Bismillahirrahmanirrahim
Assalamualaikum warahmatuLLah wabarakatuh
AlhamduLillah syukur ... for Tauhid, for parents and family, good health and beautiful friends ... for His infinite blessings ...
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Thursday, Friday and the night in between, I was with mother in the Kuala Pilah Tuanku Najihah Hospital. AlhamduLillah mother is much better now. Night stay in a Hospital teaches one many things ... most importantly ... that one is not alone ... physically, emotionally, and spiritually ...
Syukur AlhamduLillah that i had a chance to be with those who took their breaks in the surau at night and narrated to each other their long days in the hospital caring for their loved ones, mostly the husbands in CCU's and ICU's ...up to 13 days ... but during my previous stay for mother last year i met a lady who was there for more than a month ... till the husband finally moved on ... Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rajiun ...
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and today a beloved friend, another R :), this is R of Malaysia, sent a message after a very very long time ... AlhamduLillah syukur for i have lost her number along with my previous telephone ...
AlhamduLillah for beautiful friends reconnected ...
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Now please let me continue with the Ziarah. The readers should forgive me if this is not the usual narrative of a Tour ... it is not about a tour's itinerary ... neither it is about a timeline ... rather it is more about the narratives of my heart making sense ... and for today ... here goes ...
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Two Histories ... Two Realities
the first ...
The Caliph - Saiyidina Umar RA and The Church of Holy Sepulchre
please read
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the second
The King - Ferdinand III of Castille and The Masjid of Cordoba
In 1236, Córdoba was conquered by King Ferdinand III of Castile ... and the mosque was converted into a Catholic church in its centre. Alfonso X
oversaw the construction of the Villaviciosa Chapel and the Royal
Chapel within the mosque. The kings who followed added further Christian
features, such as King Henry II
rebuilding the chapel in the 14th century. The minaret of the mosque
was also converted to the bell tower of the cathedral. It was adorned
with Santiago de Compostela’s captured cathedral bells.
The most significant alteration was the building of a Renaissance cathedral nave right in the middle of the expansive structure. The insertion was constructed by permission of ... Charles V,
king of Castile and Aragon. However, when Charles V visited the
completed cathedral he was displeased by the result and famously
commented, "they have taken something unique in all the world and
destroyed it to build something you can find in any city."
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Reality 1 ...
The Gate and the Doorkeepers Of Al Quds
please read
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and ... Reality 2 ... Angola Now
President Jose Edurado dos Santos
reportedly told the Osun Defence daily:
‘This is the final end of
Islamic influence in our country.’
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Lessons from the past ...
and the present ...
to keep us thinking of the meaning of things ...
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the felling ... (a google image)
More narratives here ...
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