Life

536 articles

Culture & Society Nov 1, 2009

Honoring Our Parents

Our parents are the people who provide the most care for us in this world. Unfortunately, most of…

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Questions & Answers Nov 1, 2009

Desire To Retreat

This transient material world attracts us greatly with the kind of life it imposes upon us, the many…

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A Moment for Reflection Sep 1, 2009

Inspiring Story

from the memoirs of an inventor that lived long, long ago I especially love when the spider webs…

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Death Sep 1, 2009

Need a Third Eye?

“For he who has but one tool, the hammer, the whole world looks like a nail.” Since the…

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Religion Jul 1, 2009

Problem Solvers

“There were no lovers left for me in the world, I used to think,Then I took leave of…

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Advances Jul 1, 2009

Are you RFIDed?

Though tremendous technical efforts are being spent on solving the problem of privacy concerns in RFID usage, this…

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Literature & Languages Jul 1, 2009

Continuous Beauty

Everywhere is your Beauty, wherever I look, in whatever I see, Dancing in the enchantment of Your love,…

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Believing Jul 1, 2009

Wara’ (Abstinence)

Wara’ relates to both the inner and outer aspects of a believer’s life and conduct. A traveler on…

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Environment May 1, 2009

Tips on Child Education

Preparing children for life is an art. There are many things that parents should know and do about…

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Literature & Languages May 1, 2009

Translation of Sufi Poetry

The misunderstanding and the misconception by some Western readers that Sufi poetry is strongly tinged with sensuality and…

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Believing May 1, 2009

Taqwa (Piety)

Taqwa is derived from wiqaya, which means self-defense and avoidance. Sufis define it as protecting oneself from God’s…

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Believing May 1, 2009

How Finite Becomes Infinite

Followers of the Abrahamic religions-Muslims, Christians, and Jews in general-believe in an eternal life after death, in one…

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