Muslim Reflections

Islam and Being Human in the True Sense Question: You have stated that, “Isla...

Soil and Rose Question: In his work, Gulistan, Sheikh Sadi states: “Be soil, ...

Mahabba (Love) Mahabba means fondness, tender and kind feelings, preference, an...

Q: How should we react to the evil thoughts and desires whispered by Satan? A...

Literally meaning calmness, silence, steadiness, solemnity, familiarity, the sub...

Muhasaba (Self-Criticism or Self-Interrogation) The word muhasaba literally m...

Beauty elevates our hearts, awakens our souls with sweet excitement and apprecia...

Question: Feelings of fellowship between people can be damaged because of some u...

Question: It is stated that sometimes God grants mercy to an entire world upon t...

ABUSE OF RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS The quest for truth has two princi...

As God already gives His blessings and peace to the Prophet Muhammad, what is th...

All over the vast Islamic world, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, various servi...

Faqr and Ghina (Poverty and Richness) For Sufis, poverty means that an initia...

Question: It is stated that the devoted souls who will realize a new revival are...

On nature or refuting naturalistic atheism   A reminder The way of disb...

Tafakkur literally means to think on a subject deeply, systematically, and in gr...

Ever wondered where we stand in the universe? What is behind all this sparkling...

On the eve of the beautiful days of the future, days whose dawns are breathing f...

Man is a being shaped in mind and spirit and in character in accordance with the...

The topic of this book, “adab in practice,” is part  of  the larger concept of a...

Before examining the ethics of decent behavior (adab al-muasharat) in depth, the...

The basis of acquiring knowledge is reading and studying. The first revelation o...

Good character is not only taught but can also be caught. Being a person of good...

We will now examine the Qur’anic teachings on the ad- ab toward parents. In the ...

The Islamic term used for the care of kin is sila al-rahm which encompasses visi...

Quarreling among siblings may often be a result of their ages or stages of devel...

Members of the family should respect the sanctity  of each other’s privacy in th...

Regular sleep is necessary for the purpose of rest and rejuvenation. On average,...

The Prophet said that “cleanliness is half of faith.” Therefore, we should  reco...

Wearing clean and tidy clothes is the Sunna of the Prophet. It should be kept in...

Hilm means being inclined to gentleness or  mildness; this adjective describes a...

Harboring rancor and animosity means looking for re- venge and retribution. The ...

Wickedness is weak, even when it seems to be victori- ous. In fact wickedness ca...

Haya, an instinctive feeling of shame combined with the modesty based on Islam, ...

Honesty and being straightforward are characteristics that are manifested both i...

When kidding and joking with friends, the thing to pay the most attention to is ...

The Qur’an commands that people should not make fun of, embarrass, or ridicule o...

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The attitude of believers is determined according to the degree of their faith. ...

The Qur’an always accepts forgiveness and tolerance as basic principles, so much...

Life is the foremost and most manifest blessing of God Almighty, and the true an...

Islam is a word derived from the root words silm and salamah. It means surrender...

Dialogue means the coming together of two or more people to discuss certain issu...

In addition to our “lost paradise,” we have also lost some of our exalted charac...

Humans are creatures with both exceptional qualities and faults. Until the first...

As a nation we are experiencing an intense fervor of recovery and revival. If a ...

Be as vast as the oceans and take every soul to your bosom! Let faith keep you a...

Morals are a set of noble principles that originate in high spirituality and g...

Conscience, which has a central position in a person's being and feeling that ...

Written by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. Love is the reason for the creation of the ...

Written by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. The sublime verse, "Say: "If you love Alla...

Written by Fethullah Gülen Belief, with the will-power to struggle, is the fi...

Written by Harun Gultekin Arabia ... a desert as huge as almost three thous...

Introduction The main duty and purpose of human life is to seek understanding...

The adage nowadays is that we all need love. So many people are talking about th...

What do we mean when we mention education and training in relation to our curren...

Written by Fethullah Gülen I do not like to make claims and I have a poor memo...