may it be a small step toward the reappearance of His Final Hujjah (a).

About Our Writers

Sayyid Zeshum Ahmed

Sayyid Zeshum Ahmed was born and raised in the United States. He moved to the Holy City of Qom in 2013 to pursue Islamic studies. He is currently studying at the dars e khaarij level in the field of Islamic Jurisprudence and its Principles. He also teaches preliminary courses in the Hawzah and has an interest in researching the philosophy of ethics.

Sayyidah Sumaira Ahmed

Sumaira Fatima Ahmed was born in Pakistan and raised in Canada. In 2015, she began her Hawzah studies in Qom, where she has been pursuing Islamic knowledge ever since. Her primary field of study is Fiqh (jurisprudence) and Usul al-Fiqh (principles of jurisprudence). Her interests include fields such as epistemology, tafsir & Qur’anic sciences, women’s issues, and the tarbiyyah of children and adults.