Education from Cradle to Grave
Introduction The main duty and purpose of human life is to seek understanding. The effort of doing so,…
Issue 20 (October - December 1997)
11 articles
Generating Electricity from the Sun
Introduction In recent years, we have realized that the world’s supplies of coal, gas and oil are limited.…
Causality and the Qur’anic world-view
The universe has been made in the form of a book, intelligible, so as to make known its…
The sub-atomic World and Creation
Out of the three famous papers that Albert Einstein published in 1905, On a Heuristic Point of View…
Homesickness
For man this world is like a foreign land, a fearful ocean, where he flounders a whole lifetime…
The Styles Of The Qur’an And The Movement Of The Sun
The Qur’an has four essential aims: explaining and proving Divine Existence and Unity, the Resurrection, Prophethood and Divine…
The Governor With Four Faults
The second Caliph after the Prophet Muhammad, upon him be peace and blessings, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab has a…
Genetic Engineering And Islamic Law
Recombinant DNA technology has not developed quickly. Only after decades of basic research and the accumulation of extensive…
What kind of beings are jinn and can they appear in different forms in the visible, material world?
The nature of jinn Jinn are conscious beings charged with Divine obligations. The word jinn literally means something…
A Turkish Humorist And Sage: Nasr Al-Din Khodja
Nasr al-Din Khodja is one of the most famous philosophers of humour in world history. His anecdotes, told…
The Horizon Of Hope: Spiritual Or Metaphysical Thought
The modern Western world-view is said to be founded almost entirely on materialistic notions excluding, even denying, the…