Wake me up. Read more!

Wake me up. Read more!

Tasik Darulaman

  1. Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ38
  2. Aperture: f/3.2
  3. Exposure: 1/800th
  4. Focal Length: 4mm

Al Hussien Mosque, Kuala Perlis, Malaysia 

  1. Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ38
  2. Aperture: f/8
  3. Exposure: 1/1000th
  4. Focal Length: 7mm
"And if Allah should touch you with adversity, there is no remover of it except Him. And if He touches you with good - then He is over all things competent.And He is the subjugator over His servants. And He is the Wise, the Acquainted"
— Al Anam 17-18

Stop whining  and read a book ( a lot)

"If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average."
Shawn Achor

Where is it ?

  1. Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ38
  2. Aperture: f/3.7
  3. Exposure: 1/640th
  4. Focal Length: 59mm

To love without being dependent. Nothing could be more difficult, and doing so requires a long apprenticeship that is both demanding and sometimes painful. The goal is to love without any illusions. That is all the more difficult in that we sometimes have the impression that love means being…

"In Damascus, everyone knows where the marketplace for clothing is. There are dozens of stores strung together selling virtually the same material and fashions. Not only are the stores together, but when the time for prayer comes, the merchants pray together. They often attend the same study circles, have the same shaykhs, and are best friends.
It used to be that one person sold enough for the day, he would shut down and go and allow others to get what they need. This is not make-believe or part of a utopian world. It happened. It is hard to believe that there were people like that on the planet. And they exist to this day, but to a lesser extent. They are now old, and their sons have not embraced the beauty of that way of doing business.”"
— Purification of The Heart, Hamza Yusuf. (via mariamwrites)

(Source: mariam-writes)

"This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something."
— Elizabeth Gilbert (via kari-shma)
"Learn to suffer, learn to smile. Stand up for dignity, stand up for freedom."
— Tariq Ramadan (via tariqramadan)
"Freedom is gained because in completing your servitude to Allah, you are no longer a slave to yourself, and such a person is in actuality the only free human being. If you cannot control yourself, you are a slave to yourself."
— Hamza Yusuf

irony of green fields 

  1. Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ38
  2. Aperture: f/4.4
  3. Exposure: 1/400th
  4. Focal Length: 86mm

a new moon 

  1. Camera: Panasonic DMC-FZ38
  2. Aperture: f/4.4
  3. Exposure: 1/800th
  4. Focal Length: 85mm