February 12, 2010
Today’s Words of Wisdom #13
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.
January 20, 2012
My Poems: Dear Little Starlight
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
July 25, 2011
My Poems: Drops
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.
July 1, 2011
Under Control and Taking Control
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
February 19, 2011
Today’s Words of Wisdom #15
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
February 17, 2011
On Pain–Khalil Gibran
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 »
August 25, 2010
Forgiveness
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
We are in the days of Forgiveness. There are a bunch of things running through my mind, but I came across an ayah that warranted this post:
And may not those who possess superiority (in wealth) among you and possess capacity, swear not to give to the relatives and to the needy, and to those who left their homes for Allah’s cause. Do you not love that Allah should forgive you? And Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.
–Surah Nur, Ayah 22 [24:22]
So people, there are two sides to the days of Forgiveness. One is to seek Forgiveness from Allah. Another is to seek and forgive others. How can we be good Muslims–good human beings–if we don’t have the hearts to forgive?
August 20, 2010
Secrets?
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Assalamu Alaikum,
Yesterday a friend of mine witnessed an open heart surgery. She told me she was intrigued by seeing a live heart beating.
That got me thinking: beneath our still exteriors, our hearts are always beating. Even at our moments of supreme happiness, or deepest grief. We may never whisper a single word, we may carry a thousand secrets or several million thoughts across a silent open field, but our hearts still beat. Consciously or unconsciously, it is there keeping us alive. To me, it is a symbolic representation of God’s knowledge of everything we say or think. We may think we hide things or we may be unconscious of God’s infinite knowledge, but God always knows what is in our minds and in our hearts. Like our hearts keep beating no matter what we say, think or do, God knows everything in us, no matter what.
May not be the best logical connection, but it made me think.
“Whether you say a thing aloud or inaudibly, He has knowledge of the secret and the hidden.”
–Surah Ta Ha, Ayah 7 [20:7]
January 8, 2012
Random Ramblings: Creativity
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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