#divine names

[noosphe-re]

Thus the most conspicuous feature of the Divine Names is their double structure, that is, their having each two designations. Each Name designates, and points to, the unique Essence, while pointing to a meaning or reality which is not shared by any other Name.

Toshihiko Izutsu, Sufism and Taoism: A Comparative Study of Key Philosophical Concepts

[random-xpressions]

[gildedfeathers]

Hello, I’m wondering how you discovered your true name? I believe I have a true name, as well, but I am not entirely positive.

While I wish I was able to give you a sure-fire answer to this, I unfortunately can only tell you that I found my true name by delving within myself.

I took a list of names and gave myself a while to really think about what my name could be. After much thought, the name Mahir presented itself to me, and in a way, it felt like home.

I'm truly sorry I cannot be of further service to you, however I believe you'll find your name soon, as we all do. Stay safe, friend.

[arandomintern]

Yellooo, Thesus! I heard you’re comfy with most sources?

If so, then may I request a name/pronouns list for Venti from GI, with an emphasis on more names than pronouns, or entirely names if that is possible? I’d like them to be masc-leaning names related to the wind and divine beings, preferably short. And do try to find some that wouldn’t sound too out of place in the real world please. Like you’d hear it in class!

Have fun. Looking forward to it! Condolenses for the complicated ask, hehe.

ayup! and yep, i am :] also, yeah! you can request one or the other when it comes to names/nouns

list of names under the " keep reading " cut for you !

wind related !

aquilo

bayu

esen

notus

rabi

samir

swift

zephyr

divine related !

ambros

amory

ammerie

atin

bozo

oswyn

ozzie / ozzy

vasu

[myballsitchaurghouchie]

Rough idea of my God-eating Lamb so far.

CW very tame but still nasty blood and maggost covered Lamb under the cut

I might add chains (from TOWW) on them. I also have to figure out their clothes under the fleece

[byzantinecatechumen]

God can be referred to with any pronouns, you should probably do some introspection as to why you think They, the creator of the universe, could only be like a man. (Hint- you probably associate maleness with power and authority and can't fathom other genders having such qualities.)

No, it's not such an association. I said this several times, God doesn't have a gender. Only pronouns. When you assign genders to God, male or female, when you create *division* within God by assigning the male to the Father and the female to the Holy Spirit, those are serious problems.

The Son has everything He has from the Father, and has everything the Father has, the Son has, except for being unbegotten. Everything the Father has, the Holy Spirit has, from the Father, except unbegottenness; and it is a different means than the means which is used to generate the Son. So we use different words, namely, "Filiation" and "Spiration" or "Procession".

The eternal involvement of the Son in the generation of the Holy Spirit is ontologically different than the manner of procession from the Father.

[technically-human]

Confessional... things get complicated when you're a ghost.

@i-am-as-normal-as-you-are asked for, and this is a literal quote, "R!Edwin going to a confessional (full angst)" so yeah... full angst indeed.

[fawcetttweets]

A Concerned Friend

I forgot I made this one!! You guys almost didn’t get to see it :0 I wonder how many of these I’ve made and forgotten about…

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[pharowagdy]

Divine Names of Allah Series: Al Ba'ith, The Resurrector and Raiser of the Dead

Allah’s Divine Name, Al Ba’ith contains gems. The root, (ب-ع-ث) has several powerful Arabic connotations: to awaken, call forth, and make manifest.

The most noticeable interpretation of this name reflects on the Day of Judgement, and Allah bringing us to face Him with the deeds we have cultivated through our relatively short lifetimes. 

The God consciousness this name instills in us amplifies our sense of purpose, reminding us that we will all be accountable.

This alone is a strong contradiction to the non-believer’s philosophy of life, where true purpose is lacking and is instead defined through worldly fulfillment one way or another. 

But as Muslims, we carry an upper hand as we nurture our understanding that this life is no more than a step in the direction we choose to head towards – and that, is our purpose.

أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَـٰكُمْ عَبَثًۭا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ 

“Did you then think that We had created you without purpose, and that you would never be returned to Us?”

(23:115)

We must ask ourselves on a regular basis, “what will I present to Allah?” As this repels one from acting solely on their desire and builds immunity to the Devil’s mind games.

