Speech and Power of Expression
The most precious of values inherited from our ancestors, speech does not consist only of clarity of meaning,…
Issue 59 (July - September 2007)
14 articles
Writing with Atoms
Sometimes we make the mistake of thinking that the art and wisdom of small things are easier to…
God, the Sun, and the Plant
Have you ever wondered why plants are green? K.A. Timiryazev, a prominent Russian scientist, answered this question first…
Rhetoric-An Eloquent Invention: Two Examples from the Present Time
Rhetoric is traditionally defined in literature as the “verbal art” of speaking and writing effectively. In our daily…
A Cry of Desperation Are We Listening?
27, black, living in South Africa, and HIV positive; this is no longer a shocking matter. It has…
The Disconnection between Philosophy and Qur’anic Wisdom
Abstract, rational inquiry does not permit a combination between philosophy and religious wisdom1 and rules that such is…
A Saturday Unlike Others
Many of us either heard about or read Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. The hero of the…
Tafakkur (Reflection)
Tafakkur literally means to think on a subject deeply, systematically, and in great detail. In this context, it…
A Tale of Design and Love
The value of the iron (or any other material) from which a work of art is made differs…
The Aftermath of Love
How sad, how poor; we are eaten up by the chase. Hurtled all around, we sob and rustle…
The Relationship between Physical Cleanliness and Moral Purity
Cleanliness is virtue shared by all people and societies. Physical cleanliness and moral purity are highly encouraged by…
Camera Chips: Mimicking the Human Eye?
One day an optometrist was talking to his profoundly-blind patient about the possibility of an eye implant that…
Rethinking Islamic Philosophy and Theology
There are not many scholars interested in Islamic philosophy and theology in the West. Despite this fact, there…
Speech, that Powerful Instrument of Error and Glory …
Speech is certainly one of the distinctive qualities of human beings that makes them superior to other animals.…