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transformational prophetic innocence …...brilliant and unafraid…full of vision and heart minus the judge. i was inspired to share this after reading ben’s taylor’s story ( karin’s lovely son) he is an achiever of wondrous things!
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The word “Da’wah” in Arabic simply means to invite (call) to something. When it is used in conjunction with Islam it is understood to mean “Inviting to the Way of submission and surrender to God.” Dawah is an obligation for all Muslims. “Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.“ (Qur’an 16:125 – YUSUFALI) “Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and reason with them in the better way. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who go aright.” (Qur’an 16:125 – PICKTHAL) “Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and have disputations with them in the best manner; surely your Lord best knows those who go astray from His path, and He knows best those who follow the right way.” (Qur’an 16:125 – SHAKIR) According to modern Islamic theology, the Qur’an is a revelation very specifically in Arabic, and so it should only be recited in the Arabic language. Translations into other languages are necessarily the work of humans and so, according to Muslims, no longer possess the uniquely sacred character of the Arabic original. Since these translations necessarily subtly change the meaning, they are often called “interpretations.” For instance, Pickthall called his translation The Meaning of the Glorious Koran rather than simply The Koran.
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Digital painting / Copyright © LiorG 2007 This work was featured in the groups Gold – Silver – Gems, Digital Abstracts & Patterns and All About Your Best Work. Add Lior Goldenberg to your watchlist
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Roatan Docks, Honduras. Waves of dreaming of this face and movement, these faces, a cacophony of image and sounds – these images seek to reveal and to remind.
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mixed media on canvas 24” x 20” naive yet wise…innocent yet intuitive…..he teaches without teaching…..without knowing…..
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Islamic Calligraphy drawn on one of my digital image, made up from ‘Mesmorizing Forest’ original print The Calligraphy text meaning is: / La illaha illala, Mohammadan Rasulu’Allah, Ali’yan Vali’Allah – / There is nothing but Allah (God). Mohammad (a prophet) is a messenger of Allah.
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Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh (Arabic: محمّد; Transliteration: Muḥammad; IPA: [mʊħɑmmæd̪]; also spelled Mohammed or Muhammed) (ca. 570 Mecca – June 8, 632 Medina), is the central human figure of the religion of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as the messenger and prophet of God (Arabic: الله Allāh), the last and the greatest in a series of prophets of Islam. Muslims consider him the restorer of the uncorrupted original monotheistic faith (islām) of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Noah and other prophets of Islam. He was also active as a diplomat, merchant, philosopher, orator, legislator, reformer, military general, and, for Muslims and followers of several other religions, an agent of divine action.
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Western Slopes of Haleakala / Mauka Mists / Gazing out over the isthmus of the island of Maui at sunset. “And upon the stillness of a cloud-filled afternoon, the child asked of the Mystic: “Where is God, the Creator, and how will I endeavor to find the sacredness of His Being?” And the Mystic answered: Once upon a thousand years ago did a man seek the answer to your very question. He searched the mountains for the One called God; But he only saw the green and yellow blanket of distant aspen trees. He walked along the ocean shore, to know the Creator of Life; But all he heard was the rhythmic roar of the tide’s own song. He rode across the prairie, looking to find God at his journey’s end; But all that came to him was the sweet fragrance of the wild flower’s bloom. He reached out for the sky, pleading for a sign of His Presence; But he only felt the vastness and timelessness of the starlit night. Oh foolish man that he was, to search for God with the eyes of his mind; / When He was forever with him, when seen through the eyes of his soul.” ~ Listen close and you shall hear the whispering wind both far and near. Truths revealed while all alone that you might find the way back Home. ~ excerpt from The Prophet’s Candle by Daniel
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Arabic Calligraphy…Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) the last Messenger of Allah. /
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Lemurian Prophet – I dunno! – Just been reading up on the lost continents of Atlantis and Lemuria….??
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Islamic calligraphy, equally known as Arabic calligraphy, is the art of writing, and by extension, of bookmaking. Islamic calligraphy, equally known as Arabic calligraphy, is the art of writing, and by extension, of bookmaking. This art has most often employed the Arabic script, throughout many languages. Calligraphy is especially revered among Islamic arts since it was the primary means for the preservation of the Qur’an. Throughout Islamic history, the work of calligraphers was collected and appreciated. Consideration of figurative art as idolatrous led to calligraphy and abstract figures becoming the main forms of artistic expression in Islamic cultures. Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Turkish calligraphy is associated with geometric Islamic art (the Arabesque) on the walls and ceilings of mosques as well as on the page. Contemporary artists in the Islamic world draw on the heritage of calligraphy to use calligraphic inscriptions or abstractions in their work. Calligraphy has arguably become the most venerated form of Islamic art because it provides a link between the languages of the Muslims with the religion of Islam. The holy book of Islam, the Qur’an, has played an important role in the development and evolution of the Arabic language, and by extension, calligraphy in the Arabic alphabet. Proverbs and complete passages from the Qur’an are still active sources for Islamic calligraphy. The Arabic alphabet consists of 28 letters and 18 different forms of writing.
