THE SECOND YEAR OF HEGIRA
The change of qibla was indeed a significant event. The invalidation of the previous qibla, which the Divine command entailed, was a matter suitable to cause a stir...
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THE FIRST YEAR OF HEGIRA
Seven hundred years before, Tubba’ Abu Karib, one of the kings of Yemen, had come to Medina, known then as Yathrib. Finding out from Jewish scholars of...
On Society and Rulers
Allah Almighty provided His creatures with a great societal order of life appropriate to the traits of them all. Our Lord wished humans, whom He...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS Ali (r.a) 656-661
Hadrat Ali (r.a) has the privilege of being born in the precincts of the Ka`ba.[1] His family was very crowded, so from the age of...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS `Uthman (r.a) 644-656
Hadrat `Uthman (r.a), the third of the four caliphs, was a Companion who both served the Prophet and was his son-in-law twice over. He continued...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS `Umar (r.a) 634-644
Hadrat `Umar (r.a), was an exemplary Muslim in all his dealings, and he staunchly followed the glorious way of the Messenger of Allah. Before embracing...
THE RIGHTLY-GUIDED CALIPHS Abu Bakr (r.a) 632-634
Abu Bakr (r.a), who became the first caliph after the Prophet, associated himself fully with the Prophet by having great love for him and by...
THE STORY OF THE NEY IN THE MATHNAWI
The Ney [1] (flute) that is mentioned in Rûmî’s stories in fact representsthe perfect man (Insân-i Kâmil).[2] The stages a reed goes through from the reed...
BIOGRAPHY
Who is Osman Nuri Topbas? Osman Nuri Topbas was born in 1942 in Erenkoy, Istanbul, Turkey to Musa Topbas and Fatma Feride Hanim, H. Fahri...