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The instrumental mind obtains its knowledge of the cosmos by means of the senses and the natural instincts, and then by means of the logic that it develops from the investigation of invariables and inter-related consequences...

The affair of Palestine is a series of painful ordeals, a path of suffering strewn with landscapes of desolation: disaster in 1948, scourge in 1956, catastrophe in 1967, calamity in 1973, and many other reverses of fortune along the way...

Reason, scriptural text and will is an equation which would result in faith, power and unity if the aptitude for learning and the pursuit of wisdom conjoin for the sublime end of showing love and affection for God…

My meadow became moist — and my sight beamed with light, And away from me the dimness of distress and adversities was dispelled. And the greatness addressed me and my resolves settled Close to the sun and the luminous stars...

The ultimate goal of my testament is that believing men and women should hear it recorded in my voice or read a transcript of it and invoke mercy upon me as I rest in my grave, a prisoner of my sins and hopeful of the mercy of my Lord...

Between life and death there is a lifespan during which man should work righteousness and worship God. Since your lifetime is your capital, you should organize it and apportion it between the different duties...

Devote one hour for a session of faith with your brothers so that you may be of those who rejoice in the Gardens of Paradise, as the beloved Messenger (God bless him and give him peace) informed us.

Is it because of the remembrance of a distress within you concealed Upon a time misspent in the intense darkness That I have shed tears by the blaze of longing inflamed From the ember of love, pains and remorse?