Parables in the Quran
The Qur’an pursues the following goals: To teach humanity about the unity of God, resurrection and life after…
Issue 52 (October - December 2005)
14 articles
Global Warming and Forests
Is the number and severity of floods, droughts that cause famine and deaths, forest fires, hurricanes and ice…
Understanding God’s Manifestation Using The Allegory of a Hologram
In this path of loving, how can it possibly be That we see the world through You, and yet…
The Bamboo of Islam
Some personalities are like bamboo, very hard, very tough; they wait, they make one wait, but eventually they…
Potassium Channels: A Tale of Two Nobel Prizes
In May 2003, Roderick Mackinnon’s research group at Rockefeller University has published the three-dimensional atomic structure of a…
Constant Change and Renewal in the Universe
Since the time Galileo uttered, “But still, it moves!” when he was forced to declare a stationary Earth,…
What are the greatest dangers and pitfalls that a believer faces, and what precautions can be taken?
Humanity is being tested in this world. Life itself, from the beginning until the end, is full of…
The Inner Profundity of Humankind
The human being is the essence and the vital element of being, the index and core element of…
Fasting: A Divine Treatment For Body and Soul
Fasting is a school for the training of both the physical body and the soul, and it has…
Resonant Egos and The Art of Married Life
Life is an arena where individuals can reveal the secrets hidden in their ego by interacting with the…
Aging
I will start with the cliché: “man is born, grows, ages, and finally dies.” So this cycle of…
Reflections on The Third Flash of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
In the Third Flash of his Risale-i Nur Collection, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi offers a reflection on the Sufi…
Darwin’s Black Box
Over since the publication of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin in 1859, his theory of…
The Universe in a Hologram
We started 2005 with a tsunami and continue with hurricanes. God knows what may follow Katrina, Rita, Stan…