According to the Quran, spirituality resides in the mind and is achieved at a purely intellectual level. The Quran uses several terms to express it: tawassum, tadabbur and tafakkur meaning drawing…

The believer, according to the Quran, must be a traveler (al-saihoon) (9:112). This is not just in the sense of one who goes on journeys: it actually means one who learns spiritual lessons through…

The Quran lays great emphasis on learning—through greater experience, more profound study and keener observation. In the chapter Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) of the Quran, one of the verses elaborates…

One principle of scientific study has been described in the Arabic words tu’rafal ashya’ bi azdadiha, that is, ‘things are known by their opposites’. It is through comparison that we understand…

If you eat tasty food and then you say Alhamdulillah (praise be to God), this is a very low level of thanksgiving, for it is based on observation and taste, and is not on a high plane of thanksgiving…