#persian proverb

[mindofserenity]

‎چو استاده ای٬ دست افتاده گیر

As long as you are standing, give a hand to those who have fallen.

#persian proverb #fight for the living #pray that they will never be forgotten #palestine #freedomisntfree

[cobotis]

So, if you’re too tired to speak, sit next to me, because I, too, am fluent in silence…

~ R. Arnold

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Nevermind where you are sitting, our silence is the same…

#persian proverb #r. arnold #heart to heart

[rainymorninlady]

"he who wants a rose must respect the thorn" -persian proverb

#Persian proverb #Quotes

[maihonhassan]

There is an Afghani Proverb;

"Dil ba dil ra dara"

"There is a telepathy between hearts."

#afghanistan #afghani #proverbs #persianwords #persian #hearts #aesthetics #english writing #writings #english translation #telepathy #love poems #love #poems and quotes #writerblr #desi dark academia #dark aesthetic #dark academia #light academia #heart #fav #foryou #fyp #explore #viral

[incorrectlooneytunesquotes]

Epigrams succeed where epics fail.

Bugs Bunny 

#Bugs Bunny #source: persian proverb

[radical-revolution]

“Night Hides A World But Reveals a Universe.”

A Persian proverb.

[ayesha-rose]

Forget not death, O man! For you may

be certain of one thing, he forgets not thee.

Persian Proverb

[aroundtheworldiej]

The sewing machine as a lifeline

By Maya Freitas

(Copyrights: photo by Patrick Fouque)

Sami Nouri is humble, determined, and successful. From Afghanistan to the Fashion Week, this 26-year-old refugee is now nicknamed "the little prince of fashion".

Abandoned at the age of 14 by a smuggler in the city of Tours, the young Sami Nouri has lived from home to home, from family to family but does not keep bad memories of his childhood. On the contrary, the latter will be forever grateful for the benevolent help he has always received.

A course with spectacular looks A spectacular course

Trained at the school of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne (ECSCP), the young Franco-Afghan is quickly propelled to recognized couturiers. It was at the British stylist John Galiano that Sami Nouri began the creative stage; a universe that would allow him to be subsequently spotted by the unmissable Jean Paul Gaultier. The young designer often talks about Jean Paul Gaultier's confidence in him. The young designer often talks about the trust/confidence Jean Paul Gaultier had in him.

Learning the language and alphabet is essential to obtaining a diploma, Sami Nouri is aware. Sami Nouri is aware that learning the language and the alphabet is essential to obtain a diploma. When he arrived in France, he knew nothing except sewing, passed down from his father. But his dream of being able to go to school makes him a student, certainly struggling with history and general culture, but with the sole objective: to obtain his professional certificate diploma. "If I fail my exam, I will retake it as many times as I need to get it, as many times as it takes to pass. In Europe, diplomas count almost more than know-how. »

(Copyrights: Melly/Photographer: unknown)

A brand, an illustration of its values and history

Sami Nouri will never forget how much fashion has been of great help in his many struggles. For this purpose, he has only one idea in mind: to make women masters of their dignity. What he wants above all is to enter in symbiosis with them and no longer make women an object enslaved to the desires of men, marketing, photographers ...

Thanks to his perfect mastery and his desire to work, Sami Nouri knew how to be surrounded by the right people such as political figures such as Jean-Pierre Raffarin, or Chadi Sleiman, a great figure of the Parisian bar. A much-needed entourage that allowed him the birth of Sami Nouri Paris in 2017, his own label. The signature of the little prince of fashion stands out thanks to a discreet fragment of barbed wire present in his creations, recalling his passion for freedom. This freedom he found in France, his country of integration to which he wants to pay tribute by creating only made in France products. Sami Nouri Paris respects a condition that its creator will never transgress: a luxury of quality, a quality luxury, accessible to a wide audience because he knows how little rare money can be.

(Copyrights: Own Work /Autor: Sami Nouri)

A momentum that is not about to stop

« Patience is a tree whose root is bitter and whose fruits are very sweet. ». Sami Nouri has long been inspired by this Persian proverb since he was born on March 31, 1996, in Afghanistan. Among the many dangers he went through as a child, the young prodigy aims to take his vision and creations beyond borders. As the latter puts it, (which is the perfect illustration): "it is not because we do not have money that we can not succeed in life! ".

The thirst for work that the young creator shelters allows him to be a jack of all trades The young creator's thirst for work allows him to be a jack of all trades. The examples are numerous: his book published by Robert Laffont entitled La machine à coudre retracing his history, the planned release in 2023 or 2024 of the film of his life whose script is co-written (Franco-American production) or his contribution during the exhibition on François Boucher (painter of Louis XV and favorite of Madame de Pompadour) at the Museum of Fine Arts in Tours, scheduled for early November.

Sami Nouri knows that he will not succeed in changing a country such as Afghanistan, but he intends to put women at the heart of his messages and to restore her greatness and freedom.

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[thebandcampdiaries]

An interview with Ayric: an artist with a one-of-a-kind background.

-Thanks for your time Ayric! Can you tell us about your musical journey and how you developed your passion for music, eventually becoming a musician, singer, and songwriter?

Music, for me, is a window to a different and endless world.

