Understanding Triangulation and Reclaiming Trust

Scholars mention that the first word in Rumi’s Mathnawi is “Listen.” Someone who is not willing to listen will remain trapped in their own mind forever.

The Divine Mender: Lessons from the Name ‘Al-Jabbar’

The essence of the root j-b-r is the irresistible restoration of something, and the name al-Jabbār describes the nature of the One who is the ultimate restorer of the soundness, wholeness and righteousness of all things. For a human being, any claim to such irresistible power would be false pride and arrogance, but for Allāh it is simply the truth.