::Know Thyself::

metamorphesque:

ALT

— Vladimir Nabokov, Letters to Véra

empty-sigh:

Being called baby by the right person just hits so good

obsessedwithher:

yonko7:

“just checking up on you.” means a lot

feelingsoftheday:

I don’t think I’m better than anybody there’s just certain energies I do not wish to be around

shufaya:

milatibrahiim:

لعل البلاء الذي لا تحبه يقودك إلى قدر جميل لم تكن تحلم به

perhaps the misfortune that you do not like, leads you to a beautiful qadr that you never dreamt of

𝐀𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐪𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐡 ❁

وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًۭٔا وَهُوَ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ ۖ

It could be that you dislike something, when it is good for you

وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تُحِبُّوا۟ شَيْـًۭٔا وَهُوَ شَرٌّۭ لَّكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

and it could be that you like something when it is bad for you. Allah knows, and you do not know.

[ 𝐀𝐲𝐚𝐡 𝟐𝟏𝟔 ]

luthienne:

luthienne:

Mahmoud Darwish, from The Butterfly’s Burden; “I Have a Seat in the Abandoned Theater” (tr. from the Arabic by Fady Joudah)

[Text ID: I say: How is this my concern? I’m a spectator / He says: No spectators at chasm’s door … and no / one is neutral here. And you must choose / your part in the end]

Arundhati Roy, from Power Politics

[Text ID: The trouble is that once you see it, you can’t unsee it. And once you’ve seen it, keeping quiet, saying nothing, becomes as political an act as speaking out. There’s no innocence. Either way, you’re accountable.]

naderdawah:

وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ

And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allah as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision,

فَرِحِينَ بِمَا آتَاهُمُ اللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِ وَيَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِالَّذِينَ لَمْ يَلْحَقُوا بِهِم مِّنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ 

Rejoicing in what Allah has bestowed upon them of His bounty, and they receive good tidings about those [to be martyred] after them who have not yet joined them - that there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.

يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِنِعْمَةٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

They receive good tidings of favor from Allah and bounty and [of the fact] that Allah does not allow the reward of believers to be lost -

goldcoasthoney:

noorshirazie:

“Unspoken expressions hang in the air like the smell of stale coffee. What was once crisp has expired upon hesitant tongues.”

— Noor Shirazie