In the Name of the One

A little something about life, philosophy and poetry.

[islam-reflections]

When you rectify your relationship with the Creator, He rectifies your relationship with all of the creation.

Yasmin Mogahed

[awaitedone]

With my heart pierced,

My life’s ink slowly leaking, leaving me ounce by ounce,

I am all at once aware that this puncture, this hole that I thought broke my heart has done what I believed impossible.

Words now flow freely as ink drips onto a page. Endless thoughts and opportunities open.

Sometimes when you think you’re broken, it’s just your soul trying to find its way out of a cage that you unrealizingly have built around it.

[awaitedone]

The sun sets,

My heart drops,

Days pass and I fade,

I once could write - I once felt bright

Until the day you pierced my heart

The day my ink bled dry

[awaitedone]

[remanence-of-love]

[nudgeaf]

N°

[elhaammagazine]

“Allah makes the faith of every single believer his own [source of] intimacy, so that he will never feel lonely even if he were to be on the top of a mountain.”

— Imam al-Sadiq (a.s.), Bihar al-Anwar, v. 70, p. 111, no. 14

[awaitedone]

How many of us feel like we’re drowning and Hussayn is our saviour.

How many of us feel orphaned without our Imam close by as Ali is our Father.

How many know that we are only steady in our lives due to the duas of Fatima a.s?

[thinkofitasablessing]

[awaitedone]

A blank page can be like a clear lake that has no ripples and not a single thing disrupting its stillness. Flat and stretching beyond sight. But, what lies under it is a wonder. An entire ecosystem, a place provided by the Eternal Creator and sustained by Him. All can be called to the surface if He wishes. The pen may be releasing the ink that hits the page but it’s not hard to believe that sometimes the words surface by His call.

[spideyyeet]

[frnajdi]

This world is empty without you leading it If you take any longer, this earth will split

My eyes are tortured by your absence When will you come and restore the balance?

[luthienne]

“You were drowning, it seemed, in air.”

— Ocean Vuong, from On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

[awaitedone]

Everyday there is a choice. Choose good and choose well and you will excel. choose wrong and bad and nothing but a domino affect of problems come your way. Or is it the other way around? Choose bad and live in oblivion. Choose good and every factor of every moment will be a test. A smile, a laugh, a whisper from Satan himself - we choose and they poke. We choose and they prod. Inner battles and outer ones take place and sometimes you just wish to sink below the surface into the depths and breathe. Breathe air in a place that has none. Breathe the quiet, the comfort and be. Be everything that you can and be nothing but a breath.

[positiveupwardspiral]

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ~ Maya Angelou

[awaitedone]

The daybreaks and time moves forward. Another night. Another day. The moons phases wax on and we move forth forever more. Continuing our journey. Some of us blindfolded. Some of us bent and eyes lowered. Very few of us walking with grace nimbly towards your light. I look upon the ground for a staff to help me move through the terrain stumbling and helplessly but forevermore hopeful. Knowing that my journey maybe a lonely one but I am not alone.

[awaitedone]

Tawakkul

kalb e salim

[syedrezaabbas]

If I could spend eternity in your service, it wouldn’t be enough 🌹~ #ياحسين