Snapshots of life, imagined and lived
Beware of envy (hasad) for it is the worse of companions! It was envy that wrecked the house of Iblis – it ruined him, it made him into one of the inhabitants of the Fire of Hell, and it caused him to be damned by the Rabb ul-Haqq (Lord of Truth), by His Angels, by His Prophets (AS) and by all creatures.
It may be that we are able to divide people into two sorts: those seeking comfort and those seeking truth. A person needs to understand some basic things in this …
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Freezing myths chilled her when recalled by a sound, a smell, a sign. She knew the past would haunt her always but she didn’t know quite which pasts were real, …
More +As we cast our modern gaze across the stories of our religious heritage, we say with our tongues and our minds, ‘This is not myth, these aren’t tales from the …
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He was a fool fooled; like most men, sense is lost in lust. The visual hides the intent as the visceral is masked by beauty; the murderess is made up …
More +What has dogma got to do with God? It certainly isn’t God. It certainly isn’t spiritual experience. But it is the map to God and it is the guide to …
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My family who love me, at least they say they do (and I simply must believe them in order to go on at all), have yet to notice how I …
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The heat wiped a wet hand across their bursting skin as they entwined, each trying to match the rhythm of their partner. For them the suspension of time was betrayed …
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