It has been an interesting six months of searching yet here we are. On an endless river.
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It has been an interesting six months of searching yet here we are. On an endless river.
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O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a son whose name is John; we have given the same name to none.
Maryam, 7
Maryam, 7
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
O Zachariah! Lo! We bring thee tidings of a son whose name is John; we have given the same name to none.
Maryam, 7
Maryam, 7
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O mankind! Ye are the poor in your relation to Allah. And Allah! He is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.
Fatir, 15
Fatir, 15
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
O mankind! Ye are the poor in your relation to Allah. And Allah! He is the Absolute, the Owner of Praise.
Fatir, 15
Fatir, 15
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O ye who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance. And glorify Him early and late. He it is Who blesseth you, and His angels, that He may bring you forth from darkness unto light, and He is ever Merciful to the believers.
Al-Ahzab, 41-43
Al-Ahzab, 41-43
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
O ye who believe! Remember Allah with much remembrance. And glorify Him early and late. He it is Who blesseth you, and His angels, that He may bring you forth from darkness unto light, and He is ever Merciful to the believers.
Al-Ahzab, 41-43
Al-Ahzab, 41-43
"Mûtû kable en temûtu" sırrını fehm eyleyen,
Haşr u neşri gördü bunda nefha-i sûr olmadan.
He who understands the secret of "dying before death"
has seen the Resurrection and the Gathering before its calling.
Haşr u neşri gördü bunda nefha-i sûr olmadan.
He who understands the secret of "dying before death"
has seen the Resurrection and the Gathering before its calling.
April 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"Mûtû kable en temûtu" sırrını fehm eyleyen,
Haşr u neşri gördü bunda nefha-i sûr olmadan.
He who understands the secret of "dying before death"
has seen the Resurrection and the Gathering before its calling.
Haşr u neşri gördü bunda nefha-i sûr olmadan.
He who understands the secret of "dying before death"
has seen the Resurrection and the Gathering before its calling.
“If thou wilt understand and feel what thou readest, thou must turn to it with humility, simplicity, and faith, and not seek the fame of a learned man. Ask rather for the grace of devotion than for understanding, for it is better to feel compunction than to know its definition.”
April 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
“If thou wilt understand and feel what thou readest, thou must turn to it with humility, simplicity, and faith, and not seek the fame of a learned man. Ask rather for the grace of devotion than for understanding, for it is better to feel compunction than to know its definition.”
I do not like the Xification of Letterboxd. I am not going to deny that the comments are hilarious and fun to read but I shouldn't be scrolling for half an hour to read an actual movie critic.
April 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I do not like the Xification of Letterboxd. I am not going to deny that the comments are hilarious and fun to read but I shouldn't be scrolling for half an hour to read an actual movie critic.
In his treatise “Dear Beloved Son”, Imam Ghazali says: My son, know that the [religious] knowledge which does not spare you from your sins and does not increase you in worship of God will not be able to save you from the Hellfire.
April 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
In his treatise “Dear Beloved Son”, Imam Ghazali says: My son, know that the [religious] knowledge which does not spare you from your sins and does not increase you in worship of God will not be able to save you from the Hellfire.
"Everyone upon it [the earth] is bound to perish, and there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honour." Al-Rahman, 26-27.
"Many acts of aggression end in loss of face."
April 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"Everyone upon it [the earth] is bound to perish, and there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honour." Al-Rahman, 26-27.
Seeing so many Turks flocking here en masse, I feel like a Roman Kipchak mercenary stationed in Eastern Anatolia in 1071 AD.
April 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Seeing so many Turks flocking here en masse, I feel like a Roman Kipchak mercenary stationed in Eastern Anatolia in 1071 AD.
I really do feel at peace and in health at most when I do prostrate in prayers. I respectfully have to disagree with Imam Abu Hanifah, may God have mercy on his soul, who said the standing is the most blessed part of the prayer.
April 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I really do feel at peace and in health at most when I do prostrate in prayers. I respectfully have to disagree with Imam Abu Hanifah, may God have mercy on his soul, who said the standing is the most blessed part of the prayer.
#TIL that the Crimeans once devastated Prussia on behalf of their ally Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Second Northern War so severely that it went down in German history as "Tatarensturm" (Tatar Storm). It has a nice ring to it though, would be a cool handle.
April 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
#TIL that the Crimeans once devastated Prussia on behalf of their ally Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Second Northern War so severely that it went down in German history as "Tatarensturm" (Tatar Storm). It has a nice ring to it though, would be a cool handle.
The thing I will never ever forget about Lars and the Real Girl was that my castrated brain waited whole movie for some riff-raffs to mock Lars into agony but nobody in the town actually did. Surely goodness begins with the absence of evil in one's soul. Five stars for that.
April 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The thing I will never ever forget about Lars and the Real Girl was that my castrated brain waited whole movie for some riff-raffs to mock Lars into agony but nobody in the town actually did. Surely goodness begins with the absence of evil in one's soul. Five stars for that.
Blessed Friday and peace be upon you all!
Photo: Simeiz Friday [Cuma] Mosque, Alushta, Crimea, 1913.
Photo: Simeiz Friday [Cuma] Mosque, Alushta, Crimea, 1913.
March 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Blessed Friday and peace be upon you all!
Photo: Simeiz Friday [Cuma] Mosque, Alushta, Crimea, 1913.
Photo: Simeiz Friday [Cuma] Mosque, Alushta, Crimea, 1913.
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He is the First, and the Last, and the Manifest, and the Hidden; and He is the Knower of all things.
