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Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

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Editorial: Finding Inner Peace

21 October 2019 | The Fountain | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

Our society is one that is filled to the brim with a constant overload of information from advertisements, social media, and work details. It is imperative for our mental and spiritual health that we take a step back and clear our minds every once in a while. The positive effects of this relaxation…

Inner Decay and Ways to Heal

Inner Decay and Ways to Heal

21 October 2019 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

There is anticipation in the air. People from all walks of life are vigilant, waiting for a ray of light to shine upon them. Their eyes are fixed on the horizon, expecting the rise of a “true dawn,” and their hopes are spurred at each trace of light in the east. When they cannot see what they were…

Everything About Pi

Everything About Pi

21 October 2019 | Ali Kaya | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

It was finally the weekend! After my long mathematics presentation, I came home to watch my favorite tv show, Person of Interest, to de-stress. Surprisingly, the episode was about the most famous mathematical constant, pi (π) which is equal to the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter…

Work Received: Spiritual Peace And Thereafter

Work Received: Spiritual Peace And Thereafter

21 October 2019 | Lawrence Brazier | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

Serge and I were buddies. Our interests were largely similar. We were both interested in Oriental mysticism, travel literature, art, architecture, and ceramics. “The mystical part about making pots is whether you are in a good state when you make them, or anything else. Trying to achieve a good s…

The Hummingbird: Small in Size, Great in Art

The Hummingbird: Small in Size, Great in Art

21 October 2019 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

Research on hummingbirds (also known as nectar birds or Colibris), the smallest of the 9,800 bird species living today, has revealed remarkable facts. The world’s smallest birds are equipped with mind-blowing structures and functions that push all physiological and anatomical boundaries. The bee hu…

Joseph: Palace slave who chose jail to crime

Joseph: Palace slave who chose jail to crime

21 October 2019 | Felix Kaiza | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

Isn’t it strange, but also vividly true, that sunk in the deepest agony, some people lose their faith in God, the absolute sustainer? And yet others do exactly the same at the height of utmost pleasure. They forget that God is the sole provider. Either way, this entrenches the “in medio stat virtus…

Death

Death

21 October 2019 | Chris Wheeler | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

We woke at the thud, panicked. My wife and I had been dozing in bed, squeezing the last seconds of sleep out of our pillows before the inevitable onslaught of little people. It’s something of a delicious defeat when you hear the door creak open and steps on the carpet. You know you’re trading some…

Knowledge of God (Ma‘rifa)

Knowledge of God (Ma‘rifa)

21 October 2019 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

Ma'rifa is a special knowledge that is acquired through reflective thought, sincere endeavor, using one’s conscience and inquiring into one’s inner world. It is different from (scientific) knowledge (‘ilm). (Scientific) knowledge is acquisition reached through study, investigation, analysis, and sy…

Spider Silks

Spider Silks

21 October 2019 | Ibrahim B. Syed | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

The parable of those who take to them other than God for guardians (to entrust their affairs to) is like a spider: it has made for itself a house, and surely the frailest of houses is the spider's house. If only they knew this! (Qur’an, 29:41) A prehistoric Greek fairytale says a young girl na…

Grateful for A Soldier’s War

Grateful for A Soldier’s War

21 October 2019 | Celine Dan Tam Nguyen | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

She stood at the edge of the abyss, the blinding darkness engulfing her, enticing her. It would be easy to let go, to wither away and join him. Her arms felt numb, and her powerful legs were weak. Violent tremors traveled up and down her body. A small compelling hand, wet with tears, tugged on her…

Dental Care with Miswak

Dental Care with Miswak

21 October 2019 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

We all may appreciate the difference between the positive impact made by a smile of pearly-white teeth and the repulsion triggered by yellowed and blackened rotten teeth, but the health issues run much deeper: as our medical knowledge grows, we are discovering that many diseases originate from dent…

Real Freedom

Real Freedom

21 October 2019 | Hikmet Isik | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

Question: “There is no greater title and position than servanthood to God. Even if there is, it must be freedom, which is actually another dimension of this servanthood.” In our age when everybody talks about freedom, what is freedom, from a believers’ perspective? Answer: A person who becomes a t…

Science Square (Issue 131)

Science Square (Issue 131)

21 October 2019 | The Fountain | Issue 131 (Sep - Oct 2019)

Smart prosthetic hand combines both human and robot control Zhuang et al. Shared human–robot proportional control of a dexterous myoelectric prosthesis. Nature Machine Intelligence, September 2019. Holding an object in your hand might seem easy, but it’s actually a very complicated and challengin…

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