Today, I’m thankful for family. I should acknowledge this gratitude more often, and to them directly. Alhamdulillah! Hanabibti, Mom, Dad, Samie, aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws: you’re a blessing.
Author Archives: James Cockroft
Abstract Thought
Today, I’m grateful for abstract thought, without which, we’d be pale shadows of the servants of Allah we are today, and that He gave to us to aid in our role as the Vicegerent for the rest of His creation. If Allah didn’t want us dreaming, imagining, wondering, pondering, and otherwise using the big brains …
Unboxing some prints from Tim Dobbs
With three or four days left in May, I managed to weasel myself into the May edition of @CraftyMoni‘s postcard swap. tl;dr: I got the better end of the deal. https://youtu.be/AWwLaNu6QCM
Wudu
Today, I’m thankful for wudu. Alhamdulillah!
“different tribes”
Today, I’m thankful for the “different tribes.” يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَاكُم مِّن ذَكَرٍ وَأُنثَىٰ وَجَعَلْنَاكُمْ شُعُوبًا وَقَبَائِلَ لِتَعَارَفُوا ۚ إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ خَبِيرٌ O mankind, indeed We have created you from male and female and made you peoples and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the …
this beautiful house
Today, I’m thankful for this beautiful house. When I think about it, Allahu Akbar… what did I ever do to land here? Allah is truly great, and He knows best. He knows what we do not know, what we can’t even imagine. Allahu Akbar.
Debonair Sprockets
What do you get when you add some masking tape, a hand-rolled roll of Konica Pro 160, a bit of gaffer tape, and the plastic fantastic Debonair? Well… You get Sprockets!
