Expression of Thoughts

 
A word, a sentence, a quote, a picture, can mean so much when you want to narrate, describe, argue or just simply define. You can write, read or listen to it at any time of the day and it has the ability to evoke in its readers emotions of joy, sorrow, imagination, anger and reflection.
The [...]

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Miracles of the Quran: Fingerprints

 
 “We shall show them Our signs on the horizons and within themselves until it will become clear to them that it is the Truth. Does it not suffice that your Lord is Witness over all things?”
Qur’an:41:53
The following video made me realize how much more in depth I still need to spend time reading the Quran in [...]

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Islamic Art

What is it about Islamic art?
Art collections like ceramics, textiles, carpets, metalwork, glass and calligraphy have always fascinated me. It is the nonrepresentational decoration of this table that can be appreciated for having the absence of figural imagery which is at least within a religious context.
 
For any audience a visit to a museum that display [...]

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Hadiths live on………

 
What do you usually think of when you hear the word kindness?
Is it opening doors for others?  Is it visiting someone who has been sick at home or at the hospital? Maybe sending an email card to someone. Leaving a tip for the waiter/waitress. All of these are good things.
What do you think when you think about [...]

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Food for Thought

 
“And tall (and stately) palm-trees, with shoots of fruit-stalks piled one over another” (Noble Qur’an 50:10)
It is soft to the touch, gooey when chewed and sweet to the taste. What is it?
The best dry fruit anyone can ever get their hands into-DATES
Today I had some for snack and so I decided to explore more on [...]

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Health and Mental Benefits

 This summer I made  a commitment that every new month would be a different topic that focused on building my understanding of Islam. Thus, so far I will always have this committment each new month becasue it has not been easy to memorize all the hadiths I have read so far. However, I have found the benefit of taking what I [...]

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The life and day of a new event

 
As I sit here and type, I never realized that  getting the flow of thoughts on the screen has helped me discover how helpful it has been to express what I have found to be just simply an exchange of information. Anyway, we are half way through 2007 and as I glance over to my calendar, to [...]

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Empathy

And to Allah belong the east and the west, so wherever you turn yourselves or your faces there is the face of Allah (and He is High above, over His Throne). Surely! Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures needs, All-Knowing.
( سورة البقرة , Al-Baqara, Chapter #2, Verse #115)

There seems to be a lack of [...]

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Sights and Sounds

 
The promising weather was an opportunity of getting out and enjoying some different scenary. The ocean view, a barge from a distant, children’s laughters and tantrums, people walking, playing, running, fishing  and some unnecessary littering were just some of the things I observed. Personally, I have always enjoyed an occasional visit to the beach as a means of pulling [...]

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Laughter

 
 ”Laughter is the best medicine.” 
LOL!! It took me a while when I started using the internet to discover that people were using these three letters to express something.  I had no clue that it meant “laughing out loud.”
LOL
I have taken an interest lately in trying to develop an understanding of the emotions we experience every [...]

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