Islam, the word, actually means submission to the Almighty. A religion that associates itself with sincere devotion, rich culture, a poised and graceful restraint, and profundity, Islam is beautiful and deep. Let’s, for a moment, just allow the splendor of Islam sink in for a bit. The transcendence of Islamic music While many scholars believe that music is prohibited in Islam, certain schools of thoughts opine that it is the only kind of music that is composed with an intention to titillate the base feelings, or to ridicule or disrespect delicate beliefs of humans is prohibited. This means Islam does approve of music that ascends from the depths of belief and bares the soul to the Almighty. You can feel such hermetic elevation in the unbounded melodies of Sufi, the finesse of Makam improvisations that could be graphed as the trails of a serpent on the Arabian sand, and the heartfelt folk of the Kurds are a just a few to mention of the vast diversity Islamic music that feeds your soul with nothing but love and devotion.

The recovery of Aristotle

One of the most valuable contributions to the world had been the preservation and translation of Aristotle’s ideas by the Early Middle Age Muslim scholars. The Arabic texts of Aristotle’s ideas reached the west in the Middle Ages, bringing forth a paradigm shift in the human understanding of the solar system.

The Catholic Church had made attempts to sensor certain views of Aristotle such as Heliocentrism and the notions of a personal God because they challenged the beliefs of the Church. Had it not been for the preservation of these ideas, the world would have never been vary of Aristotelianism, a philosophy that changed the western outlook forever.

The true meaning of Jihad

Isn’t Jihad now the most alarming word the media can feed? Jihad doesn’t really mean a holy war but it actually refers to the inner struggle a human must face and overcome to be worthy of presenting himself to Allah. The Mujaihid, a person engaged in Jihad struggles and preserves himself against his own demons – spending his lifetime, striving for the perfection of the mind, body and soul.

However, Islam realizes that in a world of temptations and hardships, it is hard to walk the path of righteousness. Thus, the effort to stick to path of truth is realized as a struggle and that is precisely what Jihad means.