In the Healing Timeless Words of ♡ Beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺ ♡, ‘Indeed, there is in the body a bite-size [organ], if mended, the whole body will be healed, and if corrupt then the whole body will be ruined; indeed, it is the heart.’
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Poem ☁️ VACANT TOLERANCE
REFRAMING PERSPECTIVES
‘Malicious generalisations about Islam have become the last acceptable form of denigration of foreign culture in the West; what is said about the Muslim mind, or character, or religion, or culture as a whole cannot now be said in mainstream discussion about Africans, Jews, other Orientals, or Asians.’ ~ The Late Edward Said
A NEW EID POEM by Khalid AlMahmoud
{. . . To Allâh belongs the command [i.e., decree] before and after. And that day the believers will rejoice. In the victory of Allâh. He gives victory to whom He wills, and He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful. [It is] the promise of Allâh. Allâh does not fail in His promise, but most of the people do not know.}
(30:04-06)
Poem ☁ WORDS LEFT BEHIND
‘Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, “It might have been.”‘ ~ John Greenleaf Whittier
Poem ☁ THE SLEEPING POET AWAKENS
What are words, rhymes and verses good for?
When we don’t live by them but ephemerally
We get lost in the poetic flow of similes and metaphors
With the message stirring an emotion only temporarily
Poem ☁ TO FALL IN LOVE
A RESILIENT HEART
{And those who BELIEVE are STRONGER in LOVE for ALLÂH} ♡ (002:165)
‘Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.’ ~ Albert Camus
Poem ☁ A SILENT PLEA
KILLING OURSELVES SLOWLY
{وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا}
{And do not kill yourselves; Indeed, Allâh is to you ever Merciful.}
(04:29)
Art ☁ JERUSALEM IS OURS
‘They used to say Palestinians fight like heroes, now they say heroes fight like Palestinians.’ ~ Norman Finkelstein
‘Power in the defense of freedom is greater than power on behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction, which produces action, uncompromising action.’ ~ Malcolm X رحمه الله
Poem ☁ FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
Thanks to my dear hubby’s dare
I started this website five years ago today
With the intention of sharing book reviews
Instead, it has evolved in a different way
Poem ☁ THE ONLY TRUTH: THE INNER TRUTH (III)
{It is HE Who created life and death to test which of you is BETTER in Deed}
(67:02)