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On trials, testing and turning back: part 2

August 26, 2020

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Veronica

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Advice, Religion, Society and Environment, Tradition versus Modernity

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…

On trials, testing and turning back: Part 1

August 26, 2020

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Veronica

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Advice, Religion, Society and Environment, Tradition versus Modernity

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. …

On trials, testing and turning back: part 3

August 26, 2020

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Veronica

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Advice, Religion, Society and Environment, Tradition versus Modernity

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…

We have no religion – we do everything as well as possible

August 26, 2020

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Veronica

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Religion

Marshall Mcluhan, in The Medium is the Message, quotes the Balinese as saying “We have no art, we do everything as well as possible.” ( Mcluhan, (1964). The idea in this that art is not a specialism, confined to certain aspects of life and largely carried out by specialists, but a way of life that…

How is faith like a tree?

August 21, 2020

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Veronica

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Religion

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لم ترى كيف ضرب الله مثلا كلمة طيبة كشجرة طيبة أصلها ثابت و فرقها في السماء See you not how God sets forth a parable? A goodly word as a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches extended to the sky. Giving its fruit at all times, by…

Remembering God – and a beautiful reminder

August 28, 2020

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Veronica

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Poetry, Religion

In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful. All praise is for Him who made pitch, harmony and discord, sound and silence, and peace and blessings be upon his messenger who taught us how to pray and to remember Allah. This life is full of alarms and attractions which grab our attention, making us …

In praise of the night: why we need to dim the lights

August 23, 2020

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Veronica

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Advice, Tradition versus Modernity

In the name of Allah, the compassionate and merciful, and all praise is to Allah the lord of all the worlds, and peace and blessings be on the noble Prophet Muhammad. و هو الذي جعل الليل والنهار خلفة لمن اراد ان يذكر او أراد شكورا 25:62 And He is the one who made the night…

On trials, testing and turning back: part 2

On trials, testing and turning back: Part 1

On trials, testing and turning back: part 3

We have no religion – we do everything as well as possible

How is faith like a tree?

Remembering God – and a beautiful reminder

In praise of the night: why we need to dim the lights

Hikam Ibn Ata’illah and The Serendipity Mindset

Islam and modernity: shooting at the moon

Does bad language make for bad religion?

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