The following short book discusses some lessons from the Life of the Great Companion of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, the Second Rightly Guided Caliph of Islam, Umar Ibn Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him. Adopting Positive Characteristics Leads to Peace of Mind.
The following is a short book discussing the different branches of truthfulness. In reality, without this key characteristic it is not possible to Achieve Noble Character. Adopting Positive Characteristics Leads to Peace of Mind.
The following book discusses some Aspects of Peace of Mind and Body such as: Peace of Mind, Contentment, Patience, Gratitude, Financial Dealings, Justice, Independence, Socializing, Hope, Provision and many more. Implementing the lessons discussed will aid one to adopt positive characteristics which in turn leads to Peace of Mind and Body.
The following short book discusses some lessons from the Life of the Great Companion of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, the Fourth Rightly Guided Caliph of Islam, Ali Ibn Abu Talib, may Allah be pleased with him. Adopting Positive Characteristics Leads to Peace of Mind.
The following short book discusses some lessons from the Lives of the Companions of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, other than the Four Rightly Guided Caliphs of Islam: Abu Bakkar Siddique, Umar Ibn Khattab, Uthman Ibn Affan and Ali Ibn Abu Talib, may Allah be pleased with them, whose lives have been discussed in separate books. Adopting Positive Characteristics Leads to Peace of Mind.
The following short book discusses Two Aspects of Noble Character: Modesty and Chastity. Implementing the lessons discussed will aid a Muslim to Achieve Noble Character. Adopting Positive Characteristics Leads to Peace of Mind.
A superstitious reading of the world based on religion may be harmless at a private level, yet employed as a political tool it can have more sinister implications. As this fascinating book by Ali Rahnema, a distinguished Iranian intellectual, relates, superstition and mystical beliefs have endured and influenced ideology and political strategy in Iran from the founding of the Safavid dynasty in the sixteenth century to the present day. As Rahnema demonstrates through a close reading of the Persian sources and with examples from contemporary Iranian politics, it is this supposed connectedness to the hidden world that has allowed leaders such as Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mahmud Ahmadinejad to present themselves and their entourage as representatives of the divine, and their rivals as the embodiment of evil.
Analyzing the intersection between Sufism and philosophy, this volume is a sweeping examination of the mystical philosophy of Muḥyī-l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 637/1240), one of the most influential and original thinkers of the Islamic world. This book systematically covers Ibn al-ʿArabī’s ontology, theology, epistemology, teleology, spiritual anthropology and eschatology. While philosophy uses deductive reasoning to discover the fundamental nature of existence and Sufism relies on spiritual experience, it was not until the school of Ibn al-ʿArabī that philosophy and Sufism converged into a single framework by elaborating spiritual doctrines in precise philosophical language. Contextualizing the historical development of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s school, the work draws from the earliest commentators of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s oeuvre, Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī (d. 673/1274), ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Kāshānī (d. ca. 730/1330) and Dawūd al-Qayṣarī (d. 751/1350), but also draws from the medieval heirs of his doctrines Sayyid Ḥaydar Āmulī (d. 787/1385), the pivotal intellectual and mystical figure of Persia who recast philosophical Sufism within the framework of Twelver Shīʿism and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), the key figure in the dissemination of Ibn al-ʿArabī’s ideas in the Persianate world as well as the Ottoman Empire, India, China and East Asia via Central Asia. Lucidly written and comprehensive in scope, with careful treatments of the key authors, Philosophical Sufism is a highly accessible introductory text for students and researchers interested in Islam, philosophy, religion and the Middle East.
The following short book discusses some lessons from the Life of the Great Companion of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, the Third Rightly Guided Caliph of Islam, Uthman Ibn Affan, may Allah be pleased with him. Adopting Positive Characteristics Leads to Peace of Mind.
This handbook informs the reader about how much progress we, the human race, have made in enhancing the quality of life on this planet. Many skeptics focus on how the quality of life has deteriorated over the course of human history, particularly given World War II and its aftermath. This handbook provides a positive perspective on the history of well-being. Quality of life, as documented by scientists worldwide, has significantly improved. Nevertheless, one sees more improvements in well-being in some regions of the world than in others. Why? This handbook documents the progress of well-being in the various world regions as well as the differences in those regions. The broad questions that the handbook addresses include: What does well-being mean? How do different philosophical and religious traditions interpret the concept of well-being within their own context? Has well-being remained the same over different historical epochs and for different regions and subregions of the world? In which areas of human development have we been most successful in advancing individual and collective well-being? In which sectors has the attainment of well-being proven most difficult? How does well-being differ within and between different populations groups that, for a variety of socially created reasons, have been the most disadvantaged (e.g., children, the aged, women, the poor, racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities)?