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I was asked about process. This photo is actually a reflection shot turned upside down then enhanced.
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in colour
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“I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.” ~Elias Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009 / Location: Venice Beach, California
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. / .. / ... No MORE Message for this Mess Age We had KILLED all the Messengers along with the Truth that they brought. ... / .. / .
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إقرا (ikra), arabic for read... Sūrat al-‘Alaq (العلق”The Clot”), is the 96th sura or chapter of the Qur’an. The first five verses of this sura are believed to be the first verses of the Qur’an to be revealed to prophet Muhammad. It is composed of 19 Ayat (verses or “signs”), and is traditionally believed to have been revealed at Mecca. It is sometimes also known as Sūrat al-Iqrā (إقرا, “Recite”) or Sūrat al-Qalam (القلم, “The Pen”). In this sura, God presents a concise but compelling argument: Man is a creature of wonder, beginning with its development from a biomass (or Alaq), who has been granted the gift of sentience by God. Then as a being Man divides into two distinct groups: those who recognize their cosmic condition, seek divine guidance (by ‘reading’ God’s word), and bow to God’s will (symbolized by ‘prostration’); and those who even in the face of these apparent wonders of Man’s condition, consider the Human to be an ‘independent’ entity, answerable to no transcendent authority, and even more contentiously, take it upon themselves to prevent the first class of Man from following God’s Word and submitting to him. God then states that the first type of Man, the believer, is the righteous one, and that the second class is both in error and is in fact a “lying and sinful” creature. The sura concludes with God’s warning to the denier that the “guards of Hell” await, and that such men should cease from denying the believer the right to worship unmolested by them. The sura’s last verse are words of encouragement to the believer to “not yield” to the threats of unbelievers but to continue in persistence in obeying God, and a promise of nearness to God for such a believer. QUR’AN, SURA THE CLOT, “READ!” [96.1] Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth, / [96.2] Createth man from a clot. / [96.3] Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, / [96.4] Who teacheth by the pen, / [96.5] Teacheth man that which he knew not. / [96.6] Nay, but verily man is rebellious / [96.7] That he thinketh himself independent! / [96.8] Lo! unto thy Lord is the return. / [96.9] Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth / [96.10] A slave when he prayeth? / [96.11] Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah) / [96.12] Or enjoineth piety? / [96.13] Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah’s guidance) and is froward? / [96.14] Is he then unaware that Allah seeth? / [96.15] Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock – / [96.16] The lying, sinful forelock – / [96.17] Then let him call upon his henchmen! / [96.18] We will call the guards of hell. / [96.19] Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah).
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Down the path marked with a scent of restless spring rain, following the northerly wind laden with the breath of a thousand old trees, I encountered a site where myth and certainty, flooded by emotions, live side by side. I observed cautiously, with eyes chronically prone to doubt, a silent witness to a quiet picture of the promised place, not exactly a land. At this last shelter before the sacred White Mountain, on the tail of the Great War and among the ashes of immense hope, a Vision with a message descended upon the Chosen One with a cure for his people, souls of the disenchanted.
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إقرا (iqra), arabic for read... Sūrat al-‘Alaq (العلق”The Clot”), is the 96th sura or chapter of the Qur’an. The first five verses of this sura are believed to be the first verses of the Qur’an to be revealed to prophet Muhammad. It is composed of 19 Ayat (verses or “signs”), and is traditionally believed to have been revealed at Mecca. It is sometimes also known as Sūrat al-Iqrā (إقرا, “Recite”) or Sūrat al-Qalam (القلم, “The Pen”). In this sura, God presents a concise but compelling argument: Man is a creature of wonder, beginning with its development from a biomass (or Alaq), who has been granted the gift of sentience by God. Then as a being Man divides into two distinct groups: those who recognize their cosmic condition, seek divine guidance (by ‘reading’ God’s word), and bow to God’s will (symbolized by ‘prostration’); and those who even in the face of these apparent wonders of Man’s condition, consider the Human to be an ‘independent’ entity, answerable to no transcendent authority, and even more contentiously, take it upon themselves to prevent the first class of Man from following God’s Word and submitting to him. God then states that the first type of Man, the believer, is the righteous one, and that the second class is both in error and is in fact a “lying and sinful” creature. The sura concludes with God’s warning to the denier that the “guards of Hell” await, and that such men should cease from denying the believer the right to worship unmolested by them. The sura’s last verse are words of encouragement to the believer to “not yield” to the threats of unbelievers but to continue in persistence in obeying God, and a promise of nearness to God for such a believer. QUR’AN, SURA THE CLOT, “READ!” Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim [96.1] Read: In the name of thy Lord Who createth, / [96.2] Createth man from a clot. / [96.3] Read: And thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, / [96.4] Who teacheth by the pen, / [96.5] Teacheth man that which he knew not. / [96.6] Nay, but verily man is rebellious / [96.7] That he thinketh himself independent! / [96.8] Lo! unto thy Lord is the return. / [96.9] Hast thou seen him who dissuadeth / [96.10] A slave when he prayeth? / [96.11] Hast thou seen if he relieth on the guidance (of Allah) / [96.12] Or enjoineth piety? / [96.13] Hast thou seen if he denieth (Allah’s guidance) and is froward? / [96.14] Is he then unaware that Allah seeth? / [96.15] Nay, but if he cease not We will seize him by the forelock – / [96.16] The lying, sinful forelock – / [96.17] Then let him call upon his henchmen! / [96.18] We will call the guards of hell. / [96.19] Nay, Obey not thou him. But prostrate thyself, and draw near (unto Allah).