In this world, I can make a music that originates from my feelings and the lyrics that come to my mind, with the combination of melody and harmony  ،this song is a part of me.

With my music, I relieve my sadness, I relax, I get happy, I get motivated and I continue on my way.

Along with enjoying music, it requires a lot of effort and dedication to continue and improve continuously

Special attention should be paid to each section 

And for a musician this is a lifestyle

- You graduated from the Tehran Music Conservatory in composition. How has your formal education in music influenced your artistic style and approach to composing and arranging songs?

University education in the field of composition has given me a deeper and broader perspective in this field.

But ultimately, in today's music, sometimes a single chord is much more effective than a complex harmony.

In a music that emphasizes singing, the melody of the voice is the most important, and during this study, I had the opportunity to learn, practice and improve my singing skill with professional teachers in the field of classical singing.

And I am currently using this singing ability to present the desired feeling in the song.

- Moving from Iran to Italy must have been a significant transition for you. Ayric, how has your cultural background influenced your music, and how do you navigate blending different musical influences in your compositions?

Basically, this forced migration happened because of the existence of a dictatorship in my country, Iran, and forced me to pay a lot of money and lose a lot of time.

But anyway, this has given me a better perspective of the future

Most of the songs that have been released were created before the migration. After moving, I have composed other songs, which will be released soon.

I use elements of Persian pop music in my work and always will; but for diversity and creating new works, I use elements from different genres of music, so that it is in the format defined for me.

- “Life is Beautiful" seems to carry a powerful message about finding hope and beauty in the face of life's challenges. What inspired you to write this song, and how do you hope it resonates with your audience?

The message of this song is clear, “Life is beautiful, open your eyes”.

The text of this song is from the famous Iranian poet “Rumi”.

This song is about wisdom, and like hundreds of other artists, I share my experiences with the audience in the form of songs. We, as humans, face many challenges, and it can be like a long marathon, and the thing that saves us is having hope and looking at the beauty of life. This song has a sentence: “I have seen the cure after throwing away the pain.” This means that we must see beyond the problems, difficulties, and pains to be able to overcome the challenges and continue our life's path.

We should not just be alive, we should live and enjoy it.

We Persians have a proverb that says: whatever comes from the heart will be placed on another's heart, and the audience who has a similar experience will connect with this song.

- Your collaboration with artists from different backgrounds, like the song "Incontrare te," demonstrates a willingness to explore diverse musical ideas and styles. How do you approach collaborations, and what do you believe they bring to your creative process?

Yeah, this collaboration was a wonderful experience and I have a long relationship with these artist friends

And when we came to the conclusion that we are offended by racial discrimination and the lack of equality and peace in different countries, and as artists, we felt it was our duty to do something to protest this situation, and finally, the song “Incontrare te” was made.

I am very interested in communicating with other artists, and I will continue these collaborations in different ways in the future.

In general, meeting different cultures is very attractive and will also lead to more knowledge, more learning and richer music.

- As an artist who has experienced different stages and platforms, from performing on stages in Rome to being featured on Italian TV, how do you feel your music has evolved, and what are your aspirations for the future in terms of your musical career?

I really enjoy performing on stage; seeing the emotional impact that my singing has on the audience is very interesting to me.

I am very happy that I can make and perform music that makes the audience feel good.

Performances definitely bring experiences and help to further progress.

In the future, I plan to release the songs and videos that I am working on and communicate with more audiences and also engage in music activities on a wider level.

Find out more about Ayric's music!

#Spotify

[criticalthinkingsociety]

"I cursed the fact that I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet."

By Saadi

The quote is not a proverb in Persian and in fact is a part of an important book called Golestan written by Saadi Shirazi. He was a poet who lived between 1210-1291in central Iran.Famous for the deep meaning of his writings, both social and moral.

I have come across several websites that cited the quote: “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet” and its variants.

Sadly, the claims of the origin of this quote vary. Some cite it as Chinese, Indian, Jewish, Irish, etc. Usually, it is quoted as anonymous with source unknown.

In Goodreads, we find two instances of the quote. One says Helen Keller said it and another says it was said by Wally Lamb.

In her book “EFFECTIVE LIVING,” Lois Smith Murray says on page 154:

Tolstoy wrote, “I cried because I had no shoes until I met  a man who had no feet.”

In his book “A FOR ARTEMIS,” Sutton Woodfield says on page 44:

Over Goldie’s bed, tacked on the wall, was one of those mottoes you can buy at Woolworths for a bob. This one said, “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.”

However, the most common claim points to the Persian poet Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī (Persian: ابومحمد الدین بن عبدالله شیرازی‎), better known by his pen-name Saʿdī (Persian: سعدی‎) or Saadi Shirazi or simply Saadi. Born in Shiraz, Iran, c. 1210, he was one of the major Persian poets and prose writers of the medieval period.

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His best-known works are Bustan (The Orchard) completed in 1257 and Gulistan (The Rose Garden) in 1258.

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Saʿdī composed his didactic work Gulistan in both prose and verse. It contains many moralizing stories like the fables of the French writer Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95) and personal anecdotes. The text interspersed with a variety of short poems contains aphorisms, advice, and humorous reflections. It demonstrates Saʿdī ‘s profound awareness of the absurdity of human existence.

