Silk road-Mt Rakaposhi(7788) from Hunza area of Pakistan. (POst 114)

The Silk Road was a trade route. It brought prosperity to both China and the Muslim regions in the golden age period. This route existed in the pre-Islamic period. The last link of the Silk Road (Karakoram highway) before it crosses over to Kashghar in China goes through a most beautiful part of Pakistan and I will share a few pictures that I took some years ago. below is a view of Mt Rakaposhi (7788m) from the Hunza area of Pakistan.

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Sufism and Islamic sprituality by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr. (Post 154)

A link to a talk on Islamic spirituality and Sufism by professor Sayyed Hosain Nasr of George Washington University. He is regarded as an authority on Islam and Sufism. His under graduate degree is in physics and mathematics from MIT. Masters from Harvard in earth sciences and a PhD in history of science and philosophy also from Harvard in 1958. He has published about 50 books and several hundred articles. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=VB5-l299Ikc&t=298s

Masnavi of Rumi..Pain is a ....(Post 128)

Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies; The kernel is soft when the rind is scraped off. O brother, the place of darkness and cold Is the fountain of Life and the cup of ecstasy. So also is endurance of pain and sickness and disease. For from abasement proceeds exaltation. The spring seasons are hidden in the autumns, If spiritual manifestations had been sufficient, The creation of the world had been needless and vain. If spiritual thought were equivalent to love of God, Outward forms of temples and prayers would not exist

Shahi Qila decorative work in Lahore Paklistan (297)

Shahi Qila Lahore Pakistan. Decorative work.

Islam and Sufism an introduction

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