Truth and Relativity
With the publication of the ‘Theory of Relativity’ at the turn of the century, the world-view based on…
Man
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Divine Decree and Destiny From Different Viewpoints
Divine Decree and Destiny in relation to Divine Knowledge As was pointed out earlier (in previous issues), God…
Earth: A Corner of the Universe Touched by Mercy
The worth of ‘ecosystem services’ has recently been priced at $33 trillion total per year (Nature 1997, vol.…
Clock and Compass
Addiction to Urgent Tasks People like to be seen to be busy. If we’re busy, we’re important; if…
Thinking Straight and the Ways to Achieve It
Some truths are absolute, universal and without exception, some are general and some relative. For example, God’s existence…
Kant, Scheler and Bediuzzaman on Man
In the 18th century Western rationalism and enlightenment movement, one of the leading names, perhaps the foremost, was…
Hayy Bin Yaqzan: A Contrasting Vision Of Man And Nature
A Latin translation of Hayy bin Yaqzan by the English Arabist, Edward Pocock, published in Oxford in 1672,…
Fethullah Gulen: His Remarkable Achievement
Fethullah Gulen, more familiarly known by the affectionate and respectful title of Hodja Effendi, is a contemporary Islamic…
What Is The Meaning of Divine Decree and Destiny and Why is Belief in Destiny Included in the Essentials of Faith?
The original Arabic word translated as ‘destiny’ is ‘Qadar’, meaning, in its derivations, determination, giving a certain measure…
Two Different Fields for Science and Religion
Christianity did not develop as a comprehensive religion encompassing all fields of life but as a set of…
Biological System
As a result of some chemical processes in our bodies such as the decrease of the amount of…
Satan and the whispering of Satan (Involuntary thoughts occurring to man)
What Satan is and why he was created? Satan was, like the jinn with whom he mostly kept…
Freedom
The urge for freedom is innate in man. In his pursuit or expression of it, man has the…
Is The Brain The Origin of Man’s Mind?
Artificial Intelligence or Al is among the most recently advanced scientific concepts. The associated field of study has…
Reflections on Robionson Crusoe
Part I: The Myth and the Novel The popularity of Crusoe Excepting the Gospel narrative, no story has…