“Biz İslamiyet’le izzet bulduk, izzeti başka yerde aramayız.”
Hz. Ömer (R.A.)
Her hakikî hasenat gibi cesaretin dahi menbaı, imandır, ubudiyettir.
Risale-i Nur; Sözler
Painting I made from around a year ago depicting an elite Philistine Warrior from the Bronze age, the ''Hammerhead''.
The Philistines were an ancient people, presumably from the Greek islands who migrated to the Near East and raided the region, until eventually being given a region by the Egyptians and settling there permanently.
Islam started with Humans. So, humans have to show that they are with Islam.
Islam started with the first direction of Allah when Allah commanded Prophet Adam (Peace be upon him) to live in Paradise but not to go towards a certain tree. In fact, Allah would not have created the tree and allowed Prophet Adam (Peace be upon him) to live there without any restrictions forever. But that would not have served the purpose of testing the power of understanding of a Human towards the good and bad by his own consciousness through the guidance of Allah. This is a central processing unit of Human inside a consciousness that makes him a human. And the best of the Humanity is the Taqwa, the righteousness, the consciousness of His Creator and His commandments for the good of humanity.
Allah started with the first commandment to check the taqwa of Prophet Adam (Peace be upon him). Allah the creator of Humans, provided complete freedom to human in this regard and there is complete freedom to choose between the right and wrong, good and bad, evil and blessed through observations and guidance revealed by Allah from time to time till the Day of Judgement. And this is the portion which Satan manipulates so that he could take every human towards Hell, his destination. Subsequently this is the portion for which Allah declares that even if whole of the human will be deviated by Satan, He will forgive them all if they would have believed in Allah and will not have associated anything in His existence and in His worship. Forgiveness is the power which only Allah reserved for Himself. This defeated Satan. One who is unaware of the existence of Allah willingly (non-believers) and reject the existence of Allah (Atheists, Agnostic etc.) or the one who accepts the existence of Allah but associate other equivalent to His attributes (Mushrik) will not be forgiven and will be in Hell with Satan forever. The first commandment of Allah to the human was “Don’t go near that tree” and since then Islam started or the submission to the will of Allah, the almighty, started for every human being equally. The enmity of Satan & human started since the creation of Prophet Adam (Peace be upon him), and it will continue till the Last day. But it will be at its peak before the last days.
God do you still want me to believe that they are from the progeny of Prophet Adam (Peace be upon him). No God, never, not at all. Satan has manifested itself in this war and the biggest of the fitnah is yet to arrive upon the earth or it may have already arrived. Muslims should unite and shed the tag of sectarian supremacy now because we don’t know when the last signs will start appearing and our Book of Account will be closed. O Allah keep our emaan intact till death arrives. Make us not the losers and rejected upon whom your curse descends. O Allah send your aid to Gaza and send you help to the people in need of sustenance there. Protect them, protect Al Aqsa, protect Palestine. Ameen.
You wake up and realize that you have the blood of the Devil inside of you. You have grown horns, your skin is as white as snow, your eyes are crimson, and you have gained tremendous power. But now everyone despises you. Would you still try to fit in? Would you try to be the hero that they don't deserve? Or would you pursue your own ambitions?
Guide Priam as he struggles with this very dilemma. Some dilemmas will be solved easily, whilst others will put his character to the test. Will you help him become a hero, will you prioritize his happiness, or will you try to keep him out of trouble. All paths will be challenging, but none are impossible. Embark on an adventure with…
A dark and gritty fantasy
Conflicts with people, yourself, and monsters from Hell
Choices to pick that influence Priam's development
Lore entries to unlock that flesh out the world
An engaging cast of characters
ADV and NVL formats
Trigger Warnings:
Flashing lights
Blood and Gore
Strong Language
Demo coming in February! You can play the playtest build here! https://totalleeaweaomw.itch.io/philistine
"Astarte Plaque" from Tell es Safi
Source: Bliss & Macalister, Excavations in Palestine, London, 1902, Plate 67 No. 15s
Via: "Star of David" Blog
Tell es-Safi / Gath, Palestine (Tel Tzafit Park, Israel)
c. 800 BCE
Current location unknown, likely stolen from place of origin and lost.
Modern rendition by OP:
Some interpretative and stylistic liberties were taken in my own drawing. And despite the lack of preserved detail in the original, I very much appreciate the charm of her simple " ꞏ_ꞏ " face.
<0 11.5–12 thousand years ago: Philistines attack Ancient Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean civilisations
During the Late Bronze Age collapse, a group of seafarers known as the Sea Peoples, or pwrꜣsꜣtj, attacked ancient Egypt and other civilizations in the Eastern Mediterranean. It is believed that the Sea Peoples came from various places in Southern Europe and West Asia, including western Asia Minor, the Aegean, and the islands of the East Mediterranean.
Ramessess III won a big battle against the…