February 12, 2010
Posted in Hikams, Islam, Knowledge, Quotes, Sufism at 10:42 pm by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
I don’t know why, although I have heard it so many times before, it is still very important to think about every single time:
“God does not turn his back on me but I turn my back on God.”
To the person who reminded me of this: Jazaaka Allahu Khairah.
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May 10, 2012
Posted in Epiphanies, Faith786's Favorites, Knowledge, Social Commentary at 10:39 pm by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
It has been some time since I have posted something in my epiphanies series, no?
Well, last Saturday I attended a college graduation in which many of my college friends just graduated.
It was profound, happy, serious, silly and beautiful. But one of my friends gave the graduation speech and he said something that really hit me close to home. (And warranted this post.) Read the rest of this entry »
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April 28, 2012
Posted in Chemistry, Faith786's Favorites, Poetry at 11:38 pm by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
Yesterday was my last class with some of the most wonderful friends I met in college. They are graduating and going off to do bigger and better things, but I did write this poem for them. I was lucky to have organic chem, biochem and many other courses with them. I am really grateful to meet them and all my friends. =)
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Twiddling Thumbs
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January 20, 2012
Posted in Faith786's Favorites, Poetry at 1:52 am by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
This was written in one go. Dedicated to a wonderful friend, but I thought it can really be about anyone who needs a gentle reminder that someone cares about you.
Dear Little Starlight
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January 8, 2012
Posted in Epiphanies, Islam, Knowledge, Social Commentary at 4:21 am by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
After a *VERY* long time, large number of requests and thinking, I decided I’m going to try this whole blogging thing again. =)
Today’s Random Rambling is about creativity. What really prompted me to write this were two things: I have been reading up lately how the American education system has been lacking the conditions and environment to help promote and foster creativity in children. The other are the recent criticisms I have been getting that I’m studying chemistry, which is so “left brained,” that it is so cut-dry, logical, monotonous and does not tap into the mind’s sense of imagination and creativity.
First things first:
There is nothing so powerful, so mysterious and so moving like a human thought. Read the rest of this entry »
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July 25, 2011
Posted in Poetry at 2:56 pm by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
The summer is lovely, but some days can be a little more difficult than others. I was watching the storm, missing some dear friends and I wrote this for all the people I miss and do not know how to communicate with very well.
Drops
Rings of keys and shoe prints fell from above.
A blissful voice circled me with the breeze.
Memories drip off my cold fingertips.
Picking up my head to see drops of light from the sky.
Drops of light from your eyes—
I keep guessing—
Pulling my mind apart.
Every single spoken word or movement of my pen
Cannot speak so loud as my heart.
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July 1, 2011
Posted in Hikams, Islam, Knowledge, Quotes, Sufism, Tazkiyah at 10:42 pm by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
Life can often play itself out in ways I cannot understand or control. In times like those, I often turn to my friends who speak to me through the precious pages of my books. This time, one friend touched my heart while giving me a little more strength.
“All wisdom can be stated in two lines:
What’s done for you–allow it to be done.
What you must do yourself–make sure you do it.” –Khawwas
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June 18, 2011
Posted in Character, Islam, Knowledge, Social Commentary, Teaching/Education at 10:18 pm by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
I have no idea what prompted the title other than the end of my spring semester and my summer break so far has all felt like a pre-mid life crisis. I do not know if that is really funny or mildly disturbing. Warning: Super long post.
But anyway, on to the topic of this post: circles ad chips. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 16, 2011
Posted in Social Commentary, Taqwa at 11:26 pm by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
Note: Written March 9th
Someone said something very interesting that sparked my mind–what makes something beautiful?
My friends were able to give many examples of things that are beautiful and ideas or thoughts that are beautiful. But they were all examples. Interestingly enough, I didn’t really agree too much with what other people were saying on what is beautiful. For them, it seemed to be more materialistic: people and objects. By all means, I think people can be beautiful, nature tends to be very beautiful, and random works or art can be beautiful. But when I first heard the word beautiful, the first thing I thought of was a pen and paper.
I find beauty in the human mind. Read the rest of this entry »
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February 19, 2011
Posted in Hikams, Quotes at 11:27 am by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
Someone related this to me from her math class and I found it profound in many ways:
“You can’t solve a problem unless you understand it first.”
—Random Math Teacher
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February 17, 2011
Posted in Character, Islam, Poetry, Taqwa at 12:23 am by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
Today I went for a walk near the pond by my home. There was a small hole in the sheet of ice and a small puddle of water was visible under the bridge. I saw a shadow of my reflection and I was unhappy what I saw. From last year until now, I learned a lot about the world around me, but I became afraid that I was forgetting about myself. I do not want to lose my sense of self in the flow of life. Recently, I think I have been ruining my relationships with others and that realization had brought a unique type of pain in my heart. Then God’s Invitation found its way to me, inside a poem I read in a book:
On Pain Read the rest of this entry »
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May 10, 2012
My Epiphanies (XVIII)
Posted in Epiphanies, Faith786's Favorites, Knowledge, Social Commentary at 10:39 pm by faith786
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
It has been some time since I have posted something in my epiphanies series, no?
Well, last Saturday I attended a college graduation in which many of my college friends just graduated.
It was profound, happy, serious, silly and beautiful. But one of my friends gave the graduation speech and he said something that really hit me close to home. (And warranted this post.) Read the rest of this entry »
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