Shatteredinks-blog - Faani

𝘞𝘦'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦...𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

- 𝘚𝘭𝘥𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘳

“Why should that charming beauty, like the mid-day sun ablaze, Hide herself behind the veil, when none at her can gaze.”

जमाल-ए-दिल-फ़रोज़ — جمال دلفروز. Face whose beauty lights up the heart.

𝗠𝗶𝗿𝘇𝗮 𝗔𝘀𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗵 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝗴 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗻 (Ghalib) // 1797-1869

I don't know who needs to hear this out but; please, please don't give up on your deen. It doesn't matter how many sins you have done or for how long, just come back. Start again, try again, pray again, cry, yearn, JUST DON'T GIVE UP.

I realized that if I wanted a different experience, I needed to choose differently.

For starters, I had to stop returning to the same environment or energy that presented me with the same experiences.

Zainab Cobbold (Lady Evelyn Murray) was a Scottish Muslim diarist, traveller and noblewoman who was known for her conversion to Islam in the Victorian era.

Cobbold spent much of her childhood in Algiers and Cairo in the company of Muslim nannies. She considered herself a Muslim from a young age despite not officially professing her faith until later.

— excerpt from Pilgrimage to Mecca by Zainab 'Evelyn' Cobbold

Her story is interesting because it provides a peek into the lives of Victorian-era Muslims of Britian, such as herself and other historic pioneers such as Abdullah Quillam, Lord Headley and Marmaduke Pickthall, among others.

Quran 59:19 ♡

And be not like those who forgot Allāh, so He made them forget themselves. Those are the defiantly disobedient.

#ummhazim

U know the reasons,but u still ask

#hiddens

“Bear patiently, my heart — for you have suffered heavier things.”

- Homer, Odyssey

They used to comfort each other upon facing calamities by saying : ”It is but a few days and Jannah is the promise …”