• David Herbert Lawrence
    • ce  (1885-1930) David Herbert Lawrence was born on September 11, 1885, in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, to a coal-mining father he could sometimes despise and a mother whom he revered. Later Lawrence wrote about his ...
    • Arnold Schönberg
    • ml;nberg (13 September 1874-13 July 1951) Austro-Hungarian composer, an American citizen from 1941.He began violin lessons when he was eight and almost immediately started composing, though he had no formal trainin...
    • GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS
    • ITS Tolstoy  IN the town ofVladímir lived a young merchant named Iván Dmítritch Aksyónof. He had two shops and a house of his own. Aksyónof was a handsome, fair-haired, curly-headed ...
    • 7 September
    • on Sidra opens at VCU-Q AN art exhibition, featuring photographer Rashed al-Muhannadi’s and painter Ali al-Sharif’s works focused on the Sidra tree, has begun at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Q...
    • 3 September
    • d, Islam Looks Harsher in Indonesia JAKARTA, Indonesia, The moderate strand of Islam that absorbed touches of Buddhism and Hinduism, and some mysticism, along its journey over the centuries here, is being eroded, some ...
    • Verse of the week
    • eek "He who created the heavens and earth, and sent down for you out of heaven water, and We caused to grow therewith gardens full of loveliness whose trees you could never grow. Is there a god with God?&quo...
    • Rum
    • Rum (The [East] Romans) Name The Surah takes its name" Al-Rum" from the second verse in which the words ghulib-at-ir-Rum (The Byzantines have been defeated) have occurred. Period of Revelation The period of the...
    • The Demand of the Quran
    • r'an for a Direct Confrontation The Noble Qur'an was revealed in the Arabic language, one of the richest languages in the world from the point of view of firmness of structure and abundance of vocabulary. It descended like...
    • Three Essays on Religion
    • igion John Stuart Mill http://www.la.utexas.edu/research/poltheory/mill/three/ 2-The Meaning of Truth William James http://spartan.ac.brocku.ca/~lward/james/James_1911/James_1911_toc.html 3-The Critique of Practi...
    • Abu Nasr Mansur ibn Ali ibn Iraq
    • raq  (970 in (possibly) Khwarazm (now Kara-Kalpakskaya, Uzbekistan)-1036 in (probably) Ghazna (now Ghazni , Afghanistan)) Abu Nasr Mansur was a native of Gilan which is mentioned in The Regions of the World, a Per...
    • BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY
    • ITY http://www.boun.edu.tr/index_eng.html   Robert College was founded in Istanbul, Turkey, by Dr. Cyrus Hamlin, an educator, inventor, technician, architect and builder, and Mr. Christopher Rheinlander Robert...
    • 1-Thinking Biblically
    • lically:  Exegetical and Hermeneutical Studies  Andre Lacocque, Paul Ricoeur  Hardcover (June, 1998) Book Description: Unparalled in its poetry, richness, and religious and historical significance,...
    • François
    • is-René de Chateaubriand (4 September, 1768-4 July, 1848) French writer, Chateaubriand was a founder of romanticism in French literature. Of noble birth, he grew up in his family’s isolated castle of Combourg. In 1791...
    • Théophile Gautier
    • ier In October 1851, when he had just turned forty, Gautier agreed to a request for biographical information from Armand Baschet, who was planning an article on him.  While he is a bit coy at first, he quickly war...
    • A Rose from Homer
    • mer’s Grave Hans Christian Andersen All the songs of the east speak of the love of the nightingale for the rose in the silent starlight night. The winged songster serenades the fragrant flowers. Not far fromSmyrna, where t...
    • 30 August
    • Teaching an unusual form of Islam Nominated as having links with Jemaah Islamiah, two schools give their side of the story to Matthew Moore and Karuni Rompies in Solo. In his turquoise shirt and black business tro...
    • Al-Ankabut (The Spider)
    • er) Name The Surah takes its name from verse 41 in which the word Ankabut (Spider) has occurred. Period of Revelation Verses 56 to 60 clearly show that this Surah was sent down a little before the migration to Habash and th...
    • World of Object
    • When he tries to extend his power over objects, those objects gain control of him. He who is controlled by objects loses possession of his inner self...Prisoners in the world of object; they have no choice but to submit to ...
    • What Is The Challenge Of The Quran
    • 'an  With Respect To Arabic Prose & Poetry?M S M Saifullah,cAbd ar-Rahmân Robert Squires & Muhammad Ghoniem This article is devoted to deal with one aspect of the Qur'anic challenge of produce a surah like it....
    • THE LEVIATHAN
    • THAN Thomas Hobbes http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/texts/hobbes/leviathan-contents.html 2 -DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD OF RIGHTLY CONDUCTING THE REASON,AND SEEKING TRUTH IN THE SCIENCESRene Descartes http://orego...
    • Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muadh Al-Jayyani
    • ani (989 in Cordoba- after 1079 in possibly Jaén, Andalusia) Little is known of al-Jayyani's life. Even the identification of al-Jayyani the mathematician with al-Jayyani the Spanish scholar who was born inCordoba in 989...
