umm salamah in the buliding!

umm salamah · 07-01-2006, 03:10 PM

Hello and aslamualykum warhmatulahi wabarakahtu to the muslims (peace and blessings be upon you all)

How you all doing? Hope you all good and in the best of health!

If you've got any questions regarding Islam please don't hesitate to ask me!

Take care x

RubySera_Martin · 07-01-2006, 11:58 PM

What is the message in your avatar in English?

umm salamah · 07-07-2006, 12:58 PM

Do you mean my picture or the question im asking everyone? If so, i've typed in what is your purpose in life? And the pic is in arabic and it says Allah. An arabic word which means god basically....

wil · 07-07-2006, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by umm salamah

Hello and aslamualykum warhmatulahi wabarakahtu to the muslims (peace and blessings be upon you all)

How you all doing? Hope you all good and in the best of health!

If you've got any questions regarding Islam please don't hesitate to ask me!

Take care x

Namaste and aslamualykum warhmatulahi wabarakahtu back atcha!

Glad to havya in da house!

I just started asking questions and getting answers over here, would be great to get a variety of viewpoints from various Muslims...

I, Brian · 07-07-2006, 03:26 PM

Hi umm salamah, and welcome to CR.

One of the aspects of Arabic culture I find fascinating is the use of calligraphy to more decoratively write various names and phrases - not least for Allah.

flowperson · 07-07-2006, 10:35 PM

Welcome umm salamah !

I've thought about life's purpose quite a lot over the years. I believe that I'd have to agree with the author Stephen King on this one who said in a commencement address at Vassar a few years ago, "It's not what you know that's important in life, but what you pass on".

Oh, I am fascinated with the core rituals of the great religions, especially those performed during the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. It is my understanding that in the past that the circumambulation of the Ka'baa by pilgrims was in a clockwise pattern, until sometime in the past it was changed to counterclockwise. Do you know anything about the history of this and when and for what reason(s) it was changed ?

You may wish to start a separate thread to address this.

Thanks, and peace be with you, brother,

flow....

RubySera_Martin · 07-08-2006, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by umm salamah

Do you mean my picture or the question im asking everyone? If so, i've typed in what is your purpose in life? And the pic is in arabic and it says Allah. An arabic word which means god basically....

Thank you. I meant the picture. I knew it was Arabic but I didn't know what it says. I've seen Arabic writing but I don't know the language and can't read it. Like Brian, I've seen the caligraphy in pictures and I like it.

umm salamah · 07-11-2006, 11:58 AM

Wil
Hey hows it going?
It's intresting to see you use both namaste and the salaam.
Hopefully i'll get the chance to check the topic out I'll try my best!
Thanks for the welcome!

I, Brian
Hey thanks for the warm welcome, yep its beautiful & arabic as a language is something even more amazing!

flowperson
Thanks for the warm welcome. I'll reply back to your question in the islam section & i'll make a topic insha Allah (god willing). btw im a girl lol

RubySera_Martin
Thats cool, yeah im trying to learn Arabic insha Allah (god-willing). I only know bits of it. Mabey i can teach you what i know?

Peace and thanks again for all the warm replies.

flowperson · 07-11-2006, 11:59 PM

umm salamah:

Sorry for the gender blunder, but I tend to think of brothers and sisters as a kind of a unity anyway. Really good to have you here, and I'm looking forward to your answer to my question. As I said, I'm really fascinated with the various rituals of Islamic Pilgrimage to Mecca.

peace and harmony to you...

flow....

YO-ELEVEN-11 · 07-13-2006, 05:53 PM