Future Telecommunication Networks
Over the last two decades telecommunications technology has evolved dramatically from analog to the new digital systems. Where…
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Destiny and Man’s Free Will
The arguments for the existence of man’s free will Before passing on the arguments for the existence of…
Backbiting is unforgivable
Islam strictly forbids spying into people’s sins and secrets and backbiting. It also forbids talking ill of people…
Kant, Scheler and Bediuzzaman on Man
In the 18th century Western rationalism and enlightenment movement, one of the leading names, perhaps the foremost, was…
Degrees of Superior Intelligence and Special Education
Just as we encounter people with low intelligence or almost no intelligence at all, in a similar way…
The Universe in the Light of Modern Physics
‘The least understood aspect of the universe is its being understandable,’ said Einstein. These words attempt to pierce…
Truth and Relativity
With the publication of the ‘Theory of Relativity’ at the turn of the century, the world-view based on…
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…
Rule Means Greater Responsibility
The history of Islam has seen many just, pious rulers, among whom the first four Caliphs, ‘Umar ibn…
Speech
Creation began with a syllable of speech made up of two letters, namely Be. The roads leading from…
Buckministerfullerene: The Third Crystalline Form Of The Carbon Atom
To be awarded with a Nobel Prize in science is one of the most honorable present for the…
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…