Poem: When I was alone

Posted on Wed 25 August 2021 in Islam • Tagged with poetry, love, tasawuf, Allah

A poem on finding Love with the Majestic One


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Re-ordering the 99 Names of Allah in a poetic form

Posted on Mon 23 August 2021 in Islam • Tagged with 99, Names, Allah, poetry

Re-ordering the 99 Names of Allah in a poetic form to make them easier to memorize or to sing.


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Couplet: End of Sorrows

Posted on Mon 16 August 2021 in Islam • Tagged with poetry, couplet, tasawuf

A short couplet on lowering the gaze


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Update1: Using OCR, CAT and crowdsourcing to translate Classical Arabic works

Posted on Wed 28 July 2021 in Language • Tagged with culture, languages, ideas, OCR, CAT, Arabic

An update on using a combination of OCR and CAT software and the power of crowdsourced translations to translate Classical Arabic books


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Memon(language): Saying you and your

Posted on Wed 30 June 2021 in Language • Tagged with memon, pronouns, you, your

Explaining the you/your pronouns used in the Memon language.


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Install PSP emulator(PPSSPP) in RetroArch on Linux

Posted on Mon 21 June 2021 in Linux • Tagged with PSP, RetroArch, Arch, Manjaro

A quick guide to install a PSP emulator on RetroArch on an Arch-based Linux distro


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How to install Visual Studio Code(VSCode) inside an LXC container

Posted on Fri 28 May 2021 in LXC • Tagged with ubuntu, LXC, vscode

How to install VSCode(a GUI app) inside an LXC container


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Where does sunnah.com get its English Hadith sources?

Posted on Thu 06 May 2021 in Islam • Tagged with hadith, isnad, sunnahcom, english

Tracking down where sunnah.com sources its English translations of Hadiths/Ahadith.


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Anbox - libprotobuf bug

Posted on Sun 21 March 2021 in Linux • Tagged with anbox, bug, protobuf, Arch, Manjaro

Fixing the Anbox libprotobuf bug on Arch-based distros


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The problem with anglicisation of scholar names

Posted on Sat 06 March 2021 in Language • Tagged with scholars, names, arabic, english

Discussing the drawbacks of anglicisation and why a standard would be good


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