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Read more about the article The Orphan’s Song for the Kaaba – Novid Shaid

The Orphan’s Song for the Kaaba – Novid Shaid

“It’s like the Sun heating up all space And the people, the planets, orbiting with haste It’s like the sky on a darkened night And the pilgrim stars shining around it so bright It’s like a magnet that…

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Read more about the article The Homecoming of my old friend – Novid Shaid

The Homecoming of my old friend – Novid Shaid

“I turned the handle with my quivering hand My heart lamented as the door opened, I dreaded facing him after so long, I planned I’d throw myself before his feet, When suddenly every single thing vanished My house,…

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Reaching us beyond the speed of light, this is the Reaching us beyond the speed of light, this is the speed of love. As photons brace the extremity of its transition, depicting nothing close to a thousand words, pictures are painted across the fragments of the broken and become endless galleries of mercy and, passion and hope. Each drop of ink trickles across my tender soul, coloured in love that I could spend a thousand years gazing upon. Or 1400 years or beyond. Because this is heart to heart. My internal candle converts to a roaring flame with just the utterance of his name - that some dare say but with heads lowered and hands held upon chests. - Asim the Poet from Dawn of the First Spring in A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry #muslimpoetry #mawlid #spiritualjourney #sufipoetry #muslimbookstagram #muslimbookshelf #poetrybooks #sufibooks #poetrylovers #muslimpoet #allahumasholialamuhammad #rabialawwal #mawlidpoem #muhammadﷺ
Yearning for our Beloved in ‘chai cannot be made Yearning for our Beloved in ‘chai cannot be made in a kettle - poems of diaspora and belonging’ by Juwairiah
“O Prophet of Allah! Your birth made the abstrac “O Prophet of Allah! Your birth made the abstract concrete You brought the unreachable close You the chosen one Interpreter of the Universe Mediator between Slave and Master The brightest star mirroring the Vastness” from Peace Be Upon You - Halee I Cosar in the poetry anthology A KALEIDOSCOPE OF STORIES - Muslim Voices in Contemporary Poetry
Allahumma salli ‘ala sayyiduna Muhammad. 💚🤲✨
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from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ‎ﷺ by Ali Scully Link in bio @lotetreepress #muslimpoetry #muslimbookstagram #sufipoetry #muslimbookshelf #mawlid#prophetmuhammad #seerahseries #rabialawwal
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from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet from Light Steps - A Poem on the Seerah of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Ali Scully #mawlid #muslimpoetry #muslimbookstagram #sufipoetry #muslimbookshelf #poetrylovers #poetrybookshelf #seerah
In Medina are illuminated traces and a place of ga In Medina are illuminated traces and a place of gathering Traces may fade away and be erased But the signs of the house of sanctity with the minbar of the guide who ascended it will not be effaced There are clear traces and enduring signs and his abode, within which are a mosque and prayer hall Here are rooms in the midst of which a light from God illuminating and igniting descended These well-known places, their wonders by time not obliterated Reappearing when faded There the traces left behind of the Messenger and his time I recognised and a grave where he is buried, in whose earth he is concealed There I remained weeping for the Messenger, Eyes and eyelids in mourning joined Remembering the blessings of the Messenger, which due to my grief I saw were innumerable Consumed and bereaved by the loss of Ahmad My soul continued enumerating the blessings of the Messenger Not even a tenth of it all had I reached But some of his virtues I praised Standing weeping as long as I could By the elevation of the grave of Ahmad O grave of the Messenger, may you be blessed Together with the land where the righteous one who was guided resided
