September 2020 – e-Advice

Hikam Ibn Ata’illah and The Serendipity Mindset

September 13, 2020

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Veronica

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

Mindfulness? Therapy? It’s the Sunnah!

September 5, 2020

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Veronica

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psychology, Religion

In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Merciful. We praise Allah who sent down to us the Reminder, the Holy Qur’an, and peace and blessing be upon His Messenger who showed us how to remember by embodying the Qur’an and living amongst his family and companions, peace be upon them all. I have…

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…

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…

The Secret: Holistic – but is it Genuine?

September 2, 2020

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Veronica

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Religion, psychology

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful, all praise is due to Allah who did not leave his creation wandering astray but supported them with revelation, and peace be upon his final messenger, Muhammad, who was sent as a mercy to all the worlds, and upon his family and companions and those who…

Nasruddin and the Miserable Man

September 1, 2020

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Veronica

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Stories and Folklore

One day, Nasruddin began talking to a man from another town. The man lamented, “I am rich, but I am also sad and miserable. I have taken my money and gone travelling in search of joy-but alas, I have yet to find it.” As the man continued speaking, Nasruddin grabbed the man’s bag and ran…

The Repentance of Abu Nawas

September 1, 2020

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Poetry

From the Repentance of Abu Nawas Abu Nawas was a brilliant poet who was also famous for living the life of a profligate and reprobate, doing many things forbidden by Islam and writing about them. However, towards the end of his life, he wrote a beautiful poem of repentance which surely must touch the…

How to be a great student

September 1, 2020

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Veronica

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Education, Advice

Students are hopefully returning to schools and universities for a new academic year. How can students approach their learning in the best way and with minimum stress? Firstly, let’s remember the real reason for learning. You have probably been told that we learn in order to pass an exam and if I asked you why…

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