Peace be on you.....Two major components of spiritual reformation, as I believe, are: 1- To practice righteousness (Taqwa) as taught by God and Messenger. 2- Right, straight forward, appropriate talk with wisdom. “O Ye who believe! Exercise Taqwa of Allah, and say the right word. He will reform your conduct for you and forgive your sins. And whoso obeys Allah and His Messenger shall surely attain a mighty success.” (Holy Quran, Surah Al Ahzab, Chapter 33, verses ...
I must tell the world about this recording. It’s a BBC production of T.S. Eliot’s famous poem, The Waste Land read by Jeremy Irons and Eileen Atkins. It is not only the best reading of The Waste Land that I have ever heard—and I’ve heard a few—but it might be the best reading of any poem of considerable length that I have ever heard. Run, don’t walk, to this BBC site and, not just listen to, right click and save the recording to your computer. I don’t know how long the BBC will keep this available ...
Updated 06-21-2013 at 01:48 AM by Virgil
A simple digital sketch that is quite personally meaningful and symbolic. I was listening to Bring Me to Life by Evanescence as I made it and it is about love brining light and life back into the heart again.
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Peace and blessings of Allah be upon you all. Major points of the following address are being presented after this quote. An address delivered by His Holiness, Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifatul Masih V(aba), Head of the worldwide Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on 11th June 2013 at an event to celebrate the centenary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the United Kingdom, held at the Houses of Parliament ...
Updated 06-19-2013 at 01:48 PM by YALASH
On Staten Island, cicadas only make their presence every seventeen years. I had no idea they were native to this place when I first moved here. I had heard of cicadas in poetry, but when I came across one on a page I read right over it as another of the million insects I had no real knowledge of. There is the ancient Greek myth of Tithonus, a musician who is granted eternal life by the Aphrodite but who forgets to give him eternal youth with eternal life, and so forever grows older and older ...
Updated 06-16-2013 at 11:32 PM by Virgil
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