There are some who think revival after death is far from their understanding and ask how they shall be raised up after they have been reduced to bones and dust. Let them recall to mind that they were created out of nothing; first as dust, then a sperm, then a leech-like clot, then a piece [...]

God has given man the will to choose, decide, and resolve to do good or evil. He has endowed him with reason and various impulses so that by his own efforts he may strive and explore possibilities. He has also given him a just bias, a natural bias towards good. Besides this He has given [...]

No less important for individuals and nations is the study of history. There is a measure and law in human society as much as in the whole cosmos. The life of every nation as a collective body moves in time and passes through rises and falls, successes and reverses, till its appointed period comes to [...]

Man alone has been given the capacity to use names for things and so has been given the knowledge which even the angels do not possess. Among men those who are granted wisdom are indeed granted great good. Understanding raises a man’s dignity. Those who do not use the intellect are like a herd of [...]