Author: Matthew Walker
Book length: 368 pages
Excerpt: A study found that time spent asleep helped cement newly learned information while an equivalent time spent awake was hazardous to recently acquired memories.
Breaking the Two Desires *
Author: Al-Ghazālī
Book length: 103 pages
Excerpt: Most people refrain from acting upon their sexual desire either
through incapacity, fear, embarrassment, or a wish to safeguard their
reputations. Reward follows only when one refrains from a reprehensible act, while able to perform it, for fear of God.
On Salafī Islam (Article)
Author: Yasir Qadhi
Excerpt: The term ‘Salafī’ is a modern term that has attached itself to an age-old school of theology, the Atharī school.
80,000 Hours: Find a Fulfilling Career that Does Good *
Author: Benjamin Todd
Book length: 341 pages
Excerpt: People with a giving mindset end up among the most successful
because people will want to help them succeed, and because they’re
more motivated by a sense of purpose.
Warfare in the Qur’an (Article)
Author: Joel Hayward
Excerpt: The Prophet was no warmonger—advising his followers not to look forward to combat—and forgave and pardoned mortal enemies, such as Hind, whenever he could.
Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us *
Author: Daniel Pink
Book length: 212 pages
Excerpt: One of the best ways to know whether you’ve mastered something is to try to teach it.
Difference Between Advising and Shaming
Author: Ibn Rajab
Book length: 74 pages
Excerpt: Informing someone of their mistake in private is a sign of sincere advice because the advisor does not seek to expose the faults of the one he is advising.
Islam and Evolution: Al-Ghazālī and the Modern Evolutionary Paradigm
Author: Shoaib Malik
Book length: 362 pages
Excerpt: The position of Human Exceptionalism allows for non-human evolution, but maintains that Adam (who in this position is considered the first human) and humanity are not products of evolution.
Does Criticizing Intelligent Design Undermine Design Discourse in the Qur’ān? A Kalāmic Response (Article)
Authors: Shoaib Malik, Hamza Karamali and Moamer Yahia Ali Khalayleh
Excerpt: Al-Rāzī: “Whoever delves deeper into the seas of the [knowledge of] the things that God, The Most High, has created will have greater knowledge of the majesty and tremendousness of God, The Most High.”
Etiquette of the Learner: Abridgment of Tadhkirat as-Sāmi‘ wa’l-Mutakallim fī Adab al-‘Ālim wa’l-Muta‘allim
Author: Ibn Jamā‘ah al-Kinānī
Translator: Shoaib Shah
Book length: 105 pages
Excerpt: Ibn ‘Abbās RA: “I humbled myself as a student, so I was honored as a teacher.”
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