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October 29, 2004

Another day

salamu aleikum
I have had a visit to the dentist today and had to break my fasting. I think it had to be this way I guess. I feel a bit disappointed about it. But it's going to be allright insha'allah. Then at the supermarket I met a Witness of Jehova. Perhpas that woman could not speak with people about her faith cause she spent more than an hour speaking very quickly and I told her I am muslim and told her some of the feelings I have regarding Islam and I also listened to her (a lot:)) but I am happy cause she had someone to listen to her and she also listened to me and el hamdullillah she heared some of the truths that she didn't know. as a lot of the things that make westerners see Islam is because of how the societies from other arab and far eastern countries have this secular tendancy to use Islam as an excuse for their secular mistakes and the submission of a woman which, of course, many societies use Islam as excuse I say it again. So I let some veils fall down and she listened. But of course, I don't like proselitism, and dont try to convince anybody. Just say, look, observe and try to understand. Ramadan Kareem

October 28, 2004

Preceptos en Ramadan

Leer la sura Al-Qdr en el momento del Iftar
Leer la sura ha mim ad-dujjan 100 veces por la noche
Decir siempre al-salawwat (las bendidiones del Profeta), astagfirul-lah (pido perdon a Dios) y illaha illa allah (no hay mas dios que Dios)

Despues de cada oracion decir

اَللّـهُمَّ اَدْخِلْ عَلى اَهْلِ الْقُبُورِ السُّرُورَ اَللّـهُمَّ اَغْنِ كُلَّ فَقير، اَللّـهُمَّ اَشْبِعْ كُلَّ جائِع، اَللّـهُمَّ اكْسُ كُلَّ عُرْيان، اَللّـهُمَّ اقْضِ دَيْنَ كُلِّ مَدين، اَللّـهُمَّ فَرِّجْ عَنْ كُلِّ مَكْرُوب، اَللّـهُمَّ رُدَّ كُلَّ غَريب، اَللّـهُمَّ فُكَّ كُلَّ اَسير، اَللّـهُمَّ اَصْلِحْ كُلَّ فاسِد مِنْ اُمُورِ الْمُسْلِمينَ، اَللّـهُمَّ اشْفِ كُلَّ مَريض، اللّهُمَّ سُدَّ فَقْرَنا بِغِناكَ، اَللّـهُمَّ غَيِّر سُوءَ حالِنا بِحُسْنِ حالِكَ، اَللّـهُمَّ اقْضِ عَنَّا الدَّيْنَ وَاَغْنِنا مِنَ الْفَقْرِ، اِنَّكَ عَلى كُلِّ شَيء قَديرٌ .

Al·lahumma adjil ‘ala ahlil qubûris surûr · al·lahumma agni kul·la faqîrin · al·lahumma ashbi‘ kul·la ÿâ’i‘in · al·lahumma aksu kul·la ‘uriânin · al·lahumma-qdi daina kul·li madinin · al·lahumma farriÿ ‘an kul·li makrûbin · al·lahumma rudda kul·la garîbin · al·lahumma fukka kul·la asîrin · al·lahumma aslih kul·la fâsidin min umûril muslimîn · al·lahumma-shfi kul·la marîdin · al·lahumma sudda faqranâ biginâka · al·lahumma gaiir sû’a hâlinâ bihusni hâlika · al·lahumma-qdi ‘anna-d-daina ua agnina mina-l-faqri · innaka ‘ala kul·li shai’in qadîr.

¡Oh Dios! ¡Otorga alegría a los habitantes de las tumbas! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Enriquece a todo pobre! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Sacia a todo hambriento! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Viste a todos los desnudos! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Salda la deuda de todo deudor! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Consuela a todos los entristecidos! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Retorna a todo extraviado (a su patria)! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Libera a todo prisionero! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Soluciona todos los problemas de los musulmanes! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Da curación a todos los enfermos! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Pon fin a nuestra pobreza en Tu opulencia! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Cambia nuestro mal estado en Tu buen estado! ¡Oh Dios! ¡Paga nuestras deudas y sálvanos de la pobreza! ¡Ciertamente Tú eres, sobre todas las cosas, Omnipotente!

