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No matter where you live in the world today, religion is a reality for you . In the time of advanced technologies, many of the basic existential questions have not yet been answered. Whereas everyone is looking for freedom and peace, we are all bound to the constraints to fulfill our daily responsibilities. Religion is a tool for liberation or purification of the soul and experimentation of the unseen. And many have misused it indeed for power or financial purposes. We have come to an age where in the seek…

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Religious scriptures agree with the ability of famous prophets of God to receive messages in their dreams and interpret these dreams. In ancient polytheistic societies dreams were considered as the language of Gods. And towards the end of the 19th century, the interpretation of dreams of Sigmund Freud brought the idea that dreams are the activities of the subconscious mind. The idea was the foundation of psychoanalysis and helped understand how the subconscious mind can handled desires and frustrations. In religions however, dreams have played such an important role that…

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The idea behind the divine decree, which is one of the basic tenants of faith no matter which religion we practice, is that our destiny has already been decreed by God and he is omniscient and omnipotent. Religious belief is based on the acceptance and worshiping of the supernatural divine being who is in control of our destiny. And the divine decree is our fate from the creator, as far as our destiny is concerned.. Thus a believer is recommended to submit himself to God and his will. God almighty…

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Nowadays very few people are prepared to work hard and wait or suffer temporary hardships to achieve their goals. The youth expect instant gratification as the fastest is portrayed as the more effective and the best. The superman depicted in the media is always the fastest , strongest and wealthiest. On social media there are pictures portraying the so-called successful and famous. And whereas in their real life they might be going through all kinds of hardships from time to time, the image they give is that of the fittest…

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Spirituality deals with what is related to the spirit or the soul . The spiritual is sacred in many cultures and has been transmitted mostly through religious scriptures or traditions . And even tough in a pure humanistic and philosophical sense spirituality is considered as the training and realization of one’s highest self, in the religious sense it is sometimes defined as the search of the union with the divine. Basically , religion is the belief and worship and obedience to a supernatural power (or supernatural powers) considered to be…

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1-Importance of Fasting Fasting is the voluntary abstinence from eating , drinking, or other actions for a period of time. It has been practiced in many cultures or religions over centuries. Thus fasting is being practiced in Judaism(Yum Kippur and others), Christianity(Black fast), Hinduism(Vrata) and Islam(Ramadan) among others. Islamic fasting is compulsory and is practiced during the month of Ramadan. I am going to point out some mains benefits of fasting and actions that invalidate fasting. Fasting is the third pillar of Islam and is compulsory for all Muslims. God…

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If spirituality is the closeness to the divine, then it is something that could be measured through how effective this closeness is. I guest no matter what your religion is, you have some recommendations and rituals that you do on daily basis to improve on your spirituality. It may be meditation or prayers or other forms of worshipping and honouring the divine such as loving your neighbours as yourself, giving alms and learning much more . But even if we conceder that you have been doing that perfectly, probably not…

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