The Great Umayyad Mosque in Damascus is a pearl of the Muslim world, where legendary scholars like Al-Ghazali, Ibn Taymiyyah, and Ibn Arabi once resided. A beacon of Islamic learning and spiritual heritage. 🕌✨ #Damascus #IslamicHistory #Scholars #syria

“When He makes you feel estranged from His creation, know that He intends to open for you the door of intimacy with Him.” مَتَى أَوْحَشَكَ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَفْتَحَ لَكَ بَابَ الْأُنْسِ بِهِ — Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh [📚kitab al-Ḥikam]

يا ربنا بالفاتحة وبالرجال الصالحة اجعل أمورنا ناجحة نحن وكل المسلمين

One of geometry's most famous theorems is known today as Ceva's Theorem, after its publication in Europe in 1678. Yet the earliest known formulation appears nearly 600 years earlier in the work of the Muslim ruler and mathematician al-Mu'taman ibn Hud. Al-Mu'taman Billah (d. 1085) was a mathematician, geometer, and the king of the Taifa of Zaragoza in Andalus (Spain). At a time when the taifa kingdoms of al-Andalus faced mounting pressure from the Christian north, al-Mu'taman devoted himself to one of the most ambitious mathematical projects of the medieval world: the Kitāb al-Istikmāl ("Book of Perfection"). It aimed to bring together and further develop the geometric work of Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, Menelaus, and Muslim mathematicians. For generations, students have learned about Ceva's Theorem, named after the Italian mathematician Giovanni Ceva, who published it in 1678. It states that "if three lines are drawn from the vertices of a triangle to the opposite sides, those three lines meet at a single point if and only if a specific relationship between the divided side lengths holds." Yet modern historians of mathematics have shown that the theorem's earliest known formulation appears nearly six centuries earlier in the work of al-Mu'taman. Ceva's name became attached to the theorem because his work circulated throughout Europe, while al-Mu'taman's manuscript was largely lost and remained unknown to later generations for centuries.

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yār agar sōzad wagar sāzad rawāst āshiqāñ rā īn o āñ yaksāñ buwad whether the beloved burns or heals, all is well to lovers, both of these are one and the same

No tongue can thank Him enough.

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"The most virtuous of your youth is the one who resembles their elders in character." 📖 Hadith Musannaf, Abdurrazzaq

An Andalusian Muslim and a Christian playing Chess, an engraving from 1283.

خدایا به حق بنی فاطمه که بر قولم ایمان کنم خاتمه اگر دعوتم رد کنی ور قبول من و دست و دامان آل رسول

Sultan Mahmud wearing a robe of honour (khilʿa) sent by the Abbasid Caliph al-Qādir bi’llāh. Jāmiʿ al-Tawārīkh.

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Increase your supplications for me on the day and night of Friday. Whoever blesses me once, Allah will bless him ten times.” 📚Sunan al-Bayhaqī

One breath with the Friend is worth the two worlds. One vision of the Friend for a hundred thousand spirits is gratis!

A beautifully preserved manuscript of Dala’il al-Khayrat, produced in Kashmir, dating to around 1800. Dala’il al-Khayrat is a revered collection of prayers and blessings upon the Prophet ﷺ, compiled by Imam al-Jazuli, the renowned Moroccan scholar and Sufi mystic.

In basṭ, worship Him with gratitude. In qabḍ, worship Him with patience. In every state, remain His servant.