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Print Edition Articles Essays Text Messages Videos Podcasts Authors About Print Edition Can We Live in Harmony With Nature? Seyyed Hossein Nasr The Sound of Silence William Chittick God’s speech is real, true, and authoritative; the speech of anything else, in and of itself, is unreal, false, and unreliable. Essays Beware What Comes Within from Without Mark Damien Delp Does habitual exposure to digital images destroy the stillness of heart required for seeing God within our soul? Articles The Silent Theology of Islamic Art Oludamini Ogunnaike To many, Islamic art can speak more profoundly and clearly than even the written word. Is it wiser then for Muslims to show, not to tell? Articles Top Essays This Month The Human in the Qur’an Zaid Shakir How four Qur’anic aspects of humanity combine to make man a distinctive creation. Text Messages “Everything Other Than God Is Unreal” Faraz Khan A sound ontological argument would show that even without human experience of the world, pure reason itself necessarily arrives at the existence of God. Articles Self Addressed Speech Eva Brann Speech may be for communication, but when the soul speaks to itself, who is communicating with whom? Articles In an age of transience, explore ideas that are timeless. Browse Medina and Athena: Restoring a Lost Legacy Hamza Yusuf Hamza Yusuf shares his article that he wrote for the Spring 2019 issue. Videos Do We Mistake Our Passion for Truth with Its Possession? Reuven Kimelman God has given the Abrahamic family a window of opportunity to advance beyond sibling rivalry in the direction of fraternal cooperation. Essays The End of Hope Chris Hedges A thought-provoking conversation with Chris Hedges, Zaid Shakir, and Hamza Yusuf about hope, despair, and the future of our nation. Videos “Using the Brain You Gave Me” Garry Wills Words may be the way that we learn and understand, but, shows Augustine through a dialog with his son, God is the only real teacher. Essays The Islamic Art of Asking Questions John Walbridge Muslims of the past always tolerated permanent disagreement even about versions of religious truth. Can modern Muslims recapture this tradition? Articles Counting the Minutes Sophia Vasalou Every single thing we do, every moment of waking awareness, every instant of our lives might carry value, be significant, and be ordered to some meaningful end. Essays The Soul of Rhetoric in the Age of Amazon Scott F. Crider Our digital lives are so mediated by soulless algorithms that it seems absurd to imagine genuine human relationships governing our online interactions. Essays The Covenant of Language Mark Damien Delp In an age when even the idea of truth awaits trial, how do we renew our trust in words and things? Articles Muslims Are Not a Race Caner K. Dagli Many intellectuals believe Islamophobia is a form of racism, but the ultimate presuppositions embedded in this view are antithetical not only to Islam but to religion as such. Articles The Many Sides of Knowledge Sarah Barnette If the knowledge we gather is partial and limited, can we truly understand the feelings and experiences of others? Essays Among the Disbelievers Andrew F. March How does the “radical other”—the unbeliever, and not merely the wayward Abrahamic cousin—figure in Islamic discourses on toleration and coercion? Articles Must Religious Duty Conflict With Political Order? Roger Scruton To secure the kind of religious freedoms Muslims desire, we must revisit Muslim commitment to religious pluralism and shared obedience to sovereign powers. Essays After Revelation, Where Does Reason Lead? Mohammad Fadel With the end of revelation, Muslim scholars established a framework that allowed us to continue to “hear” God’s word, without the pitfalls of pure fideism on one hand and free interpretation on the other. Essays Virtue, Human and Divine Sophia Vasalou Can the measure of human virtue be set by the character—or the names—of God? Essays Do you share our vision? If yes, consider supporting this publication. Make a Gift Authors Submissions About Contact Donate Get Delivered to Your Inbox Each Month Sign-Up © 2020 Zaytuna College. All Rights Reserved. Transform Studios Privacy Policy Privacy Policy × INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE /Zaytuna College is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. Your personal information is never shared and is always protected by 256-bit encryption. DONATIONS In order to make a donation on this website to /Zaytuna College, a user must first complete the donation form. 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