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The Magic of Technology: There is no such thing as a free lunch

February 27, 2021

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Veronica

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Philosophy

“And we inspired Moses, “Throw your staff,” and at once it devoured what they were falsifying. So the truth was established, and abolished what they were doing. And Pharaoh and his people were overcome right there and humbled. And the magicians fell down in prostration to Allah, saying We believe in Allah, the…
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Hikam Ibn Ata’illah and The Serendipity Mindset

September 13, 2020

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Veronica

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Advice, Religion

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah in every situation, and peace and blessings be upon his messenger who came to teach us the way to happiness. A book reviewed in the Guardian today claims that we can find meaning in the unexpected. The Serendipity…
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Islam and modernity: shooting at the moon

September 13, 2020

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Veronica

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Tradition versus Modernity, Religion, Society and Environment, Technology, Uncategorized

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah who constantly renews his creation, sending rain and wind to refresh it and purify it. And peace be upon His Messenger Muhammad, who taught us the importance of purification, and upon his pure…
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Does the nature of our inner being affect our creations?

September 5, 2020

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Veronica

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Philosophy, Technology, The Arts, Tradition versus Modernity, Religion

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful, “the First and the Last, the Outer and the Inner,” who made his creation beautiful and without flaw, and inspired it (literally “blew into”) with His spirit. And peace be upon his Messenger Muhammad, who took care, not only of the…
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Islam and modernity like oil and water? Think for yourself!

September 2, 2020

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Veronica

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Tradition versus Modernity

This post is the first in a series of seven in response to an article by theologian Roger E Olson. He raises the question, “Are modernity and Christianity like oil and water?” arguing that all Christians living in modernity have been influenced by modernity in some form or another because modernity is a…
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Let the days go forth as they will (Imam Shafi)

August 28, 2020

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Veronica

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Poetry

Here is my translation of a very nice poem by Imam Shafi’ the respected founder of one of the four schools of Islamic Law in Sunni Islam. In it he gives some advice about how we should live. Poetry and eloquence has a high place in Arabic culture. دَعِ الأَيّامَ تَفعَلُ ما تَشاءُ وَطِب نَفساً إِذا…
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Let’s think about where our world view comes from

August 30, 2020

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Veronica

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Tradition versus Modernity

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful, whose name does not harm anything in the heavens and the earth, a name which, mentioned at the beginning of each undertaking, is a key to unlocking its blessings. And blessings be upon our master, Muhammad, who was sent as a…
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Does bad language make for bad religion?

September 9, 2020

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Veronica

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Religion, Literature, Philosophy, Uncategorized, Tradition versus Modernity

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the name of Allah, the All-Compassionate and the All-Merciful, who created the human from a thing that clings and taught him eloquence and the use of the pen; peace be upon the unlettered Prophet whose speech was like a string of pearls. In this article, by bad language, I…
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On trials, testing and turning back: part 2

August 26, 2020

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Veronica

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Society and Environment, Tradition versus Modernity, Advice, Religion

A translation of part 2 of البلاء والرجوع After I wrote the paper on testing, trials and turning back, I realised that certain questions needed to be addressed in more detail. In this paper, I am looking at three questions: Who does this trial apply to? Is it really true that all these environmental problems are caused…
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On trials, testing and turning back: Part 1

August 26, 2020

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Veronica

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Tradition versus Modernity, Advice, Religion, Society and Environment

On Testing, Trials and Turning Back البلاء والرجوع A translation from the original Arabic article البلاء والرجوع In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful, I’d like to begin in the traditional way, by giving praise and thanks to Allah and asking Him to send peace upon his chosen servants, the messengers. …
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On trials, testing and turning back: part 3

August 26, 2020

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Veronica

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Society and Environment, Tradition versus Modernity, Advice, Religion

A translation of part 3 of البلاء والرجوع The Secret of Congregational Prayers In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful, And praise be to Allah, Lord of all the Worlds, and blessings of Allah be on the Master of the Messengers, and the final outcome is for the Mutaqeen (those who…
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Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

September 6, 2020

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Veronica

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Poetry

I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said – “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which…
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How can you believe in God! Part 2

September 6, 2020

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Veronica

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Religion

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah the Independent of Want, the Praiseworthy, and peace and blessings be upon the messengers of Allah, the equivalent of all who have remembered Allah , from the beginning until the end of existence, and…
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How can you believe in God! Part 1

September 6, 2020

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Veronica

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Religion

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful, who has placed his signs in the horizons and in our own selves, who gave us life and who guided us. Peace be upon his messenger Muhammad, who was so concerned for all people, and upon all of his family and companions.…
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Limited by Carl Sandburg

September 6, 2020

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Veronica

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Poetry

I am riding on a limited express, one of the crack trains of the nation. Hurtling across the prairie into blue haze and dark air go fifteen all-steel coaches holding a thousand people. (All the coaches shall be scrap and rust and all the men and women laughing in the diners and sleepers shall pass…
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