Semerkand İngilizce Dergi Sayı: 16 - Nisan 2023
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English Magazine presents its April issue, now available with the feature
article titled "Reading the Qur’an Beyond Its Letters and Words.”
The
article, an adaptation from Imam Ghazali’s (rahmatullahi alayh) renowned work
Ihyau Ulumi’d-Din, delves into various concepts and adabs related to reading
the Qur’an with utmost diligence and reverence.
The
article describes the subtleties of reading the Qur’an as well as the divine
attributes inherent in it with fascinating detail, providing the readers with
an informative perspective of the transcendent nature of the infallible book of
Allah, the boundless wealth of knowledge it contains, and the miraculous
healing properties it has on the human soul. The article further describes how
the tongue, mind and heart work in concert to recite, understand, and connect
with the Qur’an. It also draws attention to the humility that reading the final
divine scripture warrants in its expounding of the various adabs in approaching
and interacting with the holy book.
In
his lead article titled "Servitude and Liberty,” our lead author Muhammed
Mübarek Elhüseyni discusses the fundamental problem of humanity: making the self-defeating choice of giving
in to their worldly desires to achieve a false sense of liberty rather than
attain true freedom from all forms of materialistic slavery by worshipping and
submitting to Allah. He emphasizes that submitting to Allah is the only way to
eternal peace and that the first stage of this submission is total and complete
faith.
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English Magazine April 2023 issue also features articles such as "The Radiant
Path of Faith and Morality” by Siraceddin Önlüer, "Submission to Allah” by
Abdülhamid Eşmeli,
"Reflections From the Age of Bliss” by Burak Derin, and "The Pillar and the
Bridge” by Abdülkadir Alioğlu.