Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is a term found in English translations of the Bible that are understood differently among the Abrahamic religions. The term is also used to describe aspects of other religions and belief structures. In Judaism, the Holy Spirit, also known as the Holy Ghost, is the divine force, quality,...
Holy Spirit In Islam The Holy Spirit in Islam is also known as the Spirit of/from Allah. The Qur’an claims to confirm the previously revealed scriptures. The holy spirit in Islam is not the Holy Spirit in Christianity. The holy spirit in Islam is not about the Holy Spirit as...
Classes Of Angels Classes of angels: There are angels representing in the inner dimension of existence species of earthly creatures and supervising them Some animals, like honeybees, for example, act under Divine inspiration, although science asserts that all animals are directed by impulses. Science is unable to explain what an...
The Spirit And Its Identity This article covers the spirit and its identity in detail. The spirit is from the world of Divine Commands. There are many other worlds than those we commonly think of, such as those of plants, animals, human beings, and the world of the jinn. Our...
Angel Angels are generally supernatural being found in various religions and mythologies. In Abrahamic religions, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as intermediaries between God or Heaven and humanity. Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings and carrying out God’s tasks. Within Abrahamic religions,...
What Is Courage? Courage (bravery or valour) is the choice and willingness to confront agony, pain, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Physical courage is bravery in the face of physical pain, hardship, death or threat of death, while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, scandal, discouragement, or personal loss. The classical virtue of fortitude (andreia, fortitudo)...
Spirituality Spirituality may refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality, an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being, or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including yoga, fasting, meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop an individual’s inner life; spiritual...
The New Age Movement New Age is a term applied to a range of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s. Precise scholarly definitions of the New Age differ in their emphasis, largely as a result of its highly eclectic structure. Although analytically...
The Spirit And The Conscience The spirit and conscience are strong arguments for the existence of One God. Despite enormous advances in the sciences, man is unable to explain life. Life is the gift of the Ever-Living One, Who breathes a spirit into each embryo. We know little concerning the...
Fortitude Fortitude as one of the gifts from the Holy Ghost is a supernatural virtue, and passes beyond the Aristotelian range. (1) Manliness is etymologically what is meant by the Latin word virtus and by the Greek andreia, with which we may compare arete (virtue), aristos (best), and aner (man)....
In the Bright Climate of Belief This spiritual poem, “In The Bright Climate of Belief”, is written by M. Fethullah Gulen. Absence of belief is like absence of light, a dark night never relieved; it snares the unbeliever in a wild solitude, wretched in spirit, facing a stride away the...
The Horizon Of the Spirit “The Horizon of The Spirit” is about the death and the afterlife written by M. fethullah Gulen. When it is dark, souls busy themselves with afterlife, on the horizon nights appear to meet with Beloved. Negative and positive poles join at the same point from...
The Hidden Spirituality Of Men The Hidden Spirituality Of Men is a book written by Matthew Fox to explore The spiritual lives of men. Man’s Hidden Inner Light The spiritual lives of men are, for many, concealed, repressed or forgotten. In an exclusive extract from his new book, Matthew Fox...
Why Do Some Innocent People Die In Disasters Along With Others? Why do good people sometimes die in disasters before evil people? Such a question arises from false reasoning and an error in belief. If life were only the life in this world, if this world were the first and...
Death Time Experience At the time of death, believers experience the opening of windows from their places in Paradise. Prophet Muhammad stated that the souls of such people are drawn out as gently as the flowing of water from a pitcher. Better than that, martyrs do not feel death’s agonies...
What Is The Wisdom Behind The Death Of Innocent Children? Why do Children Die? This article covers the explanation of the wisdom behind the death of the innocent children. “Those who when afflicted with calamity say: We belong to God, and our return shall be to Him (2:155-156).” My brother,...
Happiness For Youths In Both Worlds This article answers to find Happiness For Youths In Both Worlds and covers the answer to the question: “How Can We Help The Young Find Happiness In This World And Hereafter?” Given to a Number of Unhappy Youths One day a number of bright...
The Spirit In The Intermediate World Where Does The Spirit (Soul) Go After Death? This article covers The Spirit in the Intermediate World. Following death, each person’s spirit is taken to God’s Presence. If it led a good, virtuous life and became refined, the angels charged with taking it to...
Death And The Spirit After Death This article covers Death And The Spirit After Death. All human beings have an intrinsic feeling of eternity, and so feel imprisoned in the narrow confines of the material world and yearn for eternity. Whoever can hear our conscious nature will hear it pronouncing...
Angels And Jinn In This World Angels and jinn can assume any form or shape and appear in this world. Here, we observe movement from the visible to the invisible: water evaporates and disappears into the atmosphere, the solid matter becomes a liquid or a gas (steam), and matter becomes...