#khayr

[mindofserenity]

لا يمكنك تغيير قصص ماضيك. لكن بقية الصفحات تظل فارغة. من المهم اختيار كل ما تقرره لملء تلك الفراغات

You cannot change the stories of your past. But the rest of the pages remain blank. It is up to you to decide what to fill those blanks.

— mindofserenity

[tired-reader-writer]

Considering who to put in charge of safeguarding the northeastern border of Pars against Turan and Turk before Shapur becomes a marzban and... There aren't... that many, are there? Those younger than Shapur are automatically out of the picture (Kubard, Daryun, Kishward), Bahman has been stationed at Peshawar for a long time by canon era so ?????, Kharlan, is he even a marzban ten years before canon? Even if he was, I associate him much more with the western half of Pars, if only because it would make it easier for him to coordinate with Hilmes in Lusitania (assuming no switcheroos happened like it did with Kishward, he was originally stationed at the southwestern border of Pars against Misr, but was plunked into Peshawar some time before canon).

That leaves us with... Manuchurh, Garshasph, Saam, Khurup, Khayr, and Khshaēta.

We all know what Saam looks like, estimated to be in his 40s, but here's what the other 5 look like (well we also know what Garshasph looks like too but just as a reminder):

Manuchurh:

Garshasph:

Khurup:

Khayr:

Khshaēta:

I... don't feel like Saam is a good fit for the kind of emotional beat I want to portray for one of the two pre-canon Turanian invasions (foreshadowed in chapter 2). So that leaves me with the other three. Three complete and total strangers of whom we know absolutely fucking nothing about.

Which narrows the six options down to five.

I think Khshaēta looks a tad young to have been marzban for too long, so I'm booting him out of the candidate list to make my life easier.

This leaves me with four.

I got nothing for Khurup and Khayr, we know nothing of them, but as for the other two... We know what Garshasph is like, which is, uh, kinda unpleasant, he might be a good candidate for what I'd planned, but also... Manuchurh, Nasrīn's father, Kishward's father-in-law. He purportedly had a beautiful voice and Andragoras made him do the court announcements and stuff bc of his pretty voice.

So basically, among the four candidates left, we only really know two of them.

...which one shall I pick, now?

Oh, I forgot what the emotional beat I wanted to incorporate was, it was Shapur maybe realizing the marzban in charge of the northeastern border may have been responsible for the deaths of his friends and the destruction of their village after the marzban lets slip about some “bandits or potential rebels who kidnapped people and caused unrest” which Shapur knows from talking to the clan before that the abusers or tormentors who felt entitled to their victims might have painted them that way to justify trying to hunt them down or avoid having to confront the harm they themselves have caused to their victims, and Shapur feeling... quite nauseated. Remember how Isfan immediately jumped into trying to avenge his brother in the manga. Remember how rash Shapur was even by the Battle of Atropatene. He won't do anything here, he can't, because Eihon (debuting in chapter 3! I still don't know whether the invasion would be chapter 3 or 4) has made sure to hammer the point home that doing so will only bring them doom, there's no way he can demand justice for a commoner village in the middle of nowhere who were branded as criminals.

He has to swallow his bile and work to repel the invasion. Feeling like he's failed his friends for not being able to protect them, give them a funeral, or even avenge them.

I know with this context it'd be easy for some of you to immediately pick Garshasph considering how much of an asshole he was during the siege but. What if. The emotional whiplash of it being Manuchurh. But also I could just pick Khurup or Khayr to avoid the headache altogether—

[quranjournals]

#khayr

[svbr-serah]

POSITION OF HEART AND BRAIN IN SALAH صلاح!

We enter into salah standing, when the intellect secures the highest position, and we end each cycle in prostration, when the heart advances over the mind.

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said,

أَقْرَبُ مَا يَكُونُ الْعَبْدُ مِنْ رَبِّهِ وَهُوَ سَاجِدٌ فَأَكْثِرُوا الدُّعَاءَ

“The servant is closest to his Lord during prostration, so increase your supplications therein.”

From here we come to understand that heart knowledge (the intimate and experiential knowing of God) eclipses brain knowledge (the theoretical knowing of God). Prayer is a spiritual exercise, not an intellectual one. In between, we find a position of rest in ruku', where the brain and heart remain in alignment and balance.

Do not miss your prayer, even if its too late PRAY!

[al-bayyinah]

Eid Mubarak!! Taqabal Allaahu minna wa minkum!! Pray you all have the best day with your loved ones, may Allaah accept our Ramadan and forgive us of our shortcomings, Allaahumma aameen!

Yawm al farhanun

[thatbritishbastard]

where are you going for FCAT? We're going to a CAT trial in MA on Sunday!

@khayr

Ahh, that’s so exciting!! I’m going to one in NJ! Gonna get Bipha two runs in! Ammo is UKC, so no puppy boi running allowed, but he still gets to come and see!

[rose1water]

‏بازآ بازآ هر آنچه هستی بازآ این درگه ما درگه نومیدی نیست صد بار اگر توبه شکستی بازآ Come back, come back, whoever you are; Ours is not a shrine of despair; Even if you have broken your vow a hundred times, come back.

[bintturaab]

I've been asking Allah عز وجل for righteous companions for such a long time now... and not once did I ever expect that du'a to be answered in the form of colleagues. Allahu Akbar, truly.

It is so mind boggling and heart warming at the same time, how unexpectedly and strangely Allah answers our prayers ❤️

[mindofserenity]

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

It has been a long time since I shared something on my blog. I had trouble accessing it for a very long time and decided to take it as an opportunity for a break. الحمدلله I managed to get it back. But my goodness, I had missed it here...

Very soon, I am returning back to my motherland ‎إن شاء الله. A home, a place I haven't been in for 10 years. Faces of family I had strongly missed in the years between us. Truthfully, I am filled with anxiety but relief. Nerves with excitement. But hopeful and thankful completely الحمدلله

[ark1os]

Did it. He stormed out and said im not a part of the family anymore

[aisururuby]

Khayr

Khayr is the older brother of athy and Diana's son from her previous boyfriend. Khayr is two years older than athy.

Khayr's father was one of Diana's trope members' brother who Diana used to date before mutually breaking up.

Diana used to bring khayr with her on her trips until she met Claude and her and khayr's father agreed to avoid Claude founding out about khayr. Khayr's father didn't like or trust him with HIS child.

Khayr and athy know each other and khayr dislikes Claude for several reasons. He only has Diana's magenta eyes so he takes after his father.

[mashriqiyyah]

The reason a lot of relationships end is because people say things they don't mean & mean things they don't say. Big egos & bad communication ruin good things. Honesty & vulnerability fix things worth saving.

[rabbigfirlee]

Discipline > Motivation

[somaligovernment]

Zone 2 to zone 1 then zone 1 to zone 3 ONCE being £7+ is criminal

[khayr]

they call it the cycle of grief but really it’s just like one really long ferris wheel ride