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Join us on 31st August for this inspiring free onl Join us on 31st August for this inspiring free online talk on the logic of love in Muhammad Iqbal & Rabindranath Tagore by Dr. Hina Khalid. Link in bio @lotetreepress . If you can’t attend live sign up for a ticket to receive a replay of the event. You can support our work by adding a donation to your ticket. In this talk Dr. Hina Khalid will explore the theologies of two major philosopher-poets of the Indian subcontinent – Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) and Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). More specifically, she will focus on their understandings of love as a cosmic principle which binds the divine reality, the finite world, and the human being in dynamic and creative symbioses. We will see how, for both poets, love is not a fleeting fancy or a subjective impulse but constitutes the very heartbeat of creation itself. Hina Khalid completed her BA, MPhil, and PhD in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Cambridge. Her doctoral dissertation offered the first comprehensive comparative study of the metaphysical and aesthetic visions of Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) and Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). She is particularly interested in the possibilities of comparative theology across Islamic and Indic traditions, and in the ways that shared devotional idioms have formed in and across the Indian subcontinent.
The Muwashshah Poetic Form of Al-Andalus We are c The Muwashshah Poetic Form of Al-Andalus We are currently exploring the poetic traditions of al-Andalus in our poetry membership, focusing this month on the Muwashshah, which was a popular form of poetry that influenced European troubadour poetry, also spreading to North Africa and other parts of the Muslim world where it is still sung to this day. This month we are exploring the history, context and poetic form of the Muwashshah, and looking at a devotional Muwashshah written by Ibn Arabi. Join our poetry membership and explore the poetic traditions of the Muslim world with us! Link in bio @lotetreepress
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Amir Khusrau was an extraordinary figure from 13th Amir Khusrau was an extraordinary figure from 13th century Delhi who made pivotal contributions to the development of South Asian poetic, linguistic, musical and mystical traditions. He was both a royal chronicler who wrote panegyric poetry and historical epics at the courts of successive rulers, and a devout disciple of Chistī Sufi master Niẓām ud-Dīn Awliyā, dying just six months after him and being buried next to him.   Although he frequented the courts of princes and sultans, he was interested in the circumstances and languages of the common people, and his work shows a love for the city of Delhi and the natural environment and flora and fauna surrounding it. His poetry experiments with combining the living poetic heritage of the Islamic world, which he was very well versed in, with the courtly and folk traditions of the land of his birth which lay within the Sultanate of Delhi. In this way he acted as a sort of cultural bridge, an iconic embodiment of the hugely creative cultural fusion emerging from the bringing together of the artistic heritage of South Asia and that of the Muslim world. We explore the life and work of Amir Khusrau in the on-demand video “Amir Khusrau - the Father of Urdu Literature”, now available in our membership. Join us on our journey as we explore the poetic traditions of the Muslim world! Link in bio @lotetreepress
Amir Khusrau, born in the Delhi Sultanate in 1253, Amir Khusrau, born in the Delhi Sultanate in 1253, is known as the Father of Urdu Literature and the Father of Qawwali. He is a cultural icon known for his legends, folktales, riddles and witticisms. His prolific poetry brought together the courtly and spiritual poetic traditions of the Muslim world with the cultural milieu of his motherland - this fusion and cultural exchange leading to new creativity and forms of expression. In this workshop we look at some of his work and then consider the possible synergism of combining our own disparate literary heritages and the multiple identities that we often straddle as Muslims in the west to write a piece of poetry representing cultural fusion. Sign up to our membership for £5.99/month to access this workshop and more. Link in bio @lotetreepress
Join our membership for £5.99/month to access the Join our membership for £5.99/month to access these lessons and more. Link in bio @lotetreepress
New on-demand session exploring the lives and vers New on-demand session exploring the lives and verses of early Sufi poets together with their historical context, including the sources of early Sufi thought and the debates around the controversial statements made by some Sufis, now available in our membership. Join us on our poetry caravan as we explore the poetic traditions of the Muslim world! Link in bio @lotetreepress
We explore more about the life and verses of Rabi’a Al-‘Adawiyyah and other early Sufi poets in on-demand sessions in our membership. Join us on our journey through the poetry of the Muslim world! Link in bio @lotetreepress
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