Today marks the last day of Eid al Adha, the second, and final, holiday in the Islamic calendar, marks the end of the Hajj (for those blessed enough to be able to attend and honors Abraham (alahi salam) and his willingness to sacrifice his son. A major part of the celebration is the udhiyah (أضحية)—the …
Category Archives: Islam
An Nur 43
Did you not see that Allah drives clouds? Then He brings them together, the He makes them into a mass, and you see rain emerge from within it. And He sends down from the sky mountains within which is hail, and He strikes with it whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. …
Texans For Gaza
On Saturday (August 2), Hana and I travelled to Austin as part of ICI’s Texans for Gaza coalition. The genocide in progress is intolerable, and the only comfort I take is that Allah azza wa jall is Maliki Yaumiddin (the only owner and possessor and judge of the Day of Judgement), something that those in …
Eid Day Macro Monday
Eid Mubarak! Today is the first of the Islamic month of Shawwal, and marks the end of fasting. It also marks a return to our regularly-scheduled program. It’s been fun returning to daily posting for the month of Ramadan, and fun making pictures to match up with Ayat from the Quran. We miss Ramadan already, and …
Eid Mubarak!
Eid Al Fitr: preparations
Alhamdulillah today is the last day of the Holy month of Ramadan. It pains me to see it go, but all good things must come to an end, and if it’s true that “with hardship comes ease” (and we know that it is!, the converse is also true: with ease comes hardship. During Ramadan, the …
Al Baqarah 187 (at the fabric shop)
…they are a garment (protection) for you, and you are a garment for them… Al Baqarah, 187 This morning found Hana and I at Golden D’Or Fabric outlet out on Harry Hines. InshaAllah I’ll get up the courage to pop into some more of the warehouse stores down there one day. For now, it all seems …
