Witness

10 articles

Believing Sep 1, 2019

Knowledge of God (Ma‘rifa)

Ma’rifa is a special knowledge that is acquired through reflective thought, sincere endeavor, using one’s conscience and inquiring…

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Literature & Languages Jan 1, 2009

Ode no XXXI from Bang-i-D’rra

Every object is at strife in the desire to “be” Churning in time, “the process of becoming” Every…

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Lead Article Apr 1, 2007

The World in the Womb

In the recent past, the Islamic world as a whole has lived through its most depressed periods, whether…

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Believing Jan 1, 2002

Understanding Islam

Christianity and Islam are the two largest religious traditions. Both are global in scope. Together, the adherents of…

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Believing Jan 1, 2001

The Meaning of Life

Are all of life’s hardships worth enduring? The answer depends on what our goal is in living. In…

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