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| Saleema |
| 02/05/01 at 12:37:10 |
| assalam ualykum, if i whip up a good enough poem this week maybe, (probably not, cuz i have nothing to write about), i will perhaps share it with you guys on friday. wassalam |
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| se7en |
| 02/06/01 at 00:34:12 |
wa alaykum as salaam wa rahmatAllahi wa barakatuh, [quote] Are there poetry readings here every friday night? [/quote] No, not really. Hmm... how exactly would we do that? Suggestions anyone? wasalaam. |
| not friday night technically.. |
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| princess |
| 12/01/01 at 02:15:18 |
| as'salaamualikum ;-D various disguises and scams.......rumi a bird lit in a meadow where a trap was set. grain had been put on the ground, and nearby a fowler had wrapped himself in grass and pulled roses and red anemones over his head like a cap. the bird had some notion that this clump of grass was not all grass, but at first look, he had no argument about what it might be. He hopped a circuit around the strange heap and asked, "Who are you, out here in the wild?" "I am a renunciate, content to live like the grass. After my neighbor's death, I closed my shop. I gave up associating with every human being that came along, and now I'm trying to be a friend of the One. I saw that my jaw would eventually be bound in the shroud, so I figured it was best to use it less now. You birds wear beautiful green robes with gold embroidery, but at the end you too will be wrapped in unsewn cloth." All faces turn back into dirt. The moist-dry, hot-cold parts rejoin their kinfolk, and our spirits receive a letter from the world of pure intelligence. It says, So your five-day buddies left you! Learn who your true friends are. Some children when they're playing with strangers, get so hot and preoccupied with the game, that they take off their shirts. Night comes, and their clothes are gone, stolen. It's impossible to play in the dark, and now they're afraid to go home. You've heard the line, This present life is a play. You've thrown off your clothes in the fun of living. They floated away in the wind, and now you're scared. While it's still day, I've realized that men are thieves, and that most of life is wasted, half in looking for a lover, and half in worrying over the plots of our enemies. The former desiring carries off our cloaks, and the latter anxiety takes our caps. Yet we remain completely and obviously absorbed in our play. It's getting dark. Death is near. Leave the game. Saddle the horse of remorse and catch up with the thief. Get your clothes back. That confession-horse is the speediest there is. But keep it tied safely when you're with the thief. A certain man on his way to the village has a ram that he leads along behind him. A thief sneaks up and cuts the halter rope. Finally the man notices and runs left and right looking for the lost ram. He sees the thief beside a well, though he doesn't know that it's the thief. The ram is elsewhere. He goes to ask if he's seen a loose ram. The thief is kneeling by the well crying. "What's the matter?" "My purse has fallen in. If you can help me get it out, I'll give you a fifth of everything in it. You could soon have one-fifth of a hundred gold dinars in your hand!" The man thinks, "That's enough to buy ten rams! One door is shut, and God opens ten new doors." He slips out of his clothes and climbs down into the well, where there is nothing, of course, and the thief carries away his clothes. Oh, it takes a prudent man to make it into the village! When one loss causes a greedy panic, then more losses are liable to come. Impostors appear in many disguises. Stay in your refuge with God, and they would deceive you. |
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| BroHanif |
| 12/01/01 at 19:22:04 |
| wa alaykum as salaam wa rahmatAllahi wa barakatuh, [quote] Are there poetry readings here every friday night? No, not really. Hmm... how exactly would we do that? Suggestions anyone? wasalaam.[/quote] You'd need MSN messenger or something that has live chat enabled to have a poetry reading wouldn't yah ??? Just mee thoughts.. Salaams Hanif |
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| Mystic |
| 12/02/01 at 22:47:11 |
| [slm] you know...i jus' re read this post and started laughing..its soooo typical of me to go of course...completely. So, quick question...Is it Islamically okay to do an online live reading??? and how would it be moderated or MC-d ??? I'll leave the technical part to the more suave ones on board :):):):) Maliha :-) [wlm] |
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