Meandering Musing

First the puzzle, then the beer and then the newspaper.
Love this bookstore-café Grounds For Thought, downtown Bowling Green.

Main Reason why I am in love with Vienna

Experiencing the struck of love, I heard, must be amazing. Butterflies, they say, invade body parts and leave some time later after having got comfortable in your body.

But imagine receiving love spiritually. The love of God for instance: Neither can we see nor touch Him, yet His presence is felt. Falling after falling after falling, a hand reaches out to you, not demanding any kind of remuneration. Chances over chances are given to us, even though we were not even asking for them in the first place. And above all, the prayers that are heard, when we thought we were helpless.

Talk about love now.

Experiencing the struck of love, I heard, must be amazing.
Butterflies, they say, invade body parts and leave some time later after having got comfortable in your body. But imagine receiving love spiritually.
The love of God for instance: Neither can we see nor touch Him, yet His presence is felt. Falling after falling after falling, a hand reaches out to you, not demanding any kind of remuneration. Chances over chances are given to us, even though we were not even asking for them in the first place.
And above all, the prayers that are heard, when we thought we were helpless.

Talk about love now.

"I believe that for everyone there come seconds, minutes or even hours that stand still. A time so breathtakingly exquisite that breath seems to be caught in the middle of our chests, not even seeking to find an exit. The moment when bride and groom are finally declared married, the hug that follows the reunition of two lovers or even the subtle moment of a deep mind connection. See? Every moment of them is shared by another human being and only they can be the ultimate protagonists of it."

Words by

Dome of Rock, Jerusalem ♥️

I'll give myself a promise to be ...

"Nun laß den Sommer gehen.
Laß Sturm und Winde wehen."

The Egyptian Islamic Scholar Fadil Soliman did a great reportage about "Islam in Women" that was talking about different women who found their way to this religion.
One of them was from Germany and was working in Sharm El Sheikh as a tour guide.
On a Friday noon she went with a huuuge group for some souvenir shopping but the owner of the shop told her that he was not going to sell anything at that moment because he had to head to the Friday prayers. She was very perplexed and told him that he would be such an idiot if he leaves all that money just to "kiss the carpet" - he simply answered that he doesn't care a lot about the materialistic things in the world and that the love of God is more important than all of that money. And walked away.
This young lady describes his answer as the key to her journey to Islam.

I witnessed something similar to this yesterday. I was buying in Ramses something when suddenly everything stopped and people rushed to their prayers. No place in the mosque? That's not a problem at all.

It only took them 7 minutes to thank Allah for all they are having.

"I am from ."
"Do you live in the ? Do you have a camel?"
Sad but truth: Nor do we own our own pyramid nor do we have our own camel. And girls are also not gonna get married for camels.
Sorry for destroying your reality.

A day at the pyramids

It's the time of the year again:
worldwide are getting ready to perform the fifth pillar of - the to .
This pillar is obligatory for every - male or female, provided that s/he is physically and financially able to do so.
In the picture you can see my uncle and his wifey very excited in the bus that took them from our villages to the airport with other