“Whoever supposes that faith is realized through speculative theology, abstract proofs, or academic devisions is an innovator. On the contrary, faith is a light that God, the Sublime and Exalted, casts into the hearts of His servants with bounty and grace from His presence. Sometimes faith is evidenced internally and is impossible to express; sometimes, through a vision while asleep; other times, by witnessing the state of a pious man and receiving the emanation of his light as a result of his companionship and presence; and then there are times when faith comes by the concurrence of circumstance. Indeed, a Bedouin came to the prophet ﷺ denying and disavowing him. But when his eyes fell upon his radiant aspect—may God increase its dignity and nobility—he saw in it the light of prophethood and exclaimed, “By God! This is not the face of a liar!” He then implored the prophet ﷺ to explain Islam to him and immediately embraced it.”
— Abū Ḥāmid Al-Ghazzālī.
A Hilye of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ by Belaid Hamidi.
أيها المستطيل بالبغي أقصر طالما طأطأ الزمان الرؤوس
وتذكر قول الإله تعالى: إن قارون كان من قوم موسى
إذا ظلم المرء فاصبر له فبالقرب يقطع منه الوتين
فقد قال ربك وهو القوي وأملي لهم إن كيدي متين
مارماني رام وراح سليما من قديم عناية الله جندي
كم بغت دولة عليّ وجارت ثم زالت وتلك عقبى التحدي
Cat hugging a Maghribi qur’an :)
A paragraph written in two different Maghribi calligraphy styles.
The word “sura” (chapter) by Al Qandusi.
My beautiful Moroccan Qur’an.
Al-Muṣḥaf al-Ḥasani al-Musabba’
It’s called Musabba’ because it’s divided into seven sections, calligraphed in the Maghribi script by seven different calligraphers and in seven different styles of illumination.
“Lions in their dens stand humbled and dazed by him whose victory comes through God’s Messenger.”
The word “Jannah” (Paradise) by Al Qandusi, 1850.
