“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all it’s students – Hector Berlios 1856 We should use our time wisely, it is a limited asset, and as we grow older it sort of becomes a privilege. Throughout history one can find great examples of disruption. Ideas that changed the world forever. Ideas that…
Tag: spirituality
Problems that Plague the Modern Mind solved via Tazkiya
“Allah never changes the condition of a people unless they change what is in themselves ” Holy Quran [13:28] Islam the religion structures itself at three levels: 1) Submission 2) Faith (Imaan) 3) Excellence (Ihsaan) All external acts of prayer that Muslims perform are prescribed for the reformation of the heart. Islam enforces that for the success…
Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ – A Renaissance MasterPiece
The Renaissance is still thought of as the rebirth of art. It is a scholarly accepted view that the Renaissance was one of the great creative periods of progressive development. One of the masterpieces of the Renaissance was The Last Supper, a late 15th-century painting by Leonardo da Vinci and currently located in Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy….
Al-Ujb – The Satanic Trait of Self Conceit
Purification of the Nafs is the greatest jihad. We all work so hard in our lives for ourselves and our families, thinking Insha’Allah one day we shall enter paradise. However there is one thing that can stop us from entering this dream destination. Self-conceit The greatest example of self-conceit in art is perhaps Narcissus. Narcissus was…
Crisis of Unity
Note: The following article is a personal opinion with respect to understanding my religion, and enable me as an individual on the search of enlightenment/spiritual awakening. The content is in a ‘exploratory state’ should not be taken as a fact, but rather an opinion, from my experience as a human being who is bound to…
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