To outsiders, Ramadan fasting seems gruelling. You deprive your body of food and water for – depending on where you live – up to 18 hours. What kind of religion starves you, for half a day, every day, for an entire month? It turns out it […]
The Study Quran for Non-Muslim Learners of Islam
When The Study Quran project was first offered to Seyyed Hossein Nasr, he declined.1Seyyed Hossein Nasr is an eminent Islamic philosopher in academia. He did his Master’s degree in Geology and Geophysics at M.I.T, and PhD in History of Science and Learning from Harvard, at the age of 25. See his biography from Closer to […]
Sedih Sebab Dapat Straight A: Hubungan Ilmu dan Pelajar Dewasa
Semasa di program matrikulasi, emosi saya pernah runtuh, sampai menangis di bilik kaunselor — krisis emosi selepas dapat straight A. Krisis yang dicetus rasa penat. Di sekolah, saya lemah dalam sains. Markah saya selalu dalam 50% untuk Biologi, 30% untuk Kimia dan Fizik, dan sekitar 15% untuk Matematik Tambahan. Jadi, untuk dapat GPA 4.0 di […]