A missive from the Verandah Vanguard on Jihad, developed by the marvelously mellifluent Matronita minor and your friendly neighbourhood Tailor. Film commissioned by Hamja Ahsan as part of the Redo Pakistan project within the Other Asias movement.
Archive for September, 2010
Jihad: Divine Paradox
Posted in Cosmology, Tailorite Tafsir, tagged Deleuze, Gnosticism, Guattari, jihad, Kabbalah, line of flight, matronita minor, paradox, sign regimes, Sufism on September 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Wedding batah (barakah)
Posted in Love poems on September 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
May your spirits garment each other forever, in provision, protection and shelter, may this married journey take the form of the Qu’ran: a boundless, joyfully immeasurable mirroring of Your Beautiful Truth! As the Angel commanded, let the bride and groom read the signs of Love in their every glance, action, deed and consideration, that Jannah [...]
Interlude: Lewis Carroll on Tafsir
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir on September 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have been going Through the Looking Glass with my elder daughter the past week and, last night, we reached the chapter in Alice’s journey in which she encounters Humpty Dumpty. It was like staring at a picture of myself (and my Daughter)! It is enjoined upon every Muslim to read Lewis Carroll completely (metaphysically, [...]
Eid Mubarak from the Tailor
Posted in Love poems, tagged eid, Qu'ran on September 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Oh breast unfolded, oh heart unsealed, You questioners, so near to disbelief, You cave sleepers of unutterable number, Oh you city exodus, you harvest of days Oh infinite assembly of rows, You adorned frames of noble tongue, You breath of warning, first of submitters Oh witnesses of the month, 2, 3 or 4: God’s Desire [...]
Ramadan Reading: a Few Notes on the Thirteenth Juz
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir, tagged banquet, hand, knife, parents, Sufism, yusuf on September 9, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Note 1: Surat Yusuf Much excellent Sufi milage has been had from this surah and we won’t repeat it all. For example, it has been pointed out to us that According to ibn Arabi, the “false blood” placed on the garment of Yusuf by his brothers to deceive his father is the same “false” menstrual [...]
Ramadan Reading: a Few Notes on the Twelfth Juz
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir, tagged hud, ibrahim, lut, musa, nuh, salih, shuayb, Sufism on September 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Note 1: Disbelief and garments No doubt! They did fold up their breasts, that they may hide from Him. Surely, even when they cover themselves with their garments, He knows what they conceal and what they reveal. Verily, He is the All-Knower of the breasts. (11:5) The breast of the human is a surface, a [...]
Ramadan Reading: a Few Notes on the Eleventh Juz
Posted in Tailorite Tafsir, tagged 11, bedouin, harvest, juz, kalimah, moon, Qu'ran, ramadan, side, sitting, spatial, standing, Sufism, sun, tafsir, tawbah, Torah on September 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Note 1: Surah at-Tawbah, allies and enemies The bedouins are strong in disbelieve and hypocrisy and more likely not to know the limits of what Allah has revealed to His Messenger. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing. (9:97) Why are the bedouins in particular likely not to know the limits? The reason for this is [...]
Iqraa!
Posted in Cosmology, Prophetology on September 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Ramadan’s revelation begins with the Angelic command — iqraa! — to read, to recite. To read the signs correctly. To recite the signs of Allah. To live through their Prophetic alignment, their Prophetic unlocking. All signs indicate Divinity’s Love, but their misreading prevents us from comprehending this. Their correct reading allows us to recite their [...]
What is Sufism?
Posted in Cosmology, Prophetology, The path, tagged divine literacy, introduction, Sufism, sufism 101, what is sufism on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Festival of Conclusion: Notes on the Sunnah
Posted in Cosmology, Hadith commentaries, Tailorite Tafsir, tagged eid, Sufism on September 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Garments Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Umar: Umar bought a silk cloak from the market, took it to Allah’s Apostle and said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Take it and adorn yourself with it during the Eid and when the delegations visit you.” Allah’s Apostle (p.b.u.h) replied, “This dress is for those who have no share (in the Hereafter).” [...]
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