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The following paraghraps are the selections from the statements made by Napoleon Bonaparte, non-Muslim, who believed in Allâhu ta’âlâ and admired Islam; these statements reflect his views of Islam. Now ...

It is essential for everyone to have îmân; îmân is necessary for everybody. Those who have îmân should carry out the fards and abstain from the harâms. Every Mu’min (Believer) ...

Allâhu ta’âlâ created mankind. All people are the born slaves of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Allâhu ta’âlâ is the creator, the Rabb, not only of a certain nation or race or only ...

The first night of the month of Muharram is the Muslim’s new year’s night. Muharram is the first month of the Islamic year. The first day of Muharram is the ...

Habit serves as a means for doing morally good or evil actions. Habit (huy) is a faculty (malaka) of the spiritual heart and soul. Sometimes it causes actions which are ...

Habit serves as a means for doing morally good or evil actions. Habit (huy) is a faculty (malaka) of the spiritual heart and soul. Sometimes it causes actions which are ...

Knowledge which informs us about the states and actions of the spiritual heart (qalb) and soul (rûh) is called “Knowledge of Ethics.”  In order to understand knowledge of ethics it ...

Spiritual heart and soul are two distinct entities although they look very much alike. Here, when the soul is mentioned alone it should be understood that we mean both of ...

Tiles allegedly stolen from a Turkish mosque are on display at an exhibition at the recently opened Islamic Arts Gallery section of the Louvre Museum. All of the tiles that ...

The following is the simplified translation of a letter written as an answer to a university student by Sayyid ’Abdulhakîm Efendi while he was the senior professor of tasawwuf at ...