Al-Ghazali said, “Desire makes slaves out of kings and patience makes kings out of slaves.” Shakespeare describes our desires as wild horses. Ancient Greek philosophers taught that the task of humanity was to control their desires and not to unleash… Read More ›
Section on New Testament Christology, with a few words to salafi critics of Dr Tim Winter and my reading of his work.
In his magnum opus, Revival of the Religious Sciences, al-Ghazali begins the chapter on death as follows: Praise be to God, who with death did break the necks of tyrants, shattering with it the backs of Persia’s kings, cutting short… Read More ›