In Persian lands, his maxims were highly valued and manuscripts of his work were widely copied and illustrated. Saʿdī wrote that he composed Gulistan to teach the rules of conduct in life to both kings and dervishes.

In Chapter III – On the Excellence of Contentment, story 19, Saʿdī  wrote:

I never lamented about the vicissitudes of time or complained of the turns of fortune except on the occasion when I was barefooted and unable to procure slippers. But when I entered the great mosque of Kufah with a sore heart and beheld a man without feet I offered thanks to the bounty of God, consoled myself for my want of shoes and recited:

‘A roast fowl is to the sight of a satiated man Less valuable than a blade of fresh grass on the table And to him who has no means nor power A burnt turnip is a roasted fowl.‘

In the case of Helen Keller the quote “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet” derived from Saʿdī ‘s story had been her credo. It helped her overcome self-pity and to be of service to others.

By T. V. Antony Raj

#quote #life qoutes #quotes #words of wisdom #wordoftheday #history

[dailyaudiobible]

12/30/2022 DAB Transcript

Malachi 1:1-2:17, Revelation 21:1-27, Psalms 149:1-9, Proverbs 31:10-24

Today is the 30th day of December welcome to the Daily Audio Bible, I am Brian it is…it is a joy and an honor to be here with you today as we gather around the Global Campfire for the last couple of days of this year. And the Global Campfire’s not going anywhere. January 1st we just start over and go on a new adventure. But we’re down to the last couple of days of the adventure that we are currently on. So, we set sail a long time ago and now land is not only in sight. We can see where we’re gonna dock and the journey of this year is nearly complete. But we do have some territory to cover before we get there. And that leads us to the final book that we’re going to encounter this year, that being the book of Malachi.

Introduction to the book of Malachi:

Malachi is the 12th out of 12 minor prophets. The name Malachi means my messenger. And, so, there have been scholarly debates about whether the title of this book is the name of the author Malachi, or whether it's a book titled “my messenger”. We’ll assume that the author was a prophet of God, named Malachi. And don't know almost anything about Malachi. What we do know is in the book of Malachi, he was likely a contemporary of Ezra and Nehemiah. And remember going through Ezra and Nehemiah, the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem. And, so, this would be the time period that we’re moving into. Malachi lived about 100 years after the Persian Empire defeated the Babylonian empire who had defeated the kingdom of Judah and carried…well…and destroyed Jerusalem and carried everyone into exile. The Persian Empire began to let Hebrew exiles go back to their homeland, and it had been more than 50 years since the temple construction got underway under the prophetic voices of Haggai and Zechariah. But all the promises in those prophecies, the promises of restoration and the future prominence for the land were not fulfilled. The people were in their homeland, their ancestral homeland, but the…the glory of who they once were had not returned to them. And, so, they just existed as a tiny province of the Persian Empire, distant and discouraged. And because of that discouragement the people’s passion for God was also discouraged, which brought on moral and spiritual decline. Like, one of the things we find in Malachi is that sacrifices that were offered to God, they were supposed to be spotless and without blemish but the priests had begun to use the blind animals and blemished animals for sacrifice and the law was becoming more and more irrelevant as a part of their culture. And, so into this comes the voice of Malachi who was probably the final prophet in the Old Testament age and he came rebuking the doubting faithlessness of the people. And like so many of the other prophets that we've heard so many times inviting them to return to the Lord. Malachi will obviously lead us to the end of the year. It is the final book in what we call the Old Testament. And after his words, it would be another four hundred years before a prophetic voice emerged again and that prophetic voice had a name, John, a person that we know of as John the Baptist who we’ll be meeting again in the new year in just a few days. But after Malachi four centuries pass before he emerges and the arrival of Jesus. And, so, with that, we have talked about all the different books of the Bible we’ve kinda flown over them as we prepared to read them. The is last time we get to do that this year. Now, let's dive into this final book that we get to encounter, Malachi. And today we’ll read chapters 1 and 2.

Prayer:

Father, we thank You for Your word and we thank You for 364 days consecutively together around a Global Campfire moving through the Scriptures allowing Your word to wash into our lives opening our hearts to You and allowing You to do the transformative work inside of us that we could never do for ourselves. We thank You for the ways that You have shifted our thinking, the ways that You have challenged our behavior, the ways that You have comforted us, the ways that You have been patient, which are beyond number. We thank You for Your mercy. We are grateful. We ask once again, as we have asked so many times that by the power of Your Holy Spirit, You would plant what we've read into the soil of our hearts, that in due season it will yield a crop and that that would be the fruit of the Spirit in our lives, and that it would be bountiful, that we would be giving it away everywhere. Come Holy Spirit, we pray. In the name of Jesus, we ask. Amen.

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And if you want to partner with the Daily Audio Bible here in the last couple of days of the year, thank you profoundly, thank you humbly. We would not be here if we were not in this together. And, so, thank you deeply that we are. We are here around the Global Campfire taking the next step forward each and every day. And, so, if that has been meaningful to you there is a link on the homepage at dailyaudiobible.com. If you’re using the app, you can press the Give button in the upper right-hand corner, or the mailing address is PO Box 1996 Spring Hill Tennessee 37174.

And, as always, if you have a prayer request or encouragements you can hit the Hotline button in the app or you can dial 877-942-4253.

