#Sa'di

[rose1water]

بوی بهار آمد بنال ای بُلبُل شیرین نفس

The scent of spring has arrived; Sing, O sweet nightingale, sing!

— sa'di

#sa'di #nowruz

[honeyandelixir]

ترحم بر پلنگ تیز دندان ستم خواهی بود بر گوسفندان

Mercy upon the sharp-toothed tiger

Is cruelty upon the flock of sheep

-Sa'di

#Sa'di #Sa'di Sherazi #lit #Farsi #Poetry #<3

[holyfigtree]

Man is a drop of blood and a thousand anxieties

— Sa'di

#sa'di #persian poetry

[nununiverse]

SA'DI

#SA'DI

[cowboy-outlaw]

Left: Folio from a Copy of the Bustan "Orchard" of Sa'di. - Tabriz, Iran

Right: First Folio from a Qur'an (1525-1575) - Shiraz, Iran Taken from the Keir Collection of Islamic Art that is shown in the Dallas Museum of Art.

#cowboy-outlaw #saadi #sa'di #orchard #quran #keir collection of islamic art #dallas museum of art

[persianpoetics]

Saʿdi reminds us that fasting is more than adjusting our eating schedule. We should not wait until nightfall to consume a day's worth of food.

A true faster eats less and donates what remains. Otherwise, we are senselessly depriving ourselves for a few hours.

#sufi #rumi #sa'di #persian #poetry #islam #poem #muslim #persianpoetry #love #ramadan

[garadinervi]

Decolonizing the Study of Palestine. Indigenous Perspectives and Settler Colonialism after Elia Zureik, Edited by Ahmad H. Sa'di (احمد سعدي) and Nur Masalha (نور ﺍﻟﺪﻳﻦ مصالحة), Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 2023

Cover Art: Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Idrīsī (محمد بن محمد الإديسي), Nuzhat al-mushtāq fi'khtirāq al-āfāq, [map of Syria, Palestine, Sinai], [1154], 1250-1325 [Département des Manuscrits, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

#graphic design #history #historiography #geography #map #book #cover #book cover #ahmad h. sa'di #nur masalha #bloomsbury publishing plc #bibliothèque nationale de france #library of congress #1250s #1320s #2020s

[albertserra]

Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory

Introduction by Lila Abu-Lughod & Ahmad H. Sa’di

#nakba: palestine 1948 and the claims of memory #lila abu lughod #ahmad h. sa'di #lit

[lagtrovert]

Imam 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (رَحِمَهُ الله) said:

"From among the most beneficial [pieces of advice] is to know that any harm that may come to you from people - especially abrasive, rude speech - does not harm you in the least.

Rather, it harms them, except if you choose to busy your own mind with what [was said to you]. For you are the one who gives it permission to take hold of your feelings.

Should this happen, [know] that you have then allowed it to harm you as it has harmed them. [Know also] that if you were to choose not to pay it any attention, it would be of no detriment to you."

[Al-Wasaa'il al-Mufidah li-al-Hayat al-Sa'idah: 47 | Translated by Riyad al-Kanadi]

#al-sa'di #islamic advice #q

[motifcollector]

Yet this destruction of Palestinian society was overshadowed by the heavy presence of what was represented and understood internationally as a birth or rebirth. The death-rebirth dialectic, a philosophical conception with enormous purchase in both religious and secular Western thought, was applied to the Jewish people. The 1948 War that led to the creation of the State of Israel was made to symbolize their rebirth within a decade after their persecution in Europe and subjection to the Nazi genocide. Israel’s creation was represented, and sometimes conceived, as an act of restitution that resolved this dialectic, bringing good out of evil. The Palestinians were excluded from the unfolding of this history.

Lila Abu-Lughod and Ahmad H. Sa'di, introduction to Nakba: Palestine, 1948, and the Claims of Memory

#lila abu-lughod #ahmad h. sa'di #palestine #history #colonialism #currently reading

[rose1water]

Humanity are members of one body, Created out of the same essence. When one member of the body feels pain, others feel distraught. You, who is unfeeling to the suffering of others, are unworthy of the name human. — Sa'di

#sa'di

[honeyandelixir]

بدوستی که اگر زهر باشد از دستت چنان به ذوق ارادت خورم که حلوا را If you were to lovingly give me poison I promise, I will eat it as if it were halva

Sa'di

#Sa'di #literature #Farsi #Poetry #<3 #love #poison

[aishiteru-kenshin]

Come, I am lovesick and desolate without you. Come, and see how sick I am in this sorrow. At night, I lament your absence, o fairy-faced, And when the morning comes, it is as if I am on fire without you. — Sa'di Shirazi.

#Poetry #Lovesickness #Absence #Love #Sa'di Shirazi #Shoujo Feels #Persian Love Poetry

[nununiverse]

SA’DI (SADI-SAADI )SHIRAZ IRAN

#sa'di #siraz

[harajukumasked]

وَٱسۡتَعِينُواْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلۡخَٰشِعِينَ

Al-Baqarah 2:45

#tafseer as-sa'di #quran #quran tafsir

[politijohn]

might you have recommendations for a book to learn more about the history and geopolitics of the middle east?

i'm having trouble understanding what the u.s could possibly hope to gain from its support of israel - does this somehow enhance its position globally? what good is that? i've tried reading some internal relations blogs, but they reference a lot of concepts / history i don't know, and i struggle to connect it to a critical perspective

sorry if this a dumb ask ): the cruelty in gaza and the west bank are completely unjustifiable and i don't ask to find reasons to think otherwise. i'm trying to understand the UN vote, which i have trouble parsing as anything other than insane

Gonna put this out for everyone to respond with their recommendations! Some books I know of but haven't read, personally:

On Palestine - Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé, Frank Barat

Freedom is a Constant Struggle - Angela Davis

Question of Palestine - Edward Said

Wild Thorns - Sahar Khalifeh

The Butterfly's Burden - Mahmoud Darwish

Except for Palestine - Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick

Nakba - Ahmad Sa'di, Lila Abu-Lughod

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine - Rashid Khalidi

The Thistle and the Drone - Akbar Ahmed

#asks #books #palestine