The Universe Knew I'd Be Too Powerful If I Had The Capacity To Carry On Conversations

Kaveh Akbar, from Calling A Wolf A Wolf: Poems; “Heritage”

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦,

"𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶-𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥'𝘴".

𝘔𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺.

the best thing I ever did was believe in myself

Shaykh Al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah رحمه الله said:

“A person cannot be labelled ‘Intelligent’ until he’s aware of goodness and then seeks it and he’s aware of evil and then abandons it.”

[ﻓﻮﺍﺋﺪ ﻣﻨﺘﻘﺎﺓ ﻣﻦ ﻛﻼﻡ ﺷﻴﺦ ﺍﻻﺳﻼﻡ ﻓﻲ ﻛﺘﺎﺑﻪ ﺍﻻﻳﻤﺎﻥ ٢٢]

the ways were hard, somewhat

the sorrows collared my neck, as well

the townsfolk were harsh, somewhat

the death wish, I had, as well

Poetry: Muneer Niazi

Translated by – Jasdeep

Be excessive, be obsessive about what you truly want. There is no other option but getting what you want. You will work harder than you could imagine, there will be sleepless nights and probably you won't even have time to eat. But don't stop. Yes, for a long time it will be CHAOS, confusion. But let me tell you, THE SATISFACTION you have from the hard work, there is no better feeling than achieving your goal through hard work. And then, THE REGRET you'll have for not doing it will eat you alive. YOUR CHOICE

   — Susan Sontag, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1964

[text ID: I must change my life so that I can live it, not wait for it.]

ʿAlī b. Abū Ṭālib (رضي الله عنه)said:

“I will be patient even until my patience tires of my patience.”

Timeless seeds of Advice/Chapter 49