As of about 8:30pm CST here in DFW, the blessed guest has arrived. All praise and thanks be to God! Ramadan is such a blessing: the devils are chained, so we can’t blame any of our sins on them; the doors of forgiveness have been thrown wide open, and so there’s no excuse for us …
Category Archives: Reminders
Local Elections Matter.
Back on April 15, the Islamic Center of Irving hosted the 2017 Candidate Forum for the local candidates. This year, Irving citizens get to choose a new mayor—Beth Van Duyne, who hasn’t really been the best friend of her Muslim constituency, decided not to run again, thankfully, and will soon be up in Washington, helping …
ignorance will suffice
A reminder for me, first, if perhaps a bit late: As narrated by Abu Huraira, the Prophet, peace be upon him, said إِيَّاكُمْ وَالظَّنَّ، فَإِنَّ الظَّنَّ أَكْذَبُ الْحَدِيثِ، وَلاَ تَجَسَّسُوا، وَلاَ تَحَسَّسُوا، وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا، وَكُونُوا إِخْوَانًا Beware of suspicion (about others), as suspicion is the falsest talk, and do not spy upon each other, and …
Everywhere, signs
I photograph to encourage thought, or hope to. I don’t always succeed, but it’s not always up to me, and I’m not really sure, yet, how to direct thought in specific ways. I hope to refine my vision and technique, and learn to make photographs that remind myself and other of the wonders that are all around us. …
Dust in the Wind
From Surah al Kahf وَاضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلَ الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا كَمَاءٍ أَنزَلْنَاهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَاخْتَلَطَ بِهِ نَبَاتُ الْأَرْضِ فَأَصْبَحَ هَشِيمًا تَذْرُوهُ الرِّيَاحُ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ مُّقْتَدِرًا And present to them the example of the life of this world, like rain which We send down from the sky, and the vegetation of the earth …
There is no power except in Allah
Alhamdulillah, Allah azza wa jall, al Qawiyy, lent me some of His immeasurable, unimaginable strength over the weekend: I transformed one raised bed garden/vegetable patch into two, and moved it to a more prominent location on the other side of the yard/garden. مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ What Allah willed [has occurred]; there …
stop. look. appreciate.
I stumbled upon a completely-disappeared post by Grant Meyer, in which talks about taking some time to stop and appreciate the landscape around him. He talks about the looky-loos that come to photograph and otherwise enjoy the landscape in spring and summer, when crops cover the rolling hills around him, and comments on the stark …
