Our Muslim Legacy of Art & Storytelling
by Nia Malika Dixon
~MYG Youth Coordinator, ICSC
✨In honor of our Malcolm X Movie Night, I want to remind all of us of our legacy of Art as Muslims. (http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/intro.htm) Architecture, Painting, Glass, Pottery, Mosaics, Calligraphy, Metalwork, Hand Carving, and even Textiles and Woven Prayer Rugs are examples of Islamic Art. And, we have a legacy of not only Visual Art, but Storytelling and Poetry as well.
(http://www.maslaha.org/untold-islam/depth/islamic-poetry
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_poetry)
The Qur’an, the Prophet Muhammad’s (s.a.w.) miracle, teaches us through relaying the stories of those who came before us, and in the most beautiful poetic verses created. (Allah even says this in the Quran, and that the likeness of it can never be created.) *Take time out of your day everyday to read Qur’an. Reflect on the many stories and how you connect, learn, and grow as a Muslim when thinking deeply on Allah’s Words. You may find it to be your favorite book to read, as I do.😘🌹
Next Saturday evening, we’ll watch the life story of our fellow Muslim American, Malik Shabazz, to whom we all have a connection. It will unfold through the art of visual storytelling; and we’ll learn something about him, about ourselves, and about the society in which we live as Muslims.
Click here for free tickets, March 18, 2017: https://goo.gl/N6jeMZ
Allah says in The Qur’an, “Oh mankind, indeed We have created you from a single pair male and female and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Acquainted.” Chapter (49:13) sūrat l-ḥujurāt (The Dwellings) https://quran.com/49/13
✨To quote Amir Sulaiman, my Muslim brother, friend, and fellow poet, “Life is complex, Allah wrote a how-to. If you don’t like to read, homie, here’s a haiku:
What is certain is
There is no God besides God
Submit and speak
Truth.”
~”MalcolmXmen (Boom Baye Baye)”
From The Medinan Openings,
by Amir Sulaiman
https://soundcloud.com/true-9/05-malcolmxmen-boom-baye-baye
