No Gods (But God), No Masters (But God)

21, Transgender Woman, Muslim Revert(?) Anarchist.

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“Allah is too big and open for my deen to be small and closed.”

— Michael Muhammad Knight

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a reintroduction.

I'm Nevada. i started this blog when i was 16 and underwent a conversion to Islam. a lot has changed since then. I transitioned, became a writer semi-professionally, left home, became homeless, constantly questioned my relationship to Islam. I think I may have left it... but I don't think Islam ever left me so to speak.

one thing I noticed is I've always sucked at following rules (hence my username) and Islam as it is sometimes presented to me bogs me down in rules, I've never managed to pray 5 times a day or participate in Ramadan does that make my initial conversion dubious? quite possibly, but i remember the Quran gripping me when I was 16 and it grabbing me the same way still.

am I a Muslim? a strong maybe but I need to continue to examine my relationship to it because I still feel connected. I won't speak for anyone but myself and I will be insufferably sincere, even if it means I will be wrong because I'm allowed to be wrong and I'm allowed to not know.

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Still here, still Muslim.

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Hello everyone, I do not know what I believe.

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Do you ever have those days where your whole being aches for Allah but you feel like you can't get back to him?

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Chehel Sotton Palace, Isfahan, Iran

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I'm back!

And I'm ready for more learning, if you're a progressive Muslim who knows a lot about theology, i could really use you, i really want to deepen my knowledge!

[direwolfiex]

One day the sun admitted, I am just a shadow. I wish I could show you The infinite Incandescence That had cast my brilliant image! I wish I could show you, When you are lonely or in darkness, The Astonishing Light Of your own Being!

Hafiz (via saalik)

[purplebuddhaproject]

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Rumi (via purplebuddhaproject)

[3la-almashy]

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Body’s beauty will fade Just like how flowers die And soul’s beauty will stay Blooming over the years.

[islamicthinking]

Reading Qurʾān | Al-Fateh Grand Mosque, Manama, Bahrain

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I can’t believe I used to work as a tour guide in this amazing place!

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Are you a Muslim now or? And I love ur blog btw💗

Yes! I spent a little time away, angry at God, but I'm back.

[kitab-alf-layla-wa-layla]

Reblog it if you're muslim and you're proud of your religion.

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Every Muslim should be reblogging this.

[dincturk]

A Child in Istanbul giving brochures about Rumi.

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The cure for love is love

دواء داء الحب الحب

Kenan Rifai commenting on Jalālu'dīn al-Rūmī’s Mathnawī

(via sufi-sophia)

[tawakkull]

The desires of this world are like sea water. The more you drink of them, the more you thirst.

Ibn Arabi (k.s)

[queermuslims]

Do you believe in an infinitely merciful, all knowing, loving God? Why would you limit that to condemn something you don’t understand? To up and turn people away from the greatest truth there is in the universe? How cruel can you be? How does that in any way reflect submission to that same loving, merciful and omnipotent undying force?

haraamsquad responding to transphobia for the win  (via nusiverse)