Articles and reflections on the Quran, remembrance, spirituality, music and contemporary life.
Originally written in Turkish • Translated into English
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A 19-section Quran reflection centered on 2:166, Satan's deceptive leadership, leaders who are themselves followers, the limits of Satan's influence, religious authority, testimony, justice, monotheism, and human responsibility.
A 19-section Quran reflection centered on 17:23-24: honoring parents, a father's relationship with a daughter after divorce, the mother's responsibilities, truthful testimony, marriage, financial pressure, and the limits of family authority.
A 19-section reflection centered on 18:65 and 18:60–82, considering the ship, the boy, and the wall alongside Joseph, Jacob, and Job, while distinguishing hidden wisdom from claims that silence suffering or excuse injustice.
A reflection on Quran 2:31–33: the names taught to Adam, the angels’ limits of knowledge, human fallibility, and the relationship between knowledge, witness, justice, and submission.
A reflection centered on 57:22: prior recording, human will, GOD’s will, prayer, change, and accountability, without turning destiny into an excuse.
A reflection centered on 22:46: heart, mind, understanding, intention, faith, and justice, distinguishing Quranic language from biological claims.
A reflection centered on 35:36: existence in Hell without death or escape, continuous suffering, bodily pain, regret, lost opportunities for repentance, and human accountability.
A reflection centered on 35:1: angelic tasks of revelation, good news, guarding, recording, witnessing, and asking forgiveness, with monotheism, mercy, and human accountability.
A reflection centered on 6:116 about manufactured consensus, artificial witnesses, independent evidence, repetition without proof, justice, and KuranTeyit.
A 19-part Quran reflection centered on 53:24, exploring human desires, divine guidance, knowledge, justice, ego, worldly attachments, religious authority, the Hereafter, monotheism, and submission to GOD.
A 19-section Quran reflection centered on 1:1, exploring negative thoughts, whispering, seeking refuge in GOD, trust, mercy, steadfastness, knowledge, testimony, and submission.
A 19-section reflection on Quran 44:10–16, exploring smoke retribution, divine warnings, repentance, returning to old ways, the messenger, mercy, justice, and submission, including a separate examination of Rashad Khalifa’s 1986 and 1990 interpretations.
A 19-section reflection centered on Quran 55:8, exploring divine law, mizan, justice, balance, truthful testimony, monotheism, religious authority, and submission to GOD.
A 19-section reflection on Quran 43:60, exploring whether angels could colonize and reproduce on Earth, angelic creation, their duties, knowledge, obedience, and the limitless creative power of GOD.
A deep 19-part reflection on the jinn companion, its misleading influence, moral agency, repentance, possible redemption, relations with other jinn, just recompense, and Rashad Khalifa’s personal views.
A reflection on Quran 41:34 and related verses about responding to evil with what is best, justice, forgiveness, patience, restraint, defending one’s rights, and the limits of retaliation.
A 19-section reflection centered on Quran 55:2, exploring the true Teacher of the Quran, the source of knowledge, divine guidance, the messenger’s role, reflection, truthfulness, monotheism, and the limits of human religious authority.
A 19-section reflection on Quran 55:46 and 56:11, exploring High Heaven, Lower Heaven, nearness to GOD, the heavenly society, animals, ego, and submission, with a separate study of Rashad Khalifa’s explanations.
A reflection on Quran 31:32 and related verses about turning to GOD alone in crisis, prayer, sincerity, rescue, appreciation, ingratitude, and forgetting after relief.
A 19-part Quran reflection centered on 53:43, exploring laughter, tears, joy, grief, submission, trust, reverence, accountability, and the absolute power of GOD.
A reflection on Quran 53:32 and related verses about exalting oneself, the self, purification, humility, repentance, justice, and judging one’s own righteousness.
A Quran reflection on the phrase “those in charge among you” in 4:59, exploring trust, justice, obedience, dispute, knowledge, truthfulness, religious authority, leadership, and the danger of setting up human beings as lords beside GOD.
A reflection on Quran 2:256 and related verses about no compulsion in religion, faith, choice, guidance, religious invitation, personal responsibility, and conscious submission to GOD.
A reflection on Quran 5:101 and related verses about the ethics of asking, useful questions, knowledge, verification, humility, religious authority, and truth-seeking.
A reflection on Quran 17:11 and related verses about human impatience, prayer, the limits of knowledge, patience, delay, perseverance, and submission before GOD.
A reflection on Quran 56:27 and related verses about those on the right, receiving the record in the right hand, Paradise, light, darkness, accountability, guidance, and the Quranic meaning of right-left language.
A reflection on what life in Paradise will be like, what we will do in eternal life, and what we will need, exploring joyful occupation, companionship, desire, provision, peace, the absence of fatigue and death, and the limits of what the Quran explicitly reveals.
A reflection on Quran 2:54 and related verses about killing the ego, the self, repentance, desire, justice, appreciation, submission, and what kind of servant a human being should become.
