A Tour in My Mind

Egypt about 100 years ago    

    Once upon a night في ليلة من الليالي    في ليلة من الليالي .. لست أدري ما اعتراني ظلمةٌ تغمرني يا رب الأرض ضاقت والسماء .. وقلبي ما عرف الضياء والدمع بات يبكي يا إلهي عصيت والذنب كبير .. وإني في حزني أسير مقيد بالذنب يا رب فهل يستحق يا .. إلهي العفو مجرماً مقرٌّ بالذنوب يا إلهي أنت الذي خلقتني ... رحمتني ورزقتني دوماً يا رب قد كنت معي لكنني نأيت عنك .. نسيت ما قد كان لك وسرت في طريقي يا إلهي واليوم يا رب أعود .. من ظلمة خلف الحدود فالقلب منكسر وطرفي حائر وأنا الغريق فلا أرى .. إلا سواك لي منقذاً لا منجى ولا منجى إلا أنت يا إلهي  

  A land without a people right ?!  

"O you who have believed, decreed upon you is fasting as it was decreed upon those before you that you may become righteous." Quran  (  2:183 )   

Shepherds & a schoolmaster, w/ their "flocks," outside the Church of All Nations, Gethsemane. Christian Palestinians representing a cross-section of ages and professions. Picking Jaffa's oranges. Staff and students of the Christian Orthodox Girls' School in Beit Jala (near Bethlehem), 1906 .     Girl Guides of the Government Girls' School in Nazareth, 1940.       Students of the National Christian Orthodox School, Jaffa, 1938.     Wolf Cubs/Boy Scouts Jaffa '24.     Izzat Tannous(left), became a medical doctor & a Rep of the Palestine Arab Higher Committee in UN General Assembly       The Jerusalem Girls' College. The majority of the student body was Palestinian, both Christian and Muslim.       Boarders at Schmidt Girls' College in the orange orchards of Jericho 1947. A prominent Muslim family, Jaffa, mid-I920s.   ...

And I Know You Forgive My Sins و أعلم أنك تغفر ذنبي       و أعلم أنك تغفر ذنبي .. و أعلم أنك تستر عيبي و لكنني نادمٌ يا إلهي .. أكاد انوح بحسرات قلبي ... و كم ذا تمنيت ألا أقول بنجواي يوماً : عصيتك ربي !! و يسجد دمعي و يروي الثرى ... وتضرع روحي لـرب الورى عبيداً عصاك .. وها قد دعاك .. بدمع الأسى خده عُفّرا بدمع الأسى خده عُفّرا .. فإن ما عصيتُ .. فـها قد أتيت بقلبٍ حزين .. ودمع جرى و إن ما غفوتُ .. فإني صحوت و من خاف أدلج عند السرى ومن خاف ادلج عند السرى And I know you forgive my sins And I know you conceal my defects But I am remorseful my Lord I am almost wailing because of my regrets How I wish I never whispered to you one day.. "I disobeyed you my Lord" My tears fall And my soul submit to the Lord of creation Your slave has disobeyed you But now he calls you and tears has wet his cheek And if I sinned then here I am With saddened heart and fallen tears And if I was heedless then I am awake now And the one who fears, will walk...

      نعم لابد من حب Yes There Must Be Love       The Prophet Muhammad, pbuh, said: "When a man loves his brother, he should tell him that he loves him." [Abu Daawood and At-Tirmithi]      In another Hadeeth , he said: " By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, you will not enter Paradise unless you believe, and you will not believe unless you love each other.Should I direct you to something that if you constantly did it, you would love each other? Spread the greetings of peace among you."  [Muslim]    

He was not a king, nor was he an emperor . He was a humble human being that would take the torn shoes of the poor people & fix  them for them. He would sit down & eat with servants, he would accept the invitation even if it was from the poorest person on earth . One day the Prophet stood up as a funeral procession passed. A companion said that the funeral was for a non-Muslim and that the dead person was a Jew. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) informed those there that death should be contemplated, that regardless of who the dead person was he was still a human being and that it was necessary to show respect.  This is one of Prophet Muhammad's acts of behavior that has no equal in history. For there is no other example of a prophet of one religion standing up out of respect for the funeral of someone not of his religion just because that person was a human being, as he respected the human beings regardless of their beliefs . If he was prostrating in prayer & h...

