Free Will and Foreknowledge in Augustine
For those who accept the existence of God, He is a deity who infallibly foreknows the entire future.…
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Mary
Maryam, or Mary, is the only woman mentioned by name in the Holy Qur’an. She is mentioned in…
Cries of Silence
For many years now, cries of silence have clamored above my voice. So many times have I been…
Translation of Sufi Poetry
The misunderstanding and the misconception by some Western readers that Sufi poetry is strongly tinged with sensuality and…
In an Author’s Mind
Rational, Romantic, and Regular were three roommates. They were all new writers with splendid ambitions. They all dreamt…
Men, but not just any men!
Men, but not just any men! If I had not actually seen them I would have said, it…
From Genes to Proteins: A New Level of Complexity
Newspapers frequently run articles reporting a study about a gene linked to some disease. Thanks to such wide…
Is Redundancy Always Redundant?
Normally, we associate the idea of redundancy with such concepts as wastefulness, uselessness repetition, and superfluity. However, there…
What does “insaf” mean? What are the signs of possessing it as a virtue?
Insaf means accepting and confessing the truth, treating everyone with mercy and justice, observing others’ rights besides one’s…
Crime in the Mind of Dostoyevsky
The theoretical study of crime, due to its potential to provide us with a way to understand the…
A Personal Pilgrimage
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience.”…
Attaining Knowledge of God
Every human being is endowed with an inquisitive nature; there is an innate quest to find answers to…
Speech and Power of Expression
The most precious of values inherited from our ancestors, speech does not consist only of clarity of meaning,…
A Saturday Unlike Others
Many of us either heard about or read Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. The hero of the…
Tafakkur (Reflection)
Tafakkur literally means to think on a subject deeply, systematically, and in great detail. In this context, it…