And that's it for today. I'm Brian I love you and I'll be waiting for you year tomorrow.

Community Prayer and Praise:

Merry Christmas DAB family it's Lisa calling from the West Coast. Thank you so much for all your prayers. My back health journey has taken a twist. It turns out I have cancer. So, that was pretty surprising. But to be honest it's been pretty interesting. I think everything that I've learned from God over the last few years has really prepared me to be where I am. I've really just had a sense of peace from the beginning of my diagnosis, and I just really feel like God is telling me to really make sure I go out into the world and shine my light and His light. And, so, I wanna make sure that I'm using this time to bring others to God. Yesterday I had my first procedure and I just decided to wear, like a fun festive outfit and to cheer up all the doctors, nurses, and techs and everyone there. I had to be there basically around the holiday, and it was just the best experience. I just met amazing people and we had such a great time and I never would have expected that a scary procedure would be something that would be so positive not just for me but for other people. And it's also just been amazing. My friends have been already really helpful with…with my back injury, you know, driving me places and helping me get groceries and lift things. And, so, now that it's cancer it's just been incredible. My friends have just come together, and I feel like…I just feel so loved. So, I just wanted to let you know that I am praying for anyone else who's going through any kind of cancer diagnosis or any other health scares, just that God sees you and God helps you just feel a sense of peace in this time. Merry Christmas.

Hi Deb this is God's Life Speaker I'm going to read from Brian's epilogue in the daily devotional the God of Your Story. He writes, I don't believe I have a final word in mind as we end our time together but I do have some final thoughts. We can now see that the Bible has given us a beginning and an end. In the process that has touched every soft spot and every stony place in our hearts. We can look in the mirror and truly understand how profoundly and humbly the Bible has come to guide us in the last year. If you've embraced journaling we've written quite a story and God has been involved in it more than ever. It is my earnest prayer that the dance you've begun with the scriptures continues for the rest of your life. You've proven that you can do it and you are not the same person you were a year ago because of it. Imagine what another year in the scriptures will do. Consider joining me along with 10s of thousands of your brothers and sisters around the world for the journey all over again on the Daily Audio Bible. One last thought, benedictions appear throughout the Bible, and this is Brian's benediction. I'm going to skip down to it. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you. May He lift His countenance upon you and give you peace. May the strength of God go with you. May the wisdom of God instruct you. May the hand of God protect you. May the word of God direct you. May you be sealed in Christ this day and forevermore. Amen. Lord God, You know our hearts, You know each story. You have heard the beautiful Christmas party and Lord we pray that we can begin again together on the 1st of this coming year, so Lord I pray a blessing over each of the DABbers. Thank you, Brian and your entire family, and we just pray that You would be magnified Lord in each of our lives in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Hey family this is One Penny Saved from southwest Missouri, and I was just listening to Sneezing Jesus by Brian Hardin on Audible, and it just dawned on me that I need to encourage everyone to look into that to get Audible and download Sneezing Jesus and reframe. It would be great gifts. But I want to say that I have listened to this for so long at nighttime. And, so, that's why when Brian made this Sleep album it was just such an incredible miracle to me because listening to Brian's voice for like 15 years every single day of my life reading God's word just brought such peace to me. And, so, I wanted to hear that at night, but I couldn't. You know, Daily audio Bible doesn't play through without stopping. So, I remembered the…the Audible books and I started listening to them and I just wanted you to know that you should listen to Sneezing Jesus. This time of year would be the greatest time because, as I said, this community has grown, it's so obvious that we are today's church. We are the church and Sneezing Jesus just opens your mind up to a new beautiful place and I’ve listened to it so many times and I will never stop listening. And I love you Brian for giving us the Sleep album. I gotta go. Love you guys. Merry Christmas. Happy new year.

Hey DAB family this is Gift of God calling on Christmas morning. Lord I'm calling for prayer Lord for my son Dorian. It's Christmas and I haven't been able to sleep. I got a call from Florida. He's been arrested on Christmas morning hallucinating because he'd gotten a hold of some mushrooms or something that they're doing now, some stuff. And I pray… Would you all pray with me? Pray for me rather and pray for him that he find salvation. I really do need this prayer. And I do not want my 2023 year to come in with him being locked up. And I knew you guys…you’re my family. I can call on you and I know you will pray for me and pray for him. His name is Dorian. Thank you.

Hi DAB family this is Laura in Colorado and I did not get a chance to call in a Christmas greeting but today is Christmas Day and I've been able to hear all of your wonderful voices driving home from a shift at the hospital where I'll sleep and go back and do it all again. But it's just so wonderful to hear your voices today on Christmas Day. And as we come to the end of another year, this is my third year finishing. On January 1st I’ll start my 4th year, which I can't believe and how much I've just grown to love this community and the rhythm that that Brian brings to life of walking us through days and weeks and months and eventually years. And now starting to feel the rhythm of just, you know, what part of the year we listen to that part of the book and getting used to hearing Revelations through…through December as Brian was talking about. And this is kind of a bittersweet week. It's like we're coming to an end and then we get to start a beginning and it's very exciting and I look forward to doing that with all of you. I'm also the nurse who's been trying to adopt the abandoned baby from our NICU and I just wanted to let you know that she's still with us. She's with us for Christmas and some…some biological family has surfaced and we're not really sure what will happen there. If you would just please continue to pray. We call her Anna. I realize I’ve never left a name. But we call her Anna and that God’s will just be done in her life, that if she's meant to be with us that God will make away. And we know that you are all so faithful to pray. So, Merry Christmas…