A reflection on Abraham’s Quranic path through monotheism, seeking truth, guidance, submission, appreciation, rejection of idolatry, and servanthood.
A reflection centered on Al-Fatehah 1:6 about the right path, guidance, monotheism, revelation, justice, truthfulness, submission, and following GOD's path.
A reflection on Quran 1:7 and related verses about whom GOD has blessed, the path of the blessed, guidance, gratitude, monotheism, righteousness, remembrance, the Hereafter, and submission.
A deep Quran-centered reflection on what it means to love GOD the most, whether loving GOD alone means loving no created thing at all, and where love becomes rivalry, idolatry, attachment, or absolute devotion.
A deep Quran-centered reflection on whether it is possible to escape from GOD, whether anyone can intercede independently of GOD, whether salvation can come through other beings, and what divine authority, intercession, responsibility, and submission mean in light of the Quran.
A reflection centered on Quran 39:42 about sleep, death, the soul, morning as resurrection, the appointed term, monotheism, submission, responsibility, and contemplation.
A reflection on Quran 2:170 and related verses about inherited belief, parental tradition, verification, guidance, religious authority, monotheism, and personal responsibility before GOD.
A reflection centered on Al-Ankabut 29:53, considering GOD's mercy and grace, the respite granted to us, repentance, justice, truthfulness, tawhid, and submission alongside 18:58, 35:45, 39:53-55, and other related verses.
A reflection on Quran 36:65 and related verses about testimony, personal responsibility, the record of deeds, truthfulness, justice, verification, and bearing witness against oneself before GOD.
A Quran reflection on the Samarian story, personal opinion becoming religious authority, influencing others, verification, ego, guidance, justice, and the danger of placing human interpretation ahead of GOD's guidance.
A deep reflection centered on Al-Imran 3:187, on proclaiming, announcing blessings, praise, showing off, testimony, knowledge, justice, truthfulness, monotheism, submission, and the danger of placing oneself at the center while carrying the message.
A reflection on Quran 17:44 and related verses about the glorification of non-human creation, birds, thunder, shadows, prostration, the limits of human knowledge, humility, and submission to GOD.
A reflection on Quran 59:19 and related verses about forgetting GOD, forgetting ourselves, remembrance, spiritual memory, self-examination, accountability, prayer, gratitude, and return.
Sibel Yildirim's reflection on the calculation of 2280, the season, the day and the hour through verses 32:5, 20:104, 23:113, 10:45, 30:55, 46:35, 79:46, 81:4, 19:23-25, 34:30 and 19:33.
A reflection on Quran 2:31 and related verses about the teaching of names, language, knowledge, invented labels, verification, truth, justice, and intellectual humility.
A reflection on Quran 18:54 and related verses about argument, seeking truth, the need to be right, evidence, verification, justice, humility, and debating in the best manner.
A deep reflection centered on Al-Baqarah 2:24 about people and stones as the fuel of Hell; the crumbling of the mountain in the story of Moses, GOD's physical presence, the transformation of the earth, the development of the self, those who remain immobile, petrified minds, idols, and responsibility.
A reflection on Quran 59:18 and related verses about what a person sends ahead for tomorrow, the record of deeds, accountability, justice, truthfulness, and personal responsibility before GOD.
A reflection on Quran 6:159 and related verses about dividing religion into sects, one community, religious identity, disagreement, unity, submission, and final judgment belonging to GOD.
A reflection on Quran 73:5 and related verses about the Quran as a heavy message, night contemplation, careful study, reverence, knowledge, mercy, and responsibility before GOD.
A reflection on Quran 2:168 and related verses about the steps of Satan, gradual deviation, speaking about GOD without knowledge, inherited habits, verification, and personal responsibility.
A reflection on Quran 2:186 and related verses about GOD’s nearness, prayer, response, intermediaries, intercession, worship, monotheism, and personal accountability.
A reflection on Quran 30:50 and related verses about rain, the revival of dead land, mercy, provision, GOD’s power, and resurrection in the Hereafter.
A Quran reflection on the deepest intention, the difference between stated motives and the real direction of the heart, GOD's knowledge of innermost thoughts, showing off, sincerity, seeking GOD's pleasure, and devoting religion absolutely to Him alone.
A reflection through verses Al-Baqarah 2:40, Al-Hujurat 49:1, Sad 38:76, Al-Furqan 25:43, and An-Nazi'at 79:40-41 on deep reverence for GOD, ego, pride, transgression, truthful speech, knowledge, privacy, submission, and the limits of human authority.
A severe and deep reflection through Al-Imran 3:122 and verses related to trusting GOD; on trust, submission, monotheism, the obsession with control, precaution, provision, steadfastness, religious authority, the danger of taking people as lords, and what it means in human life to see GOD as sufficient.
A 19-part reflection centered on Al-Baqarah 2:247, exploring wealth, material possessions, poverty, provision, justice, charity, Qarun, trade, temporary worldly blessings, closeness to GOD, and true gain.
