Muslihuddin ibn Šerefuddin Sadi Širazi, svjetionik mudrosti i pjesništva, rođen je u Širazu, gradu koji je u srcu islamske civilizacije blistao kao dragulj, uprkos teškim vremenima koja su ga okruživala. Te godine, kada su Mongoli s istoka nemilosrdno narušavali granice islamskog svijeta, a krstaši s zapada, pod blagoslovom pape, zadavali duboke rane islamskom tkivu, Širaz…
Nije šija, je li sunit
Kad analitičari objašnjavaju historiju najstarije muslimanske podjele kažu da se prije 1400 godina zajednica prvih muslimana podijelila oko toga ko treba da naslijedi političku vlast koju je obnašao poslanik Islama Muhammed. Te dvije strane su kasnije nazivane sunitima i šiitima, terminima nastalim od riječi sunnet – dobro uhodani put ili običaj i ši'at Ali –…
Emir Abdulkadir: savremene pouke
Emir Abdulkadir je rođen nedaleko od grada Maskara blizu Orana 1807. ili 1808. godine. Njegov otac, Muhjiddin el Hasani, bio je šejh kadirijskog tarikata. Bio je iz berberskog plemena Benu Ifran i potomak Poslanika Muhammeda s.a.v.s. preko njegovog unuka Hasana a.s. U djetinjstvu je Abdulkadir naučio napamet Kur'an, podučavan je uzgoju konja, teološkim naukama i…
If you want the rainbow you got to put up with rain
In retrospective it might have something to do with it being the day for homeworks, catching up on learning and finding excuses when you realize that you should have used the weekend a lot better. This probably made a deep impression in my sub-conscience hence the automatic dislike for Sundays. But it wasn't always so.…
How To Mend Broken Hearts
It was with great care that I undertook to listen to a friend who happened to open his heart before me and tell what has been bothering him for some time. Human hearts tend to have a weakness. They have a tendency to be fragile and occasionally...they break. Some hearts break because of treason, some…
Death, be not proud
In my hometown, funerals mean a lot. When my usual work day ends, and there is a case to be made that it actually never ends, and I come home to my family, my grandmother usually briefs me on the recent deaths in Tešanj. From time to time I am expected to attend the funeral…
Per Aspera Ad Astra!
At first, I wasn't feeling it. I remember sometime after the war, right around when I got my first PC, my father gave me a 3.5'' floppy disk with some astronomy software on it. It could show the exact position of stars and constellations and I played around with it for weeks. Then came the…
It is the men behind who make the man ahead
I never met my paternal grandfather. He passed away years before my birth. Growing up I heard stories and fragments of stories which I still try to piece together into a complete picture of his personality. I heard about the traditionally rough childhood during and after World war II when he left home daily to…
Escaping reality
With reality shows destroying the traces of what once was good abouttelevision; channels are busy thinking up different kinds of moronic talent shows. While some claim to be hunting for the best band, others claim to be looking for the best voice, and yet some others are hunting for the complete idol-one that the country…
They ask Nesimi
From the poetry of Kul Nesimi (not the Azeri, but the Ottoman Nesimi), we find this magnificent jewel, which is designed to reflect a qur'anic miniature from suratul Fussilat: Indeed, those who have said, "Our Lord is Allah " and then remained on a right course - the angels will descend upon them, [saying], "Do…