Al-Hadid, 3
Al-Hadid, 3
March 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
He is the First, and the Last, and the Manifest, and the Hidden; and He is the Knower of all things.
Al-Hadid, 3
Al-Hadid, 3
Tez çıkarırlar fevkâ'l-ûlâya şol Îsâ gibi dünyâ koyanı
Tez indirirler tahte's-serâya bin Kârûn gibi dünyâ seveni
Quickly will be raised up to the highest he who, like Jesus, abandons the world
Quickly will be buried in the lowest he who, like a thousand Korah, desires the world
—Yunus the Dervish
Tez indirirler tahte's-serâya bin Kârûn gibi dünyâ seveni
Quickly will be raised up to the highest he who, like Jesus, abandons the world
Quickly will be buried in the lowest he who, like a thousand Korah, desires the world
—Yunus the Dervish
March 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Tez çıkarırlar fevkâ'l-ûlâya şol Îsâ gibi dünyâ koyanı
Tez indirirler tahte's-serâya bin Kârûn gibi dünyâ seveni
Quickly will be raised up to the highest he who, like Jesus, abandons the world
Quickly will be buried in the lowest he who, like a thousand Korah, desires the world
—Yunus the Dervish
Tez indirirler tahte's-serâya bin Kârûn gibi dünyâ seveni
Quickly will be raised up to the highest he who, like Jesus, abandons the world
Quickly will be buried in the lowest he who, like a thousand Korah, desires the world
—Yunus the Dervish
Yesterday I was blessed to spend Laylat al-Qadr at the mosque of Saint Hacı Bayram, may God sanctify his secret, one of the four poles of Anatolian Sufi tradition. By Allah, the people were so beautiful I didn't want to leave until sunrise.
March 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Yesterday I was blessed to spend Laylat al-Qadr at the mosque of Saint Hacı Bayram, may God sanctify his secret, one of the four poles of Anatolian Sufi tradition. By Allah, the people were so beautiful I didn't want to leave until sunrise.
Allah and His Messenger loves, especially in the month of Ramadan, and on Friday, those who spend from what his Lord had bestowed upon them from health and wealth for the sake of Him. He says: “Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over?”
March 21, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Allah and His Messenger loves, especially in the month of Ramadan, and on Friday, those who spend from what his Lord had bestowed upon them from health and wealth for the sake of Him. He says: “Who is it that would loan Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over?”
'Tis the day our master Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib, the Lion of God, has passed away from this world as a martyr and met with his Lord upon the best of state. May the Almighty grant him the highest of positions and make us students of his way, worthy of him.
March 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
'Tis the day our master Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib, the Lion of God, has passed away from this world as a martyr and met with his Lord upon the best of state. May the Almighty grant him the highest of positions and make us students of his way, worthy of him.
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"This world will never hold for you or me.
So just hold God to heart, and let it be.
Trust not this earthly kindom to be true.
You will not be the first it nursed then slew.
What does it matter, as your soul moves on,
Whether you die in dirt or on a throne?"
— Saadi of Shiraz
So just hold God to heart, and let it be.
Trust not this earthly kindom to be true.
You will not be the first it nursed then slew.
What does it matter, as your soul moves on,
Whether you die in dirt or on a throne?"
— Saadi of Shiraz
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"This world will never hold for you or me.
So just hold God to heart, and let it be.
Trust not this earthly kindom to be true.
You will not be the first it nursed then slew.
What does it matter, as your soul moves on,
Whether you die in dirt or on a throne?"
— Saadi of Shiraz
So just hold God to heart, and let it be.
Trust not this earthly kindom to be true.
You will not be the first it nursed then slew.
What does it matter, as your soul moves on,
Whether you die in dirt or on a throne?"
— Saadi of Shiraz
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An Irish Blessing on St. Patrick's Day
May those who love us, love us;
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping.
May those who love us, love us;
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping.
March 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
An Irish Blessing on St. Patrick's Day
May those who love us, love us;
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping.
May those who love us, love us;
And for those who don't love us,
May God turn their hearts;
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles,
So we will know them by their limping.
Wonderful. It reminded me of the Prophet John's rebuke of the Jews in Matthew 3: “For I tell you that God can raise up from these stones sons of Abraham.”
Ge'ez has two words እብን ʔəbn: "son" (borrowed from Arabic ابن ibn) and "stone" (cognate with Hebrew אבן ʔéḇen and Akkadian abnum).
the "son" word in the sentence above is ወልድ wäld, cognate with Arabic ولد walad and Hebrew ילד yéleḏ.
ኅብስት ḫəbəst "bread" comes from the same root as Arabic خبز ḫubz.
the "son" word in the sentence above is ወልድ wäld, cognate with Arabic ولد walad and Hebrew ילד yéleḏ.
ኅብስት ḫəbəst "bread" comes from the same root as Arabic خبز ḫubz.
March 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Wonderful. It reminded me of the Prophet John's rebuke of the Jews in Matthew 3: “For I tell you that God can raise up from these stones sons of Abraham.”
1446 is probably the worst Ramadan for my salvation. I never felt drifted this much apart from God and what is even worse is that I'm witnessing it with a clear understanding as it happens. It's like I watch my own downfall on live television with family and friends present.
March 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
1446 is probably the worst Ramadan for my salvation. I never felt drifted this much apart from God and what is even worse is that I'm witnessing it with a clear understanding as it happens. It's like I watch my own downfall on live television with family and friends present.
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