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The rabbit hole bored me; wonderland wasn’t as wonderful as it had appeared to be.

A Reminder to Myself First

"So make peace with your brethren" - Right, we accomplished that with excellence. It's interesting to know that an animal...

Secularists vs People of God

The secular world prides itself on knowledge and the people of God pride themselves on how little they know in...

Expressions of Divine Love

Expressions of Divine Love through the language of poetry is a familiar concept in the religion of Islam. Stories of...

Silence

Silence. The Orchestration of the universe is heard in your silence: in your contemplation of the meaning of life and...

A Poem

No one gets to choose the way in which the wind blows. We can say our branch is strongest that...

The Culture of Mystical Islam

The culture of mystical Islam flourished in the Persian speaking lands, from Turkey to the northwest Iran, Afghanistan, and Central...

Free-thought and Religion

"You shall not accept information, unless you verify it for yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight, and...

God is Not the Universe. God is Lord of The Worlds.

That felt so good! Saying it, designing it, sharing it. I know the concept of God may be difficult to...

Appearance vs Reality

What we perceive around us in this sensory realm versus all that exists, independently of anyone's perception. Are we in...

On Self-Worth: By Charles Upton

When a given society loses its belief in God, or at least it's concrete sense that God is actually watching,...

Islam and The Media

The media is doing excellent PR work promoting biased stories on radical Islam/ Muslims, Islamophobia and the Muslim community at...

Be Humble

We are part of a historical continuum. Petra (Al-Batra'), a world wonder of human genius was once a wealthy trade...

Notes on Yasmin Mogahed’s Reclaim your Heart. “Have you seen him who take his low desires for his god?” – Quran [25: 33-43] Every human being has a void in their heart, and trying to fill it with other than the Creator leads to what we call: attachments. Attachments to […]

The Human Soul: By Sh. Hamza Yusuf

On October 29, 2016April 4, 2017

The Human Soul: By Sh. Hamza Yusuf

On October 29, 2016April 4, 2017

The human soul is the state of the heart and it is the essence of the body. It is believed in Islam that we are all born in this world with full submission to our Creator, God, and as we grow, ego takes form and it is diseased societies that […]

The Human Heart: By Sh. Hamza Yusuf

On October 28, 2016April 10, 2017

The Human Heart: By Sh. Hamza Yusuf

On October 28, 2016April 10, 2017

The heart is the center of the human being. Many people think that the brain is the center of consciousness, yet the Quran (Islamic Sacred Book) states, “They have hearts that they are not able to understand with.” According to the Muslims, the center of the human consciousness is the […]

Appearance vs Reality

On October 27, 2016August 28, 2020

Appearance vs Reality

On October 27, 2016August 28, 2020

What we perceive around us in this sensory realm versus all that exists, independently of anyone’s perception. Are we in a social trance? Do we see beyond material nature and the ultimate portrayal of human society? I lived most of my life with little regard passed the material realm. I […]

On Self-Worth: By Charles Upton

On October 26, 2016July 10, 2020

On Self-Worth: By Charles Upton

On October 26, 2016July 10, 2020

When a given society loses its belief in God, or at least it’s concrete sense that God is actually watching, people turn each other into objects in just this way. We forget that we are dependent for our very existence upon God’s attention to us; we treat our separate individuality, […]

Islam and The Media

On October 23, 2016August 28, 2020

Islam and The Media

On October 23, 2016August 28, 2020

The media is doing excellent PR work promoting biased stories on radical Islam/ Muslims, Islamophobia and the Muslim community at large – in parallel, however, over half of the west is reverting to Islam. The cool kids say bad PR is good PR. The kids are right. “But they plan, […]

Be Humble

On October 16, 2016July 10, 2020

Be Humble

On October 16, 2016July 10, 2020

We are part of a historical continuum. Petra (Al-Batra’), a world wonder of human genius was once a wealthy trade town home to the Nabateans tribe. It stands now as a marvelous haunted city of rocks and jinns, this pathway was filled with merchants selling precious commodities from all over […]

d o p a l a n d

A Reminder to Myself First

Secularists vs People of God

Expressions of Divine Love

Silence

A Poem

The Culture of Mystical Islam

Free-thought and Religion

God is Not the Universe. God is Lord of The Worlds.

Appearance vs Reality

On Self-Worth: By Charles Upton

Islam and The Media

Be Humble

On Attachments

On Attachments

The Human Soul: By Sh. Hamza Yusuf

The Human Soul: By Sh. Hamza Yusuf

The Human Heart: By Sh. Hamza Yusuf

The Human Heart: By Sh. Hamza Yusuf

Appearance vs Reality

Appearance vs Reality

On Self-Worth: By Charles Upton

On Self-Worth: By Charles Upton

Islam and The Media

Islam and The Media