{"id":1814,"date":"2011-08-15T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muzlimbuzz.sg\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2011-08-08T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T03:59:17","slug":"ramadan-reflections-the-ummah-like-clockwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/ramadan-reflections-the-ummah-like-clockwork\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramadan Reflections: The Ummah, Like Clockwork"},"content":{"rendered":"

I rely on the serene simplicity of spirituality\u00a0In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful<\/em>. \u00a0The beautiful diversity of Muslims seen at the mosque, women adorned in silky fabrics of a spectrum of colours, bright laughter matched with the light of their smiles: \u00a0religion at its finest. \u00a0We are one soul, one\u00a0Ummah<\/em>, fasting together for\u00a0Rida<\/em>, the peaceful tranquility to the will of Allah.<\/p>\n

[quote]We sink our teeth into the date at the same time, a unity in breaking our\u00a0Sawm<\/em>, a gesture so simple but speaks so many words.[\/quote]<\/p>\n

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[pullquote_left]We are one soul, one\u00a0Ummah<\/em>, fasting together for\u00a0Rida<\/em>, the peaceful tranquility to the will of Allah.[\/pullquote_left]<\/p>\n

We are all one body, composed of organs and cells and veins and heart that beats strongly against all. \u00a0I love being embraced and kissed by beautiful old women, their stories imprinted into the wrinkles of their skin and the faint pulsing of their hearts. \u00a0Children running around and playing\u00a0among\u00a0one another, little girls enhanced in their little scarves, little boys adorning their little caps while their mothers look at them with shining eyes with gratefulness to God: \u00a0their children were born into such a precious religion. \u00a0They scold their children flippantly, and usher them into a small circle\u2014our future Ummah\u2014telling them stories of our beloved prophets. \u00a0Their voice is one, enchanting and hypnotizing, their words wrapped around their gestures, their whispers and pitches of phrases. The children do not hear their words, theysmell<\/em> their words, and even we become intoxicated. They are storytellers, and their stories are real.<\/p>\n

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we are trees, heels rooted deep into our prayer rugs as if we had been born there, our branches intertwined with one another<\/p>\n

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I love the Imam\u2019s beautiful voice, and every time he breathes in is every time we breathe out, with only Allah supplying us with the vitality to sustain ourselves. \u00a0As he recites those words from Allah to Allah, he strings words together into a chain of pearls, while the believers stand behind him: \u00a0we are trees, heels rooted deep into our prayer rugs as if we had been born there, our branches intertwined with one another, one soul breathing into and out of itself. \u00a0And despite the Imam leading our prayers, it is as if we are FACE-TO-FACE with Allah, His Magnificence, His Omnipotence, and when I press my forehead to the ground, there is no other state I would rather be in.<\/p>\n

The whispers that succumb the room as we read the\u00a0Shahadah<\/em>, testifying our belief, a simple phrase which carries out the entire religion, and a truth which cannot be denied. \u00a0Outside after prayers, fathers are talking among each other, sons of Adam and brothers of the same faith, their hearty laughter illuminating the night. \u00a0I watch as they clap their hands onto each other\u2019s back, old friends and cherished gestures, and I cannot help but wonder how blessed I am for the ability of\u00a0sight<\/em>, as so I can witness this. \u00a0My sandals constrict me from pressing my feet into the lush dewy grass as we walk under the constellations and the moon\u2014Blessed is He Who made constellations in the skies, and placed therein a Lamp and a Moon giving light; and it is He Who made the Night and the Day to follow each other: for such as have the will to celebrate His praises or to show their gratitude<\/em>\u2014warm air brushing against our skin, cool air\u00a0caressing\u00a0our eyelids, the night tangling itself into us after the\u00a0Taraweeh<\/em> prayers.<\/p>\n

[quote]We are so blessed to be one beautiful, intricate, perfect clockwork soul, infinite in our capacity and timeless in our ways.[\/quote]<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Astronomika<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I rely on the serene simplicity of spirituality\u00a0In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. \u00a0The beautiful diversity of Muslims seen at the mosque, women adorned in silky fabrics of a spectrum of colours, bright laughter matched with the light of their smiles: \u00a0religion at its finest. \u00a0We are one soul, one\u00a0Ummah, fasting together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[683],"tags":[585,706,707],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ramadan-resources","tag-breaking","tag-ramadan-reflections","tag-taraweeh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}