    • PAKISTAN
    • The separation in 1947 of British India into the Muslim state of Pakistan (with two sections west and east) and largely Hindu India was never satisfactorily resolved. A third war between these countries in 1971 resulted...
    • Beirut Arab University
    • ity http://www.bau.edu.lb / History Beirut, the Lebanese metropolis, the meeting point of ancient civilizations, enjoys a special geographic location overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. This location distinguishes t...
    • Hadith of the week
    • eek "The best of Gods servants are those who when seen remind you of God: and the worst of Gods servants are those who spread tales to do mischief and separate friends, and look for the faults of the good."...
    • Maurice Maeterlinck
    • nck  Maurice Maeterlinck (1862-1949), born inGhent, Belgium, came from a well-to-do family. He was educated at a Jesuit college and read law, but a short practice as a lawyer in his home town convinced him that he...
    • Charles Baudelaire
    • ire Charles Baudelaire was a 19th century French poet, translator, and literary and art critic whose reputation rests primarily on Les Fleurs du mal; which was perhaps the most importantand influential poetry collectio...
    • The Story of the Mosquito
    • ito Chuyê.n Con Muô~i Once upon a time in a faraway region of Vietnam, there was a young, brave and generous farmer of the name Ngọc Tâm. He had a wife of the name Nhan Diệp. She was gracious and c...
    • 26 August
    • o dispel doubts on Islam Many Muslims are themselves not fully aware of Islam and are unable to counter propaganda against their religion and allay the fears of non-Muslims, says Tahir Khalid from the New Muslim Centre...
    • 25 August
    • c satellite channel to be set up by Azhar Cairo, The Azhar Council has decided to set up an Islamic education satellite channel, the main objective of which would be to spread the tolerant Islamic teachings, and to r...
    • 24 August
    • tan hosts commemoration of S. Abubakarov Over 30 girls and 40 boys took part in the contest of the elocutionists of the Qu´ran that was held within the framework of the 5th anniversary of the death of mufti of Daghes...
    • Al-Qasas (Stories)
    • ies) Name The Surah takes its name from verse 25 in which the word Al-Qasas occurs. Lexically qasas means to relate events in their proper sequence. Thus from the view- point of the meaning too this word can be a suitable t...
    • Between Grammar and Rhetoric
    • oric (Balâghah):  A Look at Qur'ân 2:217 Mustansir Mir I. The Problem The Qur'anic verse 2:217 raises a problem which has been exercising the minds of Muslim scholars. The problem has to do with the case-endin...
    • online books
    • & Philosophy, c. 1190 CE Ibn Rushd (Averroës), 1126-1198 CE http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1190averroes.html 2- The Incoherence of the Incoherence (TAHAFUT AL-TAHAFUT) IBN RUSHD (AVERROES) TRANSLATED FROM ...
    • Al-Abbas ibn Said Al-Jawhari
    • hari (About 800 in possibly Baghdad, Iraq- about 860 in possibly Baghdad, Iraq) We know little of al-Jawhari's life except that he was associated with the remarkable House of Wisdom that was set up in Baghdad by the Caliph...
    • OMAN
    • MAN In 1970, QABOOS bin Said Al Said ousted his father and has ruled as sultan ever since. His extensive modernization program has opened the country to the outside world and has preserved a long-standing political a...
    • Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
    • ology http://www.buet.ac.bd/ Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, abbreviated as BUET, is one of the most prestigious institutions for higher studies in the country. About five thousand students are pu...
    • Religion within the Limits
    • mi ts  Immanuel Kant Though the title may imply so, Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone is not an attempt to confine religion to reason per se, but rather an attempt to display what can be perceive...
    • Tolstoy, Leo Nikolayevich
    • ich (1828-1910) Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy was born August 28,1828 (old style) at his family's estate at Yasnaya Polyana. His parents died when he was a child, and he was brought up by relatives. In 1844 Tolstoy started h...
    • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
    • gel ( 1770-1831 ) Born in Stuttgart and educated in Tübingen, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel devoted his life wholly to academic pursuits, teaching at Jena, Nuremberg, Heidelberg, and Berlin. HisWissenschaft der ...
    • Friedrich Nietzsche
    • che (1844-1900) Born the son of a Lutheran pastor in Röcken, Saxony, Friedrich Nietzsche was raised by female relatives after his father's death in 1849. He quickly abandoned his initial pursuit of theology in or...
    • Achille-Claude Debussy
    • ussy  (1862-1918) Debussy is one of the most influential composers who creates a unique and forward-looking style of innovative technical finish and poetic appeal. His works significantly break away from the...
    • The Four Dragons
    • ons A Chinese Tale Once upon a time, there were no rivers and lakes on earth, but only the Eastern Sea, in which lived four dragons: the Long Dragon, the Yellow Dragon, the Black Dragon and the Pearl Dragon. One day...
    • 21 August
    • mbique: Islamic broadcasting station soon Maputo, The first Islamic broadcasting station will start to air its programs here very soon. The station is sponsored by Libya-based World Islamic Propagation Organization (WIP...
    • 20 August
    • I had always sought guidance from the Quran DAMASCUS: Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad plans to record all his experiences in leading the country in the last 22 years in a book when he retires. The Prime Minister said t...