Reflection ...

Rumi ...

"LOVE IS A STRANGER AND SPEAKS A STRANGE LANGUAGE"

" And the servants of (Allah) the Most Gracious are those who walk upon the earth in humility, and when the ignorant address them, they reply: 'Peace'."






-The Qur'an [Chapter 25:63 - The Criterion]

"Places come to life with knowledge, because it brings our hearts to life. Ask Allah to always show us the truth and allow us to follow it, the greatest truth being La ilaha illa Allah"

-Yahya Rhodus

A poem begins with a lump in the throat;

a homesickness or a lovesickness.
It is a reaching-out toward expression ...

- Robert Frost -

DHIKR

MECCA

CHANGE

Take the love of a woman

Take her tears and run for miles

Til all she's left with is scar tissue and smiles

You weaponize

All that we are

Then you cry that love is war

(Halal Meat)

La ilaha illa Allah as much as there are nights and times that pass
La ilaha illa Allah as much as there are days and months

La ilaha illa Allah as much as there are waves in the seas

La ilaha illa Allah as much as rewards are multiplied

Habib Ali Al-Jifri ...

"My Lord, beautify for us our character.

For only by his manners does the slave prevail"

Pablo Neruda ...

And one by one

the nights between our seperated cities

are joined to the night that unites us