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My 2nd Quarter of 2022 as a Self-published Author and Translator

by Mansoor Limba | July 1, 2022 | No Comments

At the end of the first quarter, I mentioned the following as my targets for the 2nd Quarter (April-June 2022) as a self-published author and translator: 1. To distribute at least 30 written and translation books online and offline (3 more titles compared to the previous quarter), 2. To locally publish at least 3 more books (compared to only 1 title during the previous quarter), and 3. To finish the current book project and publish it. Let’s see what actually
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Next Books to Write and Translate

by Mansoor Limba | February 28, 2022 | 3 Comments

After getting feedback from you, my dear friends, readers, or members of the ElziStyle Books Family, last week and for which I’m truly grateful, here will be the next books to write or translate: * HOW TO SHARI’AH-COMPLIANTLY INVEST IN THE PHILIPPINE STOCK MARKET: BEGINNER’S STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE Of the three titles, it earned the greatest number of suggestions. My target is to finish writing it in 3 months; that is, March, May, and June, insha’ Allah. (Don’t count April as
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Which Title Do You Want to Read First?

by Mansoor Limba | February 19, 2022 | 2 Comments

Al-hamdulillah, ‘MBAYUKA TANU! MAGUINDANAON BAYUK TRANSCRIPTION, TRANSLATION, AND ANNOTATION is now available for purchase in both paperback and eBook formats: * ‘MBAYUKA TANU! in paperback at Amazon, https://amzn.to/3uJMjLH * ‘MBAYUKA TANU! in eBook at ElziStyle Bookshop, https://www.elzistyle.com/product/bayuk By around February 28, insha’ Allah, it will also be available in paperback for distribution in the Philippines and some neighboring countries via Lazada, https://www.lazada.com.ph/products/i2735892623.html. Now, below are the 3 titles in the pipeline – 1 authorship and 2 translations: * HOW TO
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More Enduring than the Crack

by ElziStyle | February 15, 2022 | No Comments

More enduring than the uncoverable crack on the Ka‘bah’s Yemeni Corner (rukn al-yamani) for all generations to witness… Is your voice of human justice and moral governance expressed by your eloquent tongue, inscribed by your prolific pen, executed by your nimble hands, and defended by the blades of your Dhu’l-fiqar. The decades-long cursing of your name in minarets and pulpits miserably failed to obliterate the everlasting fragrance of your lofty status and qualities. Neither the skepticism of the skeptics nor
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Exactly 23 Years Ago

by Mansoor Limba | February 11, 2022 | No Comments

It’s exactly 23 years back. 1998. February 11. 3:12 am. “In a few moments, we will land in Mehrabad International Airport,” an IranAir flight attendant in navy blue hijab assured with a smile the drowsy passengers to a seven-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Tehran. A score of fellow students from Mindanao and I were fetched by a minibus at the airport and transported to Qazvin, a city over 100 kilometers away. After taking a sumptuous breakfast in Karaj in
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Better Late Than Never

by Mansoor Limba | February 2, 2022 | No Comments

Let me confess to you something. As I was really, really engrossed with preparing the draft of my forthcoming book, ‘MBAYUKA TANU! to be sent to the reviewers, I totally didn’t find time to make this announcement yesterday (February 1 – World Hijab Day). Here is it: This book, REPLIES TO CRITIQUES OF THE BOOK ‘THE ISSUE OF HIJAB’ by Shahid Murtada Mutahhari, which is worth $9.99 in paperback (https://amzn.to/3gf7GMo) you can now get its digital copy for… FREE. Yes,
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From Virtual Assistance to Paperback Publishing

by Mansoor Limba | January 21, 2022 | No Comments

After finishing my contract exactly a month ago (December 21) as a virtual assistant – to be more specific, as a regional consultant in an intergovernmental organization (IGO) that trains religious leaders on interreligious and intercultural dialogue – I immediately embarked on publishing some of my written and translation books in paperback via Amazon.com’s direct publishing platform. This, I pursued, in response to a longtime request of friends, students, and readers to make those books available in printed form. Just
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Books Available Now in Paperback!

by Mansoor Limba | January 12, 2022 | No Comments

Salamun ‘alaykum! Yes, I know… It’s been a while… since last August, to be exact… No news from me 🙁 After translating and publishing “Replies to Critiques of the Book ‘The Issue of Hijab’“, I had been engaged – in addition to my university teaching job – in writing a book on oral cultural heritage conservation (Maguindanaon bayuk) and another one on Shari’ah-compliant investing in the Philippines stock market. (The first title is expected to be published next month, insha’ Allah.) Thereafter,
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What to Expect in 2022

by Mansoor Limba | December 15, 2021 | No Comments

In response to popular demand from my readers, the books I have written and translated will be made available in printed format (paperback and/or hardcover) in Amazon, insha’ Allah. In addition to that, I’m also determined to finish writing the following two books: ‘mBayuka Tanu! Maguindanaon Proverbs (Bayuk) Transliteration, Translation, and Annotation How to Shari’ah-compliantly Invest in the Stock Market: Beginner’s Step-by-Step Guide After publishing these two books, I will resume my translation of Shahid Mutahhari works, and these two
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Murtada Mutahhari in the Eyes of His Teacher

by ElziStyle | August 15, 2021 | No Comments

A close scrutiny of the Sahifeh-ye Imam’schronological and descriptive accounts of Mutahhari shows that the martyred Ayatullah Professor Murtada Mutahhari undoubtedly occupies a distinct station in the sight of the Great Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Idol-Breaker of the 20th Century. In the words of Ayatullah Dr. Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Beheshti, “I think the reason for the Imam to hold such Professor Mutahhari in such high esteem and respect was not only because the Professor had been a student of
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Assessment of Hume’s Objections to the Argument of Design

by ElziStyle | June 7, 2020 | 2 Comments

David Hume (1711-1776) of Scotland was one of the empiricist and skeptic philosophers of the West. He opposed many metaphysical foundations such that he had also disputed the proofs of the existence of God. In view of the fact that during his time the most popular proof ever presented for the existence of God in the Western world was the argument of design or teleological argument, he had also posed a serious challenge to it, raising some objections to it.
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The Natural and the Moral Action

by ElziStyle | February 15, 2020 | No Comments

Now, in general, what is akhlāq or, in the expression of the Noble Messenger, akhlāq mukarramatī? From where should we begin? We have said that we shall begin from the admitted opinions and indisputable facts. For the meanwhile, we are not concerned with doubtful issues which one school of thought may regard as ‘moral’ while another school of thought may not regard the same as ‘moral’. What is certain is that most of the human actions are natural actions and
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Definitions of Religion Based on Metaphysical Foundation

by ElziStyle | October 15, 2019 | No Comments

Some of the philosophers of religion regard as religion any school of thought which has the following three principal elements of belief: There is a world beyond the world of tangibles; The world of nature has a purpose; and The world of being has a moral system. The third element can be analyzed in two ways. One way is that the world of being is such that it perceives what is morally good or evil. The other way is that the
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