A comprehensive reflection centered on As-Saffat 37:8 and Sad 38:69 about the High Society, the dispute in the heavenly society, the creation of the human being, Satan's pride and rebellion, tawhid, testimony, knowledge, justice, submission, verification, and the limits of religious authority.
A deep reflection centered on Al-Baqarah 2:152, on remembering, gratitude, ingratitude, accountability for blessings, righteousness, monotheism, knowledge, justice, submission, and testing one's own claim of gratitude before the verses.
A personal and concise reflection on not concealing the truth, truthful speech, testimony, tawhid, justice, submission, and the limits of religious authority through Al-Baqarah 2:159-160 and the verses gathered under the theme “Proclaim.”
A personal and concise reflection centered on An-Najm 53:55, the wonders of your Lord, signs in creation, visible and hidden blessings, water, provision, the heavens, the earth, human creation, gratitude, tawhid, and accountability for blessings.
A reflection centered on Al-Baqarah 2:143 on turning back on one's heels, sliding back after guidance, leaving the faith, casting scripture behind one's back, testimony, knowledge, justice, truthfulness, submission, and the limits of religious authority.
A comprehensive reflection centered on Al-Baqarah 2:40 on deep reverence, remembering blessings, faithfulness to the covenant, monotheism, testimony, knowledge, justice, truthful speech, submission, the limits of religious authority, inward orientation in privacy, awareness of accountability, and devotion to GOD alone.
A deep reflection through Al-Baqarah 2:255 and 15 verses in which the same translation pattern recurs, examining the difference between "Most High" and "Highest of the High"; tawhid, translation fidelity, verification, testimony, speaking about GOD without knowledge, grammar, intercession, sovereignty, and religious authority.
A reflection through Muhammad 47:24, Sad 38:29, Az-Zumar 39:18, and Al-Isra 17:36 on the difference between accessing a verse and understanding it in the age of search engines; keywords, context, selective reading, approximate matching, translation differences, verification, and responsibility in action.
A reflection through Al-A'raf 7:33, An-Nahl 16:116, Al-Isra 17:36, and Al-Hujurat 49:6 on Quran apps, religious authority, the language of halal and haram, verification of information, the developer's responsibility, and the importance of a tool knowing its own limits.
A reflection through verses Ibrahim 14:4, Ar-Rum 30:22, and Fussilat 41:44 on expressing the message of monotheism through contemporary music, rap, rock, ambient, children's choir, symphonic orchestration, visual design, video, and digital interfaces; and on the responsibility between an unchanging center and changing forms of expression.
A reflection through Al-Baqarah 2:41 and 2:79, At-Tawbah 9:9, and An-Nahl 16:95 on turning religious content into economic value through attention, views, followers, memberships, advertising, and user data; and on revenue, message, labor, distortion, and digital responsibility.
A reflection on digital privacy, permission, data minimization, local storage, religious search history, private notes, and the developer's responsibility of trust through Al-Hujurat 49:12, An-Nur 24:27, and An-Nur 24:58.
A personal reflection on understanding Rashad Khalifa's authorized English translation, the birth of Kuranteyit, the responsibility of verification, the limits of digital tools, and turning research into action through Az-Zumar 39:18, Al-Isra 17:36, and Muhammad 47:24.
A personal reflection on rap, remembrance, truthful speech, integrity between words and actions, defending one's rights, and the artist's responsibility toward the listener through Ash-Shu'ara 26:224-227, Al-Ahzab 33:70, and Al-Isra 17:53.
A reflection on mizan, measure, justice, not transgressing limits, the order in creation, looking again and again, and how the experience of balance in music production mirrors human life through Ar-Rahman 55:7-9, Al-Qamar 54:49, and Al-Mulk 67:3-4.
A reflection through verses Al-Isra 17:36, Az-Zumar 39:18, Muhammad 47:24, and Al-Araf 7:33 on artificial intelligence, access to information, verification, careful study of the Quran, testimony, guidance, moral responsibility, and the limits of religious authority.
A comprehensive reflection on the relationship between the revealed message and the function of messengership, the mortality of the human messenger, the continuity of revelation, tawhid, testimony, knowledge, justice, submission, and the limits of religious authority through At-Talaq 65:10-11.
A deep Quran reflection on the covenant made with GOD, the testimony of the Children of Adam, worshiping GOD alone, rejecting servitude to the devil, when the covenant was made, and the distinct covenants involving the Children of Israel and the prophets.
A reflection on silent remembrance, the remembrance of the heart, prayer, closeness, heedlessness, showing off, and the trace remembrance leaves on life, through verses 7:205, 13:28, 19:3, and 73:8.
A reflection on verifying information, investigating reports, witnessing, justice, personal responsibility, submission, and the limits of human authority through the verses Al-Isra 17:36 and Al-Hujurat 49:6.
A reflection on glorifying the name of the Lord, remembrance, sound, art, tawhid, truthful speech, justice, and submission through Al-A'la 87:1.
A reflection on testimony, monotheism, knowledge, justice, submission, and the witness a person bears through their life, centered on Al Imran 3:18.