Tag: islam

  • Emotional Intelligence in the Quran – Surah Kahf

    Emotional Intelligence in the Quran – Surah Kahf

    Emotional intelligence involves listening to someone, and really hearing them. That entails listening without passing judgement, and without having to be right. It also means listening and just hearing, not responding or trying to provide solutions. If we are trying to learn from someone, it also means having a degree of trust in our teacher.…

  • Green birds beneath the Throne

    Green birds beneath the Throne

    I keep wanting to say things to youI keep wanting to share things with youI keep forgetting that you are goneI’m dreaming about youI’m thinking about how beautiful you’ll beWith your hair long and dark and curly like that, the curls that twist about in my fingers and bouncing aroundYour smiling eyes like those days…

  • my first commercial license sale on 500px

    my first commercial license sale on 500px

    I just made my first commercial license sale on 500px.  

  • Musa (Moses), Khidr, and Sabr (patience)

    Musa (Moses), Khidr, and Sabr (patience)

    Allah (SWT) revealed the Quran as a reminder and as a guidance for mankind. So while some things we hear in the recitation might make us think, ‘wow that’s so cool’, there is also always a lesson to be learned. Today as Hammad Hai was reciting Surah Al-Kahf, and Allah narrates the story of Khidr…