
"Is the Middle East once again in the shadow of a major war? The latest reports released by the Israeli media outlet 'Haaretz' point towards this very concern."

"Sufi scholars have categorized the four and seven states of the nafs (self/soul) by interpreting the verses of the Holy Quran. In addition to the four states explained initially, some Sufis have also detailed states of the nafs such as Radiyya (the well-pleased), Mardiyya (the well-pleasing), and Kamila (the perfect)."

"Louis Montrose is a thinker who played a vital role in establishing the school of literary criticism known as New Historicism within the modern academic world. He was able to redefine traditional understandings of the relationship between literature and history, simultaneously influencing both historiography and literary criticism projects."

Is Tazkiyat-an-Nafs (purification of the soul) something that can be achieved by oneself? Certainly not. The purification of the soul or spiritual refinement is not something that can be attained merely by gaining knowledge about it or by understanding its different classifications.

Behind the growth of New Historicism lies the rigorous intellectual labor of several prominent scholars. Here is an introduction to the theoretical world of Stephen Greenblatt, the most distinguished among them.

"The Middle East is once again on the brink of a major conflict. The stance of US President Donald Trump, who rejected Iran's peace proposals as 'totally unacceptable,' along with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's threat to directly attack Iranian nuclear sites, poses a grave challenge to global peace."

New Historicism is a major school of thought that brought about revolutionary changes in literary studies and historical methodology in the final decades of the twentieth century.

"The Strait of Hormuz, the lifeline of global energy supply, is no longer just a maritime route; rather, it is a testing ground for waning American hegemony and the rise of emerging regional powers."

"The thought of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas is one of the most original and profound intellectual currents witnessed by the Islamic world in the second half of the twentieth century. As a versatile genius, his interventions in the fields of philosophy, epistemology, Sufism, history, linguistics, and education have deeply influenced modern Muslim thought. Al-Attas’s life mission was to precisely identify the intellectual and cultural crises created by the Western secular worldview in Islamic societies, and in response, to develop an epistemological alternative rooted in Islamic tradition."

We are currently exploring the profound meanings within the opening verses of Maulana Rumi's (RA) Masnavi Sharif.
So far, we have discussed the literal meaning and detailed commentary of the first four lines.