    Some picture of Jerusalem plus a pretty pic from  Bethlehem near the church of nativity where Jesus Christ peace be upon him was born .     The beloved land of Palestine before 1948 .          ‘Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces*. Psalm 122:6-7     Jerusalem means ‘City of Peace ’    

ولا حزن يدوم ولا سرور ..... ولا بؤس عليك ولا رخاء"   "إذا ما كنت ذا قلب قنوع ..... فأنت ومالك الدنيا سواء     الامام الشافعي No sadness lasts forever, nor any felicity Nor any state of poverty or one of luxury. If you are the owner of a heart that is content Then you and the owner of the world are equivalent.   Imam ash-Shafi`i        

A Man of Jannah! ( Paradise )     Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Richness is not having many possessions. Rather, true richness is the richness of the soul.”                                                              Source: Sahih Bukhari 6081   "O people, who take pleasure in a life that will vanish, falling in love with a fading shadow is sheer stupidity."                                           ...

My Teacher, My Role Model &  My Best Friend :)            

Discovering the Past, Inspires a Better Future          

    I Knocked on your Door  O, God His/Her sustenance was cut off You can't bear such shock! You had to say Goodbye to people that you loved with all your heart You are just feeling that you are playing a role in a story that was already written for you ( you are only following  pre-ordainment ) It's out of your hands & it's out of her hands The only thing that you can do is to supplicate & pray for your God to remove this calamity He is the only one that has its key & the way out of it & If you feel that there is no way out & your Sorrow is just too much to bear, Don't say my Lord is mad at me  Maybe he is just doing it out of loving you He made it seem to be impossible cause, He wants you to remember him cause you have forgotten If  he doesn't love you he would leave you in your delusions & would never wake you up He wants you to go back to him  as he misses you calling him & saying " ...

On the authority of Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "A man from among those who were before you was called to account. Nothing in the way of good was found for him except that he used to have dealings with people and, being well-to-do, he would order his servants to let off the man in straitened circumstances [from repaying his debt]." He (the Prophet - peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said that Allah said: "We are worthier than you of that (of being so generous). Let him off." [Muslim (also by al-Bukhari and an-Nasa'i).] عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " حُوسِبَ رَجُلٌ مِمَّنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ، فَلَمْ يُوجَدْ لَهُ مِنْ الْخَيْرِ شَيْءٌ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُخَالِطُ(1) النَّاسَ، وَكَانَ مُوسِرًا، فَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ ...

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "When Allah decreed the Creation He pledged Himself by writing in His book which is laid down with Him: 'My mercy prevails over my wrath.'" [Muslim (also by al-Bukhari, an-Nasa'i and Ibn Majah)] عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَمَّا قَضَى اللَّهُ الْخَلْقَ، كَتَبَ فِي كِتَابِهِ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، فَهُوَ مَوْضُوعٌ عِنْدَهُ: إِنَّ رَحْمَتِي تَغْلِبُ غَضَبِي" رواه مسلم (وكذلك البخاري والنسائي وابن ماجه)         http://www.guidedways.com/qudsihadith.php?hadith=12  

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Muhammad The Last Prophet ( full + many subtitles ) Hope you enjoy watching :)      

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  Allah's Apostle said, "A woman was tortured and was put in Hell because of a cat which she had kept locked till it died of hunger." Allah's Apostle further said, (Allah knows better) Allah said (to the woman), 'You neither fed it nor watered when you locked it up, nor did you set it free to eat the insects of the earth."   Cute <3 :) How can anyone be cruel to such a pretty creature!

  " Charity does not in any way decrease the wealth and the servant who forgives, Allah adds to his respect; and the one who shows humility, Allah elevates him in the estimation (of the people). "     Prophet Muhammad PBUH   [Sahih Muslim - Book 032: Hadith 6264]      

" God says: I am just as My slave thinks of Me, and I am with him if he remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I too, remember him in Myself; and if he remembers me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than that. And if he comes one span nearer to Me, I go one cubit nearer to him; and if he comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him. And if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running."                            -  Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)                                   [Bukhari and Muslim]            

Eslami ya Misr "Be safe O Egypt" This was the national anthem of Egypt (Misr) from 1923 to 1936.This anthem is the first national anthem for a modern independent Egypt  ( The Kingdom of Egypt  ) . Written by :  the Egyptian poet,  Mustafa Saadeq Al Rafe'ie  . The music is composed by :  Safar Ali . The flag in the background used to be the Flag of Egypt from (1923 - 1958 ) Translation : Be safe O Egypt, I will sacrifice There is my hand for you, if the world raised a hand [to hurt you] Never you shall yield, ever I am hoping for tomorrow [to be better] My heart and my determination are with me for strife And to my heart, O Egypt, you are a faith, in addition to my religion Safety for you, O Egypt And Peace, O my homeland If the world threw their arrows [at you] I will shield you by my heart And be safe in all times I am an Egyptian, built by who built the .. everlasting pyramid, that defe...