1997

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

Y. Cerci

5279

Energy Saving With Skylights

In our homes we use electric lights only until the sun is high enough; the sun’s light is ‘free’ and we use it until the sun goes down, when we switch on the electric lights again. This is not what ha... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

R. Gulen

6763

The Problems of Today's Young

When the problems of the young are talked about, some turn away with indifference, supposing that many useless things already discussed many times before will be repeated. In their view, what should b... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

Dr. M. Pakdemirli

4797

The Creation Process: An Engineer's Perspective

Engineers are mainly responsible for the highly regarded inventions of the last centuries that have made our daily lives easier. Nobody can deny the advantages of such technological wonders as planes,... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

Dr. Osman Kucukmehmedoglu

6065

The Importance of Maternal Care

Almost all animals come into the world without need of long training or education to manage their lives. Whatever knowledge they need to do so is either ‘deposited’ in their being-modern materialistic... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

Ali Unal

4427

Man Between Fall And Ascension

Ibn Sina, called Avicenna in the West, summarizes man’s earthly life in his poem on the human soul as follows: It descended upon thee from out of the regions above, That exalted, ineffable, glorious... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

The Fountain

21741

The Door Half-Opened

What imaginations those coming to this world nourish! Imaginations as sweet as the joy felt at religious festivals! And yet the first step taken into the world is also the first step those who have... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

The Fountain

5115

Through Death

As for the believing souls, worship of God is a mount for them, by which they fly to the clime where angels fly. With hearts at rest, with spirits having reached their aspirations, They hear God’s ... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

4847

Reflections on The Existence of The Creator

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate. All praise be to the Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon the master of the Messengers, and upon all his family arid Companions. Le... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

Dr. Sedat Yildirim

7207

World Wide Corruption By Scientific Materialism

Materialism was born in the West in the middle of the 18th century. The British philosolopher Berkeley first used the term to mean an unjustified confidence in the existence of matter. The term later ... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

Dr. S. Aksoy

7361

Abortion: Mercy or Murder

Abortion is the intentional destruction of the fetus in the womb, or any untimely delivery brought about with intend to cause the death of the fetus (Price, 1988). As is evident in the definition, it ... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

M. Fethullah Gulen

5617

Is there any truth in supranormal phenomena such as spiritualism and telepathy?

The spirit does not belong to this visible world. It issues from the world of unconditioned existence where Divine commands are carried out instantly without the mediation of causes. However, like ene... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

Dr. Kenan Haspolat

14375

Nutrition in Classical Islamic Medical Sources

Malnutrition is not the result of only insufficient food. It can also result from too much of the wrong food and from too much of even the right food. Obesity caused by over-eating is injurious to hum... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 17 (January - March 1997)

Y. Yilmaz

4175

Making a Difference

Harold Hilton is a history professor at a university in California, a knowledgeable and well-respected scholar in his field. Every summer vacation, he goes to visit a different historic site somewhere... read more..

01-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

M. Fethullah Gulen

6594

The Madness of Power for Its Own Sake

Those who have the power and technological means to satisfy their greed and feelings of hate and vengeance, can bring about as much destruction in a single day as would have taken a century in the pas... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

Salih Adem

5464

What a Falling Stone Means

The laws of physics are mathematical expressions of how the universe operates. The events taking place in the universe and the relations between them and the laws ‘governing’ the universe have drawn t... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

Ali Unal

4829

The Perfectibility of Man

A book exists first of all in its author’s mind as meaning. To have this immaterially existing book known by others, the author must put it into words, shaped into sentences, organized into paragraphs... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

H. Baki

4202

Virtual Reality

Nobody remembers the day on which he was born. As he gets to know himself, he learns from his immediate physical environment, as also from his family, from the other people around him, and from the ev... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

Mahmud Al-hakem

4264

The World Wide Messianic Mission Attributed To Jesus Christ Toward the End of Time

Some of the first converts to Islam were subjected to the severest persecutions in Makka. They bore them patiently and never thought of retaliation, as the Qur’an ordered the Prophet Muhammad, upon hi... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