Sheikh Al Nabulsi adds a beautiful understanding of the Name which emphasizes several of the meanings mentioned above, particularly ‘to awaken’ and ‘to make manifest’ – he states that Ba’th comes with “inspiration from Allah for His servants to do good.”

Ba’th is not simply about life and death, it is also about the ideas, inspirations, and sudden bursts of motivation. So, when you get these motivations, you should act upon them urgently.

We are often given these windows to act but are distracted or led away from these pursuits by other worldly affairs. It is also no question that the Devil plays a strong hand in this. As good acts often inspire more, and this snowball effect is hard to stop unless it is stopped before it ever gets rolling.  Otherwise, it might become a habit and that alone is motivation enough for a fully-fledged plot against you and your improvement inspired by Al Ba’th Himself.

Once we see our ‘good ideas’ as more than just random thoughts and understand that not even our ideas are mindless thoughts – we can give them the credibility they deserve and use them to pave our path towards Allah in this Dunya, but more importantly in the Hereafter. 

Our Prophet ﷺ   has taught us to identify our blameworthy qualities and pledge to change them, knowing that Allah is Ever Forgiving. 

For Allah to have sent the Messenger is also referred to as a form of ba’th:

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ فِى ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ رَسُولًۭا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ لَفِى ضَلَـٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ 

“He is the One Who raised for the illiterate ˹people˺ a messenger from among themselves—reciting to them His revelations, purifying them, and teaching them the Book and wisdom, for indeed they had previously been clearly astray—”

(62:2)

In line with Sheikh Al Nabulsi’s understanding, the Prophet’s ﷺ   arrival was a manifestation of light that Allah blessed humanity with. 

As Al Ghazali states, “ignorance is the greatest death and knowledge is the noblest life” and this reflects the importance of studying the Prophetic Seerah, as it will educate you on the Prophetic way of life and his values ﷺ 

Along with the Quran are the ultimate source of guidance, this will drive our inner purpose and align us with Al Ba’th and all this Divine Name implies.

[blackisdivine]

BLACK LIVES MATTER ❤

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[tumatawa]

[dwoodledip]

Got ropped into a Pathfinder game so new blorbo time~

[vinnigami]

January 1 2024

Woe. My beautiful lamp army be upon ye.

Yes these are lamps I actually have in game. do you take me for some kind of fraud.

[lucabyte]

Hmmm just gonna spit this headcanon out in text post form since A. I don't think I could exposit it well enough in image form and B. It's not actually textually/thematically substantiated and I don't like actually staking my stuff on just vibes alone*

But anyway. I'd say it's pretty evident that all the islanders forgot their names, right? King obviously. Because why the hell else would he do that, but also Siffrin No Middle Names No Last Name.

They're 'pretty sure' they've 'always' been 'Just Siffrin' 'as long as they can remember'. It's a pretty cruel twist of the knife to say that they don't even get to keep their birth name as a memento, which is why I'm saying as such.

My utterly unsubstantiated claim is I think it'd be cute to say that Sisyphus *is* the name Siffrin initially picked, assuming the myth of King Sisyphus is recontextualised as idk, just a play or something in the setting. But I like the idea of Siffrin going 'oh shit 🫵 he's just like me fr' at a tortured fictional character long before the irony kicks in.

As for how Sisyphus -> Siffrin. I think that chronic mumbler and emotional doormat Sif just did not correct people who misheard the name during their time travelling, and went through enough places with incompatible phonologies (pronounceable sounds in the language) without ever really writing it down that it just got kinda. Changed until it was unrecognisable, and Siffrin just went with it until the earlier pronunciations slipped out of their swiss-cheese brain. And they just kinda don't remember any of that.

Also, something something the horrid realisation that Siffrin also named themselves after a King. Just not as blatantly.

*(though I think there's something here about Siffrin, a guy from a belief system that seems to thoroughly disincentivise autonomy and self-motivated choice continuously having their hand forced to make changes/choices they don't want but have no choice but to... It's not solid enough to really back this up tbh, but it informs it.)

Anyway.

[beaulesbian]

Shanks vs. Kid, episode 1112 ||| Roger vs. Oden, episode 965

Divine Departure!

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