Future
Future is dim but not hopelessThe rebellion in you is not worthlessStop listening to songs of cowardiceAct yourself…
Belief
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Time in the Perspective of a Believer
In the perspective of a believer, time always flows by with fascination. On many occasions, it is adorned…
And as Hearts Beat with Tenderness
Sacred days and nights imbue everything and everyone with their own color, their own distinctive taste, and their…
To Believe or Not to Believe
An ordinary person has to make up to 35,000 trivial decisions every day. Two hundred twenty-seven of them…
Atheists
Your correspondent was musing just the other day. Enter one’s wife. “Are you thinking, dear?” she asked.“I am…
How to Respond to Oppression
Question: Oppression is everywhere and exists in almost every form. How should believers respond to oppression when they…
Individuality (Tafrid)
Tafrid (individuality) means seclusion from society or going into retreat to devote all one’s time to worshipping God.…
The Weight of Our Assumptions About Others – 2
Question: While sayings of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, counsel against condemning believers to shame, despising them,…
The Existence of God
Kalam Cosmological Arguments of Huduth and Imkan in light of Modern Scientific Discoveries Humankind has grappled with the…
Isolation (Tajrid)
Literally meaning to separate, abstract, peel away, or to isolate oneself from every occupation and engagement, tajrid (isolation)…
The Weight of Our Assumptions About Others – 1
Question: While sayings of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, counsel against condemning believers to shame, despising them,…
Finding and Existence (Wujud) – 2
(Continuing from the previous issue) The All-Holy Unity (Wahidiya) has an inward and outer aspect. We can call…
The Coronavirus Changed How Ramadan Looks. But It Will Not Change Our Faith In God
Many yearly rituals of Ramadan will continue even as some change in deference to our social responsibility to…
Self-Concealment (Talbis)
Self-concealment means that the perfected servants of God who attribute to God whatever good or virtues that they…
Verification (Tahqiq)
In the language of Sufism, tahqiq (verification) means that not only does an initiate who has almost come…