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— Frank Bidart, from “Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016; ‘The Third Hour of the Night’", published c. 2017.

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The thing is that getting Palestine free is both very difficult but not as difficult as getting South Africa free. South Africa had more resources than Israel does, it could hold out so much longer and still the apartheid was ended by people working tirelessly and boycotting and pushing for divestment and sanctions. These methods will work for freeing Palestine too.

I know it doesn't feel like there have been many successes, but all the politicians are feeling the pressure. Pressure that we are able to sustain and even increase as we come up with new initiatives and convince new people to join.

One of the reasons they're resisting our pressure so strongly is because they know that when we see gains we will push harder, we will continue to push until the stones falling becomes a rock fall and Palestine's freedom is secured. They know if we get a taste of the power we can wield we'll turn that onto freeing Congo too. They know we're unhappy and have been for a long time and their very secure system starts to look a lot less secure when we start mobilising to change things.

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- Hanif Kureishi, from "The Buddha of Suburbia"

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I withdraw from people and places from time to time. I need space from a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talk too much but never have anything to say.

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"Know you are in the arena of competition, and your time is passing by. Do not recline to laziness.

What was unachieved was unachieved by laziness. And what was achieved was achieved by hard work and effort."

Imam Ibn Jawzi

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There’s only so many self help books u can read . And so many inspiring quotes u can digest. You can’t run away from yourself. I mean u can try . But eventually you will get really, really tired. Sometimes just sit in silence with yourself . And exist with no expectation. Breathe. You’re alive . Can you feel your blood running through you? Rome wasn’t created in a day. Your whole life won’t happen in 24 hours . Some days your life is slow. Sometimes it whizzes past. What really matters is your connection with yourself . Everything else is good if you are connected with your inner needs….

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वापसी तुम पर फ़र्ज़ थोड़ी है,

ये मुहब्बत है, कोई कर्ज़ थोड़ी है

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Courage

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“Would you ever kill yourself?” The therapist asks.

Pause. Nothingness. Thought. Darkness.

“How would you do it?” She tries to fill the void.

“I don’t have the courage.” I reply plainly.

“The courage to do what-“

“To kill myself.” I interject, “So I endure…” There is a pause again, a moment of silence that seems to last forever, “I use my cowardly courage to live.”

Written by myself.

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“Hawao'n se bachane ki koshishe thi jinke liye.. Un chirago ko hamare haatho'n pe rehem na aaya.”

Poet : Shafin Khan @theshasays

[ We tried to protect them from the winds, But those lamps found no mercy in our hands.]

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Shafin Khan delivers a reality check with these lines he wrote :

"Mere puchne par hi batata hai ab wo,

Wo jo saari baatain mujh tak la rakhta tha. "

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When kashaf in zindagi gulzaar h said,

زندگی میں آنے والی ہر مصیبت پر

zindagi me aane waali har musibat par

میں سوچا کرتی تھی کی شاید

main socha karti thi ki shayad

یہ آخری مصیبت ہو

ye aakhiri musibat ho

all the ones suffering felt the harsh reality.

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ye mahlon ye takhton ye tajon ki duniya,

ye insan ke dushman samajon ki duniya,

ye daulat ke bhuke rivajon ki duniya,

ye duniya agar mil bhi jaae to kya hai.

Sahir ludhianvi

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i hope my absence gives you the peace my love never could

- dee

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The beginning of Surah Taha is full of Musa repeating that he was afraid and Allah would reassure him by telling him not to worry because He was with him.

In Surah Al Shuara, when the story of Musa reaches its climax with Bani Israel between the army of Pharaoh and the sea, Musa was the one that called out with confidence, “No, My Lord is with me and He will guide me!” He had already seen time and time again that whoever relies on Allah, Allah makes a way out for him. That no harm could ever touch him without Allah’s permission. That often, the things we’re most afraid of have no real power over us. For Allah has power over them.

When you are placed in situations where you are afraid or carrying burdens you feel are beyond your capacity, know that perhaps Allah is preparing you for something great in your future. Perhaps this is a training period. Perhaps Allah wants you to overcome your fears. Perhaps Allah wants you to see what you are capable of, so that you may be bolder in your future pursuits. The possibilities are endless.

But what is certain is that if Allah has placed you in a situation of fear or difficulty, then know He is with you and will lovingly guide you through it. He only plans to your benefit 🩵

@dearallah on instagram

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Some things overcome our heart in a way that hope feels like too great an ask. But you see, there's a reason why Allah سبحانه و تعالى asks us to hold on even whilst we endure the things that turn our world upside down. Because it's within the helplessness of these moments that there is only room for hope. There is no choice but to let go and give in to Our Lord's plan. To succumb to a state where we realise there is nothing nor anyone that can save us except Him. The One who can pull us out of the dark depths of the void that is life, and to fill that same void with His Light. A Light that so certainly brings life and compensates in a way that it shall always prove to our hearts that so long as we believe in Our Lord and all that only He Is, Has been and Shall always Be, there must always be room for Hope. After all, how can one possibly fall into despair when he has belief in his Lord, The Reviver of Life and The Bestower of Hope?

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love the word “rapscallion”. like not only are you a rascal but you’re also kind of spring onion about it too