Firar and I’tisam (Fleeing and Taking Shelter)
Firar, which literally means to run away from something, is used in Sufism to denote the journey from…
Issue 60 (October - December 2007)
15 articles
Lessons from Nature
Scientists are always trying to find more effective ways of making high performance materials with minimum consumption of…
Paper People
First came to realize my power to distinguish paper people in a formal talk at the university. The…
Attaining Knowledge of God
Every human being is endowed with an inquisitive nature; there is an innate quest to find answers to…
Hearing for Deaf Ears
The order, ingenuity, and simultaneous complexity and simplicity of the human organs are simply marvelous. The wonder one…
Islam and Work
A person is not a machine that can remain indifferent to their surroundings. It is a duty for…
Gratitude to the Ottomans
The Treaty of Lausanne, signed in 1923 between the allied powers and the Turks in the aftermath of…
The Month of Ramadan and Discipline
Question: What benefits can the month of Ramadan provide for us to become disciplined people? What good habits…
Free Will
Having free will-which we can briefly describe as the power or inclination to make a decision whether to…
What Makes the Planets Revolve around the Sun?
The Sun consists of three parts: the interior, the outer layer, and the solar atmosphere. The outer layer…
How Can We Motivate Our Children To Learn?
How often do we hear the words “I hate maths” or “I don’t want to do my homework”…
Thoughts on Matter and Anti-Matter
We see a wall. It seems to be solid, made of one piece, as if it is covered…
Learning from Islam
One has only to visit a place such as the Gallipoli Mosque at Auburn and receive the welcome…
The Protective Mechanism in Blood Vessels
The blood that is carried away from the heart to all the parts of the body by the…
Key to the Secret Codes
In all of existence the human being stands out with one major quality: free will. Together with many…