From Bright Yesterday to Bright Tomorrows
For centuries we have enjoyed commitment to a belief in eternity, and the atmosphere we inhaled every moment…
Soul
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The Souls Besieged by a Life of Transience
Those who perceive the world solely in terms of its transitory face and physical constraints can be seen,…
Sheikh Galib and His Definition of Divine Love
Galib’s master work Hüsn ü Ask (“Beauty and Love”) is viewed as one of the most distinguished works…
Speech and Power of Expression
The most precious of values inherited from our ancestors, speech does not consist only of clarity of meaning,…
A Physiological and Spiritual Perspective
Man can attain inner depth as much as he can discern himself correctly. It is a well-observed fact…
Muhasaba (Self-Criticism or Self-Interrogation)
The word muhasaba literally means reckoning, settling accounts, and self-interrogation. In a spiritual context, however, it takes on…
Fasting: A Divine Treatment For Body and Soul
Fasting is a school for the training of both the physical body and the soul, and it has…
A Tribute to Mothers
A mother is a blessed saintly being in her own world. The Ka‘ba is the spirit, meaning, essence,…
Ensoulment: When Does Human Life Begin?
One of the most controversial topics in modern bioethics, science, and philosophy is to try to pinpoint the…
Beauty and the Beautiful
Beauty elevates our hearts, awakens our souls with sweet excitement and appreciation, and then becomes the esthetic of…
Love: the Reason for the Creation of the Universe
Said Nursi frames his treatise of the Twenty-Fourth Word in his collection of words on a well known…
Vanity of Worldly Desires
A gold ingot fell into the hands of a pious man and so turned his head that his…
The Physical Meaning of Death
Many people perceive death as a separation from beloved ones and material belongings and consequently do not want…
Toward Tomorrow
The Islamic world continues to squirm in the vicious grasp of error, unable to turn to its own…
Is DNA Everything?
Over the last couple of years, we have heard a great deal about cloning, a scientific procedure that…