My good friend Jafrin sent this to me and I had to post it:
“The soul is a temptress and loves to look at beautiful forms and the eye is the guide of the heart. The heart commissions its guide to go and look to see what is there and when the eye informs it of [...]
This is the most painful battle on earth. It seems that no matter how hard I try to reason with my heart, to tell it to stop hurting and worrying over trivial matters…it continues to resonate with pain. I basically walk around with a random pain in my chest. My mind is perfectly fine and [...]
I was bored of studying and started reading this article: http://nawawi.org/downloads/article6.pdf
The following passage made me really happy because of the bold emphasis that science and religion do not clash.
“Conflict between religion and science was virtually unknown In Islamic Intellectual history. The harmony between the two is epitomized in the life and work of the brilliant [...]
This teardrop that falls down my cheek.
Originated from an image.
That filled my vision.
Which sped fast to my heart.
Which went to my mind for a check-up.
Alas! It failed my intellect!
My heart longs for what my mind avoids!
This inner tug-of-war has resulted.
In a heart that aches, a mind that thinks.
And tears that fall.
Then a wise man on the [...]
A friend once quoted to me a gem from a scholar: “Get used to loneliness, because afflictions arise with people.”
Sometimes people hurt you. Sometimes the pain is inconceivable. Once I had an emotional pain that turned into a physical pain; it was so strange. I was ready to move on, forgive and forget, but something in me did not want to [...]
This pain that lurches from the unknown future and past.
Is a leash that binds me to my Lord.
A pain of mercy; lessons learned that will last.
That beautifies the mind and grants me a sword.
A weapon of inner charisma and newfound strength.
I can tackle the future with a secret trust.
Humanity is flawed, a heart of short length.
But the [...]
There are numerous meanings behind this title and images that pop out in the mind, but I will describe the meaning that stands out the most to me.
The “eye” of any storm is always peaceful. A storm rages and rebounds between calmness and severe thunder, lightning, and rain. In the case of a hurricane, there are violent winds and [...]