يا عَلِيُّ يا عَظيمُ، يا غَفُورُ يا رَحيمُ، اَنْتَ الرَّبُّ الْعَظيمُ الَّذي لَيْسَ كَمِثْلِهِ شَيءٌ وَهُوَ السَّميعُ الْبَصيرُ، وَهذا شَهْرٌ عَظَّمْتَهُ وَكَرَّمْتَهْ، وَشَرَّفْتَهُ وَفَضَّلْتَهُ عَلَى الشُّهُورِ، وَهُوَ الشَّهْرُ الَّذي فَرَضْتَ صِيامَهُ عَلَيَّ، وَهُوَ شَهْرُ رَمَضانَ، الَّذي اَنْزَلْتَ فيهِ الْقُرْآنَ، هُدىً لِلنّاسِ وَبَيِّنات مِنَ الْهُدى وَالْفُرْقانَ، وَجَعَلْتَ فيهِ لَيْلَةَ الْقَدْرِ، وَجَعَلْتَها خَيْراً مِنْ اَلْفِ شَهْر، فَيا ذَا الْمَنِّ وَلا يُمَنُّ عَلَيْكَ، مُنَّ عَلَيَّ بِفَكاكِ رَقَبَتي مِنَ النّارِ فيمَنْ تَمُنُّ عَلَيْهِ، وَاَدْخِلْنِى الْجَنَّةَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يا اَرْحَمَ الرّاحِمينَ .

Iâ ‘alîiu iâ ‘adzîm · iâ gafûru iâ rahîm · anta rabbu-l ‘adzîm · al·ladhî laisa kamizlihi shai’ · ua hua-s-samî‘ul basîr · ua hâdha shahrun ‘adzdzamtahu ua karramtahu ua sharraftahu ua faddaltahu ‘alash-shuhûr · ua huash-shahrul ladhî faradta siâmahu ‘alaii · Ua hua shahru ramadâna-l-ladhî anzalta fîhi-l-qur’ân · hudan lin-nâsi ua baiinâtin mina-l-hudâ ua-l-furqân · ua ÿa‘alta fîhi lailata-l-qadr · ua ÿa‘altahâ jairan min alfi shahr · Faiâ dhal manni ua la iumannu ‘alaika munna ‘alaiia bifakâki raqabatî mina-n-nâr · fîman tamunnu ‘alaihi ua adjilni-l-ÿannah · birahmatika iâ arhamar râhimîn.

¡Oh Altísimo! ¡Oh Ingente! ¡Oh Perdonador! ¡Oh Misericordiosísimo! ¡Tú eres el Señor Majestuoso, el que no tiene nada semejante! ¡Él es el Oyentísimo, Videntísimo! Este es un mes que engrandeciste, honraste, ennobleciste y preferiste a otros meses. Este es un mes que me preceptuaste ayunar. Este es el mes de Ramadán en el que revelaste el Corán, como Guía para la humanidad y las evidencias de la Guía y el discernimiento. Estableciste en él la Noche del Decreto y estableciste que esa noche sea mejor que mil meses. ¡Poseedor de los Dones, al que nadie puede dotar de nada! ¡Dóname mi liberación del Fuego, entre aquellos que liberas! ¡Introdúceme en el Paraíso, por Tu Misericordia, el más Misericordioso de los Misericordiosísimos!

