Staying behind for Profound Knowledge
Question: What are the lessons today’s believers should draw from the following Divine message: “Believers should not go…
Believers
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Standing against Radicalism: The Example of Abu Hanifa
Radicalism is a destructive force that threatens bonds within a society. It violates social order, for those who…
Constructive Criticism
Question: When it comes to administrative and political issues, severe criticism is viewed as the major form of…
Financial and Physical Ways of Worship
Question: What would you say about financial forms of worship? Are there any conditions and guidelines for well-off…
How To Respond To Hostile Attitudes
Question: How should we respond to hostile attitudes towards believers? Whatever the conditions may be, a believer should…
Sakina – Itmi’nan (Serenity and Peacefulness)
Literally meaning calmness, silence, steadiness, solemnity, familiarity, the subsidence of the waves and tranquility, sakina (serenity) is the…
Translating the Qur’an into Action
Reflections on the Qur’an: Commentaries on Selected VersesM. Fethullah GülenISBN 9781597842761NJ: Tughra Books An average English reader is…
Believers as They Stand Before God
The believer is one who believes and trusts, one with prospects for a secure future who is trustworthy…
Does the Qur’an Sanction War?
In Islamic jurisprudence, no divinely ordained clergy rule on religious matters. There are only scholars, learned people that…
Rocks or Rainbows: Lessons for Interreligious Dialogue
More than two decades ago, as a new professor at a small college, I was assigned a course…
Reproaching Our Fellow-travelers
Question: Different groups or individuals who do good work in their own way are sometimes critical of others…
Torture and Human Rights
The Fountain magazine was discussed in one of the panels of the “East and West Encounters the Gulen…
Fleeting Storms, Perennial Breezes
Despite all odds, time seems to flow toward long awaited days of splendor and hours of bliss. Albeit,…
Faults in Belief and Fellowship
Question: Feelings of fellowship between people can be damaged because of some unexpected behavior, and thus good will…
Self-Confidence
Question: What is the believers’ version of the concept of self-confidence or self-esteem? Can we strike a balance…