The Silk Road route in Pakistan a picture at dawn. (Post 169)

A vista in the Silk Road route region. It goes through a most beautiful part of Pakistan before it crosses over to Kashghar in China. The silk road was there long before the Islamic period began. It brought prosperity to Muslim regions and China during the golden age of Islam (8th to 13th century). This picture was taken at dawn in the Phander Lake area. I took this and the other posted pictures during our travels of the northern areas of Pakistan.

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Masnavi of Rumi. Tear not...(Post 74)

Tear not thy plumage off, it can not be replaced; Disfigure not thy face in wantonness, O fair one! That face which is bright as the forenoon sun--- To disfigure it were a grievous sin. 'Twere paganism to mar such a face as thine! The moon itself would weep to lose sight of it! Knowest thou not the beauty of thine own face? Quit this temper that leads thee to war with thyself! It is the claws of thine own foolish thoughts That in spite wound the face of thy quiet soul. Know such thoughts to be claws fraught with poison. Which score deep wounds on the face of thy soul.

Sorces that I have used for my blog. (Post 167)

Sources that I have found useful in preparing material for my blog. I hope it will assist others to access information. It is a good practice to consult more than one reliable source.The sources are; Oxford encyclopedia of Islamic world. at , http://www.oxfordreference.com /view/10.1093/acref/9780195305 135.001.0001/acref-97801953051 35 .. It is an excellent but it costs $199 a year. University of Georgia. www.uga.edu/islam by Dr Alan Godlas. It is a comprehensive site on Islam and Sufism. All material on Islam is in one place and it us free. Princeton University. https://www.princeton.edu/~hum comp/scholars.html . It has all Muslim scholars of the Golden age of Islam in one place. Fordham University. internet Islamic history source book at; https://sourcebooks.fordham.ed u/islam/islamsbook.asp Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy at; www.plato.stanford.edu/entries /omar-khayyam . Ibn Sina, Ibn Arabi , Al Kindi a...

Omar Khayyam(1048-1131) come fill ..(Post 163)

Omar Khayyam a polymath is best known for his Rubaiyats translated by Edward Fitzgerald in the 1880s. Sufi poetry has lot of references to wine and love, more so in Hafiz(1325–1389) and Omar Khayyam. However their wine did not come from a bottle but a mystical experience. Love is Love of God (Ishque Allah). Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To flutter---and the Bird is on the Wing.

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