Fountain Archive

1998

07-01-1998

Issue 23 (July - September 1998)

A. Sahin

8349

No Difference Between A Governor And A Subject

Abu Ubayda commanded the Muslim armies fighting in Syria during the early years of the Caliphate of Umar. It was during one of those fightings that when night fell, the two sides retreated to rest. Th... read more..

07-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

M. Fethullah Gulen

6156

Speech

Creation began with a syllable of speech made up of two letters, namely Be. The roads leading from unity to multiplicity, from single to plural, appeared with speech and were illuminated with words, w... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

Ali Unal

5050

Kant, Scheler and Bediuzzaman on Man

In the 18th century Western rationalism and enlightenment movement, one of the leading names, perhaps the foremost, was Immanuel Kant. In the conflict between religion and science which began in the W... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

Melih Yalcineli

44842

Degrees of Superior Intelligence and Special Education

Just as we encounter people with low intelligence or almost no intelligence at all, in a similar way it is possible to find people with above average or very high intelligence. And as schools are esta... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

The Fountain

5191

The Myth Collapses: The Theory of Evolution

An embarrassing fabrication of evolutionists: The reconstruction of Piltdown man from the chin of an orangutan and a man’s skull. In the West, the theory of evolution continues to be promoted as i... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

Salih Adem

5033

The Universe in the Light of Modern Physics

‘The least understood aspect of the universe is its being understandable,’ said Einstein. These words attempt to pierce the veil of habit that develops in our minds from not looking into the reason f... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

The Fountain

9553

Fall

A faded adventure experienced with weary eyes Sound of leaves Beating in the ear with the force of strong, cold winds A music of fall The roses of poetical spring weep everywhere Colours are p... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

5113

Reflections on the Existence and Unity of the Creator

The seven heavens and the earth and all in them glorify Him. There is nothing that does not glorify him. (Qur’an 17.44) According to the meaning of the verse above, the Maker has attached to the read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

M. Sardar

4750

Truth and Relativity

With the publication of the ‘Theory of Relativity’ at the turn of the century, the world-view based on the laws of simple cause and effect physics that began with Galileo and reached its peak in the 1... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

M. Fethullah Gulen

5269

Divine Decree and Destiny From Different Viewpoints

Divine Decree and Destiny in relation to Divine Knowledge As was pointed out earlier (in previous issues), God is beyond all comparison and whatever we conceive of Him, He is different from it. We ca... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

Dr. S. Unlu

4008

Earth: A Corner of the Universe Touched by Mercy

The worth of ‘ecosystem services’ has recently been priced at $33 trillion total per year (Nature 1997, vol. 387, p.253). But can money truly buy our lifelines? Or are they priceless entities not to b... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

Y. Alan

4639

Clock and Compass

Addiction to Urgent Tasks People like to be seen to be busy. If we’re busy, we’re important; if we’re not busy, we’re embarrassed to admit it. Responsibility has become a sign of status. It gives us ... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

M. Sadat Mahmud

4154

Thinking Straight and the Ways to Achieve It

Some truths are absolute, universal and without exception, some are general and some relative. For example, God’s existence with His essence, attributes, Names and works are absolute and universal tru... read more..

10-01-1998

Issue 24 (October - December 1998)

Buraq Hadid

27259

Rule Means Greater Responsibility

The history of Islam has seen many just, pious rulers, among whom the first four Caliphs, ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz of the Umayyads and Mahdi of the ‘Abbasids, Mahmud of the Gaznawids, and especially th... read more..

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