Understanding Prophet Muhammad Beyond the Stereotypes
“None of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.”W. Montgomery Watt…
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The Concept of Prayer in Said Nursi’s Works
One of the most famous Turkish Islamic scholars of the last century was Said Nursi. Nursi, who had…
Everything in the Environment Reflects God
The All-Wise Creator has made the vegetable and animal kingdoms-particularly the small ones-one of the broadest arenas for…
The Distortion of an Image
The origin of the debate The Biblical account, found in Genesis 2:4-3:24, has been fundamental in religious and…
An Essay on Color
Light reveals a world of colors by painting everything it touches. Our plain and soulless furniture gains meaning.…
Passing from Self-Other to Us
Therapists deal with emptiness, meaninglessness, and loneliness.(1) Patients say that emptiness is a painful and discomforting subjective experience.…
An Allegory of the Divine System
Two people travel together. At a fork in the road, they ask a wise old man which way…
Reflections on Man and Life
Glory be to God! How thin is the veil between the manifest and inner, invisible dimensions of existence,…
The Merchant and The Parrot
A well-to-do merchant planned a long business trip to India. He was a good man and looked after…
Man Between Fall And Ascension
Ibn Sina, called Avicenna in the West, summarizes man’s earthly life in his poem on the human soul…
Containing five comments with respect to man’s happiness and misery
Man is created on the best pattern of creation and has been given a comprehensive disposition. Therefore he…
A compassionate subtlety in nature
The idea that plants produce some animal hormones sounds like science-fiction, especially when you consider how different the…
The Necessity of Religion
To understand the world and the spirit of man in it; to understand the nature and the worth…