Umar reported that he heard the Prophet, peace be upon him, say لَوْ أَنَّكُمْ تَوَكَّلْتُمْ عَلَى اللَّهِ حَقَّ تَوَكُّلِهِ لَرَزَقَكُمْ كَمَا يَرْزُقُ الطَّيْرَ تَغْدُو خِمَاصًا وَتَرُوحُ بِطَانًا If you all depend on Allah with due reliance, He would certainly give you provision as He gives it to birds who go forth hungry in the …
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Self, driving, 2018
‘Stephen Shore’
Stephen Shore is a new publication from MoMA, designed to accompany its 2017-18 Shore survey. It’s an interesting sort of exhibition catalog, and while it has examples of Shore’s work from over 6 decades, through all of his different styles formats, the arrangement of the book bothers me a bit.
Towne Lake Park, Irving, TX 2018
Stephen Shore – ‘Uncommon Places’
What can one say about Stephen Shore’s Uncommon Places that hasn’t already been said by someone more qualified, more intimately familiar, more theoretically grounded, more generally knowledgable? If you haven’t held this book in your hands and flipped slowly through the images, you owe it to yourself to do so, one day.
Hana, Towne Lake Park, Irving, TX 2018
wings, poles
In Surah Az-Zumar, ayat 23 Allah azza wa jall says اللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابًا مُّتَشَابِهًا مَّثَانِيَ تَقْشَعِرُّ مِنْهُ جُلُودُ الَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُمْ ثُمَّ تَلِينُ جُلُودُهُمْ وَقُلُوبُهُمْ إِلَىٰ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى اللَّهِ يَهْدِي بِهِ مَن يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُ مِنْ هَادٍ Allah has sent down the best statement: a consistent …
