Why Is God Invisible?
When a father’s inquisitive daughter asks him, “Why he is God invisible?” he thinks he’s getting off with…
Literature & Languages
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The Glass Half Full
And alas the day has come,when worlds crash, collide.When the happiest day of someone’s life merges with someone…
Language, Meaning, and Purpose: Gulen’s Perspective
Language is not only a tool for describing facts and performing vocative functions – it also defines and…
Literature and National Security: The Almajeri Education in Nigeria
Introduction In his The Death of Criticism, Terry Eagleton spoke of the rude shock a clerk in his…
On Language and Man
“What a curious thing speech is! The tongue is so serviceable a member (taking all sorts of shapes…
Dawn Comes in Dreams
The spirit wanders through the night To find a way out Toward that which it seeks and longs…
Rise Up
Rise up, valiant one, stop sleeping! Rise up, because my heart is lamenting… During the days having passed…
A Lesson, If You Wish to Listen
They had so much wealth and goods, Come and see them in their graves. Only a large shirt…
Remembering the Super Victim: A Letter from a Villain’s Mom to a Superhero
My husband had never been a family man; he was always focused and devoted to his work. For…
Yaqin (Certainty)
Yaqin (certainty) means having no doubt about the truth of a matter and arriving at accurate, doubt-free knowledge…
All of Your Beautiful Names
O Allah I know You say There is no compulsion in religion But I don’t want this freedom…
Abdyl
His name was Abdyl. Everybody I knew called him Dyli. The only other Dyli in our small town…
Love in Sufi Poetry
The enduring resonance of the poetry of thirteenth-century Islamic poet, Mevlana Jalal al-Din Rumi, extends across cultures and…
Beauty in the Sky
It was a shiny, blue sky when I heard the sound that cut through my head, and nailed…
The Golden Ones
Overflowing with eternal inspirations In company of al Khadr, plunging into secrets Brilliant young people with countenances of…