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Photo taken in the sacred town of Moulay Idriss Zerhoun in northern Morocco. Photographed by me (Armaan Siddiqi) during a recent trip!

Photo taken in the sacred town of Moulay Idriss Zerhoun in northern Morocco. Photographed by Armaan Siddiqi during a recent trip using a digital camera. 

“O Beginninglessly Eternal! O Endlessly Everlasting! O Formlessly Manifest! O Apparently Hidden! Hear my call as You heard the call of Your servant, Zachary; grant me victory through You, for You; support me through You, for You; join me to You; come between myself and anything other than You…”

Excerpt from as-salat-al-mashishiyya, the sublime benediction upon the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), by the venerable Moroccan saint Abd al-Salam ibn Mashish–student of Sidi Abu Madyan and shaykh of Abul-Hasan al-Shadhili–may Allah sanctify their secrets. One scholar has written that in this prayer “the believer calls upon Allah to bless the Prophet as if to thank him for having received Islam through him.”

You can hear the full prayer here

“You must be patient.  Even if the pains of waiting and wishing and praying tire you, be patient. Even when long periods of time pass by and others are blessed with what they’ve been praying for while you still wait, be patient. For Allah does not waste the effort of the doers of good. He delays His response only to hear you call to Him more. Be patient. For what awaits you is sweeter than the bitterness of longing” 

Sunrise in Dubai. November 2014. Photo taken using an iPhone 6 by Sidra Mushtaq

Sunrise in Dubai. November 2014. Photo taken using an iPhone 6 by Sidra Mushtaq

” Good architecture is to promote thankfulness” ~Shaykh Abdul Hakim Murad

The Dome of the Rock Mosque, Jerusalem, 2013. Photo taken with  A SLR by Sidra Mushtaq

The Dome of the Rock Mosque, Jerusalem, 2013. Photo taken with
A SLR by Sidra Mushtaq

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