This Morning, Jerusalem wakes on an attempt to change her face, an attempt to cast a mask over her divine features, it's not the first time, nor do I think it will be the last, but one can't refrain from feeling helpless, so weak..under the weight of responsibility, before God, before mankind, and all the people who passed..in the long strife for Jerusalem.
I never seize to think about the people who walked the streets of Jerusalem, people who God chose to deliver his messages for the peace of mankind as God's days passed, the people who won back Jerusalem in 1187, how they felt on the morning of Liberation, I keep imagining their faces..battered, injured, tired..and with each drop of blood..drop of sweat..they grew stronger..and more determined as they set free the captive bride from foreign hands, as the calls of prayer merged into the sounding of bells, announcing God's content, at his people, for those..were the chosen people.
I never seize to think about the first morning after Liberation, eighty eight years have passed before that morning, and with each long day that passed..the will to live..dimmed, but still, people remained faithful to God's promise of victory, they stayed..they fought..and they won.
Jerusalem, is not a city..its a blood line..a family tree..of prophets and saints..mothers and sons..warriors and lovers, and underneath each stone in each of its holy sites, is an angel carrying it, from the begining of time..till the day God orders us all onto his Judgement.
Jerusalem, Our precious, zahrat al mada2en. It's heartaching to see this happening to it..
ReplyDeleteإن الله لا يغير ما بقوم حتى يغيروا ما بأنفسهم
ReplyDeletediana, yeah..but it will end.
ReplyDeleteTamara, that's probably the best way to explain it.
I have received an e-mail with slide pictures,saying that everytime "Masjid al aqsa" is mentioned,a picture of the golden dome mosque,which is called "Masjid al-sakhra" is shown,while actually the real aqsa mosque is next to it.
ReplyDeleteI wish I know more about the issue , but I thought to share this with you may be you can shed some light on it.
Noura
yeah..Al Aqsa Mosque is actually the one with the silver dome on the left of the picture shown in the post, but the dome of the rock is part of the "7aram" as its within the quarters of al aqsa, here's a link to a website with more details: http://www.noblesanctuary.com/
ReplyDeleteThank you, actually the picture shown on the site u provided is one of the many ones sent to me..But the e-mail is saying that there is some type of consipiracy in case anything happens to masjid al aqsa a few will know the difference..
ReplyDeleteMany thanks,
Noura
well this is insulting to people's intelligence, people know that the golden dome is called the dome of the rock, its not the Aqsa mosque, its true that the golden dome is always in the picture whenever the aqsa is mentioned, but thinking that people will start believing that only the golden dome is al aqsa is silly...both buildings have been there for over a thousand years..to my knowledge..people knew which is which..without even seeing either.
ReplyDeleteMy point is that the dome of the rock is part of the holy sanctuary..just like the eastren minirate of the 7aram in Mecca is part of that..nothing can make people forget where is what..if some people don't know the difference..it doesnt mean that the danger of brain washing people is there..its just a misconseption. saying that..that doesnt justify ignorence by any means.
you are right..
ReplyDeleteNoura
hello,
ReplyDeleteactually when I was little I thought the dome of the rock was alaqsa (blush blush)... so brainwashing does work :p
do you happen to know who the artist of the pic you posted is? or the site you got it from?
nice post :)
Laila,
ReplyDeletewhen I was little I used to think I can fly..and almost broke my neck trying..so that doesnt count!
the photo is from:
http://www.arabartgallery.com/