The Silent Breathes of the Heart
The heart breathes but without letters, without words. Yet, we find these breaths to be the most influential…
Wisdom
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Feeding the Body and the Spirit: Rediscovering Ancient Wisdom Through Modern Biology
The careful manager in the cell Hidden inside almost every cell is a small sensor called mTORC1. It…
The Rumis of Today
A very important principle to uphold is to view everything in a positive light, as long as it…
Silence (Samt)
Literally meaning avoiding speech and keeping silent, samt is used by the Sufis to describe keeping silent or…
The “Powers” of Ignorance
As an instructor of statistics, I sometimes cannot help but explain the phenomena of the social sciences through…
In the Footsteps of Wisdom: A Journey Through Said Nursi’s Eighth Word
“Ideology is the marriage of the truth with the apocryphal whereas wisdom is the distinction of the former…
Hikma (Wisdom)
Hikma (wisdom), meaning knowledge, the understanding of Divine commandments, philosophy, the real reasons for the existence of events…
Mathematics: On the Path to Wisdom
Throughout history, mathematics has meant different things to different people. According to the sixteenth century scientist and philosopher,…
Faith, Wisdom, and Power
Question: What roles do faith, wisdom, and power play in the survival of a society? Faith, especially in…
One Man, Equal to a Species
It was an interesting dream. In ancient times, creatures that were destined for destruction questioned why they were…
The Only Memory
How could this piece of information solve my problems? This little sentence cannot really answer all of life’s…
Hot, But Can’t Do Without: The wisdom behind the hotness of peppers
Like all omnivorous foods, peppers – both hot and sweet – have been created in unique, wise ways…
The Qur’an: An Eternal Journey
We are at the table together for dinner, having a good time. My husband is eating a beef…
Historical Recurrences
Question: Taking into account the notion that history repeats itself, how should we view recent incidents and events…
An Adoring Journey through the Wisdom of Words
After months of rigorous labor and hard work, I have recently finished translating the book, The Messenger of…