Feelings

It makes us face our problems and stand up if we fall. I see it through the way I pray, it's clear, when it makes us put on the ground and then makes us stand up. it has psychologically a very important benefit when we have to face problems in our lives. if we fall, we must stand up. but how? and how easy when we do this all the time through our prayer? it's simple then to face problems. we are used not to look up and ask for help but to look down and feel what it is to bite the dust. Subhana Allah

October 27, 2004

Night

Salamu aleikom,

I have been working on translations all night long. Now it's 6:03 am. Well, I had to because I prefer to stay awake now during Ramadan and so I don't have to miss the night and all the time it gives to me to study, meditate and feel. So I had to do some work english-spanish and the truth is , I love doing this at night. Then little by little I get ready to the first prayer and before this I eat a little something. This year I don't feel hungry at all. I was just thinking today that perhaps I could spend another day fasting without interruption. Now it's so calm here. I have to hear some Hadith but first I wanted to post this. It's the only place right now I find to write about what I do and how it makes me feel. Those are the moments I love most if not the most, when dawn is almost here. Well, I wanted to upload a MT blog to my own server but even though I payed for perl service, it says my license doesn't have perl permissions (??) anyway. Time for me to listen and read the hadith and then pray. Next Youm Al-Guma' I will have to break my fasting cause I am going to the dentist and he will most probably shoot me with novocaine. So ... this is so sad. First the woman condition didn't allow me the first week. And now this...
Es-sabr gameel....

October 26, 2004

Dawn

Just after having finished my prayer at Fajr I feel that my heart doesn't make any beating sound perceptible to my senses. Normally I feel it when it beats and just right now, well since yesterday, it feels so good, like nothing is bothering me. I hear the birds singing and it's just so good to hear that. And also it's something I felt yesterday about myself while I was praying. I felt that my body was getting separated or apart from my inner self. I was almot looking at my face from my left side. That was something strange , odd, that happened yesterday. And also I could feel like I was a kind of doll that only moved the jaw, but there was no full stomach, no food, no liquids and just that person praying aloud, it was strange what I felt. Well I think I am going to post the birds play. Yes... And you will hear cars and birds. It's so cold outside right now. So beautiful. as well. Well bye bye for now. People are waking up and starting making up those noises...

Salam,

Maryam

after maghreb

Ok, it's been a new day at RAmadan and this is how I feel right now.

October 25, 2004

The Intention

I have been listening many times the first Hadith from the fourteen hadith imam Nawawi. It's a slow recitation that I would like to learn by heart before the end of Ramadan. I would like to learn two hadith at least and ... well it's very difficult. But it's such a beautiful language! In Spain we say Ee-bra-heem with the "b" very short but the recitation says Ee-BBr and it changes everything. I mean with this: having the transliteration is not accurate, I have to listen to someone read the lines to understand that there are differences, that the roman alphabet cannot transliterate (english fonetics / french phonetics) the arab words with accuracy. Therefore this is why I wanted to start learning arabic. Right now I am able to write it and read it (with the accents, if not I am almost lost) And then there are these ressources on internet, so helpful, I don't know how to say that right now we are so fortunate because there is no distance now to find the helpful ressources to keep me going on and learning more. Definitely arabic and french are my preferred languages. But arabic is special in many ways. Still I will have to move on and find more ressources. I would like to find a website where the hadith is recited and there is as well the text (with accents) on the same page. Maybe I am asking things that are already on the net. I just am not aware of them. Its raining here. 4:13 am. Peace.

Hadith I need in arabic

I have a web ressource on the net for Hadith. But the truth is, I like reading them in arabic and then read them in english. I would like to know if there is a website where I can hear the hadiths in arabic but with a little english guidelines so I don´t get lost with titles and authors-?? any help.... thanks in advance.

Ramadan mubarak

salamu aleykom.

Just wanted to say hello and wish a very Happy Ramadan for everyone. May this blog be also a good way to make friends all over the world.

Peace be with you.

Maryam

October 22, 2004

Salamu aleikum

this is my first post, and I am not too sure what it is about. but ok, i will post here what i need to in order to get all the things well done. Ramadan Moubarak.

Salam...
Maryam