Learning from Islam
One has only to visit a place such as the Gallipoli Mosque at Auburn and receive the welcome…
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The Protective Mechanism in Blood Vessels
The blood that is carried away from the heart to all the parts of the body by the…
Firar and I’tisam (Fleeing and Taking Shelter)
Firar, which literally means to run away from something, is used in Sufism to denote the journey from…
Lessons from Nature
Scientists are always trying to find more effective ways of making high performance materials with minimum consumption of…
Paper People
First came to realize my power to distinguish paper people in a formal talk at the university. The…
Attaining Knowledge of God
Every human being is endowed with an inquisitive nature; there is an innate quest to find answers to…
Hearing for Deaf Ears
The order, ingenuity, and simultaneous complexity and simplicity of the human organs are simply marvelous. The wonder one…
Islam and Work
A person is not a machine that can remain indifferent to their surroundings. It is a duty for…
Gratitude to the Ottomans
The Treaty of Lausanne, signed in 1923 between the allied powers and the Turks in the aftermath of…
The Month of Ramadan and Discipline
Question: What benefits can the month of Ramadan provide for us to become disciplined people? What good habits…
A Saturday Unlike Others
Many of us either heard about or read Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. The hero of the…
Tafakkur (Reflection)
Tafakkur literally means to think on a subject deeply, systematically, and in great detail. In this context, it…
A Tale of Design and Love
The value of the iron (or any other material) from which a work of art is made differs…
The Aftermath of Love
How sad, how poor; we are eaten up by the chase. Hurtled all around, we sob and rustle…
The Relationship between Physical Cleanliness and Moral Purity
Cleanliness is virtue shared by all people and societies. Physical cleanliness and moral purity are highly encouraged by…