War and Peace in the Qur’an
One of the reasons for widespread Islamophobia is the wrong understanding of the Qur’an, Islam’s Holy Book. There…
Belief
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Thinking of Heavenly Days
Thinking of the heavenly days … Days promised by the Prophets and dreamed of by the saints… Days…
Wakefulness (Yaqada)
In the language of Sufism, yaqada (wakefulness) means that an initiate must be aware, careful and sensitive with…
Morality of Love
For human society, the last few centuries have been one turmoil after another. In response, we are still…
Unity – 2
(continued from the previous issue) God’s Lordship and the lights of His Existence and Lordship which shine on…
The Tomorrows of Our Dreams
Feeling and understanding the future with its own particular profundities, even if it seems only a fancy at…
Unity – 1
Tawhid, derived from wahda (oneness), means unifying, regarding as one, believing in God’s Oneness or Unity, and sincerely…
The Tomorrows of My Dreams
Our inner soul is not bound by time. Just as we consciously experience the present moment, we can…
The Theological Dimension of the Thought of M. Fethullah Gülen (Part 3)
The terms translated in English as “worship,” “servanthood,” and “devotion” are taken from Arabic and possess a long…
Distinguishing (Farq)
In the language of Sufism, farq (distinguishing) has been interpreted as making a clear distinction between unity and…
Sensing Time Anew
For us to be able to fully perceive the holy days, it is first necessary that our spirits…
Absorption (Jam’) – 2
Absorption can never mean the unity of being—the unity (union) of God and the universe or God’s being…
Why Do Pious People Suffer?
For many people, especially in today’s world, it is very hard to reconcile the personal, sometimes seemingly intolerable,…
Love for Knowledge
While attempting to obtain a love for knowledge and willpower to think, one must not overlook reality or…
8 Shared Values of Science and Faith
Book Review Why Science and Faith Need Each Other: Eight Shared Values That Move Us Beyond FearBy Elaine Howard…