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The rabbit hole bored me; wonderland wasn’t as wonderful as it had appeared to be.

A Reminder to Myself First

"So make peace with your brethren" - Right, we accomplished that with excellence. It's interesting to know that an animal...

Secularists vs People of God

The secular world prides itself on knowledge and the people of God pride themselves on how little they know in...

Expressions of Divine Love

Expressions of Divine Love through the language of poetry is a familiar concept in the religion of Islam. Stories of...

Silence

Silence. The Orchestration of the universe is heard in your silence: in your contemplation of the meaning of life and...

A Poem

No one gets to choose the way in which the wind blows. We can say our branch is strongest that...

The Culture of Mystical Islam

The culture of mystical Islam flourished in the Persian speaking lands, from Turkey to the northwest Iran, Afghanistan, and Central...

Free-thought and Religion

"You shall not accept information, unless you verify it for yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight, and...

God is Not the Universe. God is Lord of The Worlds.

That felt so good! Saying it, designing it, sharing it. I know the concept of God may be difficult to...

Appearance vs Reality

What we perceive around us in this sensory realm versus all that exists, independently of anyone's perception. Are we in...

On Self-Worth: By Charles Upton

When a given society loses its belief in God, or at least it's concrete sense that God is actually watching,...

Islam and The Media

The media is doing excellent PR work promoting biased stories on radical Islam/ Muslims, Islamophobia and the Muslim community at...

Be Humble

We are part of a historical continuum. Petra (Al-Batra'), a world wonder of human genius was once a wealthy trade...

Meditation, God and Sh. Hamza Yusuf

On November 11, 2016December 13, 2017

Meditation, God and Sh. Hamza Yusuf

On November 11, 2016December 13, 2017

I fell in love with Islam in one morning, it was 6.00 am when instead of practicing meditation on my yoga mat I practiced on my prayer mat. It was an unusual and an unexpected behaviour. A behaviour that hasn’t visited in more than a decade. Praise be to The […]

The Most Beautiful Names of Allah

On November 10, 2016April 4, 2017

The Most Beautiful Names of Allah

On November 10, 2016April 4, 2017

1 of Allah’s 99 Most Beautiful Names is The Originator (The Absolute Cause). The One who originates, commences, invents and creates all that exists, without any model or material. “Originator of the heavens and the earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, “Be”, and it is.” […]

On Self-Knowledge

On November 9, 2016October 6, 2017

On Self-Knowledge

On November 9, 2016October 6, 2017

Reflections from Imam Al Ghazali’s book – “Revival of Islamic Sciences’ Self-knowledge begins with the awareness/ recognition of one’s innate attributes: beastial, angelic, irrational & lustful to name a few. Al-Ghazali writes that knowledge can either be innate or acquired. He divides acquired #knowledge into phenomenal (material world) and #spiritual […]

On Suffering, inspired by Jalaluddin Rumi

On November 7, 2016December 3, 2017

On Suffering, inspired by Jalaluddin Rumi

On November 7, 2016December 3, 2017

HAHA • Cheese ! Alright so now I am a #Rumi Wannabe; striving for #Divine #Love The human #heart has the capacity to directly perceive the #spiritual #nature of reality, to witness the qualities and signs of #God in the theater of #manifest life, and yet too often we chase […]

Oh my Soul – aid me and don’t work against me.

On November 7, 2016April 10, 2017

Oh my Soul – aid me and don’t work against me.

On November 7, 2016April 10, 2017

Islamic Wisdom * Often, it is just one’s own self’, standing in one’s own way.

Excerpts: combining Sunni Theology & Sufi Mysticism

On November 6, 2016December 3, 2017

Excerpts: combining Sunni Theology & Sufi Mysticism

On November 6, 2016December 3, 2017

By: Al-Ghazali, a Muslim theologian, jurist, philosopher, and mystic of Persian descent. Know that the #body is like a town and the intellect of the mature human being is like a king ruling that town. All the forces of the external and internal senses he can muster are like his […]

On Change

On November 3, 2016March 22, 2019

On Change

On November 3, 2016March 22, 2019

In my case, people said to me: “it’s just a phase.” I answered: “this is not a phase.” I am detaching myself from society and its idealistic conformities, daily. Sometimes I slip, sometimes I soar high. I am giving up my outward vision for a deeper connection and meaningful living. The first […]

God is Not the Universe. God is Lord of The Worlds.

On November 2, 2016July 10, 2020

God is Not the Universe. God is Lord of The Worlds.

On November 2, 2016July 10, 2020

That felt so good! Saying it, designing it, sharing it. I know the concept of God may be difficult to grasp, and then once grasped hard to remember, and God knows that. And He is the Most Merciful. Through out the Quran (Islamic Holy Book) we are constantly challenged about […]

On Arrogance: Letter to Kanye West & Co.

On November 1, 2016March 22, 2019

On Arrogance: Letter to Kanye West & Co.

On November 1, 2016March 22, 2019

I realize that the photo in my image may be pixelated, but was I going to let myself get too caught up in the details or make it my priority to hope to inspire a glimpse of reality; since we all are sharing our interests. Also, forget spending time surfing […]

Palestine

On October 31, 2016March 22, 2019

Palestine

On October 31, 2016March 22, 2019

So here we were, at the lowest point of earth… I’m buoyant in your dead sea too! Although I am on the other side, the Jordanian part, my eyes are fixed on your hazy hills. I am captivated by the love I feel for you and although we have never […]