Abstract: “There is a famous tradition in Islam in which an unknown man, fully clad in white and evincing no signs of travel, approaches the Prophet Muhammad and begins to ask him several questions. Prior to his last question, which has to do with eschatology, the man asks the Prophet to define three terms: Islam, […]
Abstract: The essays assembled in this book bring into focus a broad range of criticisms of the modem theory of evolution: logical, mathematical, physical, biological, religious, philosophical, and metaphysical. The arguments presented.
Abstract: To speak of creation or manifestation is to speak of polarization, of the manifold, of multiplicitywhose first stage is that primordial polarization between the two contending and complementaryprinciples, which are seen throughout cosmic manifestation and which in human life appear asthe male and female sexes. In relation to the Divine Unity all multiplicity is […]
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Abstract: In attempting to understand the Islamic view of the environment, we have to begin by asking how Islam has traditionally discussed the concept with which we are dealing. How does one say “environment” in the language of the Koran?.
THE “golden age, of Islam, insofar as the intensity of the religious and spiritual life and the realization of its ideals are concerned, must be identified with the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad- upon whom be peace- and the first Muslim community at Medina. But just as the seed sown in the ground grows into […]
The role and function of gratitude or shukr in Islam has been a topic that, until recently, has been the subject of little extensive analysis. This is despite the central place of gratitude within the……………. (link below) Gratitude In IA – Khalil Final Nov 24 2018
Seyyed Hossein Nasr is among the most important spokesmen of traditional thought and stated that approximation to the creative will, that he placed at the center, in the contemplative life fed by religious sources is the most important factor in guiding human beings to the straight path……………………… SEYYED_HOSSEIN_NASRS_CONCEPTION_OF_THE_H
Philosophy is the foundation of all sciences. It is the universal science (ʿilm-i kullī). Without philosophy no other science can be established (banā kard)…Philosophy is the ontology of any reality (ḥaqīqat). For ex- ample, the reality (ḥaqīqat) of man. If you put philosophy to one side, you have put man aside. Because man is a […]