2.3.4.1. Introduction to the struggle against the self

        In the Name of Allah, the Exalted!       The highest level of education requires a psycho-spiritual approach which is based on a clear understanding of the nature of the human being, including the hierarchical structure and dynamics of the human consciousness and its key elements – spirit (ruh), heart (qalb), intellect (‘aql) and the self [...]

2.3.4. How can we control our ego?

In the Name of Allah, the Exalted! I hope that you have now acquired the medical basics required to understand some of the information that is to be revealed on how to successfully control your ego, biologically speaking; and not necessarily only spiritually which is often descibed in most islamic websites (without mentioning the scientific phenomenons [...]

2.3.3. Why do our supplications remain unanswered?

Please note that this text doesn’t contain any scientific notion. In the Name of Allah – the Exalted!  Introduction:  We verily created man and We know what his soul whispereth to him, and We are nearer to him than his jugular vein. (Surah Qaaf (Chapter 50 – Qaaf) verse 16)   And when My servants ask you [...]

2.3.9. Why are hazardous games haram/makrooh?

In the Name of Allah, the Exalted!   The question regarding why hazardous games are forbidden (haram) or unrecommended(makrooh) can be answered from a philosophic and logic perspective as well as from a psychological and of this a medical one.   As fun as it may be, hazardous games influence the human psyche and even the forelock, called [...]

2.6.1.3. Cheese & walnuts

Foreword: Cheese sure spells and tasts good but be still cautious! One thing that is very crucial to know is that every kind of cheese contains high values of fat, namely saturated fat, which is a dangerous fat for the human body since it increases the bad cholesterol (that in turn leads to cardiovascular diseases) and [...]

2.6.1.2. Cheese’s other Benefits

  As you might have noticed the only thing that was covered in the previous section was the tryptophan contained in cheese. Does this imply that cheese doesn’t have any other health benefit? No, it is actually the opposite. It has been shown that cheese contains high concentrations of essential nutrition, mostly of high protein and [...]

2 – Introduction to Islamic Medicine

In this section, it will be demonstrated to the reader that when the Holy Quran, Prophet Mohammed (SAAS) as well as the 12 Imams sayings (Ahadith) are read with full attention, we realize that there are many verses and sayings that are related to modern science in such a way that all these can be confirmed via experimental results [...]

2.1.1. Slaughtering Methods

In my point of view this subject is one of the most important issues to understand when it comes to why muslims must eat Halal meat. The aim of this section is to describe scientifically the differences between halal (good and therefore lawful) and haram (bad and therefore forbidden) meat, which unfortunately is not known [...]

2.1.2. Skin Burn

Dr. Tagatat Tejasen: “Laa Ilaaha IllAllah Muhammad Rasool Allah!” This man is uttering the Islamic creed (Shahaadah in Arabic) thus declaring that he is becoming a Muslim. This occurred during the Eighth Saudi Medical Conference (3 November 1983 ???) which was convened in Riyadh. He is Professor Tejatat Tejasen, Chairman of the Department of Anatomy [...]

2.1.4. Sleeping on the Right Side

Post under construction and will remain so until summer 2010 Thank you for your patience

2.3.1. The Prefrontal Cortex (Forelock)

No! If he does not stop, We will take him by the naseyah (forelock), (Surah Al–Alaq (Chapter 96 – The Clot) verse 15) a lying, sinful naseyah! (Surah Al–Alaq (Chapter 96 – The Clot) verse 16) Why did the Qur’án describe the front of the head as being lying and sinful? Why didn’t the Qur’án emphasize that [...]

2.3.6. The Blinking Effect on the Brain

This section will insha’Allah (God-Willing) be on the effect meditation and later on blinking with the eyes on the human body. The main aim on why I chose to inform readers on this is that this method (blinking) is very useful to defend ourselves against the whispering of Satan that distracts us during our praying-time. [...]

2.4.1. A new insight to the heart

While looked at biologically, the heart’s efficiency is amazing. The heart works without interruption for seventy to eighty years, without care or cleaning, without repair or replacement. Over a period of seventy years, it beats one hundred thousand times a day, approximately forty million times a year? nearly three billion pulsations all told. It pumps [...]

2.4.2. Cell Memory: an Understanding Heart

This part will be on the human heart, God-Willing. This section is unique in its kind since it will cover the existing facts concerning the physiological and anatomical discoveries in the human heart along with the concept of the cell memory theory. The reason why these two blocks have been linked at HeartScience along with many Quranic verses is due to [...]

2.4.3. Heart: an Electromagnetic Organ

How did you find the information from the previous sections? Convincing? Well, if not this section will do the job; it will certainly make you totally amazed, without any doubt.  For a long time now scientists have thought that the heart responds to the signals that come from the brain but now, or rather from some time now, evidence have [...]

2.4.4. Heart & its Emotions

Since we have discussed about emotions being saved in the heart this section will explain further on emotion in the heart. Recent HeartMath studies define a critical link between the heart and brain. The heart is in a constant two-way dialogue with the brain — our emotions change the signals the brain sends to the [...]

2.4.5. Artificial Heart Transplantations

So far, you all have been familiar with the emotional roll of heart and the psychological and neuro-executive side-effects of heart transplants on patients. Moreover, we have learned that after a natural heart transplant one receives information from the (newly transplanted) heart-cells into his brain that leads to the fact that one experiences new behaviors, [...]

2.4.6. Good Deeds’ Effect on the Heart

This part is about the effect on the heart of a person who helps someone or performs emotionally a good duty. By emotionally it is meant that the person performs the action with a good clean intention (nie) as a form of therapy against stress. In Islam, this leads to the fact that one feels [...]

2.4.7. Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

As a start let’s describe what intelligence stands for. For decades researchers have sought to understand the nature of intelligence. The first IQ tests were designed early in this century to measure intelligence as cognitive ability and intellect, and our school systems were geared up to help people develop both. Because it was found that [...]

2.4.8. Heart’s mention in the Islamic sayings

Many people, Muslims as non-Muslims, believe that the Quranic verses that refer on the heart’s roll in emotion and belief are examples given by Allah that are related to philosophy or are simply metaphoric examples. In fact, it has been shown to readers that mankind is way far from knowing the truth about the cells [...]

2.4.8.1. The Ear of the Heart

In the Name of Allah, the Exalted! In this section we will be dealing with the amazing sayings of our sixth Imam, Imam Sadiq (Peace be upon him). Imam Sadiq (AS) said: “The heart possesses two ears; the spirit of belief slowly invites him towards righteous deeds, while the Satan slowly invites him towards evil deeds. [...]

2.6.1.1. The Cheese’s Tryptophan

In a thin book, called “Daro va Shafa” (medicine & Cure), a collection of traditional Islamic medicine from the Holy Prophet SAAS, it is mentioned that eating cheese makes someone to fall asleep. When I read this I got astonished and kept it in my head. Some 5 months later, in my Histology course in [...]