Spiritual Perfection | Its Relation to Inner Peace and Happiness
What Is the Importance of Spiritual Perfection in Our Lives, and Why Do Human Beings Not Pursue Spiritual Perfection? Human Being, a term that we have heard so much that we have become indifferent to, and to the same extent, we are far from knowing it. The human is a remarkable and magnificent being, but […]
What Is Satan and What Characteristics Does He Have?
What Is Satan, and What Are His Characteristics and Strategies? What is Satan? Is Satan a real personality or an imaginary and delusional being? What are Satan’s strategies, and how does it generate thoughts in human minds? Have you ever experienced disturbing and unsettling thoughts? Have you had restless and distressing dreams and woken up […]
What to Think About | Thoughts That Win and Those That Do Not
What to Think About according to Islamic Religious Teachings Have you heard of alchemy? Do you know that the copper of existence can be turned into gold with a tool called thinking? It is no wonder that God calls us to reflect on ourselves and the phenomena of creation. In fact, thinking is the only […]
Highest Pleasure | Criterion Determining the Soundness of Heart!
Definition of Pleasure and Its Types: From the Lowest to the Highest Pleasure Have you ever stayed up all night to watch your favorite movie? Or do you resist the tempting sweets winking at you in the pastry shop to keep your body fit? Or would you rather quarantine yourself for months and sacrifice your […]
Why Does the Quran Consider Allah the Only Deity of the Human?
Despite the Existence of Other Beloveds, Why Is God the Only Deity of the Human Being? To answer this question, we first need to explain the meaning of “deity” in “There is no deity but Allah” (la ilaha illallah). Generally, “deity” refers to something which, through ‘compatibility,’ becomes the ‘beloved’ of its lover. This love […]
Role and Status of Inherent Qualities in Dimensions of Existence
The Role of Inherent Qualities in Dimensions of Existence and in Our Lives Is it inanimate? No, but it has the characteristics of inanimate objects. Is it a plant? No, but it has the qualities of a plant. Is it an animal? No, but it has the traits of an animal. Is it an angel? […]
Potentiality and Actuality | Hereafter Not as Constructive as the World
The Proportion Between the World and the Hereafter Is the Proportion of Potentiality and Actuality. Have you ever heard of fetal surgery in the mother’s womb? Why do doctors prefer to treat many fetal diseases and defects in the mother’s womb? Why do they not wait for the baby to be born, and then perform […]
The First Creation | Characteristics of the Most Perfect Example
What Is the Necessity of the Existence of the First Creation or the First Manifestation of God? We are naturally curious about our origin, ancestry, and roots. Contrary to popular belief, this origin and root relate both to our worldly relationships and to the stages of our creation. Conventional thinking often considers our creation independently, […]
What Is God? | How Our Perception of God Differs from Real God
What Is God, and What Relationship Does the Absolute Perfection We Love Have with Us? You may have asked yourself the following questions: What is God? Or when did He come into existence? Where is God, and how does He manage the world? These questions may have occupied our minds since childhood, and if we […]
What Is Reincarnation? Do Souls Return to the World After Death?
An Examination of the Concept of Reincarnation from the Perspective of Islamic Philosophy What do you know about reincarnation? Have you ever heard about it? Life after death has always been one of the greatest mysteries and most challenging topics in the fields of self-knowledge, philosophy, and religion. There are different perspectives on the fate […]