Author Archives: joymanifest

About joymanifest

Graduate student in Medical Genetics. A lover of the Arts and seeker of the sciences. Absolutely blessed to be a Muslim. Alhamdulillah!!

Insignificance

Posted on June 19, 2013

One of the greatrest blessings of tribulation is that it forces one to end self-reliance and instead rely on God. This is another of the meanings of that profound verse in the Quran…repeated twice…in surah 97, which is aptly titled … Continue reading →

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Thoughts that come – II

Posted on June 18, 2013

God’s love – cherishing – sustenance Do you doubt the cherishing of you by God, when He it is that created you. How can He, pure and sublime, not love what He made? *** Copyright Joymanifest

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Between two books of signs

Posted on June 14, 2013

  Between the two books   Ayaat*, signs, envelope me Stars and planets, earth and sky Every drop of water in every great river Flowing to meet the sea Every cell in every body Pulsating to some internal decree DNA … Continue reading →

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‘Wherever You Are’ -arabic version

Posted on June 12, 2013

This song is very special to me. I thought I should share it with you, my dear readers. With beautiful graphics and very deep lyrics it speaks of a timeless truth. From one of my favourite artists, Sami Yusuf. It’s … Continue reading →

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Craving love

Posted on June 11, 2013

Human beings, we crave love. Need love and look every where for it. Especially those of us who never knew real parental love. Especially those of us who never knew a mother’s love. It is a mother’s love that our … Continue reading →

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The wind

Posted on June 7, 2013

The Wind Time has broken down and the memory that remains is in the windsong flowing through eons it touches my face And I remember the way I used to be Linking my past to my present to my future … Continue reading →

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Wal-laahul Musta'aan

Posted on June 7, 2013

Reblogged from YasSarNal QuR'aN: Dear brothers/sisters, Assalamu Alaikum. I was thinking of writing on this inspiring topic since a long time and today, alhamdulillah, I am able to make it. Please read on, Inshaa’Allah. Can there be any Salah (prayer) … Continue reading →

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If you hadn’t…

Posted on June 6, 2013

If you hadn’t made me strong my Lord, I would not have been able to resist If you hadn’t made me just my Lord, I would not have been able to stand-up If you hadn’t made me kind my Lord, … Continue reading →

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Al- Qayyum

Posted on June 2, 2013

  Light follows darkness and day follows night. Ease follows hardship And there is sweetness in grief. The slave has lost herself and come to the Master In depravity, the needing peels away the veil of ego; so as to … Continue reading →

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‘Rida’ = ‘contentment’

Posted on June 1, 2013

Assalamu alaikum (peace be with you) I wanted to share this talk with you all, my dear readers. It is a deep and wise teaching from the core of Islamic theology…which seems sadly lost among much of our nation today … Continue reading →

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