Hello, my name is Miranda, and I live in the UK. I'm currently visiting my dear mother in Australia. I've been listening to the Daily Audio Bible for a year and it has been very transformational and essential to my everyday life. Thank you so so much all involved including the people who call in with their prayer requests. I'm so encouraged, so much so that I built up the courage to reach out for myself on this occasion. The Lord has called me to do ministry work and he called me during the time where I felt so very close to Him and I wanted to be obedient. __.  I'm struggling with issues with anger that I've had to…to deal with all my life. I am…it…it's an anger that I’ve inherited from my father, and it impacts my marriage greatly and all my relationships and my day-to-day life. And I feel…I…I just feel so vulnerable and unable to…unable to be loving. I know that I can, I have been in the past, but I feel so disabled by this anger that just __ up within me. And I'm so concerned for the relationships around me. The people that I love, the people that I'm closest to seem to bear the brunt of it. So, I'm reaching out for prayer because I hear so many wonderful results from your faithful prayers and I'm trusting that when you lift me up, if you will kindly do so, that the Lord will address this issue. Thank you so very much. God bless.

Deep dive into the book of Revelation:

Part 11

Okay, so it's no secret that tomorrow is the last day of the year. So, obviously we have come down to the final readings in the Bible, which means we have also come down to the final readings in the book of Revelation that we've been diving into this year. And in today's reading we kind of turn the corner. What began as seven letters to seven churches turned into seven trumpets and seven bowls. And we spent a lot of time with a lot of disruption, and we've looked at many views from many angles that eventually led us to the…the great white throne of God and the final judgment and we passed through that yesterday in our reading. Now we get a picture of all things being made new and the imagery is riveting. And as we've gone through the book of Revelation we've looked figuratively, and we've looked literally in an attempt simply to get behind all of the things that have been said about the book of Revelation to try to get insight on what's being said. So, we have to look at all things being made new from the same perspective as we prepare to end the book of Revelation and the Bible. So, let’s look literally at what we read today while doing what we've been doing all along, asking ourselves is this literal, this a literal thing that's being said or is this a figurative thing that's being said that represents something bigger that can…that can be said. So, after the great white throne judgment that we read about yesterday, we are greeted with the fact that a new heaven and a new earth have appeared. So, when you stop and think about that literally, a new heaven and a new earth, which would tell us that our ultimate destination is earth. Just apparently not this one. In the new earth there is no sea. The sea was gone. So, clearly that would be a very different earth. What we don't know is if John is referring to like the Mediterranean Sea will be gone and how would that work. But if we just assume there are no oceans than a very different earth. And on this new earth John sees the new Jerusalem coming down from heaven to earth dressed like a bride ready for her husband. And a loud voice from the throne said, “God lives with humans. God will make His home with them, and they will be His people, and God himself will be with them and be their God and He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there won't be anymore death and there won't be any more grief or crying or pain, because the first things have disappeared.” So, on this new earth that has no oceans God plans to actually dwell with people. And this is happening, the one sitting on the throne says, “I'm making everything new. I’m the first and the last. I’m the beginning and the end. And I'll give a drink from the fountain filled with the water of life to anyone who is thirsty. It’s not gonna cost anything. Everyone who wins the victory will inherit these things. I'll be there God. They’ll be my children.” And then he says, you know, cowardly, unfaithful, detestable…all of the people that have been judged earlier they don't…they don't get to go into this new rest. And then continuing literally, one of the seven angels that had one of the seven bowls that were poured out on the earth at the end with the seven plagues came to John and said, “come, I’m going to show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.” And, so, John is carried by the angels power to a high mountain where he sees this new holy city, Jerusalem, coming from God out of heaven. And it's obviously ornate with gates and jewels and angels and inscriptions. The names of the 12 tribes of Israel are on the 12 gates. There are 12 foundations and each foundation has the name of one of the 12 apostles of the Lamb written on it and it’s coming down from heaven to earth and it gets measured and it’s…it's…it's a cube, it's a big cube coming down out of heaven that is at cubed city coming down-to-earth and it's measured…and its measurements are 12,000 stadia long, wide, and high. And 12,000 stadia equates to about 1600 miles or almost 2600 km. And, so, from literal perspective somehow this will work. The atmosphere of this new earth must be different because on the earth that we currently live on, I mean, if we just get 60 miles up we’re kind of in outer space. So, 1600 miles tall would be way out there in outer space. And the Angel is telling John that this 1600-mile cube coming out of the sky down-to-earth is the bride. And there is no temple in this…this new city because God himself and the Lamb are the temple and the city doesn't need any exterior light like the sun or the moon because the glory of God illuminates it. And apparently because it has gates you can go in and out of it and…and Revelation says, “the nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. So, you can go in and out of it or at least some people can. And its gates never close. It's opened all day. They…they don't close because there isn't any more night. So, it never gets dark outside. And everyone who would pass through the…the great judgment, their names…their…their names were found in the book of life, the Lamb's book of life will be able to go into the city. So, that's kind of a literal…literal look at what we read today. If we’re looking at this figuratively then there are a plethora of nuances. But indeed, a new heaven and a new earth are established. But this doesn't necessarily mean different planets to the idea of first and second or old and new are used throughout the Bible. So, if you have an old covenant, a new covenant, a first Adam, a second Adam or language like the latter will be greater than the former. This is usually indicating the impermanence of the first and the permanence of the second. So, this second earth, this new earth certainly could be at a different planet, but from a figurative perspective, it would be a restored one, one in which evil does not exist, where pollution is gone, where corrupt political systems of governance do not exist, one in which the presence of God is immediate and