Author: Yusuf Yasin
His Beauty
His lovers set fire to the oceans and never reached the shore of his beauty They emptied ink pots like oceans and what they wrote …
The White Palace
How generous are you, o King of Jinn and Men! within the walls of your palace within the throng of your lovers even an imposter…
Untitled
Righteous men have penned elegant words praising him and boasted that they were elevated by the mention of him But what can I say in…
the wailing wall
There are many madmen Stumbling in these streets Mumbling madness Their eyes don’t see For their lack of wits, Please don’t berate them Turn a…
Life Without End
“the angels will come to them from every door/ may you be blessed with peace for that which you endured” If grief could dieIt would…
Khabr: Ṣādiq or Kādhib
cIlm al-Macānī is the cilm (knowledge) through which the forms of Arabic expressions suitable to the dictates of the current situation are recognized. It is…
Aḥnāf ibn Qays Looks for Himself in the Muṣḥaf
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم In the book Ayn al-Khāshicūn fi al-Ṣalāh, the author, Shaykh Abū Ṭalḥah Muḥammad Yūnus ibn cAbd al-Sattār writes: The objective of…
Alliances of Virtue: Joining Hands With the Oppressed
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قال جل ذكره: اذهب أنت و أخوك بئايتي و لا تنيا في ذكري “You, and your brother, go [to Fir’aun] with…
Ṣadaqatul Fiṭr & Relatives
Relatives are divided into two categories: a category whom it is impermissible to give ẓakāh or any wājib charity, and another whom it is permissible,…