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The Mirror and the Soil

Zeynep Eren30/08/201007/04/2015

The soil said to the mirror: “I envy of you! Whoever looks at you sees himself, but the ones who look at me see only me!” The mirror responded the...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 6

Responding To A Nasty Message

Ahmet C. Gülenay30/08/201021/11/2016

In case you haven’t heard it, The United States of America witnessed another plane involved in an incident last month. That is right; planes are becoming quite popular for any...

A Garden of Truths Issue 6

Honey of the world, molasses of the hereafter

Zeynep Eren30/08/201007/04/2015

Flies never would perch on Abdul-Qadir Gilani. One of those who were aware of this situation asked: “We have never seen that a fly perched upon you. What is the...

A Garden of Truths Issue 6

A Poem: Imagine

The Pen30/08/201012/04/2011

“Frequently mention death which dispels pleasure and makes it bitter” (Tirmidhi, Zuhd 4) ~ I M A G I N E ~ Imagine yourself after you pass away Imagine your...

A Garden of Truths Issue 6

Do not Judge a Book by its Cover

The Pen30/08/201012/04/2011

A poor and old villager had a legendary horse. The king of that area offered a great fortune for the horse but the villager did not want to sell it....

A Garden of Truths Issue 6

The Governor and the Blacksmith

The Pen30/08/201012/04/2011

One day, an innocent blacksmith, who worked and got exhausted for sustenance of his children and was returning home innocently, was mistakenly arrested and imprisoned by the officers of the...

Issue 6

A Prophet of Mercy and His Wars

Salahaddin Özel30/08/201001/04/2011

Lesley Stahl hosted Madeleine Albright, then-the Secretary of State of USA, in a news programme. They talked on the US sanctions against Iraq after first Gulf war in which many ...

Issue 6 PROPHET MUHAMMAD Prophets

A Saviour the World Waiting

Dr Hasan Karataş30/08/201015/04/2015

Who else Besides Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)? Recently a controversy among the American Christian missionaries sparked over reaching out to Muslims all around the world. It is about an evangelizing a...

Issue 6 PROPHET MUHAMMAD Prophets Sunnah

Peace and Blessings be Upon Him

Muhlis Aydınlı30/08/201005/11/2015

Sending Greetings to our Prophet Muhammad Narrated by Jabir (RA): ‘’Do not get me such as a water container, which a rider of an animal hangs behind of the animal....

Issue 6

Bangles of Kisra

Dr Ali Cerrahoglu30/08/201001/04/2011

When the apostle of Allah (PBUH) announced his prophethood, this announcement was a defiance not only to a tribe, a group of politicians, or a religion but to all sultans,...

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