tangible. Basically, an existence that is restored to shalom where nothing is broken and nothing is lost, all has been restored to perfection, there are no more goodbyes, one in which death does not exist and God wipes every tear from our eyes, one in which there is no grief or crying or pain, because those things do not exist anymore. This picture comes from the book of Isaiah, where it is said there will be a new heaven and new earth, and they will by no means remember the former. So, looking at that figuratively, the struggle to survive in a dark world while trying to remain true to Jesus unto death, that's…that's over. That will never happen again. But when we did read about this new earth, literally, we found that it has no sea. So, there are no oceans. From a figurative view scholars just simply look at how this the sea was referenced in the rest of the book. So, it was seen as the origin of cosmic evil. It was referenced as the place of the unbelieving rebellious nations who attack and try to stamp out God's people. It was referenced as the place of the dead. It was referenced as the seat of the world's idolatry and evil trade activity. So, figuratively those things aren’t…aren’t a part of this new earth. So, sticking with this figurative view of the sea, then that means that on this new earth there’s no longer a threat from Satan or darkness or evil. Those have been permanently judged. They can never be a part of the new creation. And there won’t be any threat from a political, or corrupt, rebellious nations. They've…they've suffered the same fate is the devil. There won't be any more death. So, there is no reason to have a place of the dead. And even the fear of the ocean itself as kind of a dark, murky, unpredictable place will be over. And this new city has 12 gates, each named after one of the 12 tribes of Israel with the foundation having 12 foundations, each having the names of the apostles, which would figuratively basically represent the completeness of God's redemptive plan, that all who are within this city are essentially the true Israel, which is not an ethnic thing. And it's not the structure itself, this 1600 mile cube that is going to somehow…this cube that isn’t alive is going to somehow become a bride. It's…it's everyone within that sphere, and this is thought to be true because…because God uses marriage as a metaphor for his covenant with His people all throughout the Bible, even in devastatingly heartbreaking ways. So, God is probably not interested in being in a covenant relationship with a…with a literal structure. Rather, He wants union with his people - loyalty, allegiance and perfect intimacy. And God saying that He is the Alpha and Omega, you know, isn't the Lord saying that He is two letters in an alphabet. It is to say that He is the beginning and the end, right? So, we see that very clearly as a figure of speech, so figuratively. But He's saying as a way of reassurance, that He called creation into being at the beginning and has remained sovereign so we can be assured that all things will be made new because He is the beginning and end of it all. And those who win the victory or those who overcome or are overcomers will inherit all of this. And as we’ve seen from one of the main themes of this book that we’ve talked about several times over, an overcomer is the one who endures through whatever, until the end. And what we inherit is union and communion with God and all of the essentials that we need for an abundant life in His family are available. And it's been pointed out that the look of this new Jerusalem, the way that is constructed with all of the precious stones remarkably parallels the description of the great whore of Babylon, right? So, on the one hand, John was told, I will show you the judgment of the great horror. And then he’s told, come, I will show you the bride. So, figuratively throughout this book Babylon was the dark, evil world system consolidated into a city name. So, those who look at this figuratively would say the same thing is happening here. One was an attempt to dominate and demand worship and it was full of the world's people who went along with that. The other is true and is full of those who remained true. And we talked about that a lot when…when we were talking about the judgment of Babylon. But in terms of looking at this new city, figuratively and not as a structure, the illusions go to other parts of the Scripture that are…that are used figuratively. For example, when Jesus is referred to as the cornerstone that the builders rejected. I don't think anybody thinks Jesus is a…is a piece of rock, is a stone. That would be figurative language. Or when Peter says in his first letter that we as believers are precious living stones. We can…we can take that figuratively pretty easily because no one thinks that their destiny ultimately is to become a stone. And, so, that's why these things are seen figuratively in terms of this new city. And there won't be a temple in this new city. So, if this city isn't about the structure of the city, but about the people within it, then perhaps there isn’t a third temple to be built. But that is hotly debated. But figuratively the temple always represented the presence of God. Before there was a temple there was a tabernacle that represented the presence of God. So, in this new creation there's no need for that. The presence of God is everywhere and is not hindered or impeded in any way. And what about the dimensions of this new city. I mean outside, it’s like 1600 hundred miles. It’s like 1500 or 1600 miles, I think 7 million feet tall. So, obviously an amazing structure. But in Revelation it's described as 12,000 stadia. And the number 12 is symbolic throughout the Bible. So, there's 12 tribes of Israel. There's 12 apostles. In this new city there's 12 angels at 12 gates. Earlier in Revelation there were 12,000 people from 12 tribes of Israel that made up 144,000. There were 12 precious stones in the breastplate of the priest. And we could go on and on. Many scholars affirm that the number 12 is a number signifying authority and completeness. So, when applied figuratively to the new Jerusalem it would represent the entire family of God, as opposed to a cubed city. So, there are a couple of ways of looking at what we've read today. And as with everything that we've talked about in the book of Revelation this is just the tip of the iceberg. But man, man, no matter whether this is literal or figurative or whatever this is gonna look like this is the unimpeded presence of God with no distractions in a world where evil does not exist and perfect union with God is completely normal. It's a picture of how things were always supposed to be for us and it's a promise that all things will be made new. And if there's one thing that I'm certain of in my life it is that I want to be there. I want to stay true. I want to see all this and I'm…I'm sure in the end it will be completely different than I might imagine, or that any of us might imagine, but what I want more than anything is that first moment of pure ecstasy of the full presence of God, followed by the awareness that it never ends. Don't you? And we can all be there. We can all overcome. And we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. We get there by realizing that the end of what we think we know isn't the end of anything. It is only the beginning.

