Emancipate Your Mind: A Message to Young Muslims and Christians in the Arab World

Across the Arab world, young people are rising with questions, dreams, and a longing for dignity. You inherited nations shaped by colonial borders, foreign interests, and decades of political turmoil, but the deepest struggle you face is not only political or economic. It is the struggle for the mind. Colonialism …

A Contemporary Qur’anic Anthropology of Consciousness

Abstract This essay proposes an integrative reading of two central Qur’anic concepts—the divine Rūḥ (15:29) and the illuminating Nūr (24:35)—as a coherent model of human consciousness. Arising from sustained reflection on the Qur’anic text itself, this reading understands Rūḥ as the innate consciousness‑program installed in every human being, and Nūr …

Surah An-Najm (The Star) – A Cosmic Perspective

Verse 53:1 Arabic: وَٱلنَّجۡمِ إِذَا هَوَىٰ Traditional Translations: [Mohd Asad]: “CONSIDER this unfolding [of God’s message], as it comes down from on high!” [Abdel Haleem]: “By the star when it sets!” [Bewley]: “By the star when it descends” Proposed Alternative: “By the fallen star [into a black hole]” (53:1) Astronomical …

Introduction to the Qur’anic Anthropology of Consciousness

The Qur’anic Anthropology of Consciousness is a contemporary philosophical-theological framework that seeks to bridge classical Islamic thought with global debates on consciousness. It begins from the Qur’anic affirmation: “When I have fashioned him and breathed into him of My Spirit…” (Qur’an 15:29). This divine breath is not understood merely as …

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