And of course, one of the most famous Virgo in Islamic history, was Caliph Ma'mun who lead a civil war to overthrow his brother Al-Amin. When victorious, he marched into Baghdad wearing all green and had his entire retinue do the same.
Fancying himself an intellectual, Ma'mun patronized philosophy and science, reputedly establishing the House of Wisdom.
He also oversaw the minha, an inquisition-style series of trials that tested philosophers and scholars for their beliefs.
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gather around habibis, story time about how i had my second jinn encounter.
After what happened last time my friend, M kinda became fixated on whether what we saw was a jinn or something else so he came up with a plan: let’s seek out the jinn and whew did things get weird…
we grew up in a culture where the jinn were taken for granted. We all knew intellectually they may be real but seeing is something else
A few months after he had just escaped being hunted by the jinn-cat, M decided he wanted definitive proof it was a jinn
so he asked me to help him. While initially I said no, curiosity got the better of me. I mean this was 5th grade or so and I’ve always been more curious than anything and am not afraid of much.
the Angel of Death is one of the angels mentioned in the Qur’an with an even richer lore in Islamic commentaries. Some traditions hold the angel sits under a mighty tree with names on the leaves. With countless unblinking eyes it watches as the leaves fall..
A thread-
when a leaf falls, the time has come to reap a soul.
To the righteous the angel appears as a friend greeting them with peace but to the wicked the angel is a terrifying reminder of the judgement to come
the Angel of Death is not named in the Qur’an but several traditions hold it is Azra’il and is among the four powerful angels of God.
Descriptions also vary but many claim Azra’il has countless eyes, many wings, and is so vast that its spear spans East and West
have i told y’all of the first time i may have seen a jinn? Well gather around habibis for a thread.
i was in fifth grade. my friend and i would always walk home from school by taking the back entrance which lead down a hill to a small park and a parking lot…
being kids we always spent some time playing in the park. next to the parking lot was an old basketball court.
one of the games we played would be to stand on a ridge/gutter and toss rocks into the empty parking lot. we even tried to score baskets from high up
one of my friends who was a little older, let’s call him M, would sometimes meet us there.
one day we were tossing rocks and hitting baskets when suddenly a scrawny cat walked out of the bushes and stopped right near the court
one of the surprising things you find in reading medieval manuscripts on astrology in the Islamic world is how much time they spend trying to figure out a person’s personality, psyche, and spiritual path.
There is this one technique called the Lot of Knowledge and Understanding
Arabic Lots are calculated points produced from combing different placements in the horoscope.
Think of them like pressure points.
They’re used to reveal insight into a person’s life
the Lot of Knowledge takes the distance between Saturn and Jupiter then adds that from wherever Mercury is in your chart.
Where the Lot ends up reveals your spiritual inclination and path
Earlier in the week, Mars left its fall in Cancer and entered Leo. Medieval astrologers noted this as an important omen meaning:
-the rise of warlords and warmongers
-contest of wills and conflict between rulers
-harm and disruption to coin-makers
-rise of dangerous beasts
-grave danger to rulers
-harm and unrest among the youth
-fires and burning and droughts
-deceptions and corruptions between courtiers
-conflict in the court of rulers
-harm to nobles
-strife in the land of the Turks, Jerusalem, and Sistan
Mars will only stay in Leo for a little bit before retrograding back into Cancer
When it retrogrades it signifies:
-revelations of plots and schemes by warmongers
-exposure of the deception of a ruler
-injustice and violence in the lands of the Byzantine
-Market instability