Prayer:

Father, we thank you for these pictures that describe what is beyond comprehension. We take the book of Revelation for what it is, a promise. And we invite her Holy Spirit to come seal us in Christ, that we might endure whatever comes our way, whatever time we are in. Come Holy Spirit we pray in Jesus name. Amen.

[ssashraf]

Hello Everyone,

Assalamoalaikum ❣️

As you all know today is 9th November, that is, today is celebrated as Urdu Day. On this day in 1877, the famous poet Dr. Allama Iqbal was born in Sialkot Pakistan, and today Urdu Day is celebrated to mark his birth anniversary. His father's name was Sheikh Noor Muhammed and his mother's name was Imam Bibi. The financial condition of the house was not that good, it just used to pass. His father was not very educated, his job was that of a tailor, he used to stitch clothes of people and run the house, but yes he was not educated but he was a very religious and social person.

Do you know, Urdu is an Indo-Aryan language that comes from the Indo-European language family. It is the mother tongue of about 70 million people worldwide and more than 100 million people use it as a second language in India - Pakistan. Urdu is a language that reaches the soul. It is a language that fills life in ghazals. This is the reason why songs, poetry and nazms written in Urdu reach our hearts.

You must have heard that a proverb is very famous in India. Regarding languages, it is said that if Hindi is our mother then Urdu is our aunt. This clearly shows how much importance is given to languages ​​in India. Also, how is the importance of Urdu in it, it also shows.

The birth of Urdu in India is considered to be from the period of 12th century. At that time the popular name of this language was not Urdu but Hindavi. When the number of its speakers increased rapidly and it started being spoken in different states, then its different names also started appearing, such as- Zaban-e-Hind, Rekhta, Zaban-e-Dehli, Hindi, Gujri, Deccani, Zaban-e-Urdu-e-Mullah and Urdu.

I believe that Dr. Allama Iqbal through his poetry worked to advance the Urdu language to a great extent. He used Urdu and Persian languages ​ ​ extensively in his poetry. His poetry was not easy for everyone to understand. Because he did not do common poetry, in which those who read and listened could see the words of the lover, he was a revolutionary poet, his poetry used to be filled with the philosophy of life. There used to be many mines in every single harf.

There is no doubt that Dr. Allama Iqbal was a true patriot, he wrote many such ghazals in which the flame of his patriotism can be felt. When he wrote "Tarana-e-Hind" in 1904, that ghazal was on the tongue of a revolutionary. Even today that Ghazal is repeated in every corner of India.

Sare Jahan Ae Achcha Hindustan Hamara

Hum Bulbule Hain Iski Ye Gulistaan Hamara

Mazhab Nahi Sikhata Aapas Mein Bair Rakhna

Hindi Hain Hum Watan Hai Hindustan Hamara...

Well, in today's era, all of you must have also realised that somewhere in our country, in some way or the other, efforts are being made to eradicate Urdu, and this is also true that without Urdu, All Stories, Ghazal, Nazm, Song and Poetry are all incomplete. Without Urdu, they cannot accomplish all these things, but still do not know why some people are lying on erasing Urdu. So I request special Muslim brothers and sisters to try to keep Urdu alive in their society in their homes and get their children educated in Urdu and take Urdu newspapers or magazines in their homes. Today we all ourselves are getting away from Urdu as if it will no longer exist in the future.

What a great poet has written a lot on Urdu;

"Urdu" Jise Kehte Hain Tahzeeb Ka Chashma Hai..

Wo Shakhs Mohazzab Hai Jisko Ye Zuban Aayi !!

Thank You !! 😊

S S Ashraf

Director, Bookstock

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He who wants a rose must respect the thorn.

