Musings

Becoming Better

[m-khadija]

Do you ever look back at situations and thank Allah for making it hard for you to fall into a sin? Alhamdulillah for the countless times He made it hard for us to cross a line we would regret for the rest of our lives.

[m-khadija]

Bless the women. Bless the women who are the pillars that make Ramadan and Eid comfortable and joyous experiences for everyone.

[m-khadija]

Eid Mubarak to you and your loved ones. Give and send love and remember those with bleeding hearts, those whose tears are flowing, those grieving the loss of their loved ones, the orphans spending Eid alone, those in war zones, those under seige, those imprisoned unjustly, the oppressed, the sick, remember the entire Ummah. May Allah shower His mercy and love upon us all. Eid Mubarak.

[creativenomad]

Harar, Ethiopia

[eearth-deactivated20180601]

Don’t settle for nice, for pleasant, for familiar. Keep looking until you find something that really moves you, that resonates with your core. And I mean this for people, for interests, for hobbies, for your possessions, clothes, music, books, art. Everything. Curate every aspect of your life, as much as you can. It’s in the things that deeply inspire us that we find ourselves. Surround yourself with truth, and you’ll have built yourself a heaven.

[m-khadija]

Ramadan is almost over. This is how fleeting our lives are. We are here only for a very limited time. It's not worth it to be heedless of the akhirah, heedless of our actions or of the meeting with Allah. We are merely travelers passing through to get to our true Home. Let's not lose sight of our purpose. May Allah guide us.

[m-khadija]

I’ve seen people turn away and lose hope in being Muslim because of their sins. This isn’t to encourage sinning, but no matter how grave your sins are, hold onto your Islam and keep striving to worship Allah. Someday you will repent. In shaa Allah, someday you will repent but don’t turn away from Islam because of your sins. Don’t let your sins define your relationship with Allah. You can still worship Him.

Rumi wrote,

“Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vow a thousand times. Come, come again, come.”

Give hope to people. Give hope to yourself and don’t despair, for there is always a share for you at the fountain of His mercy.

[niqabisinparis]

i noticed this thing with a lot of men. they tend to be really generous and kind only to women they’re attracted to. duh, obvious statement to most of you but it’s jarring when you see it first hand and it’s so prevalent and insidious to the point that it feels uncomfortable accepting help from a strange without thinking of the possibility of him having ulterior motives. and it’s disheartening knowing that if you’re in a position needing a man’s help, a lot of times it will depend entirely on whether or not he’s attracted to you. and the problem is that they think this goes both ways. i can show a simple gesture of kindness and a man will take it as me coming on to him. me letting you go in front of me on the checkout line because you have one item, me offering change because you don’t have any, or anything other well-intentioned act of kindness results in a man trying to eventually make a move thinking that it’s mutual. how sad it must be to think that there’s no kindness for the sake of kindness. that all good done in this world is based on sexual impulses instead of the desire to help another human being just how you like to be helped. 

[political-construct-deactivated]

Colonialism and imperialism have not paid their score when they withdraw their flags and their police forces from our territories. For centuries the capitalists have behaved in the underdeveloped world like nothing more than war criminals. Deportations, massacres, forced labor, and slavery have been the main methods used by capitalism to increase its wealth, its gold or diamond reserves, and to establish its power.

Frantz Fanon, Wretched of the Earth (via gayasscommie)

[decayinginfrontofme-blog]

poor children literally jumped to their deaths attempting to escape the fire and a bunch of rich fucks are already out and about with their talking points defending austerity and simultaneously saying how we should not politicize this, which was a direct result of capitalist politics. How much more is it going to take for people to realize that capitalism is actual violence and is directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of millions of people every year?

[digivolvin]

i quit sephora and now i feel much more comfortable being able to talk about my issues with makeup culture as it has evolved, so here’s a bit of a venting session from me! wall of text ahead!

to start: i think makeup is great, it’s incredibly fun, and i will alway stand by it as an invaluable method of immediate and non-permanent self-modification. it can help a lot of people with self expression and (mostly gender) presentation, and the fact that there are so many people who feel truer to their internal selves with the help of makeup is wonderful. 

BUT, that said, makeup culture itself is awful. i was in cosmetic sales for about 3 years, i’ve been an avid makeup enthusiast for a good decade, and it disheartens me the way people come to view themselves because of makeup culture. before i worked at sephora i was much more optimistic about makeup, and y’all would see me go blue in the face defending it– working in cosmetics shed a LOT of light on the things i would prefer to ignore. 

Keep reading

[m-khadija]

You should be patient when you tread the path to healing. You have led your heart into a dark dungeon for years, what makes you think that healing will be an easy journey? You will fall, you will break, you will cry, you will curse the pain, you will try to fill the emptiness left by the familiarity of what you're letting go of; you will suffer. But if you hold on to the Healer and persist, you will come through. Eventually. Trust that. You have to be patient. Let patience, perseverance and hope be the hands you never let go of in this journey. And don't forget Allah, for the One who causes flowers to sprout in spring after their death in winter can surely bring life back to your heart. Be patient and persevere.

[camllo]

Not everything you want is good for you.

[wordswritteninsilence]

A cage for the empty

There was so much of me I wanted to show you And you only offered me reminders of my inadequacy

I was comfortable in our silences And yet you spat words of hate in my direction

A cage was necessary to ensure lucidity And today, a realisation has dawned upon me

The empty do not need a cage

[imperfectly360]

This sadness is a longing, a signature from God, reminding you that you don’t belong here, that this isn’t your home.

Key Ballah, (via imperfectly360)

[m-khadija]

I’m so glad my summer vacation began today. I’m looking forward to self-care, reading a lot, and learning a few new skills. But also, I’m craving silence more than ever. I’m tired of the clamor, and I just want to seek solace in solitude with my soul, books and nature. I think a break from the clamor that is everyday life and all the stresses that come with it is a healthy option for my spiritual and mental well-being. I need to run away from the noise. 

[sabahelnoor]

I don’t think men understand the concept of finding partnership within their significant others until they’re older and have themselves figured out. Over the past three years or so, it seems as if when a man my age was into me all he wanted to do was take. No sense of wanting a partner (equal in the sense of care and giving) but a strong sense of desiring a woman for consumption (as a distraction from himself and as a vessel to place all his pent up insecurities) or a woman to put in the emotional labor of healing him. It took so long for me to realize this and in retrospect, the signs are always clear when a man doesn’t want you as a partner but rather a tool to make his life better. Now, I would never think to be with someone who isn’t already fulfilled on his own because otherwise he’ll use me as one of the beings to fulfill him. Only when two fulfilled people come together, can there be a partnership and isn’t that better? Partners in life rather than two people trying to take from each other to fill their own voids.