Order

What a blessing you've given us here in this life! You wanted to do us a favor, To make it easy. You gave usLaws of natureAnd patterns in all the phenomenaAround usSo we can plan,Anticipate,And predictInstead of facing the unexpected at every turn. Of course,You canThrow the patternsOut of their order at any moment;(You've done...

The Other One, Sky

Of the two women he knew,The first was earth,The other one, sky. And I don't mean the earth that promotes growth,Of nutrients and rebirth;No.Rather, I mean that of rotAnd of notHaving hope whilst in the dirt of the grave. Of the two women he knew,The first was earth,The other one, sky. That first one wasn't...

Reading Together is Better

Assalamu Alaiykum ☁🕊☁ Alhamdulillah, I got a sudden idea to make a zoom meeting called:*Reading The Quran Daily In English For 15 Minutes* https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76875220402?pwd=R2dGUDNzZERrbXRRZnFabkpXTlh5UT09 I humbly invite anyone who would like to join. Here are further details: We will be reading aloud from the English version: The Qur'an: A New Translation by M. A. S....

Dear Terrorism

Click to Hear the Audio Version: https://soundcloud.com/fitful-fearful-phantasmal/dear-terrorism-original-poem-by-me Dear Terrorism, Maybe you believed you triumphed, but let me tell you you haven't. I know what it feels like when you put your all into something And you aren't successful. Yes, a lot of planning goes into carrying out the killing of innocents. So, I can only...

One Day

One day, I pray that people with the means and whilst sitting in positions of power, can hear the voices of the average everyday people who just want to live life simply and peacefully. Most of us don't harbor hate against those who are different than us, and those that do, can have a change...

I am Your Teacher

To My Students, (Past, Present, & Future),You are my student and I am your teacher.I am honored to have the responsibility of a small role within the vast span of your life. Sometimes, we only have a few interactions because I have so many students to manage at one time. But there is a lot...

If It Bleeds

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The Arabic Speech of Salah (Step-by-Step Recordings)

***Author's Note at the bottom***   Steps of Salah (The Muslim Ritual Prayer - 5 Times Per Day) Takbir - (Make intention to connect with Allah - "Allahu Akbar") Seek refuge with Allah from Shaytan (optional) Al-Fatiha (recite chapter 1 of Quran, mandatory every rakah) Recite any excerpt of Quran (minimum - length of 3...

Lots of us Might Get a Piece of that Pie

Can I just say that I love Islam? I looove Islam. I LOVE ISLAM! Woo! Ok. So I have a personal Islam-related story to tell. (Actually, that's not true; I have a billion Islam-related stories to tell but I will try to restrain myself so as not to bore/annoy/desensitize.) This story got me in my...

Things Left Cemented

I am so angry worried afraid sometimes. You wouldn't think it of me, Because if I Were a machine with dials I'd be the one with its setting stuck on smile, But all the while, There's a short that someone gnawed In one of my wires. Still, I believe I won't short out Before my short...

After the Jungle Crumbles

In this jungle, Not all lions are the same, But I wonder About the one Who swallowed my liver After mauling my limbs: Would he know me? Would he remember my scent If we met At the edge of the jungle, (Wherever and whenever that is)? Would he finish me off? Or would he express...

Where the Moon Landed

I told him I had a dream that The Moon landed in my lap So he landed a slap On my cheek. It burned, But it wasn't the first of his wrath And I had wondered, perhaps, What life would be like With him gone. It wasn't long Until the battle came and took him...

Been Waiting Years…

Only seven more days until me and my crew go to see IT part 2. I plan on writing my thoughts about it afterwards...unless, of course, it leaves me speechless for whatever reason.

An Urgent Message from Your Notebook

Please remember me. Clothe me in words: Lists Gratitudes Plans Ideas Prayers Stories Purgings. I'm cold, Madam! I'm naked. I shiver. Have some compassion! Dress me up in words, Layer upon layer; It's freezing in the nights. Wipe the dust off my bare face And sweep the pen 'cross my empty space. C'mon! Shake what's...

All the Prophets are Gone

The ripple of miracles. The transfer through angels of a language unknown Into a language we know. The squeeze of hearts of stone And replacing them with hope. The bravery despite ridicule. The mission to turn man Towards divine rule. Their past is more lasting Than any man's present Though All the prophets are gone...

Magnet

It's not just modern Or Eastern Nor absent in a life upturned. It's of no concern Whether you sit yourself on a stool in a tavern Or impart words behind a lectern; Hope is a magnet, Provided a person is iron.

Blue-Green Girl

Better to weather the heat, Sweet girl. Find coolness under the feet. Oil the hinges that creak, Sweet girl, With softness more often in speech. Go 'til the end of the desert, My girl. Better to aim for the long run, My girl, Be it drier than piles of cinnamon; A blue-green girl Is not...

Fifty-Five

I had these photos saved in my wordpress drafts for months and forgot about them. Anyway, back in February and March I made a book by hand, writing out all 78 ayat of Chapter 55 of the Quran. I got a little sore sitting and copying letters with my head crooked in a set position...

I didn’t think I would like Stranger Things 3…

..but I did end up enjoying myself overall. I began with rolling my eyes and sighing when it all started with kids making out and just love interests and stuff. Anyone who knows me knows I just do not really dig romance stories or watching couples on screen. I was like really eager to get...

Yesssssss!!!!

I am having the best time of my life Right NOWwwwwwzzz!!!! Wow wow wow wow. I am just soooooo happy. Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Alhamdulillah Hopefully I can share some more great news soon in Sha Allah. Take care! Sorry I've been neglecting my writing on both my blogs lately. Ramadan Kareem!!!

Chained But Not Slain

Yooooooo about-ten-days-deep-into-Ramadan people! Yooooooo to all other people with equal warmth! How is errybody feeling!? I feel like shouting "THANK GOD" pretty much every minute of every day. That about sums up the level of good that I'm feeling inside and out. So, yay for that! (I don't even know how or where to start...

Seven Minutes Left

"Miss, are you all right?" he asks the sobbing woman standing outside the humble airport entrance. He repeats himself, louder the second time, unsure whether the woman heard him over the raging windstorm. "I have to pray. I have to pray! Only seven minutes left," she yells between her tear-wetted fingers. The man studies the...

Bloom and Never Stop

Bloom and never stop. Give me reason to fall in drops. Stuck in clouds, I've been still, High atop the rolling hills. I am brimming. Bloom, I say! Tell me there is need of rain. Make me flow without refrain. Bloom and never stop.   (Click Here to Listen to an Audio Version of this...