Persian proverb

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[shalomelohim]

سرود پرستشی مثل باران بهاری / sorod parasteshi mesle baran bahari - Comme une pluie de printemps par Ahle Khane (Farsi Iranian - Persian Song)

“ Connaissons, cherchons à connaître l'Eternel ; Sa venue est aussi certaine que celle de l'aurore. Il viendra pour nous comme la pluie, Comme la pluie du printemps qui arrose la terre. “ (Proverbes 16:15)

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[Refrain] مثل باران بهاری Mesle barane bahari Like the spring when rains Comme au printemps quand il pleut ای روح القدس ببار Ey Roholghodos bébar Oh holy spirit rain over me, Ô Esprit Saint, fais pleuvoir sur moi, تازه کن باغ وجودم Taze Kån Baghe Vojodam To renew the garden of my existence Pour renouveler le jardin de mon existence تا شوم پر برگ و بار Ta Shavam porbarg å bar And become full of leaves and fruits Et se rassasier de feuilles et de fruits تا پر شوم از روح خدا Ta pår shavam az rohe khoda To enrich me from the God’s soul Pour enrichir mon âme de Dieu از آتش پاک تو Az atashe pake to To be flown of your pure holy fire D’être transporté de ton feu sacré pur میوه های بسیار آورم Mivehaye besyar avaram Enabling me to bring so much fruits Me permettant d’apporter tant de fruits چون شاخه تاک تو Chon Shakheye taak e to As worthy as your vine branch Aussi digne que ton sarment de vigne

گه گاه نفس و گاهی دنیا Gahgah nafs å gahi donya ya vasvase ye sharir Sometimes my Self ego and some often the world Parfois mon ego et parfois le monde میخواهند خشکم کنند عیسی Mikhahand khoshkam kånand Issa Want to get me away from you and make me dry, oh Jesus Veulent m’éloigner de toi et me dessécher, ô Jésus رویت را از من نگیر Rooyat raa az man magir So please don’t take your visage away from me Alors, s’il te plaît, ne détourne pas ton visage de moi

[Refrain]

محبّت، ایمان، خوشی و حِلم Mohabat, Iman Khåshi å Helm dar man shåkofa nama But help me to get flourished with Love, faith, joy and gladness Mais aide-moi à m’épanouir dans l’Amour, la foi, la joie et l’allégresse سلامتی، فروتنی و Salamati fårotani å Healthy, humility and Dans la sainteté, l’humilité et یک عشق بی انتها Yek eshghe bi enteha An Infinite Love Un amour infini

[Refrain]

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Why is the future not where we think?

When talking about the future, we most likely see it in front of us; But do all the people of the world think like this?

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Imagine the future. Where is the image for you? Do you see yourself stepping into the future? Maybe the future is behind you. Maybe even above your head. What do you think about the past?

How to answer the above questions depends on your identity and geographical location . How we imagine the future is influenced by the culture we grow up in and the language we speak.

For many people in Britain, the United States and much of Europe, the future is in front of them and the past is behind them. People in these cultures usually think of time as linear. They continuously move towards the future; Because they cannot go back to the past.

The indigenous Aymara imagine the future behind them

However, in some cultures, the past and future positions are reversed. The Aymara, a South American indigenous group living in the Andes, see the future behind them and the past ahead of them. By studying Aymara people's body gestures while discussing topics such as ancestors and traditions, scientists discovered this attitude. They noticed that when Aymara people talk about their ancestors, they use gestures and body language in front of them, as if the past is right in front of them. However, when talking about a future event, they point behind themselves.

Looking ahead

Analyzing how people write, speak, and body postures about time shows that the Aymara people are not alone. Speakers of Darij, a dialect of Moroccan Arabic, imagine the past in front of them and the future in front of them. This attitude is also true for Vietnamese speakers.

In the United Kingdom and the United States, people usually see themselves as stepping forward and into the future. When moving forward, the Maori people of New Zealand do not look to the future, but to the past. The Māori proverb Kia tsaktomuri te haere te haere is translated as: "I move backwards into the future by looking at the past."

For Maori people, what lies ahead is determined by what can be seen or seen. Maori people consider the past and the present as known and seen concepts; Because they have already happened. That is why the past is imagined in front of them or where they can see.

However, the future is unknown because it hasn't happened yet; So it's behind you because you can't see it. Māori find themselves stepping backwards into the future because their actions in the future are influenced by the lessons they learn from the past. By facing the past, they can apply those lessons in the future.

Different approaches

Scientists still do not know why people in different parts of the world interpret the past, present and future in different ways. According to one hypothesis, our perspective is influenced by the way we read and write. For example, people who write from left to right consider the direction of time from past to future from left to right, which is a reflection of their reading and writing patterns.

However, some people such as Arabic speakers and Persian speakers who write from right to left often interpret the time course of events from the past on the right and the future on the left. On the other hand, based on the reading direction, it is not possible to understand why some people who read from left to right imagine the future behind them.

According to another theory, cultural values ​​can also influence our orientation towards the future. Cultures differ in terms of traditions. According to researchers, your spatial perception of the future may be determined by your culture's emphasis on past traditions or focus on the future.

In cultures such as the United Kingdom and the United States, which emphasize the importance of progress, change, and modernization, the future usually lies ahead. However, in cultures such as Moroccan culture or indigenous Maori groups that place great value on traditions and ancestral history, the past is the focus and therefore the future.

Cultural differences can provide a basis for overcoming global challenges. If the future is not always ahead, then Western hymns about moving forward or moving on and letting go of the past can be meaningless to many people. Perhaps if we can learn from the representation of time in different cultures, then we can rethink the understanding of many global problems.

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