'Solace' Category
I’m Bringin’ Sweetness Back.
salamualaikum
So, Rabyia asked me a question:
“I’m really interested to know how you would advice an individual who has tasted the sweetness of eemaan but through stresses of life has drifted away from the deen and now has become like a stranger to even the simplest of deeni matters.”
Honestly I don’t feel capable of answering [...]Down, but not out.
You can take my money.
You can take my belongings.
You can take my friends and family.
You can take the roof over my head.
You can take the clothes off my back.
You can take my body to the limit, and beyond.
…
But you’ll never douse the white-hot fire of my eyes.
You’ll never breach the fortress of my will.
You’ve got [...]No matter what.
Once there was a scholar whom Allaah ta3ala had blessed with four children, all boys.Â
One day, one of the boys passed away, and upon being told the news, the scholar’s reaction was truly exemplary. He said:
“Alhamdulillaah for what He gave, and alhamdulillaah for what He took. He took back only one of my sons and [...]Clouds Above Go Sailing By…
“You are the springtime I dreamed of so desperate during the cold winter chills.â€
- Richard Wagner
Ta7t el-3arsh
Br. Waleed Shaalan.
He was amongst the 30+ victims at Virginia Tech who were shot and injured / killed this morning in a senseless rampage.======================= Update: ============================
NY Times is reporting that Brother Shaalan was also a hero that day. According to Randy Dymond, a civil engineering professor at Virginia Tech, Mr. Shaalan saved the life of [...]Resolute
“Over the foreboding mountains, through the abysmal valleys, astride the desolate plains and through the tumultuous seas, this nation will persevere. Ya shabaab, ya shabaab, ya shabaab … innakum quwwatuna … fa la takoun minal qaniteen.”
- Anonymous
“The salvation of humanity is not achieved by force of arms. It depends upon the moral [...]National Ummahgraphic
Belal just came back from Hajj and put up some damn nice pics on his Google gallery - click here to check them out. The pics were taken using a 3.2 MP Sony Cybershot camera.
The widescreen, panoramic pics are just fantastic, masha’allah. For some of the wide shots, he took over 15 individual shots, and [...]Unwavering Trust
Imagine a kid, a young boy.
Standing there with his father behind his back, he feels safe and secure; he has his father’s arms at his neck and shoulders. They’re watching something … anything … it could be watching the sunset, watching the effects of a rainstorm, watching a car accident, watching some construction crew working [...]Two sides of the same coin
“Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion - simultaneously the source of your greatest strength and your greatest weakness.”
- The Architect (Matrix Reloaded)
I was thinking about how true and deep that statement is. Hope leads you to keep on going even when all odds are against you, it’s what keeps you going even when you’re [...]To die for …
You know something?
I have stuff people want to kill me for.
And instead of trying to get rid of that stuff, I’d rather hold on to it pretty tightly.
Since you’re dying to know… cliquez ici …Â