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    Guenon's Reign of Quantity: Islamic Wisdom

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    Explore how Rene Guenon's masterwork on spiritual decline aligns with Islamic teachings about the end times, offering profound insights for Muslims navigating modernity's quantitative obsessions.

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    The quantitative—material wealth, social status, consumer goods—has become the measure of all value, while the qualitative—spiritual development, moral character, divine remembrance—gets pushed to the margins.

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    I am a believing Muslim with an Islamic worldview. tell me about Rene Guenons reign of quantity and the signs of the times from an Islamic perspective

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    [PDF] The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times - Monoskop
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    https://monoskop.org/images/4/48/Gu%C3%A9non_Ren%C3%A9_The_Reign_of_Quantity_and_the_Signs_of_The_Times_2001.pdf
    Rene Guenon and the "Reign of Quantity"
    link
    https://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/mrwatkin/isoc/guenon.htm
    On Rene Guenons Critique of Modernity
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    https://livingislam.org/d/kyrgm_e.html
    The Influence of Rene Guenon in the Islamic World
    link
    https://traditionalhikma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/The_Influence_of_Rene_Guenon_in_the_Isla.pdf
    The Koran
    Waiting for the End of the World: Rene Guenon and the Kali Yuga
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    https://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/secret-wisdom/waiting-for-the-end-of-the-world-rene-guenon-and-the-kali-yuga

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    12:21
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    13:18
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