1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...

"For in all the world there is nothing to equal the day on which the Song of Songs was given to Israel, for all the writings are Holy, but the Song of Songs is the Holy of Holies." Such was the vision of the exalted importance of the Song of Songs as purportedly expressed by Rabbi Aqiba at the Council of Jamnia (ca. 90 A.D.). According to tradition, Aqiba's speech helped confirm the Song's plac...

tadabbur (contemplation) is a specific term that the revealed word of allah has chosen exclusively for delving into the entire qur'an and has no other function except in qur'anology. in the qur'an sessions and sources as well as in the circles of exegesis, theology, and ethics there has been much talking of tadabbur and its roots, derivatives, and concept, but its conceptology in...

this writing deals with the role and status of the qur'an's culture in composing dissertations. first, the writer asserts the necessity of formulating the qur'an's culture and the criteria observed in it; then, introduces the challenges in composing dissertations which include: finding a suitable subject, access to reliable references, accurate planning, finding the way to t...