Finding Faith in Difficult Times: Ten thinkers on the writings of Said Nursi
Many western readers are unfamiliar with Bediüzzaman Said Nursi, an Islamic scholar who wrote mostly in the first…
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The Four Most Difficult Virtues
Question: Why are forgiveness, generosity, chastity, and speaking up for truth said to be the four virtues very…
Honey: The First Wound Healing Agent in Human History
Hay and Su had been hungry for almost a week. Spring was in full bloom, and birds were…
Bitter Truths and Hopes
Thus far in time, and across different parts of the world, we have witnessed desires to realize a…
Virtual Reality as a Learning Tool in Modern Education
A group of friends are out in the city, shopping. While they are walking down a crowded sidewalk,…
Photosystem II: Can It Be Applied in Hydrocar Technology?
For hundreds of years, people believed that the sun rotated around the Earth. Similarly, people have misbelieved that…
Talwin and Tamkin (Coloring and Self-Possession)
Meaning coloring, taking on a color, painting, and presenting different views, talwin (coloring) in the Sufi language is…
Our understanding of servanthood to God
Question: In his work, Gulistan, Sheikh Sadi states: “Be soil, so that you grow roses; nothing other than…
Deep Peace as the Emerging Alternative
In the early decades of the twenty-first century, strong-men like Okonkwo, the tragic character in Nigerian author Chinua…
Honey As A Therapeutic Agent
In 67 BCE, the magnificent Roman army, which was led by Pompey the Great, marched through the green…
Surur (Rejoicing)
Meaning joy and delight, surur (rejoicing) is a kind of contentment that embraces a person from both within…
Prime Numbers
My favorite number is 7. It’s a beautiful number and, most importantly, it is a prime number. I…
Insects at the Extremes
We classify each living thing by the different and similar features they possess. Through such classifications, we understand…
The Lymphatic System
The word vessel generally makes one think of blood vessels, and the word blood brings to mind the…
Poisoning of Spirit
The spirit constitutes human’s deepest otherworldly aspect, which is open to the heavenly realms. It is like a…