Hazrat Syed Fakhruddin Rifai, lovingly called Amir Miyan, was a 19th-century Sufi saint of the Rifai Order whose presence brought a spiritual awakening to Vadodara. Born in Surat to Hazrat Syed ...

Every discussion about the treatment of non-Muslims under Muslim rule tends to revolve around one subject — the Jizya, or the so-called “discriminatory” poll tax. It is the most frequently cited and ...

Hazrat Syed Shahul Hameed Qadri Nagori (1490–1579), lovingly remembered as Nagore Andavar, is one of the most revered Sufi saints of South India. His maritime miracles, interfaith message, and the ...

Hazrat Pir Shah Abdul Karim Bulri (1536–1623 CE) was a seminal Sindhi Sufi saint, poet, and scholar. Revered as the great-great-grandfather of Hazrat Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, he transformed Sindhi ...

The Big Bang Theory is the most widely accepted explanation for the origin of the universe. In 1965, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson’s ground-breaking discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) ...

A sort of controversy recently made news following Peter Thiel’s long and winding interview with the New York Times. Thiel who is a direct backer of J.D. Vance and very close to Donald Trump, is ...

These verses are often mischaracterised as permanently ambiguous. However, their lack of clarity is not intrinsic but contextual, rooted in the epistemological limitations of the original audience and ...

We have been told various stories about Sufism to discredit it on religious, ethical, political and other grounds. The Sufis in turn assert they are the most sincere and loyal to the essence of Islam ...

According to Professor of Mathematics, Dr. Jeffrey Lang, the Quran places a significant emphasis on justice. Indeed, the Quran emphasizes justice as a central theme, highlighting concepts such as adl ...

Waqf (plural: Awqaf) A ‘Waqf’ is a permanent dedication of movable or immovable property for purposes recognized by Muslim law as pious, religious, or charitable. Waqf is purely an Islamic concept of ...

“However, the love expressed by some Sufis is more perplexing. Take, for instance, Amir Khusrau’s devotion to Hazrat Nizamuddin, where he casts himself as the yearning lover and Nizamuddin as the ...

According to the Quran, polytheism is the greatest sin against God. Surely God will not forgive “shirk”, but He will forgive anything less than it for whom He pleases (4:116). The majority of orthodox ...