Reflections on The Third Flash of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
In the Third Flash of his Risale-i Nur Collection, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi offers a reflection on the Sufi…
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Parables in the Quran
The Qur’an pursues the following goals: To teach humanity about the unity of God, resurrection and life after…
The Bamboo of Islam
Some personalities are like bamboo, very hard, very tough; they wait, they make one wait, but eventually they…
Adab: Education of One’s Ego – A Model for Gifted Education
Although some people deny the existence of super talents, rather seeing success as a result of extreme concentration…
Modern Slavery: Global Trafficking in Human Beings
Each year thousands of people (men, women, and children) fall victim to the vicious and organized trafficking of…
The Blessed Three Months in The Life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
The wonder of the age, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, had an exceptional life of worship. There are many accounts…
Master and Disciple: An Essay on Joachim Wach
“Master and Disciple: Two Religio-Sociological Studies” is a paper written by Joachim Wach. At the beginning of the…
Einstein As a Believer
“My feeling is insofar religious as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human…
Spiritual Revolution for The Universal Peace
MOSCOW – Arbat Street has always been compared to Oxford Street in London, or 5th Avenue in Manhattan,…
Three Groups Opposing Dialogue: How are those who are hostile to dialogue activities today relevant to and Kharijites, Karmatis, Anarchists?
Karmatism is a heretical esoteric sect founded by Hamdan ibn Karmat in the ninth century AD. Hamdan took…
A Sacred Phase of Time: The Blessed Three Months
The blessed three months are Rajab, Sha’ban, and Ramadan (the seventh, eighth, and ninth months) in the Islamic…
The Creation of Evil is not Evil: Nursi’s Theological Approach to the Existence of Evil
The recent tsunami and the devastation that it caused-the deaths of more than 300,000 people and the creation…
How should we establish balance with respect to the spiritual and worldly dimensions of our life?
Balance holds a very significant place in every phase of life. Balanced action is necessary over the spectrum…
The Newly Discovered Dimension of The Heart
In our world of knowledge and wisdom, there are two meanings for the word “heart”; as an emotion…
The Blessed Months
The worth and sanctity attributed to a time or a land are essentially related to the Will of…