“Verily in the Remembrance of God do the Hearts find Rest.” (Quran 13:28)
Art
Trinitarianism
Fridolin Leiber, ‘Holy Trinity’, late 19th century or early 20th century you can tell which one is Jesus. I didn’t know God became incarnated three times.
Paris Street; Rainy Day
Paris Street; Rainy Day (French Rue de Paris, temps de pluie) 1877, painted by French painter Gustave Caillebotte. The painting is located in Art Institute of Chicago. It shows a number of figures walking through the Place de Dublin, in… Read More ›
Email from Tim Winter this morning..
The Worship of Bacchus Salams. Cruikshank’s amazing temperance picture is back in the Tate Gallery. Peering at it yesterday I saw that he included two Turks, turning down a glass of wine. The idea seems to be that mission to… Read More ›
One of the reasons I love the French
René Magritte, La Trahison des Images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe), 1929.
Tasbih
Tasbih
The Temptation of Christ and what this tells us
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov – Temptation of Christ Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted with evil and He himself tempts no one. James 1:13 For we do not have… Read More ›
The Annunciation
Dante Gabriel Rossetti The Annunciation 1849-50
Holland in the 17th century. Stunning realism.
Pieter de Hooch, The Bedroom, 1658-1660, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., oil on canvas.
Rawda روضة الشهداء – The Garden of Martyrs in English.
Extracts from the most famous recital of the story of the Ahl al-Bayt. For the first time, this unique dhikr is mostly sung in English! Published on 23 May 2015.
Beauty
Antonio del Pollaiolo, Profile Portrait of a Young Lady, 1470 Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
Islamic values are remarkably similar to traditional Victorian values
Yesterday I visited the The Guildhall Art Gallery which houses the art collection of the City of London. One section exhibits art illustrating the subject of love in Victorian England, and I was struck by the similarities between relationships in traditional… Read More ›
A dying woman’s last wish
Amsterdam, Netherlands A terminally ill woman looks at a self-portrait of Rembrandt at the Rijksmuseum. Dutch charity Ambulance Wens granted the dying woman’s last wish for a private viewing of the Rembrandt exhibition Photograph: Roel Foppen/AP
The Parable of the Rich Man
Rembrandt van Rijn, 1627 Jesus said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury. At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered… Read More ›
The Annunciation
The Annunciation by Henry Ossawa Tanner at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Tanner painted The Annunciation soon after returning to Paris from a trip to Egypt and Palestine in 1897. Tanner entered this painting in the 1898 Paris Salon exhibition,… Read More ›
‘a new Muslim cool’ – BBC
I have come across this Lego-inspired wallpaper graphic designed by Peter Gould in 2013. It says Asalamu Alaikum (Peace be upon you) in Kufic calligraphy. “Peter is among those young urban global Muslims leading the emergence of a new Muslim… Read More ›
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