The Fountain

22302

The Rose Of My Heart

As I mentioned you again, nothing else remained in my memory; I imagined you travelling on the hills of my heart. A mirage, I know, but it sufficed to calm the anguish of my heart. As I mentioned y... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

5324

Arguments for The Existence and Unity of God

First argument Every thing, every being in existence displays God’s Unity as a most manifest truth. For example, of the innumerable arguments for His existence and Unity, consider life: He makes ever... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

F. Begum Cicek

3860

Die and Let Live or Life Through Death

What is more amazing than the human body of which we are the trustees? Right from conception to the last breath we draw, our bodies function without our deliberate aid. We know our bodies to be more ... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

K. Olgun

33724

Islam in Japan

A part from the natural hurdle of the sea which surrounds the islands of Japan, the spread of Islam into Japan was impeded by the occupation of nearby islands in south-east Asia by the Portuguese and ... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

M. Fethullah Gulen

8028

Questions for Today

WHAT CAN WE SAY ABOUT THE TRUTH OF DREAMS? While you are in sleep, with your eyes closed, your ear deaf, your tongue mute and your arms and legs motionless, how do you travel your distances meet many... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 18 (April - June 1997)

F. B. Rahim

25241

The Unmaking of A Young Thief

A young man (let us call him Amjad) was walking home, head down, kicking stones on the path. He did not see people who knew him, coming the other way, nor responded to their greetings. His impulsive k... read more..

04-01-1997

Issue 19 (July - September 1997)

M. Fethullah Gulen

6360

Light to be Seen in Chaos

The modern age in which we live, despite its many beauties and its promises to mankind, has been an age of suffering and despair for the oppressed peoples of the world. Those peoples, who did not have... read more..

07-01-1997

Issue 19 (July - September 1997)

U. Akyuz

3822

Transgenic Technology and Religion

Nuclear transfer is used in mammals as both a tool for embryonic studies and as a method for the multiplication of ‘elite’ embryos. It involves transferring the complete genetic material (the DNA cont... read more..

07-01-1997

Issue 19 (July - September 1997)

Bayram Yenikaya

3872

Mathematics is Real: Why and How?

It is said that on the door to Aristotle’s dwelling was written: ‘One who does not know mathematics cannot enter.’ I do not know whether this means that those who did not know mathematics would not be... read more..

07-01-1997

Issue 19 (July - September 1997)

Dr. Hikmet A. Topcuoglu

24228

Air Pollution and its Effect on our World's Climate

It is a Divine rule that As you sow, so shall you reap. The effects of pollution are not always felt by those who create it, but instead are suffered by these downstream or, in the case of air polluti... read more..

07-01-1997

Issue 19 (July - September 1997)

M. Fethullah Gulen

3387

Questions for Today

What is death and what does the spirit do after death? Man has an inborn feeling for eternity. Confined within this transient, material world, he always yearns for eternity. Whoever listens to the vo... read more..

07-01-1997

Issue 19 (July - September 1997)

The Fountain

21940

Tears

Tears are poetry whose words are written in drops, expressing joy and grief, hope and despair. When consumed with pangs of separation, melting like candle, man breathes in tears and speaks in tears... read more..

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Fountain Archive

Energy Saving With Skylights

The Problems of Today's Young

The Creation Process: An Engineer's Perspective

The Importance of Maternal Care

Man Between Fall And Ascension

The Door Half-Opened

Through Death

Reflections on The Existence of The Creator

World Wide Corruption By Scientific Materialism

Abortion: Mercy or Murder

Is there any truth in supranormal phenomena such as spiritualism and telepathy?

Nutrition in Classical Islamic Medical Sources

Making a Difference

The Madness of Power for Its Own Sake

What a Falling Stone Means

The Perfectibility of Man

Virtual Reality

The World Wide Messianic Mission Attributed To Jesus Christ Toward the End of Time

The Rose Of My Heart

Arguments for The Existence and Unity of God

Die and Let Live or Life Through Death

Islam in Japan

Questions for Today

The Unmaking of A Young Thief

Light to be Seen in Chaos

Transgenic Technology and Religion

Mathematics is Real: Why and How?

Air Pollution and its Effect on our World's Climate

Questions for Today

Tears

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