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The word “Da’wah” in Arabic simply means to invite (call) to something. When it is used in conjunction with Islam it is understood to mean “Inviting to the Way of submission and surrender to God.” Dawah is an obligation for all Muslims. “Invite (all) to the Way of thy Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious: for thy Lord knoweth best, who have strayed from His Path, and who receive guidance.“ (Qur’an 16:125 – YUSUFALI) “Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and fair exhortation, and reason with them in the better way. Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who go aright.” (Qur’an 16:125 – PICKTHAL) “Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation, and have disputations with them in the best manner; surely your Lord best knows those who go astray from His path, and He knows best those who follow the right way.” (Qur’an 16:125 – SHAKIR) According to modern Islamic theology, the Qur’an is a revelation very specifically in Arabic, and so it should only be recited in the Arabic language. Translations into other languages are necessarily the work of humans and so, according to Muslims, no longer possess the uniquely sacred character of the Arabic original. Since these translations necessarily subtly change the meaning, they are often called “interpretations.” For instance, Pickthall called his translation The Meaning of the Glorious Koran rather than simply The Koran.
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Muhammad ibn ‘Abdullāh (Arabic: محمّد; Transliteration: Muḥammad, also Mohammed) Born in 570 CE in the Arabian city of Mecca, he was orphaned at a young age and was brought up under the care of his uncle. He later worked mostly as a merchant, and was first married by age 25. Discontented with life in Mecca, he retreated to a cave in the surrounding mountains for meditation and reflection. According to Islamic beliefs it was here, at age 40, in the month of Ramadan, where he received his first revelation from God. Three years after this event Muhammad started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that “God is One”, that complete “surrender” to Him (lit. islām) is the only way (dīn) acceptable to God, and that he himself was a prophet and messenger of God, in the same vein as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Jesus and other prophets in Islam. Muhammad gained few followers early on, and was met with hostility from some tribes of Mecca; he was treated harshly and so were his followers. To escape persecution Muhammad and his followers migrated to Medina (then known as Yathrib) in the year 622. This event, the Hijra, marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar. In Medina Muhammad managed to unite the conflicting tribes, and after eight years of fighting with the Meccan tribes, his followers, who by then had grown to ten thousand, conquered Mecca. In 632 a few months after returning to Medina from his Farewell pilgrimage, Muhammad fell ill and died. By the time of his death most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam and he united the tribes of Arabia into a singular Muslim religious polity. The revelations (or Ayats, lit. “Signs of God”), which Muhammad reported receiving until his death, form the verses of the Qur’an, regarded by Muslims as the “word of God”, around which his religion is based. Besides the Qur’an, Muhammad’s life (Sira) and traditions (Sunnah) are also upheld by Muslims. They discuss Muhammad and other prophets of Islam with reverence, adding the phrase “peace be upon him” whenever their names are mentioned.
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ACRYLIC ART CALENDARS CARDS POETRY PHOTOGRAPHY – ANIMALS PHOTOGRAPHY -CANDID SHOTS PHOTOGRAPHY – CATS AND DOGS PHOTOGRAPHY – CONTEMPORARY WORK PHOTOGRAPHY – FLOWERS PHOTOGRAPHY – INSECTS PHOTOGRAPHY – TRADITIONALLY TURKISH PHOTOGRAPHY – TREE AND TREE PARTS T-SHİRTS Photograph of a Praying Mantis taken in my garden 8 January 2009. The shot was taken with my Sony Cybershot using the Macro setting and a steady hand! Mantodea or mantises is an order of insects which contains approximately 2,200 species in 9 families worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. Most of the species are in the family Mantidae. Historically, the term “mantid” was used to refer to any member of the order because for most of the past century, only one family was recognized within the order; technically, however, the term only refers to this one family, meaning the species in the other eight recently-established families are not mantids, by definition (i.e., they are empusids, or hymenopodids, etc.), and the term “mantises” should be used when referring to the entire order. A colloquial name for the order is “praying mantises”, because of the typical “prayer-like” stance, although the term is often mis-spelled as “preying mantis” since mantises are notoriously predatory. The word mantis is Greek for “prophet” or “fortune teller”. In Europe, the name “praying mantis” refers to only a single species, Mantis religiosa. The closest relatives of mantises are the orders Isoptera (termites) and Blattodea (cockroaches), and these three groups together are sometimes ranked as an order rather than a superorder. PHOTOGRAPHY: INSECTS ARACHNIDS / BEETLES / COCKCHAFER / FLIES / GRASSHOPPER/LOCUSTS / HONEY BEES / MANTIS / WASP /
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