Atheist Philosophers and Scientists Possessed by Laplace’s Demon
Epigraph The Crashing Blow! What is the Crashing Blow? What will explain to you what the Crashing Blow is? On a Day when people will be like scattered moths and […]
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Zia H Shah
He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
Who is Ibn Arabi and His Views on Two Types of Prophethood
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Ibn Arabi (1165–1240), also known as Muhyiddin […]
Sufism: Abdul Hakim Murad Versus Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
Abdal Hakim Murad Abdal Hakim Murad, born Timothy John Winter in 1960, is a prominent British Islamic scholar, theologian, and academic known for his contributions to Islamic studies and interfaith […]
Contemporary Arguments For and Against God
Epigraph He is God: there is no god other than Him. It is He who knows what is hidden as well as what is in the open, He is the […]
Beauty Leads to God — A Blind and Random World Should be Tasteless
Epigraph He made beautiful all that he created, He first created man from clay. (Al Quran 32:7) He is the Mighty, the Forgiving; Who created the seven heavens, one above […]
The Glorious Quran: “He Made Beautiful All That He Created.”
Epigraph He made beautiful all that he created, He first created man from clay. (Al Quran 32:7) Beauty as a Pathway to the Divine Written and collected by Zia H Shah […]
Both Agreeing and Disagreeing With Javed Ahmed Ghamidi
Epigraph Man, what has emboldened you against your Gracious Lord, who created you, then perfected you, then proportioned you right? He fashioned you in whatever form He pleased. (Al Quran […]
Seyyed Hossein Nasr: The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man
Epigraph Devote yourselves to God and assign Him no partners, for the person who does so is like someone who has been hurled down from the skies and snatched up […]
The Glorious Quran: The Fundamental and the Metaphorical?
Epigraph: He it is Who has sent down to you (Muhammad) the Book; in it, there are verses that are fundamental — they are the basis of the Book — […]
My Quran-Based Theory of Consciousness: Banking on The Sleep Verse and Quantum Entanglement
Epigraph “Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die during their sleep; then He withholds those on whom He has passed the […]
Freeman Dyson On Mind, God and Religion
Freeman John Dyson (December 15, 1923 – February 28, 2020) was a British-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician renowned for his extensive contributions across various scientific disciplines. His work spanned […]
Bulleh Shah’s Compassionate, Moral and Spiritual Poetry
Presented by Zia H Shah MD Bulleh Shah (1680–1757) was a distinguished Punjabi Sufi poet, humanist, and philosopher, renowned for his profound contributions to Punjabi literature and Sufi thought. Born […]
Simon Blackburn: The Hard Problem in Consciousness is Getting Rid of the Hard Problem
Epigraph سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ We shall show them Our signs in every region of the earth and in themselves, until it becomes clear to them that this is the Truth. Is it not enough that […]
Ghamidi: Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani, A Prophet or A Sufi?
Presented by Zia H Shah MD Without endorsing or denying what Javed Ahmed Ghamidi has said, I want to applaud his pluralistic stance towards all Muslims. His words are courageous […]
Incoherence of Cosmic Consciousness or Pantheism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Pantheism is the view that God and the universe are identical – “all is God and God is […]
Commentary of the Most Profound Verse of the Surah Anaam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Quran 6:103 states: “No human vision can encompass Him, whereas He encompasses all human vision: for He alone […]
Meditation vs. Zikr-e-Ilahi: A Comparative Analysis
Epigraph [Prophet], say, ‘God leaves whoever He will to stray, and guides to Himself those who turn towards Him, those who have faith and whose hearts find peace in the […]
Where Do Atheists Go Wrong On the Laws of Nature?
Epigraph Control of the heavens and earth belongs to God; God has power over everything. There truly are signs in the creation of the heavens and earth, and in the […]
Ghulam Ahmed Pervaiz’s Progressive Views on Satan
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Ghulam Ahmed Pervaiz (1903–1985) was an Islamic scholar known for his Quran-centric, modernist interpretations. His understanding of Satan […]