The Miracles of Water
Water is the most abundant substance in our world. It has one of the simplest possible chemical formulas:…
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A Rationale for Fiction
In one of the most comprehensive and intense novels ever written, Jorge Luis Borges launches his story with…
Fundamentals of Rumi’s Thought: A Mevlevi Sufi Perspective
There are numerous translations of Rumi’s poetry into English, but there was still a need for a book…
An Argument on Miracles
We sometimes read in newspapers or hear from the news on television “A child fell from the fifth…
Appropriate Messages in Child Training
An old Chinese proverb says that: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.…
Discussions on the Meaning of Life
One day a traveler in the desert was being pursued by a ferocious animal; he saw in front…
What is the purpose of death?
Although we are confined in this impermanent material world, every one of us has an inborn feeling and…
A Brief Overview of Islam
The word ‘Islam’ literally stems from the root ‘s-l-m’ and the words ‘silm’ and ‘salamah’ which mean peace,…
Satanism and Youth’s Quest For Identity
Briefly defined as the worship of Satan as if he were God, Satanism is the name given to…
The Invisible Script on the Visible : Mathematics
Af you follow scientific magazines, you may have realized one thing: articles on mathematics are seldom published in…
Prayer
Prayer is a call, an entreaty from the small to the great, from below to above, from Earth…
The Adventures of Ibn Battuta
Ibn Battuta left Tangier in the Maghrib (contemporary Morocco) in 1325, about 25 years after Marco Polo returned…
Educating Our Minds
We can build a strong, healthy, and well-formed body through body-building exercises. This raises the following question: If…
Life: The Light of Existence
The universe consists of living and non-living entities which have common as well as different properties. For example,…
Human Development As Revealed In The Holy Qu’ran And Hadith
Dr Albar is a Consultant to the King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah. In…