#iSLAM

[zegalba]

Azerbaijani artist Tunzala Mamedzadeh's Hand-Painted Quran in Gold on 164 Feet of Black Silk

[meruhenshoujo]

Religious reference, but this reminded me of a hadeeth. (I also wound up talking about a success story about bringing an animal back from extinction in the wild, because I love deer and gazelles, stick around for a hopeful story, even if there are also horrible poachers.)

Anas ibn Malik reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If the Final Hour comes while you have a shoot of a plant in your hands and it is possible to plant it before the Hour comes, you should plant it."

We are never supposed to give up on this earth. Even if literal Judgment Day comes, when people abandon those closest to them, from spouses to children, worrying only about themselves and the fate of their own souls, if we can finish planting a sapling, we should do it.

We cannot give up on Earth.

Also... for a lovely local gazelle species, the Arabian oryx (Maha, so if you hear of Arab women with names like Maha and Reem, they're named after the oryx and rhim gazelles respectively) that once roamed free in large herds, but were hunted to extinction in the 1970's, with the last wild Arabian oryx killed in rhe Empty Quarter [Rub'il-Khali] desert in Saudi Arabia. However, some remained alive in captivity, zoos and personal ownership.

A common Yemeni citizen (because we barely have official government wildlife organizations here in Saudi Arabia nor in Yemen where he's from, although that's changed!), Basil As-Saedi bought all the Rhim gazelles he could from captivity, and raised them, letting then multiply, wanting to save them.

A Hadhrami man from Hadhramout (a mountainous region bordering Yemen, Oman, and Saudi Arabia), 'AbdulLah Al-Duweila, did the same thing with the Arabian oryx, buying them from various sources, and building a reserve for them.

There have been tragedies, like one recorded where they found either recently freed or escapes (I forget which) gazelles from a reserve and scumbag poachers or even just one stupid, idiot poacher killed them all, and left their bodies lying dead, a complete waste of their lives, which must have been so heartbreaking for the rescuer(s) who freed them...

Sadly not the only incident, there were other Saudis recording themselves, quite proudly, on social media, having massacred a great number of gazelles from a reserve (a government-funded one!!!)...

[CW dead animals]

But despite all setbacks, the Arabian oryx is no longer extinct, not even critically endangered, and it is now classified only as vulnerable! As its habitat is still at risk, so it could go extinct in the wild again unless conditiona improve, but they are helped by great numbers in captivity enabling breeding programs.

The Arabian oryx now exist in the thousands (1100 in the wild), 6000~7000 in wildlife reserves, zoos, and some under private ownership in gardens still. ♡

why bother caring about the environment when 1. It’s so obviously a lost cause and 2. There’s definitely going to be a nuclear war?

And what are you doing about it Anon? Learn about ecological restoration or get out of my way.

[anymouslydone]

[ibn-ibrahim]

Be the ease in someone's hardship

[myislamicmuseum]

Hope this brings you as much peace as it brings me

[astrangerindunya403]

Be so consumed in your love for Allah ﷻ that you’re too busy purifying your own heart to count the sins of others. Care for the ummah and its affairs, yes — but not in a way that blinds you to your own flaws. It’s said that when Majnun was scolded for his madness over Layla, he replied: ‘If your hearts were truly with Allah as mine is with Layla, you wouldn’t have noticed me.’ Let your devotion be so sincere that you’re too focused on your own soul to waste time judging anyone else unjustly.

[moonar-moonie]

Trust Him!

[tingedorange]

@ apyfz

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"If Allah wants something for you, He will bring it to you in an amazing way from where you do not expect... 'Indeed, Allah is capable of all things."

[ansarr]

وكمْ من زلةٍ ليِ في الخَطَايا وأنتَّ عليَّ ذو فضلٍ ومَنَّ

How many slips into sin I have made, yet You are, towards me, full of bounty and favour.

يَظُنّ النَّاسُ بي خَيرًا وإِنِّي لشَرُ النَّاسِ إنْ لمْ تَعفُ عنِّي.

People assume good of me, but I am the worst of people if You do not pardon me.

[fuckyeahreligionpigeon]

[quranjournals]

Source: Pinterest

[maaruin]

Then again, leftism is also a proselytizing belief system that has fueled a century of colonization, genocide, and imperialism. The same could be said for liberalism. Or modern science. Any belief system that thinks it has something good to offer for all of humanity will have the temptation to use violence if it meets resistance.

And belief systems that think they are only for a particular people are not necessarily better off. Nationalism has its own share of atrocities. And nationalism can easily be combined with non-proselytizing religions (State Shinto, Hindutva, Kahanism).

There is no belief system that is pure (though I do think that some may be better alternatives compared to others).

i need leftists to cope with their post 9/11 + Iraq/Afghan wars Islamophobia guilt in a way that doesn’t involve erasing the fact that, like it or not, Islam is a proselytizing religion that has fueled centuries of colonization, genocide, and imperialism. idealizing Islam as a purer, better alternative to Christianity is in itself Islamophobic, and it also ignores the many communities who have suffered at the hands of Islamic imperialism. it is possible to not be Islamophobic while acknowledging that.

[purifythem]

Allah will make things right, do not rush His command, do not doubt His wisdom, do not question His timing. Things could already be right, you just don’t perceive it.

[cavalierzee]

THIS DIDN’T START OCTOBER 7th!!!