THE QURAN CYCLE: Imitation or Cooperation?
on Oct 2, 2009 in Islam Quran Uncategorized psychology Al-Maida 2 Al-Mumtahina 8 & 9 Albert Bandura cooperation cooperative learning Imitation learning mass cultural invasion modelling observational learning relations with non-believers types of models Western role models وَتَعاوَنوا عَلَى البِرِّ وَالتَّقوىٰ ۖ وَلا تَعاوَنوا عَلَى الإِثمِ وَالعُدوٰن Translation: And cooperate in righteousness and piety, and do not cooperate in sinfulness and transg...

QURAN IN RAMADAAN: Perfect Attributions
on Sep 19, 2009 in Quran Ramadaan psychology acceptance/resignation coping strategy Al-Hadeed 22 Al-Hadeed 23 Al-Nisa 79 Attribution theory Bernard Weiner choice fate ikhtiyar internality vs externality Quranic concept of attribution strategy tadbir

QURAN IN RAMADAAN: Healthful Dispositions of Personality
on Sep 17, 2009 in Quran Ramadaan psychology Abraham Maslow Ali-Imran 134 anger control anger expression anger management Carl Rogers Ehsan forgiveness fully-functioning individual love-based emotions mohsin negative affect optimal physical health prosocial behavior self-actualization unforgiveness 19 Ramadaan, 1430: الَّذينَ يُنفِقونَ فِى السَّرّاءِ وَالضَّرّاءِ وَالكٰظِمينَ الغَيظَ وَالعافينَ عَنِ النّاسِ ۗ وَاللَّهُ يُحِبُّ المُحسِنين...

QURAN IN RAMADAAN: Eternity or Transience?
on Sep 4, 2009 in Quran Ramadaan Abraham Maslow achievement acquisition affiliation Afterlife aggression being needs civilization cognizance construction culture dominance exposition God Henry Murray love needs materialistic needs McClelland nurturance succorance order power needs psychological needs retention sentience spiritual needs spirituality theory of psychogenic needs

QURAN IN RAMADAAN: Convention or Essence?
on Aug 26, 2009 in Quran Ramadaan Al-baqarah 177 conventional religion good deeds Islam vs Eman Islamic faith sadqa the essence of fasting the essence of religiosity the moral character

QURAN IN RAMADAAN: Soft or Stony Hearts?
on Aug 22, 2009 in Quran 1st Ramazaan 1430 hard-heartedness hearts Ramazaan rocks soft-heartedness stones

THE AUGUST COUNTRY: Glimpses into Yak Sarai
on Aug 20, 2009 in Books The August Country August Azbak poetry Azbak pulao Broghil valley Chilanji Chitti boui glacier Darkoot glacier Ishkoman valley jheel kromber Karamber Lake Kim O' Neil Mitran Das Mustanser Husain Tarar Pakistan places Rasul Hamza Tov River sheen Sokhtarabad source of Chitral river source of Gilgit rvier Swinje valley Travel in Pakistan Virgoth Jungle Wonders of the World Yak Sarai yaks Yarkhun valley

THE FAITH: The Three Stages of being a Muslim – Part II
on Aug 9, 2009 in Islam fasting Hadith lail-at-ul-qadr Quran Ramadhan salat taraweeh the muslim faith the muslim scale three stages of faith zakat In the previous post, we have seen how reciting the kalimah is merely a stepping stone to becoming a full Muslim. Once you proclaim the kalimah, you are legally a Muslim and it certainly suffices for all earthly . Still, as the ayah, Al-An’aam...

THE FAITH: The Three Stages of being a Muslim – Part I
on Aug 2, 2009 in Islam Quran Al-Maida 93 good deeds Hadith islam eman ehsan kalimah the muslim faith the muslim scale three stages of faith While I was reading the Qur’an some days ago, with  tafseer by Maulana Taqi Usmani, I came across an ayah in Sura Al-Maida which reminds us of the progressive stages of a Muslim’s faith. In view of the coming Ramadaan, it seemed to be an...

ADMIRING LITERATURE: The Mysterious Sestina
on Jul 21, 2009 in Literature Poetry closed form poetry Dana Gioia Elizabeth Biship forms of poetry poems Rudyard Kipling sestina structured poetry teleutons X J Kennedy I have been a dilettante reader and writer of poetry. The finest period in my sparse history of writing poetry was when I was attempting to improve my efforts by going through X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia’s Introduction to Poetry (I have their...