A reminder for myself, first: as Allah azza wa jall told us فَمَا أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَيْءٍ فَمَتَاعُ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَمَا عِندَ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ وَأَبْقَىٰ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ So whatever thing you have been given – it is but [for] enjoyment of the worldly life. But what is with Allah is better and …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
man, walking
James Baldwin, Richard Avedon – ‘Nothing Personal’
‘Nothing Personal’ is a largely unflinching portrait of mid-Century America, strangely re-released by Taschen at this time of American Greatness, and we’re really, very, very, really Great, where we’re all, really very united—it’s stupendous, really. The photographs of our heroes, they’re really, really great, really, and those other people in there, we love them, really. …
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Natalie Blom – ‘Return’ & ‘The Shattered Horizon’
Natalie Blom’s ‘Return’ and ‘The Shattered Horizon,’ are collections of beautiful, lo-fi, sub- ex- and urban landscapes, exploring her hometown and places she visits with an eye toward experimentation. The results are beautiful and inspirational.
Drama. Dallas, TX 2016
building for His sake
Uthman bin Affan heard the Prophet, peace be upon him, say مَنْ بَنَى لِلَّهِ مَسْجِدًا بَنَى اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ Whoever builds a Masjid for (the sake of) Allah, then Allah will build a similar house for him in Paradise.
