Innā lillāhi wa-innā ilayhi rājiʿūn. Today we lost Ustad Mahmoud Farshchian—a hand that painted grief for Karbala and built beauty for the Ahlulbayt (AS).
Thread 🧵: Here are some of Farshchian’s masterpieces—art devoted to the service of the Ahlulbayt (AS).
“Do you not see that Allah has subjected to your benefit all that is in the heavens and in the earth, and has lavished on you His evident and hidden favors? Yet there are some people who still argue about Allah without knowledge, without guidance or an enlightening Book. (31:20)
"Verily, I am leaving behind two precious things (thaqalayn) among you: the Book of God and my kindred (`itrah), my household (Ahl al-Bayt), for indeed, the two will never separate until they come back to me by the Pond (of al-Kawthar on the Day of Judgment)."
⁃ Rasullalah ص
Important lines from Ziyarat e Ashura:
“O Allah, (please) make me live my lifetime in
the same way as Muhammad and
Muhammad's Household lived
and make me die on the same principles on
which Muhammad and Muhammad's
Household died.”
I just adopted my first cat! Everyone, please say hello to "Nick Fury", or "Fury" for short! He's had a rough little life on the street, but now he has a nice warm home!