Quran & Nature

«The ignorant believe that Karma operates in every human event. They believe that everything is destiny. But to think and act in this way leads to inertia, resignation, and misery. All this means completely ignoring the laws that govern karma. You can build your destiny with your thoughts and with your actions. You have been granted free will; you have been granted freedom in action.»— Swami Sivananda I studied yoga for many years in an Indian ashram, entering into direct con

“Of all the bodies in nature, the one that acts most effectively upon the human being is another human being; no animate or inanimate body can replace it.”— Dr. Med. Franz Anton Mesmer The human being possesses intrinsic healing abilities, often overlooked by conventional medicine. For example, direct contact with the body can influence well-being: placing one’s hands on a painful area can reduce symptoms in a short time. The Qur’an teaches that for every illness there is a r

Perception, illusion, and knowledge between science and inner experience I have transformed light into thought. Every day the sun dazzles me, new words are born. Today is one of those days when the sun’s rays flood the lake, making the waves seem metaphysical. Everything, to me, is metaphysical: the clouds scattered like forgotten sheep in the sky, the stains that the clouds’ shadows draw across the mountains. When a mind is metaphysical, everything that is not becomes boring

Faith is a silent whisper:  it does not knock at your door, but slips into your home like a white feather gently falling, coming to rest at your feet. It does not compete with noise, nor does it raise its voice to be heard. On the contrary, it fears a world that is too loud, and for this reason it falls from the sky unseen, while you are asleep. Whatever name you choose to give it—faith, trust, inner awareness, connection with the Creator—it already lives quietly within you,

The chip that will allow us to fly… many call it utopia. But I do not believe that. Humanity has always had the power to invent, to surpass itself, and today, as we prepare to cross new frontiers, fear is the only thing we do not need. It comes from imagining a physical flight, but the true journey is already within us. Those who have learned to project their ideas into the world, to communicate beyond the body, know that inner flight is already reality. With a computer, a co

“Angels are older than all religions – and they continue to reach even those humans who no longer wish to know about religion.” With these words by Claus Westermann, we can approach the mystery of angels, present in countless forms across nearly every human culture. The invisible cherubim, called Kettu by the Sumerians, endure through time and reach us still. In Christianity, they were considered the “engines of intelligence,” beings of light, adorned with symbolic wings that

Much of contemporary human experience appears marked by a persistent existential irritation. The modern individual, rather than turning inward, projects their attention outward, often forgetting that the external world is ultimately a reflection—or, to borrow a computing metaphor, a program—of the internal self. This inversion of perspective produces a disjunction: humans respond to the world without fully understanding the underlying causes within themselves. From this stand

We live in a culture deeply shaped by the logic of the reset: technological, relational, professional, and even identity-based resets. Everything appears reversible, upgradable, erasable. This mindset, born in the digital realm, has become a lens through which we interpret existence itself. Yet a crucial question remains unanswered: is it really possible to start over without consequences? This habit does not stop at everyday life; it is projected even onto death. The idea of

Eternity and infinity represent two fundamental dimensions of existence, between which the human mind seems to function as a mediating and interpretative instance. Consciousness filters both, making the experience of reality possible. From this perspective, God is not conceived as limited to an external dimension, but as present both within and beyond every level of existence. The name attributed to God (Allah, Creator) is secondary to the central role of thought and consciou

We commonly assume that time erases everything. Memories, words, and gestures appear to dissolve into the past; however, both contemporary science and the Qur’an articulate a fundamentally different claim: nothing truly disappears. Everything that occurs is preserved, within the human body, within matter itself, and within the structural order of the universe. Neuroscientific research demonstrates that the human brain retains every experience in the form of neural traces. Eve

“And among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity of your tongues and your colors. Indeed in that are signs for those who know.” (Qur’an 30:22) We are made of light, of energy that shines within us. Discovering this small fire allows us to play, to make it dance, and to transform the world around us, like a garden in spring when the first results of our choices emerge. We rub our hands to create glitter. We rub the darkness to make light eme

The relationship between the soul, consciousness, and the structure of reality has traversed eras and disciplines, from religious metaphysics to philosophical speculation, and up to the most recent scientific hypotheses on complex energy systems. Although contemporary science does not provide empirical evidence for the existence of the soul, the emergence of advanced physical models—such as quantum fields, subatomic interactions, and the informational nature of energy—allows

The sky still exists, but almost no one looks at it anymore. Not because it has changed, but because our gaze no longer lingers; it has lost the ability to rest on a fixed point for more than a few seconds. In Lamu there was nothing else. At night above me stretched a dark, infinite surface, dotted with lights that, like small beacons, cut through every doubt. I watched it for a long time, trying to understand it, as if it were possible to separate it from the rest of the uni

There exists an ancestral language, the language of the Earth, which expresses itself through sound. In the ashram we chanted OM, and it vibrated through the silent universe, seemingly flattened among countless prominent stars. The recitation of the Qur’an, instead, attunes our breath in ways very similar to a meditative practice or a mantra, thanks to its rhythm, its pauses, and its vibration—yet in an even more structured and refined way. The recitation of the Qur’an also h

Although the Rose of Jericho revives with just a few drops of water in our vases, it grows in a land, Jericho and its surroundings, that is suffering. Not only due to drought conditions exacerbated by water privatization and the control of natural resources, but also as a result of economic and geopolitical interests that, for nearly a century, have undermined a territory sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, as well as the ecological balance itself. This miraculous plant,

Bismillah. This essay analyzes Sura al-Nisāʾ and the Qur’anic framework regarding female dignity, contextualizing both traditional and contemporary interpretations (Luxenberg, Shahrour) in light of modern social dynamics. Drawing on textual sources, demographic data, and anthropological perspectives, it argues that the Qur’an proposes a flexible normative model focused on protecting the vulnerable rather than imposing rigid family structures. The essay further demonstrates th

Bismillah. During winter I become more deeply aware of the value of water. The cold season, with its unwavering and almost impartial sky, and the lake reflecting a deeper and “purer” blue, awakens in me a different and more contemplative perception of the world. In this slower time, water becomes an object of contemplation and, almost silently, invites me to recognize in it a meaning that surpasses its physical nature. To drink slowly, to savor every drop, becomes almost a ri

The Qur’anic verse “It may be that you dislike something while it is good for you, and it may be that you love something while it is bad for you. Allah knows, and you do not know”  (Qur’an 2:216) reveals with remarkable clarity the limits of human knowledge when confronted with the structural complexity of reality. Human perception captures only fragments of the broader system, whereas the divine order encompasses every interaction, consequence, and hidden equilibrium. The h

Bismillah The concept of plausible truth within the Preserved Tablet (Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ) is articulated in the Quran, notably in Al-Burūj 85:22 and Al-Ḥadīd 57:22, which affirm that nothing occurs on Earth or within human beings without first being recorded in a divine register prior to its actualization. This principle embodies both divine predestination and omniscience while simultaneously affirming human moral responsibility. Observations of the contemporary environment sugge

"Verily, in the body there is a piece of flesh which, if it is sound, the whole body is sound; and if it is corrupt, the whole body is corrupt. Verily, it is the heart.”(Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim) When I spend time in my garden, I often feel that I am not merely tending to plants, but I am in conversation with something deeper. Each leaf, each root, each fragile bloom seems to whisper a language of connection, of balance, of life unfolding effortlessly when it is in harm