” Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.”
David Hume
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Abraham and Ishmael in the Pre-Islamic Arabic tradition
Abraham is mentioned in the Old Testament as a central figure in the Genesis narrative as the father of Ishmael and Isaac, who would later go on to father Israel (Jacob). As such, he is seen as the progenitor of the Children of Israel, being called “a father of many nations” by God (Genesis 17:5).… Read more
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Was the Qur’anic Dhul Qarnayn a plagiarism of the Alexander Romances?
The following article was written by an individual who had it subsequently taken for reasons I do not wish to mention. INTRODUCTION While I have already written regarding Dhu al-Qarnayn and the Alexander Romances and the proposed influence of the Syriac Legend Concerning Alexander on Quran, I recently came across a moderate-size article by one Kevin van Bladel… Read more
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The Hejazi Philosophorian 