The Wanderer

that ye may know each other

2006-02-14T00:25:00.000-08:00

image by IDEA Youth Forum

o mankind
We created you from a single (pair) of a male and a female
and made you into nations and tribes
that ye may know each other
verily the most honoured of you in the sight of Allah is
(he who is) the most righteous of you
and Allah has full knowledge and is well acquainted
(49:13)

honey is healing for men

2006-01-04T03:50:00.000-08:00

(image by Changwa.com)

and thy Lord taught the bee
to build its cells in hills
on trees, and in (men's) habitations
then to eat of all the produce (of the earth)
and find with skill the spacious paths of its Lord
there issues from within their bodies a drink of varying colours
wherein is healing for men
verily in this is a sign for those who give thought
(16:68-69)

completing the term

2006-01-04T02:32:00.000-08:00

(image by Mothering From the Heart)

the mothers shall give such to their offspring for two whole years
if the father desires to complete the term
...
(2:233)

milk for our drink

2006-01-04T01:43:00.000-08:00

(image by Raincliffe School)

and verily in cattle (too)
will ye find an instructive sign
from what is within their bodies
between excretions and blood
We produce, for your drink, milk
pure and agreeable to those who drink it
(16:66)

depths of darkness

2006-01-03T22:05:00.000-08:00

(image by Downeasters)

or is like the depths of darkness in a vast deep ocean
overwhelmed with billow topped by billow
topped by (dark) clouds
depths of darkness one above another
if a man stretches out his hands
he can hardly see it!
for any to whom Allah giveth not light
there is no light!
(24:40)

fecundating winds

2006-01-02T22:03:00.000-08:00

(image by Paul Mutton)

and We send the fecundating winds
then cause the rain to descend from the sky
therewith providing you with water (in abundance)
though ye are not the guardians of its stores
(15:22)

all things in pairs

2006-01-02T03:45:00.000-08:00

(image by Moosey's Country Garden)

Glory to Allah, Who created in pairs all things
that the earth produces
as well as their own (human) kind
and (other) things of which they have no knowledge
(36:36)

two bodies of flowing water

2006-01-01T22:25:00.000-08:00

(image by Teignbridge)

it is He Who has let free the two bodies of flowing water
one palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter
yet has He made a barrier between them
a partition that is forbidden to be passed
(25:53)

water soaks in the soil

2006-01-01T20:16:00.000-08:00

(image by Micky's Website)

and We send down water from the sky according to (due) measure
and We cause it to soak in the soil
and We certainly are able to drain it off (with ease)
(23:18)

water which we drink

2006-01-01T18:48:00.000-08:00

(image by Animal Photo Archive)

see ye the water which ye drink?
do ye bring it down (in rain) from the cloud or do We?
were it Our Will, We could make it salt (and unpalatable)
then why do ye not give thanks?
(56:68-70)

rain drops from the midst of clouds

2005-12-18T20:21:00.000-08:00

(image by Australia Severe Weather)

it is Allah who sends the winds
and they raise the clouds
then does He spread them in the sky as He wills
and break them into fragments
until thou seest rain-drops issue from the midst thereof
then when He has made them reach such of his servants as He wills
behold, they do rejoice!
(30:48)

animal is from water

2005-12-18T07:08:00.000-08:00

(image by Virtual Cell)

and Allah has created every animal from water
of them there are some that creep on their bellies
some that walk on two legs
and some that walk on four
Allah creates what He wills
for verily Allah has power over all things
(24:45)

long time of nothingness

2005-12-18T00:50:00.000-08:00

(image by Joshushund.com)

has there not been over man a long period of time
when he was nothing - (not even) mentioned
(76:1)

signs in heavens and earth

2005-12-17T23:32:00.000-08:00

(image by Henry Haneda)

verily in the heavens and the earth
are signs for those who believe
(45:3)

pass beyond heavens and earth

2005-12-16T06:41:00.000-08:00

(image by NASA)

o ye assembly of jinns and men!
if it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, pass ye!
not without authority shall ye be able to pass
then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
(55:33-34)

resting place of sun

2005-12-16T06:05:00.000-08:00

image by NASA

and the sun runs his course unto a resting place for him
that is the decree of (Him), the Exalted in Might, the All-Knowing
(36:38)

مُسْتَقَر: chalet, dwelling, colony, flat, accommodations, habitation, domicile, abode, location, night-shelter, lodging, sojourn, residency, tenement, whereabouts, lodgment, residence, locale, locality, locus

night and day overlaps each other

2005-12-16T02:23:00.000-08:00

(movie by NASA)

He created the heavens and the earth in true
He makes the night overlap the day
and the day overlap the night
He has subjected the sun and the moon
each one follows a course for a time appointed
is not He the Exalted in Power?
He who forgives again and again
(39:5)

كَوِّرُ: clew, conglomerate, conglobate, ball, agglomerate, roll

living creatures in heavens and earth

2005-12-15T23:17:00.000-08:00

(image by NASA)

and among His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth
and the living creatures that He has scattered through them
and He has power to gather them together when He wills
(42:29)

all in rounded course

2005-12-15T22:10:00.000-08:00

(image by NASA)

it is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon
all (the celestial bodies) swim along, each in its rounded course
(21:33)

كُلٌّ: all, all of, universality, whole, each, absolute all, entire, entirely, grand total, totality
فَلَكٍ:　orb, orbit, tropic

moon is light and sun is lamp

2005-12-15T17:17:00.000-08:00

(image by Dan Heller)

and made the moon a light in their midst
and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp
(71:16)

vastness of pace

2005-12-15T01:48:00.000-08:00

(image by The Expanding Universe)

with power and skill did We construct the firmament
for it is We who create the vastness of pace
(51:47)

مُوسِعُونَ -> وَسَّعَ: gap, widen

heavens and earth were joined together

2005-12-15T01:18:00.000-08:00

(image by NASA)

do not the unbelievers see
that the heavens and the earth were joined together
before We clove them asunder?
We made from water every living thing
will they not then believe?
(21:30)

when sky is rent asunder

2005-12-15T00:57:00.000-08:00

(image by NASA)

when the sky is rent asunder
and it becomes red like ointment
then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
(55:37-38)

sky had been as smoke

2005-12-15T00:29:00.000-08:00

(image by NASA)

moreover He comprehended in His design the sky
and it had been (as) smoke
He said to it and to the earth
"come ye together, willingly or unwillingly"
they said
"we do come (together), in willing obedience"
(41:11)

The One

2005-12-14T23:19:00.000-08:00

image by Walcoo.net

if there were, in the heavens and the earth, other gods besides Allah
there would have been confusion in both!
but glory to Allah, the Lord of the Throne
(high is He) above what they attribute to Him!
(21:22)

what did i come for

2005-12-14T18:12:00.000-08:00

(image by Stan Kaufman)

I have only created jinns and men, that they may serve Me
(51:56)

where did i come from

2005-12-14T06:48:00.000-08:00

(image by Positive Nation)

man We did create from a quintessence (of clay)
then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed
then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood
then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump
then we made out of that lump bones
and clothed the bones with flesh
then we developed out of it another creature
so blessed be Allah, the best to create!
(23:12-14)

where will i return

2005-12-14T03:03:00.000-08:00

(image by Keith Vertanen)

every soul shall have a taste of death in the end
to Us shall ye be brought back
(29:57)

where should i go

2005-12-13T11:38:00.000-08:00

(image by SlyWayArt)

by the soul, and the proportion and order given to it
and its enlightenment as to its wrong and its right
truly he succeeds that purifies it
and he fails that corrupts it
(91:7-10)