The Earth is a wonderful place. It is the home of our species, and it is pleasant in innumerable ways, but we all know that the Earth is not formed in a way that maximizes utility, beauty, or anything. The nearly spherical shape and the axial tilt cause seasonal variations are annoying or worse. There are advantages in having changes in seasons, but we could manage it without having such great differences in the length of day and night. There may be people who think that I have this opinion because ...
Updated 09-25-2013 at 05:00 PM by PeterL
Peace be on you. When the companion heard the extremely moving advice, his heart trembled and he requested Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) to tell, then, how salvation could be attained? The advice was given as spiritual narrate, the Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.) elaborated the subject by telling what to avoid to get the Grace of God and Salvation: 1= Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) began and said some angels rose to heavens with actions of a person, which he did in ...
I thought that I had already written a neat little piece on metaphor, but I can’t find it. Maybe I didn’t actually write it but only thought about writing it, or maybe I don’t have a copy of it. That was back in the days when I was reading everything by Umberto Eco (He has written more since then, so I will have to read some more.) Eco has a section in The Role of the Reader about metaphor, and I will have to reread that, or skim it at least. He wrote of circuitous paths from item A to the meaning ...
Peace be on you. Before the advent of Holy Prophet (p.b.u.h.), the only reason for Arabs’ esteem in neighborhood was due to Holy place Kabah or somewhat because of their trading. They were not thought as strong respectable government. Instead, the powerful countries around them considered them crushable at will. Example is the army, sent by governor of then-Yemen against Kabah. [ref: People of elephants, were failed by God as mentioned in Holy Quran in chapter 105]. Holy ...
Updated 09-18-2013 at 11:56 AM by YALASH
I was so surprised today when I saw over at First Things an article on the rock composer and performer, Warren Zevon. First Things is a rather high brow religious magazine (mostly traditional Christian and to my perception with a Roman Catholic emphasis, though dedicated to ecumenism) and their internet site allows access to some of their articles. I love Warren Zevon’s music, but I found it odd that they would have an article on him. Some bare facts about Zevon. You can also ...
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