A Journey Toward Expanding the Horizons of Knowledge
In 2011, when two Stanford professors – Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller – began offering free online courses,…
Hadith
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Flies
Athlete’s foot is a frequent infection that millions of people suffer from annually. I once had it during…
Divergent Thinking and the Religious Texts: The Case of Islam
The concept of divergent thinking was first mentioned by prominent psychologist J. P. Guilford (1950), who defined it…
Steadiness in the Language of Mathematics
Many people think that walking two meters is easy, as the interval between the start and the finish…
Mary
Maryam, or Mary, is the only woman mentioned by name in the Holy Qur’an. She is mentioned in…
Need For a Bit More Quiet Lament
In the face of so many things happening around us, we have two options: either to ignore them,…
Did Jesus Have Brothers or Sisters?
The pregnancy of Mary, the greatest example of purity, was a miracle of God and a wonder of…
A Reform Rabbi Learns from Muhammad
All Muslims know that the Qur’an often refers to the “people of the book” and their prophets. In…
Islam and Work
A person is not a machine that can remain indifferent to their surroundings. It is a duty for…
Holy Sources of Human Dignity
In the Holy Scriptures we can find vital instructions to reach peace and harmony in both our individual…
Apocalypse from the Perspective of Engineering
The apocalypse is the end of both humanity and the world. Owing to the significance of this event,…
Is there still a chance for me to be forgiven?
The following Hadith on repentance is narrated in the Hadith collections of both Bukhari and Muslim: Once there…
What would you say about the equality of men and women?
Q: In recent years a lot of things have been said concerning the equality of men and women.…
Human Development As Revealed In The Holy Qu’ran And Hadith
Dr Albar is a Consultant to the King Fahad Medical Research Center, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah. In…