Towards Spelling Out Our Own Line of Thought
In the past, “Islam” used to come into our people’s minds first as far as “religion” was concerned,…
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The Dancing Pen
No one knows dancing like him. Swirl, lift, dip. The routine continues. Swirl, lift, dip. This is what…
The Holy Qur’an and Dirac’s Theory of Pairs
Paul Dirac (1902–1984), one of Newton’s successors to the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics at Cambridge, was one of…
Holy Migration
Most human beings feel a strong loyalty to the place of their birth. Sometimes this loyalty can be…
Zuhd (Asceticism)
Zuhd, which literally means renouncing worldly pleasures and resisting carnal desires, is defined by Sufis as indifference to…
A Special Blessing: The Story of WIN
There are blessings all around us, of course, but what follows is my account of an unexpected blessing–a…
In an Author’s Mind
Rational, Romantic, and Regular were three roommates. They were all new writers with splendid ambitions. They all dreamt…
Men, but not just any men!
Men, but not just any men! If I had not actually seen them I would have said, it…
A New Model: Multiple Universes (MULTIVERSE)
There are a number of critical points in the history of physics, which strives for a better understanding…
Once in the Heavens
The murderer approached the couple he intended as his victims with a promising smile. He offered, “You know…
Memoirs of a Former Gossip
What you are about to read is the diary of a former gossip who felt bad about her…
Knocking on Your Door
Open your door as a compliment, make your slave happy, Serve my spirit chants from the tongues of…
A Journey of Discovery
I first became interested in Ottoman women in the early 1990s when I read a newly published book…
Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time
When Karen Armstrong was asked to make a wish as one of the 2008 TED prize winners, she…
On Hibernation and Bedsores
You would have thought them awake though they were asleep. We caused them to turn over to the…