What is the meaning of ‘mannerliness’ in the terminology of sufism?
Its meaning covers being sensible and reasonable, well- behaved, well-mannered, treating people kindly. Mannerliness is used in the…
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Overseas Students
Overseas student issues have assumed greater prominence in Britain, on the educational and political level, since the introduction…
The Historical Development Of The Islamic Community In The United States
Introduction In the following historical survey I cover some basic realities of the Muslim experience in the US.…
Jafar Ibn Abi Talib
In spite of his noble standing among the Quraysh, Abu Talib, an uncle of the Prophet, was quite…
Meditations On A Verse Of The Book
In the verse just quoted are eleven phrases; each of them affirms the Divine Unity and carries a…
The Age Of Speed
This age could certainly be called an age of speed. With the technology of speed, the world promises…
Reincarnation Undressing The Fallacies
Belief in some form of this doctrine of endless cycles of birth, death and re-birth, can be found…
The Awaited Generation
We have long been awaiting a generation, with hearts as pure and kind as angels, with will-power strong…
Trusteeship In A Just World Order
The beginning of the 1990s brought talk of a New World Order. Expectations were raised. The world was…
Coping With Teacher Stress
Occupational stress Working patterns have changed drastically over the last decade with few reaping the benefits of advances…
English Converts To Islam-2
Conversion patterns Lofland and Skonovd (1981) distinguish six types of conversion patterns-intellectual, mystical, experimental, affectional, revivalistic, and coercive.…
Resisting Western Images
How is the power of Western images managed? We are often told that the West believes in freedom…
Questions: A Key to Knowledge
Knowledge is a treasury, the key to which is the question. The vast treasury of Islamic knowledge remains…
The Concept of Parity in The Quran
Reflect on the following words of the Qur’an: Glory be to Him who created in pairs all things…
Sacred Emigration
Emigration is an important phenomenon in human history. Besides its general relevance to the establishment of civilizations, it…