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  • Paradise Lost Review: A Masterpiece in Literature

    Long have I wished to read great poetry and recently had the chance to read John Milton’s Paradise lost and Paradise Regained. These two poems, consisting of 12 and 4 books respectively around 400 pages is a masterpiece in Literature, accessible to all; though some passages’ full effect will only be felt by a reader

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  • The Perfection of Freewill

    The Perfection of Freewill

    The very fact that you exist means that you must make choices. It is unavoidable. To be human is to decide. Almost tragically, even the refusal to choose is itself a choice—a surrender to drift. One may choose to heal or to harm, to wander aimlessly or to move with purpose, to waste the hours

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  • The Human Test: Lessons from Adam’s Story

    Introduction Why are we here? Every human being, whether religious or secular, eventually confronts this question. The Qur’an, Islam’s revealed scripture, offers not only a theological answer but a deeply existential one. At the centre of its moral narrative is the story of Adam—not merely as the first human, but as a reflection of the

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  • The Hidden Antichrist

    The Hidden Antichrist

    The Antichrist, or Dajjal, is not merely a future individual. He is a recurring phenomenon: a corruption that arises when religious authority is wielded without accountability, when God’s message is twisted into an instrument of control. The Qur’an repeatedly warns against this distortion—not from enemies of faith, but from within. Surah Al-Hadid, verse 25 presents

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  • Faith Beyond Proof: Smoke, Fire, and the Epistemology of Trust

    We live by faith far more than we live by proof. We trust that the sun will rise tomorrow, though there is no deductive necessity that it must. We believe our memories are real, even though we’ve never stepped outside our minds to verify them. We accept that our parents are truly our parents, though

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  • Are Humans Merely Animals? A Reflection on Conditioning, Language, and the Soul

    The question of what it means to be human has long preoccupied philosophers, theologians, and scientists alike. On the surface, humans appear to be animals—living beings shaped by instinct, biology, and environmental conditioning. However, on closer examination, certain unique human qualities begin to emerge. These include our language, sense of aesthetics, capacity for ritual, moral

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